Former VOD staff undecided about offer of state employment
In a gesture of goodwill, Prime Minister Hun Sen offered government positions to unemployed Voice of Democracy (VOD) journalists. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501239634/former-vod-staff-undecided-about-offer-of-state-employment/
CAMBODIA-NORTH KOREA UPDATE BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
Cambodia and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have inked the agreements to expand bilateral trade, technologies, agriculture, industry, investment and the health sector, and both sides also are trying to boost close ties for mutual benefits while both nations’ trading has been reported to be ...
Med school stands firm on fee
Despite outcry from medical students, the government is refusing to reduce the latest in a string of proposed fee hikes, this one nearly doubling the charge for the University of Health Science’s exit exam. In a letter sent to the university’s rector on Friday, the ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/med-school-stands-firm-fee
Kingdom-United States trade tops $9.1 billion last year
The bilateral trade between Cambodia and the US amounted to $9,159 million in value in 2021, a 15.8 percent increase compared to the same period last year, according to a report the US Census Bureau issued on Wednesday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501022173/kingdom-united-states-trade-tops-9-1-billion-last-year/
Cambodian PM discloses his trip to the United States in September
Cambodian Prime Minister Dr Hun Manet disclosed his trip to the US later this month in his public speech Friday. At a get-together with factory workers and employees in Takhmao town, Kandal province, Dr Manet did not give details of his forthcoming trip, he just ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501353254/cambodian-pm-discloses-his-trip-to-the-united-states-in-september/
State institutions ensure seated flatbed trucks for garment workers by 2024, buses by 2027
After several rounds of discussion since 2018, state institutions on Wednesday vowed to make it safer for workers across the country to have chairs to sit on while traveling to and from work, which has typically been flatbed trucks. ...
Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/state-institution-ensure-seated-flatbed-trucks-for-garment-workers-by-2024-buses-by-2027/
Correction and issuance of high school diplomas and provisional high school diplomas
On 10 September 2021, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports issued a notification on correction and issuance of high school diplomas and provisional high school diplomas.Applicant, parents or guardians and representatives of higher education institutions who wish to correct the information on the high ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Property Tax to Generate $6M for Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh City Hall has estimated it could receive about $6 million in revenue next year from property tax collection, which started recently. City Hall released some tax calculation methods on its website last week and said that “based on the estimation of the technical ...
Cambodia needs about US$ 200 million annually for climate change adaptations
According to the Copenhagen Accord hosted in Denmark, developed countries had to provide US$ 30 billion for 2009-2012 to kick start emissions reduction measures for the less-developed countries and promised to offer US$ 100 billion for long term finance a year by 2020. “Cambodia needs approximately ...
Laos aims to build Mekong dam this year, testing neighbours
Laos wants to start construction this year on the $3.8 billion (Bt115 billion) Thai-financed Xayaburi hydropower plant on the Mekong River after changing the design of the dam to placate neighbouring countries opposed to the project. Laos completed a review of the dam recently to ease ...
Business summits set to start
Prime Minister Hun Sen will open the 2012 ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, to run from the 17th to the 18th, in Phnom Penh tomorrow, ahead of the 21st ASEAN Summit on Monday. The summit is being held in an attempt to increase regional trade ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012111659776/Business/business-summits-set-to-start.html
Qatar Airways touches down in Cambodia
With the launch of daily scheduled services, Qatar Airways becomes the only Middle Eastern airline flying to the South East Asian nation – and destination number 125 served worldwide. Guests gathered at Phonm Penh International Airport in celebration of the new air link, connecting Cambodia ...
Cambodia, Russia sign deal to boost bilateral cooperation
Cambodia and Russia on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding, aiming at promoting bilateral cooperation in all fields, particularly trade, investment, tourism and education, officials said. The deal was inked between Sun Saphoeun, secretary of state of Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-04/02/c_132280019.htm
Mine Safety Law on Agenda
The government plans to draft a law designed to govern safety standards in the Kingdom’s mining industry, an official said yesterday, little more than a week after at least one gold miner went missing when a shaft collapsed in Preah Vihear province. Khieu Muth, a secretary ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013053165981/National/mine-safety-law-on-agenda.html
Myanmar rice is back
While exports of Cambodian rice have been booming, analysts are predicting that new competition from Myanmar could eventually rain on the parade. Cambodia exported nearly 176,000 tonnes of rice in the first six months of the year, a 125 per cent increase from the same period ...
Varying Degrees of Progress Shown in Development Report
The government has made “remarkable development progress” in successfully guiding the country through the global financial crash of 2008, ensuring economic stability and enabling the government to meet the Cambodian Millennium Development Goal on poverty reduction, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. Speaking at the launch ...
Cambodia-United States trade reaches $5.3 billion in H1
The bilateral trade between Cambodia and the US amounted to $5.3 billion in the first half of this year, a decrease of 14 percent from $6.2 billion for the same period last year, according to a report from the US Census Bureau yesterday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501350472/cambodia-united-states-trade-reaches-5-3-billion-in-h1/
GCC-ASEAN media delegation visits Saudi State History Exhibition
A Cambodian media delegation led by Kao Imran, Head of Arabic News at the Ministry of Information, together with their counterparts from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and ASEAN member countries yesterday visited the Saudi State History Exhibition, held at the headquarters of the Saudi ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501379447/gcc-asean-media-delegation-visits-saudi-state-history-exhibition/
All state markets to re-open in Phnom Penh from May 24th
The Governor of Phnom Penh, Khuong Sreng, has announced that all state markets in Phnom Penh will be permitted to reopen from May 24, 2021 onwards. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50859855/all-state-markets-to-re-open-in-phnom-penh-from-may-24th/
Cambodian PM joins other world leaders in Abe Shinzo’s state funeral
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Japan, attended in Tokyo this afternoon the State Funeral of former Prime Minister of Japan Abe Shinzo. Some 4,500 people, including about 50 current and former world leaders and around 700 international guests, joined the event of great sorrow. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501158511/cambodian-pm-joins-other-world-leaders-in-abe-shinzos-state-funeral/