Tech designer hopes to create better data system for hospitals
Programmer Kong Divin recently returned from a trip to the US, where he won second place in a Microsoft Office context in Texas. He had entered the same competition last year, but did not win any prizes, though it gave him the drive to return. ...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/tech-designer-hopes-to-create-better-data-system-for-hospitals/2930672.html
FAO: World's forests faring better
The bottom line from the Food and Agriculture Organization’s 2015 assessment of global forest resources: The state of the world’s forests is better than it was.The U.N. agency released the report this week ahead of the 14th World Forestry Congress in Durban, South Africa. ...
Joe DeCapua
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/fao-says-world-forests-faring-better/2950891.html
Hopes to boost textile exports to Japan with added value
Cambodia, as well as Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, are being encouraged to improve their production chains to provide added value to their textile products exported to Japan. The call came at a Phnom Penh workshop for representatives from Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) on ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50691648/hopes-to-boost-textile-exports-to-japan-with-added-value
MoE: Notice on dissemination of the updated documents for environmental and social safety
On 12 March 2020, the Ministry of Environment (MoE) released a public announcement on dissemination of the updated documents for environmental and social safety in the implementation of the project “Sustainable Landscape and Ecotourism in Cambodia”, in the purpose to increase public awareness and getting ...
Ministry of Environment
Officials examine timber company for irregularities
After winning the rights to transfer large shipments of timber from Mondulkiri province to the rest of Cambodia, Try Pheap Import Export Co Ltd is being examined by 10 officials to ensure there are no irregularities in its operation, Mondulkiri provincial forestry administration director Um ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-examine-timber-company-irregularities
Vietnam invests $9.5 million in Cambodia
Cambodia was recorded as the third largest recipient of Vietnamese investment during the first quarter of this year, according to a report released by the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Vietnam. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708029/vietnam-invests-9-5-million-in-cambodia/
Gov’t set to finalise antitrust, competition draft law
The government will soon finalise a draft law on antitrust and competition, and submit it to the National Assembly for approval, Ministry of Commerce senior official told The Post on Wednesday. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-set-finalise-antitrust-competition-draft-law
US gives $56 mln to support Kingdom
The US government has provided a total of $56 million to support Cambodia’s social and economy development programme in 2020, including $18 million to promote the Kingdom’s agriculture sector, according to a joint statement. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50738964/us-gives-56-mln-to-support-kingdom/
Press release: Importing and distributing companies, and companies supplying products for infants and children in Cambodia
On 28 July 2020, the Ministry of Commerce issued a notification to all importing and distributing companies, and companies supplying products for infants and children to comply with the contents of the laws and legal documents that are currently in force in the Kingdom of ...
Ministry of Commerce
Press Release on research topic for the Research Creativity and Innovation Fund (RCI Fund) 2020
On 24 August 2020, with the support of Ministry of Information, Ministry of Education has established The Research Creativity and Innovation Fund (RCI Fund). This fund aims to contribute to fostering a culture of research, inspiring innovation and promoting innovation for the benefit of education, ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Ministry of Education creates research fund to promote innovation
Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) has established a Research Creativity and Innovation Fund (RCI Fund) to contribute to promoting the culture of research, creativity and innovation for the benefit of the education, youth and sports in response to the labour market and ...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50756984/ministry-of-education-creates-research-fund-to-promote-innovation/
Cambodia gets $127.8 million ADB loan to help expand power grid
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $127.8 million loan to support the construction of transmission lines and substations to help provide Phnom Penh and three other Cambodian provinces with stable and reliable electricity supply. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50763156/cambodia-gets-127-8-million-adb-loan-to-help-expand-power-grid/
Capital market grows in face of Coronavirus
While some sectors in the country have been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic this year, the capital market in contrast saw growth in terms of listing companies and investors, said Sou Socheat, director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC). ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50763658/capital-market-grows-in-face-of-coronavirus/
Government hopes decentralisation boosts business registration
To promote the registration of small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft will begin early next year to decentralise the process by granting provincial government officials the authority to register businesses. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-hopes-decentralisation-boosts-business-registration
India seeking pepper and turmeric from Cambodia
The Indian Embassy to Cambodia has stated it seeks to see increased imports of pepper and turmeric from Cambodia. This potential hike in bilateral trade with India was discussed at a meeting held March 9 between Indian Ambassador to Cambodia Dr Devyani Uttam Khobragade and ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50822835/india-seeking-pepper-and-turmeric-from-cambodia/
Cambodia, EuroCham to boost SME, technology, science and green industry
Cambodia and European Union (EU) are committed to joining hands in boosting the development of SME, technology, science and green industry in Cambodia. ...
Lim Nary /AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50811281/cambodia-eurocham-to-boost-sme-technology-science-and-green-industry/
Western thoughts on benefits of Cambodian BRI initiatives evolving
The success of China’s Belt and Road Initiatives (BRIs) in Cambodia will depend on what the project is and how productive it will be, according to experts who have analysed China’s white paper on foreign aid and development. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810941/western-thoughts-on-benefits-of-cambodian-bri-initiatives-evolving/
Spice community ready to enter into Mena region
The Cambodia Pepper and Spices Federation (CPSF), in collaboration with USAID-funded Feed the Future Cambodia Harvest II project (Harvest II), on September 20 virtually launched the “Export Mission to the Middle East and North Africa” programme. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/spice-community-ready-enter-mena-region
Settling disputes in securities sector with the SERC mediation mechanism
The SERC – established under the Preah Reach Kram No. NS/RKM/1007/028 on October 19, 2007 that promulgates the Law on the Issuance and Trading of Non-Government Securities – is the sole authority that controls and supervises the securities sector. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/settling-disputes-securities-sector-serc-mediation-mechanism