Ministry studies apps for coronavirus response
Posts and Telecommunication Minister Chea Vandeth on Monday held a meeting to review research findings for two mobile applications and a ventilator, which could be used in the Kingdom’s response to the coronavirus. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Va Sonyka
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50713138/ministry-studies-apps-for-coronavirus-response/
COVID-19 cases double to 24
The Health Ministry has detected 12 new cases of COVID-19 in Phnom Penh and five other provinces, bringing the Kingdom’s total to 24. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50702670/covid-19-cases-double-to-24/
Absent workers during KNY must go on 14 days unpaid leave and mandatory self-quarantine
A senior official at the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MoLVT) said that the workers who go on unpaid leave during the cancelled Khmer New Year will have to undergo mandatory 14 days self-quarantine if they breach the government’s sub-decree. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vietnamese-owned rubber plantations looking to hire
Vietnamese-owned rubber plantations in the Kingdom’s northeast are short on workers and are looking to recruit as many as 105,000 of them from now until the end of 2021. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnamese-owned-rubber-plantations-looking-hire
Japanese companies face domestic employee shortage
Japanese companies are facing a shortage of skilled workers which is hindering progress in Japanese-owned electronic factories, the Japanese Business Association of Cambodia (JBAC) said. The statement comes after the Asian Development Bank said in April that a shortage of skilled workers would continue to hinder ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia reaffirms commitment to host the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Nov 2020
Cambodia has reaffirmed that it will host the Asia-Europe Meeting (AsEM) summit in November, said Luy David, secretary of state of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, stressing that it will be the world’s largest summit post-COVID-19. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728976/cambodia-reaffirms-commitment-to-host-the-asia-europe-meeting-asem-nov-2020/
Most land disputes in Pursat province settled
A majority of land disputes in Pursat province has been resolved through the provincial administration’s intervention efforts, an investigation by human rights group Licadho revealed. Nonetheless, one land dispute remains in need of government intervention. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khan Chan Virak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732616/most-land-disputes-in-pursat-province-settled/
‘SME Development Policy’ drafted for approval
A draft development policy for Small and Medium EnterpriSe (SME) and a new SME definition haS been Sent to the MiniStry of Economy and Finance&rSquo;S Economic and Financial Policy Committee (EFPC) for review and approval, according to a Senior official. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50716393/sme-development-policy-drafted-for-approval/
Task of creating voter list kicks off
A crucial time-saving function of the new digital voter registration system may not have been taught to the more than 2,000 computer operators who today will begin the task of registering Cambodia’s nearly 10 million eligible voters, it has emerged. After months of preparation, and several ss='cambodia-color'>...
Bun Sengkong, Shaun Turton and Daniel Nass
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/task-creating-voter-list-kicks
Unions warn against ‘race to the bottom’
As the AsEAN Economic Community agreement nears its implementation on December 31, a network of trade unions has warned that the regional labour market’s liberalisation could spark a “race to the bottom” and harm poor Cambodian workers due to rampant cost-cutting. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-warn-against-race-bottom
Kuoy cry foul over land loss
The Kuoy indigenous community in Preah Vihear are seeking Prime Minister Hun sen’s intervention after they claimed provincial authorities moved the Chheb district land border 3km into their commune land. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743340/kuoy-cry-foul-over-land-loss/
UK to make trade preference available to least developed countries
Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) yesterday announced that developing countries which are eligible, like Cambodia, will be able to get trade preference through the United Kingdom’s Generalised scheme of Preferences (GsP) from January 1. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen Davith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50784702/uk-to-make-trade-preference-available-to-least-developed-countries/
New digital platforms to ease tax collection and management
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has organised an official signing ceremony of the letter of User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and launched the trial of a Data and Information sharing Automatic system, according to a recent GDT’s press release. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lim Nary/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50787198/new-digital-platforms-to-ease-tax-collection-and-management/
Vietnam border markets on the cards for 2021
Prime Minister Hun sen has ordered the Ministry of Commerce to work with svay Rieng and Kampot officials to build two additional border markets in a bid to shore up border trade and enhance cooperation with Cambodia’s neighbour Vietnam. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnam-border-markets-cards-2021
PPSP share buyback planned for mid-December
Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSP) will commence and execute itS Share buyback plan in the middle of December, if approved by the exchange and itS regulator, according to information given to Khmer TimeS by the company&rSquo;S management. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50789601/ppsp-share-buyback-planned-for-mid-december/
Indications of new strength in bilateral trade with Thailand
It was announced this week that Cambodia will soon establish a representative office, the Cambodia Business Council Centre (CBCC), in Thailand’s capital in a bid to facilitate trade and business activities between the two kingdoms. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50786411/indications-of-new-strength-in-bilateral-trade-with-thailand/
Banana exports drop amid pandemic
Cambodia’s exports of yellow bananas experienced a slight decline during the first half of this year compared with the corresponding period last year due to the coronavirus pandemic which is affecting global supply and demand. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Passenger traffic slides down 67 percent while development of new airports boom
Cambodia’s three international airports handled 1.9 million air passengers in the first six months of this year, a 67.5 percent decrease from 6 million air passengers last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak /AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747225/passenger-traffic-slides-down-67-percent-while-development-of-new-airports-boom/
Promised sky train delayed over expense
The government’s sky train project from Phnom Penh city centre to the international airport has been delayed because the cost is higher than expected, according to an official from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747814/promised-sky-train-delayed-over-expense/
New $231M Pursat dam built
Groundwork is underway on south Korean-owned sPHP (Cambodia) Co Ltd’s massive $231 million stung Pursat I hydroelectric dam in Pursat, provincial deputy governor Khoy Rida told The Post on Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-231m-pursat-dam-built