Water bird census released
The results of an Asian water bird census show that 91 species were identified in the Boeung Prek Lapouv Protected Landscape Area in Takeo province, while 34 were recorded in the Anlung Pring Protected Landscape Area of Kampot province. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/water-bird-census-released
Women’s Affairs Ministry and partners work to improve women’s financial inclusion
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs in collaboration with the Women’s World Banking organized here on Aug. 10 a workshop on “Establishing the Foundation Blocks: Accelerating the Expansion of Women’s Financial Inclusion in Cambodia”. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501341451/womens-affairs-ministry-and-partners-work-to-improve-womens-financial-inclusion/
Associations welcome minimum wage hike
Associations in the footwear and travel goods sector welcomed the hike in the minimum wage for workers in 2024, saying that this will ensure the sector’s competitiveness and enhance the workers’ living standards. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501369455/associations-welcome-minimum-wage-hike/
Waste management project takes shape
The Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the World Bank, is poised to launch a project aimed at managing solid and plastic waste in five provinces in the near future. Discussions are underway to expedite the project’s implementation. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/waste-management-project-takes-shape
ASEAN, Russia bolster digital technology cooperation
An online symposium focusing on economic aspects in the transition to the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Russia and ASEAN countries and cooperation chances between the sides, was recently held in Moscow. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501160803/asean-russia-bolster-digital-technology-cooperation/
Indigenous Kuoy call for Preah Roka forest crime investigation
The Kuoy indigenous community in Preah Vihear province has called for relevant institutions to investigate the true scale of forest crimes in the Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary after finding 249 cases in August. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/indigenous-kuoy-call-preah-roka-forest-crime-investigation
All mining concessions
This dataset contains data for mining concessions in Cambodia’s from 1995 to 2014. The data was collected from many sources by ODC’s mappers such as government, news, company profiles, reports and NGO agency in both pdf and shapefile format. Geographic data is encoded in the ...
Ministry aiming to expand Prey Lang carbon credit sales
The Ministry of Environment and Conservation International (CI) Cambodia will push for the expansion of the carbon credit market in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary in 2023 in order to raise funds for the conservation of protected areas and community development there. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-aiming-expand-prey-lang-carbon-credit-sales
PM meets top Australian business leaders
Several top Australian business leaders yesterday evinced interest in trade collaborations and investment opportunities in Cambodia as Prime Minister Hun Manet met them in separate meetings during his visit to the country. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501450457/pm-meets-top-australian-business-leaders/
WCS and local authorities educate secondary and high school students about the endangered species
In WCS’s Tonle Sap Landscape program, Community outreach programs play an important role in raising local awareness of wildlife conservation and engaging them in protecting and conserving natural resources. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501452048/wcs-and-local-authorities-educate-secondary-and-high-school-students-about-the-endangered-species/
PM calls for end to ‘fake news’
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on local and international journalists to join hands in tackling fake news, which he said could cause social turmoil in the Kingdom and beyond. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-end-fake-news
Prey Lang Community Network seeks government intervention
The Prey Lang Community Network today submitted a report to the Environment Ministry accusing local authorities in the province of colluding with businessmen to illegally cut trees in protected forests. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50539403/prey-lang-community-network-seeks-government-intervention/
Kampong Chhnang to host fifth River Festival
The Kampong Chhnang provincial authority and Tourism Ministry on Saturday discussed plans to hold the fifth River Festival in the province. If approved, the event will take place in March. ...
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-chhnang-host-fifth-river-festival
Residents rally over OCIC land dispute
Hundreds of residents locked in a land dispute with the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district yesterday submitted a petition to the Land Management Ministry. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50497921/residents-rally-over-ocic-land-dispute/
Mondulkiri communities worried over forest clearing
Indigenous people in Mondulkiri province’s Keo Seima district yesterday expressed concern over logging activities in the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary, which they claim is allowed by some commune authorities. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50540804/mondulkiri-communities-worried-over-forest-clearing/
Second port plans to list on bourse
The largest port in the Kingdom, Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, will list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) in the first half of next year, its director general Lou Kim Chhun said yesterday. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18656/second-port-plans-to-list-on-bourse/
Cause of market fire found as rebuild starts
The reconstruction of the Stung Treng market, which was destroyed in a massive fire that was sparked in a jewelry shop on April 7, started yesterday, according to provincial officials. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23974/cause-of-market-fire-found-as-rebuild-starts/
Gov’t seeks to incentivise green practices
Members of the government and private sector met yesterday in Phnom Penh to discuss ideas and solutions aimed at facilitating the growth of eco-friendly technologies and practices in Cambodia. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-seeks-incentivise-green-practices
Japan gives $3M for scholarships
The Japanese government will continue providing scholarships to young Cambodian government officials wishing to study in Japan, continuing a tradition of bilateral scholarship that began in 2000, officials said yesterday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25924/japan-gives--3m-for-scholarships/
Vehicle sales increasing, both new and old
The market for new cars in steadily increasing in the Kingdom, with more dealers and representatives setting up outlets, while the sale of used vehicles is also on the rise. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23065/vehicle-sales-increasing--both-new-and-old/