NBC: Loans, deposits see double-digit 2022 growth
The Kingdom’s banking and financial institutions posted very solid business performance overall last year despite regional and global uncertainty and inflationary pressures tied to Covid-19 and the Ukraine crisis. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-loans-deposits-see-double-digit-2022-growth
Marine plastic issue discussed
State inStitutionS and development partnerS are gathering input on StrategieS for the efficient management of marine debriS, eSpecially plaStic waSte, in the touriSt deStinationS of the Kingdom&rSquo;S coaStline. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/marine-plastic-issue-discussed
‘Eco-tourism’ development on the cards for Koh Thmey isle
Local company HTTH Island Investment Co Ltd is reportedly studying the feasibility of a 16.68sq km “eco-tourism” development project on Koh Thmey island, just southeast of Prey Nop district’s Ream National Park in Preah sihanouk province. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eco-tourism-development-cards-koh-thmey-isle
SDF implements 100 projects, trains 11,309
The SkillS Development Fund (SDF), under Cambodia&rSquo;S MiniStry of Economy and Finance, haS implemented 100 training projectS in the laSt five yearS Since itS inception in March 2018, benefitting 11,309 workerS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501338655/sdf-implements-100-projects-trains-11309/
Kantha Bopha Siem Reap maternity wards nears completion
The construction of a dedicated maternity and post-natal ward at Jayavarman VII Hospital, also known as the third Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital, in siem Reap province, has reached 80 per cent completion. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kantha-bopha-siem-reap-maternity-wards-nears-completion
Apsara Authority plants saplings to improve Angkor environment
The Apsara National Authority (ANA) claims that they have planted about two million saplings of mixed varieties in the Angkor Archaeological Park from 2004 to 2023 to enhance the area’s aesthetics. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501344942/apsara-authority-plants-saplings-to-improve-angkor-environment/
Apsara Authority plants saplings to improve Angkor environment
The Apsara National Authority (ANA) claims that they have planted about two million saplings of mixed varieties in the Angkor Archaeological Park from 2004 to 2023 to enhance the area’s aesthetics. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501344942/apsara-authority-plants-saplings-to-improve-angkor-environment/
New book to help Cambodia navigate cyberspace
Three Cambodian tech experts have penned a book that explores the nation’s current cyberspace landscape and advocates for enhanced cybersecurity as more of the population share data online. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Bun Tharum
https://kiripost.com/stories/new-book-to-help-cambodia-navigate-cyberspace
NEC seeks 5,000 short-term staff for updates and voter list review
The National Election Committee (NEC) is preparing to recruit nearly 5,000 officials on short-term contracts to update and review voter lists ahead of next year’s national election. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-seeks-5000-short-term-staff-updates-and-voter-list-review
EU lending arm plans expansion in Kingdom
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to expand its presence in Cambodia, especially in green projects, with the EU’s lending arm currently investing in three main projects worth a total of €245 million ($249 million). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara and Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-lending-arm-plans-expansion-kingdom
Joy as Koh Ker Temple registered by UNESCO
Cambodia’s Koh Ker Temple archaeological site has been officially added to UNEsCO’s World Heritage List, during the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Riyadh, saudi Arabia, on september 17. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Raksa and Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/joy-koh-ker-temple-registered-unesco
AFD boosts MFIs, NBC reports
National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) governor Chea Serey haS lauded the French government for itS pivotal role in the expanSion of the Kingdom&rSquo;S financial induStry, particularly itS robuSt growth in the microfinance Sector. SS='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/afd-boosts-mfis-nbc-reports
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. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501369455/associations-welcome-minimum-wage-hike/
Minister plans enhanced ties with Mali education sector
Minister of Education, Youth and sport Hang Chuon Naron has announced plans for a future collaboration between a school in Mali and Cambodia’s New Generation schools (NGs). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-plans-enhanced-ties-mali-education-sector
Siem Reap tourism firms work to boost visitors
Around 100 tourism operators, as well as provincial leaders and officials, gathered in siem Reap recently to strategise attracting more international tourists, as the provincial airport’s mid-October opening approaches. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/siem-reap-tourism-firms-work-boost-visitors
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. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/waste-management-project-takes-shape
Poisoned workers recover, plantation closed
The more than 70 banana plantation workers who were poisoned, causing three to die, in Kampong Cham province’s stung Trang district have recovered, while the plantation has been closed for investigation which has affected workers’ livelihoods. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501179536/poisoned-workers-recover-plantation-closed/
Hun Sen: CPP properly implements racial and religious harmony policy
Hun Sen, Prime MiniSter and PreSident of the ruling Cambodian People&rSquo;S Party (CPP), reaffirmed on ThurSday that CPP haS carried out well the policy of racial and religiouS harmony, which allowS all religionS to coexiSt. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501160016/hun-sen-cpp-properly-implements-racial-and-religious-harmony-policy/
Cambodia to receive 70% of stolen oil revenue
Cambodia is slated to receive 70 percent of revenue from crude oil that was stolen by a tanker after a dispute with singapore’s KrisEnergy which abandoned an offshore oil block off Cambodian waters. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-to-receive-70-of-stolen-oil-revenue