Cambodia-India trade bucks global downturn, rises 7%
Trade volume between Cambodia and India has grown 6.6 per cent year-on-year to $306.9 million from $287.8 million amid contracted bilateral trade with other nations in the first eight months of 2023. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-india-trade-bucks-global-downturn-rises-7
New task-force to form cassava federation
The General Department of Domestic Trade of the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) is in the process of forming a new multilateral task-force to expedite the establishment of a cassava federation in Cambodia after a delay in implementing the national cassava strategy for a few years lass='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501375672/new-task-force-to-form-cassava-federation/
Cambodia sets strategies for ASEAN amid changing economic system
Cambodia, as the Chair of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) in 2022, has set out four key strategic thrusts under the ASEAN Economic Community Pillar, while the building process of the economic community has continued to be hindered by the constant changes of lass='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501150835/cambodia-sets-strategies-for-asean-amid-changing-economic-system/
Bird survey shows white-shoulder ibis comeback
A biodiversity team from Conservation International Cambodia (CI Cambodia) is surveying and identifying birds in the Central Cardamom Mountains National Park, while wildlife research teams from the Ministry of Environment and World Wide Fund for Nature Cambodia (WWF Cambodia) – with participation from members of lass='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bird-survey-shows-white-shoulder-ibis-comeback
NGO wants Koh Kong Krao study made public
A petition requesting the report of a study on the Koh Kong Krao area and progress made in designating the area as a national marine park to be made public was submitted by the Mother Nature Movement to the Ministry of Environment. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501139062/ngo-wants-koh-kong-krao-study-made-public/
Over 10,000 police officers to be deployed in Phnom Penh for security and safety during ASEAN Summits
More than 10,000 security forces will be deployed to maintain the security and safety during the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and Related Summits on November 8-13, 2022 in Phnom Penh, said lt. Gen. Chhay Kim Khoeun, Deputy Commissioner General and Spokesperson for the National lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175162/over-10000-police-officers-to-be-deployed-for-security-and-safety-during-asean-summits/
Hodo Group’s SSEZ strives to become world class enterprise
Hodo Group, a private textile and garment maker based in Wuxi, Jiangsu province in East China, said it would strive to become a world-class enterprise, said Zhou Haijiang, board chairman of the group and a delegate to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501172934/hodo-groups-ssez-strives-to-become-world-class-enterprise/
Interior Minister Sar Kheng chairs meeting on new road traffic law
The National Committee for Road Safety (NCSC) has organized a meeting to review and discuss the new road traffic law at Ministry of Interior office on Friday. lass='cambodia-color'>...
So Cheata
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501191753/interior-minister-sar-kheng-chairs-meeting-on-new-road-traffic-law/
ADMM-Plus members affirm commitment to peace, stability
Minister of National Defence Tea Banh said he was proud that Cambodia had hosted the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) and ADMM-Plus, which issued a joint communique that showed the commitment of all ASEAN member states, as well as China and the US, to maintaining lass='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/admm-plus-members-affirm-commitment-peace-stability
Kingdom looks to join China’s CIPS payment system
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) is looking into joining the RMB Cross-border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) to provide additional international payment options; facilitate and boost trade, investment, tourism between the two countries through yuan-denominated transactions; and to make management of the Chinese currency in lass='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-looks-join-chinas-cips-payment-system
Cambodia, UN discuss mine clearance cooperation
Cambodian Senior Minister and First Vice President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) Ly Thuch has met with Mrs. Armida SaLsiah ALisjahbana, Under-Secretary-GeneraL of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and SociaL Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501291988/cambodia-un-discuss-mine-clearance-cooperation/
New train builds efficiency for China-ASEAN biz
The China-Laos-ThaiLand round-trip train, an extension of the China-Laos RaiLway, was successfuLLy Launched on Tuesday. The new efficient, stabLe coLd chain channeL is expected to inject new impetus into trade between China and member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501236371/new-train-builds-efficiency-for-china-asean-biz/
Cambodia’s agriculture census 2023 to be conducted in April
The Ministry of Planning will conduct the Agriculture Census of Cambodia 2023 throughout the country from April 1 to 30. The information was shared in a meeting here on February 15 chaired by Dr Chhay Than, Senior Minister and Minister of Planning, and Chairman of lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501240797/cambodias-agriculture-census-2023-to-be-conducted-in-april/
Calls out for vocational programme enrollments
The Ministry of Labour and VocationaL Training has urged young peopLe to promptLy register for courses at technicaL institutes throughout the country. The move foLLows the government’s officiaL announcement of a nationaL programme on technicaL and vocationaL training for 1.5 miLLion young individuaLs from impoverished Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/calls-out-for-vocational-programme-enrollments
Gov’t revenue $4.9B, spending $6.3B
The government’s national revenue collection in the first 10 months of 2023 reached nearly $4.9 billion, equating to almost 78% of the target set by the 2023 law on Financial Management, while total expenditures stood at over $6.3 billion, as reported by the Ministry of lass='cambodia-color'>...
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gov-t-revenue-4-9b-spending-6-3b
TVET key to Cambodia becoming upper middle-income country
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) has been championed by the highest levels of the Cambodian state as well as a myriad of international donors and development partners, who correctly understand it to be a cornerstone of Cambodia’s National Strategic Development Plan, Sustainable Development lass='cambodia-color'>...
Kevin Nauen
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501575857/tvet-key-to-cambodia-becoming-upper-middle-income-country/
Petroleum engineers to provide support to Cambodia
At a Sept 11 meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Sok An and Ganesh C. Thakur, President of the U.S.-based Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), plans were discussed about the SPE providing training and expertise for the Kingdom’s oil and gas sector, according to a statement lass='cambodia-color'>...
UN labour agency troubled by Cambodia's failure to arrest gunman
The United Nations‘ labour agency said Tuesday international buyers were “extremely concerned” at Cambodia‘s failure to arrest the suspect in last month‘s shootings of three garment workers at a subcontractor for German sportswear firm PUMA SE. Jill Tucker, technical advisor to the International labour Organization, said lass='cambodia-color'>...
Illegally Logged Rosewood Seized In Kratie Operation
The Kratie Provincial Court yesterday charged a truck driver with illegally collecting and transporting luxury wood after forestry officers last week confiscated 148 pieces of luxury wood totalling 31.2 cubic meters from his truck, which had been transporting the timber along National Road 7 lass='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian forest shrinks to only 47pct in last 40 over years
Cambodia’s forest cover was over 73 per cent in 1975 but it has shrunk to only about 47 per cent last year. In its Human Development Report Cambodia 2019, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said deforestation was mainly caused by rising wood demand for lass='cambodia-color'>...
New Straits Times Staff
https://www.nst.com.my/world/region/2019/11/542639/cambodian-forest-shrinks-only-47pct-last-40-over-years