Cambodia comes top of 2015 holiday hotspots list
SIEM Reap in Cambodia, Fort Lauderdale in Florida and the Greek island of Mykonos will be the world’s top holiday hotspots of 2015, according to a report. Siem Reap in the north-west of Cambodia tops the list with a 33 per cent increase in searches ...
Angus Howarth
http://www.scotsman.com/news/world/cambodia-comes-top-of-2015-holiday-hotspots-list-1-3613039
Gov’t preps new health plan
Plans for a universal health care system will be included in the 10-year strategy to strengthen Cambodia’s social welfare, according to a government official, as a new report reveals almost three-quarters of Cambodians lack any legal health coverage. The study, released this week by the International ...
Shaun Turton
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-preps-new-health-plan
Police suspended over man’s death during cockfight raid
Six police officers in Tbong Khmum province who opened fire during a raid on an illegal cockfight that left a man dead were suspended from duty Wednesday, according to a provincial police official. Chhay Oeun, 25, was shot dead on November 25 after being hit in ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-suspended-over-mans-death-during-cockfight-raid-73991/
National Audit Authority moves after land swap
The National Audit Authority (NAA), located on prime real estate on Phnom Penh’s Street 240, is in the midst of moving to a new location in Sen Sok district after a property swap with a company owned by a military general, according to officials at ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-audit-authority-moves-after-land-swap-67586/
New gas safety rules
As part of a new safety initiative, the Ministry of Mines and Energy will require all petrol station owners to present a certificate acknowledging that their businesses follow risk-prevention protocols. The directive came in response to a series of petrol fires and explosions that damaged property ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/new-gas-safety-rules
Smooth road means more tourism for remote province
At the Coffee Resort in Sen Monorom, the capital of Mondulkiri province, business is booming. In just an hour, about 50 tourists, local and foreign alike, come through, ordering coffee or avocado shakes to go. Coffee beans and avocados grow well here, and now, thanks to ...
Phorn Bopha
http://bit.ly/1IgUL3l
Time to revisit an ASEAN-EU FTA?
On May 19, 2015, the European Union (EU) adopted a Joint Communication: The EU and ASEAN: a partnership with a strategic purpose. The communication calls for taking “trade relations with ASEAN to a different level and working towards an ambitious region-to-region free trade agreement (FTA) ...
Ji Xianbai
http://bit.ly/1AP2O8P
Nearly $175 million in new investments flow in but can’t keep pace with increasing unemployment
Five more investment projects worth $174.8 million have been approved, according to a press release of the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued on May 22. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50726183/nearly-175-million-in-new-investments-flow-in-but-cant-keep-pace-with-increasing-unemployment/
Koh Kong airport confirmed to begin construction in early 2018
The international airport to be built in Koh Kong province will kick off construction in January next year, according to a spokesman from the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA). ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/koh-kong-airport-confirmed-begin-construction-early-2018
Civil society groups secure pledges from PM Hun Sen at forestry forum
Billed as a Cambodian first, the invitation of 500 civil society and community representatives to a forum on environmental issues with Prime Minister Hun Sen proved largely a platform for the premier to hold forth on policy and politics, with many observers bemoaning the sidelining ...
Jack Davies and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/civil-society-groups-secure-pledges-pm-hun-sen-forestry-forum
Dozens of officials in four ministries have to vacate posts
Advisors, assistants, secretaries and other officials with equivalent positions at four ministries will lose their positions, according to a sub-decree obtained by Khmer Times yesterday. ...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734717/dozens-of-officials-in-four-ministries-have-to-vacate-posts/
National Assembly endorses six draft laws
The National Assembly (NA) has unanimously approved six important draft laws to strengthen and expand the cooperation with foreign countries, according to a press release of the NA General Secretariat. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50778945/national-assembly-endorses-six-draft-laws/
Increase in Russian investment sought by commerce ministry
Cambodia has called for an increase in investment from Russia, particularly in the light and medium machinery sector, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50788919/increase-in-russian-investment-sought-by-commerce-ministry/
Kingdom cuts inequality, says Oxfam
Cambodia performs better at global commitment to reduce inequality, despite COVID-19, according to a report on Oxfam in Cambodia Policy. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50774670/kingdom-cuts-inequality-says-oxfam/
Cambodia has exported more than 3 million tonnes of agricultural produce
More than 3 million tonnes of Cambodia’s agricultural products were exported as of Sept 11, according to a report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Angkor crowned as best place to visit in Southeast Asia
Angkor in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province came first among the 29 Best Places to Visit in Southeast Asia, according to a survey of Touropia Travel Guides. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50964217/angkor-crowned-as-best-place-to-visit-in-southeast-asia/
Saudi Foreign Minister to pay a visit to Cambodia today
His Highness Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, will lead a delegation to pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia today, according to a press release from the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501043540/saudi-foreign-minister-to-pay-a-visit-to-cambodia-today/
Cambodia rice exports rise to $516 million in four months
Cambodia exported 221,138 tonnes of milled rice and 1,648,474 tonnes of un-milled rice, with a total value of $516.21 million in the first four months of 2022, according to a release from the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501071306/cambodia-rice-exports-rise-to-516-million-in-four-months/
$4.685 billion investment projects approved in 2022
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved fixed asset investment projects worth over $4.685 billion in 2022, up 7 percent as compared to a year before. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501216023/4-685-billion-investment-projects-approved-in-2022/
MoC earns $15m in 2022
The Ministry of Commerce has earned more than $15 million to bolster the national budget, an increase of more than six percent over 2021, according to a report. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-moc-earns-15m-in-2022