Government issues a directive to curb air pollution in Kingdom
With concern over increased air pollution affecting people’s health, the government yesterday issued a directive ordering all institutions to prevent and reduce emissions. According to a directive signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday, pollutants are produced by factories, vehicles, forest fire, rubbish and waste burning href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-issues-a-directive-to-curb-air-pollution-in-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50676086/government-issues-a-directive-to-curb-air-pollution-in-kingdom
PM: Salt a ‘strategic product’ as stock and production to increase
The Cambodian Government has ordered an increase in salt production and stockpiling as the commodity becomes classified as a strategic product to ensure food security in the Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-salt-a-strategic-product-as-stock-and-production-to-increase/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50710678/pm-salt-a-strategic-product-as-stock-and-production-to-increase/
Pursat governor says land disputes no longer a major problem in area
Pursat provincial governor Mao Thonin has claimed that land disputes between residents and major companies allowed to manage land in the province are no longer a problem and minor disputes have been solved through land dispute resolutions each week. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pursat-governor-says-land-disputes-no-longer-a-major-problem-in-area/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pursat-governor-says-land-disputes-no-longer-major-problem-area
Online course on how to build a startup business
Impact Hub Phnom Penh, with support from the Australian Embassy in Cambodia, is proud to introduce a new online course “How to build a Startup”, available online now on www.impacthubphnompenh.online. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/online-course-on-how-to-build-a-startup-business/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50753389/online-course-on-how-to-build-a-startup-business/
Prey Veng’s potential as a Wetland Zone mulled as Protected Natural Area
The Ministry of Environment is planning to include parts of a potential multi-purpose wetland area locally called “Boeungsne-Tuolporn Talei” in Prey Veng province as a protected natural area. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prey-vengs-potential-as-a-wetland-zone-mulled-as-protected-natural-area/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746197/prey-vengs-potential-as-a-wetland-zone-mulled-as-protected-natural-area/
A $7.8 million garment factory project approved by CDC
Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved a new investment project with a total capital of $7.8 million in Takeo province. According to the CDC’s press release issued this afternoon, invested by HC Global Textile Co., Ltd., the newly approved project is expected href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-7-8-million-garment-factory-project-approved-by-cdc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804809/a-7-8-million-garment-factory-project-approved-by-cdc/
Cambodia adopts work-from-home practice for a week
Prime Minister Hun Sen has advised all government institutions as well as the legislative body to adopt the work-from-home practices and to have only 10 percent of their personnel stand by at their workplace for a week-long period. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-adopts-work-from-home-practice-for-a-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50822294/cambodia-adopts-work-from-home-practice-for-a-week/
Nearly ten-and-a-half million voters registered for commune elections
The National Election Committee’s (NEC) spokesman Hang Puthea told Khmer Times yesterday that as of Tuesday, there were 10,467,961 voters registered with the NEC for the upcoming commune election. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-ten-and-a-half-million-voters-registered-for-commune-elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50950392/nearly-ten-and-a-half-million-voters-registered-for-commune-elections/
Corruption and apathy led to the outbreak of Covid-19 February 20 Community Event, a reminder
A large-scale outbreak detected in Phnom Penh in 20 February took place when two out of four Chinese nationals who breached quarantine at the Sokha Hotel few days prior were tested positive. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/corruption-and-apathy-led-to-the-outbreak-of-covid-19-february-20-community-event-a-reminder/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50892476/corruption-and-apathy-led-to-the-outbreak-of-covid-19-february-20-community-event-a-reminder/
No more closure or lockdown of buildings, schools or markets if a COVID-19 positive case is identified
Prime Minister Hun Sen has yesterday declared with immediate effect, there will be no more closure of schools, places of businesses and markets if a case of COVID-19 were to break out in any location. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-more-closure-or-lockdown-of-buildings-schools-or-markets-if-a-covid-19-positive-case-is-identified/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50957434/no-more-closure-or-lockdown-of-buildings-schools-or-markets-if-a-covid-19-positive-case-is-identified/
GDT collects over half a billion dollars in tax revenue from Jan-Feb
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected 2.07466 trillion riel, or $512.26 million, in taxes in the first two months of 2022, surging by 22.69 per cent over the same period last year, according to its director-general Kong Vibol on March 14. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdt-collects-over-half-a-billion-dollars-in-tax-revenue-from-jan-feb/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-collects-over-half-billion-dollars-tax-revenue-jan-feb
Bringing Cambodia-Australia ties to a higher level, 70 years on
This year, Cambodia and Australia celebrated the 70th anniversary of their diplomatic relations. Ties were first established in 1952, a year before Cambodia attained its independence from the French. Over the decades, the two countries in the Indo-Pacific have proven to be great cooperative partners href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bringing-cambodia-australia-ties-to-a-higher-level-70-years-on/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501035548/bringing-cambodia-australia-ties-to-a-higher-level-70-years-on/
Landmines pose threat to over a million people in Cambodia
More than one million people in Cambodia still live in fear and work in areas contaminated by mines and explosive remnants of war (ERWs), a senior official said here on Friday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/landmines-pose-threat-to-over-a-million-people-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501079403/landmines-pose-threat-to-over-a-million-people-in-cambodia/
Gov’t confident while labour unions warn against EBA exit
Withdrawal of Everything But Arms (EBA) from Cambodia has evoked mixed reaction from economic experts and labour unions in the country. While economic experts claimed it would not affect badly, labour unions have raised concerns and urged the government to deal with European Union (EU) href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-confident-while-labour-unions-warn-against-eba-exit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501071988/govt-confident-while-labour-unions-warn-against-eba-exit/
A Chinese firm interested in agricultural investment in Kampong Thom province
A Chinese firm has expressed its interest to invest in the agricultural sector, particularly in cassava and corn cultivation and forage plant breeding in the central province of Kampong Thom. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-chinese-firm-interested-in-agricultural-investment-in-kampong-thom-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501341112/a-chinese-firm-interested-in-agricultural-investment-in-kampong-thom-province/
Rice exports to Mid-East a ‘priority’ for trade talks
The Ministry of Commerce has put Cambodian milled-rice exports to the Middle East as a priority for ongoing talks on the Cambodia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CAM-UAE CEPA), according to minister Pan Sorasak. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-exports-to-mid-east-a-priority-for-trade-talks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-exports-mid-east-priority-trade-talks
Government extends cash aid for the poor programme by a year
The government has decided to extend by another year, its cash subsidy for the poor programme. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-extends-cash-aid-for-the-poor-programme-by-a-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501164017/government-extends-cash-aid-for-the-poor-programme-by-a-year/
Cambodian elephant with a prosthetic leg visited by UK team
Academics and students from the University of Salford have returned from an outreach trip to Cambodia where they met with a number of prosthetic users, including an elephant. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-elephant-with-a-prosthetic-leg-visited-by-uk-team/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501228752/cambodian-elephant-with-a-prosthetic-leg-visited-by-salford-team/
Digitalisation drive gives MSMEs a business boost
More than 170 Cambodian micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) have successfully transitioned their businesses online as part of a digital drive to become more resilient in the future, under a UNDP-led programme. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/digitalisation-drive-gives-msmes-a-business-boost/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-digitalisation-drive-gives-msmes-a-business-boost