Workshop on using open EIA reporting to drive accountable and transparent environmental governance in Cambodia
On 01 October 2020, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) hosted a half-day workshop on “Using Open EIA Reporting to Drive Accountable and Transparent Environmental Governance in Cambodia”. The event brought together 35 participants coming from various institutions, including local and international NGOs, grassroots organizations and media ...
Farmers remain sceptical even as local prices for pigs double
The outlook of local farmer’s remained dismal even as the price of pigs doubled during the second quarter, with many of them pointing to a lack of government regulation as a factor that is sowing market unreliability. Rising to $2.20 per kilogram from just over ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/farmers-remain-sceptical-even-local-prices-pigs-double
Cashew growers brace for fall in prices
Cashew nut prices seem to have fallen slightly at the end of harvest season compared to March this year, according to the cashew nut association in Kampong Thom province. Association president Oum Uon said prices for raw cashew nuts dropped from 7,000 riel ($1.75) per kilo ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39073/cashew-growers-brace-for-fall-in-prices/
Schools to teach financial literacy
Financial literacy as a school subject to increase students’ knowledge about money will be introduced nationwide through the first phase of the Cambodian School Curriculum Project, with the Ministry of Education collaborating with the National Bank of Cambodia, Asian Development Bank, Good Return and the ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083840/schools-teach-financial-literacy/
Thailand repatriates 500 dead Cambodians
More than 500 dead Cambodians were repatriated from Thailand in the first six months of 2017, according to an Interior Ministry official. Chou Bun Eng, secretary of state at the ministry, said yesterday the 500 bodies were repatriated through three checkpoints in Banteay Meanchey province. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084746/thailand-repatriates-500-dead-cambodians/
Government approves two projects worth more than $ 33 million
Two investment projects with a total investment capital of $ 33.1 million approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) create job for a total of 1,118 places. This is according to the CDC press release on September 30. ...
Ministry unveils school feeding policy
The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports has announced the implementation of the Government Policy on School Feeding 2024-2035. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501560409/ministry-unveils-school-feeding-policy/
ODC’s Focus Group Discussion on Khmer Site
ODC Executive Director was discussing ODC Khmer site with 12 participants.On May 30, 2014, ODC conducted a focus group discussion on ODC Khmer site. The objectives were to (1) present ODC Khmer site by exploring ODC’s data organization and website structure including illustration on how ...
Administration
Cambodia’s sub-national administration consists of three tiers: capital city/province, municipality/district and sangkat/commune. Phnom Penh is the capital, and there are 24 provinces, 159 districts (including 26 municipalities and 12 khans), 1406 communes and 227 sangkats. ...
Protesters successful; water prices decrease
Authorities in Prey Veng province yesterday agreed to cut the price of water from 1,800 riel to 1,200 riel a cubic metre after more than 1,000 people blocked National Road 11 for the fourth consecutive day. Acting provincial police chief Dim Yarum said yesterday an ...
Worming a Way Into the Agriculture Sector
For 53-year-old farmer Ros Mao, it’s not just the early bird that catches the worm. The Takeo province farmer has raised millions of earthworms for eight years in Tram Trak district, selling the slimy red creatures and using the manure they create to grow his ...
Stocks Slow as CSX Sees First Day Without Trades
For the first time since the bourse went alive in April, no trading took place on the Cambodian Securities Exchange on Friday. The share price of the bourse’s sole listing, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA), remained flat at 6,450 riel ($1.58) at the end ...
Government Revenues Up 27 Percent in First Nine Months
The government collected more than $1.4 billion in revenues during the first nine months of the year, a 27 percent increase over the same period last year, figures released Thursday by the Ministry of Economy and Finance show. According to the Table of Government Financial Operations ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/government-revenues-up-27-percent-in-first-nine-months-6508/
Cargo shipments up 16 pct
The volume of cargo shipments going through the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS), the biggest deep-water port in Cambodia, saw a 16 per cent year-on-year increase in the first nine months of this year, data released by the port on Friday show. About 2.27 million tonnes of ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cargo-shipments-16-pct
Cambodian PM, businessmen head to Nanning for 11th ASEAN-China Expo
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, accompanied by businesspeople and senior officials, flew to Nanning City of southwest China’s Guangxi province on Monday to attend the 11th ASEAN-China Expo. Senior officials accompanying the prime minister included Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol, Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia Chea ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-09/15/c_133643051.htm
Cambodia vows to contribute to China's "One Belt, One Road" initiatives
Cambodia, along with other ASEAN members, will make joint efforts to create an upgraded China-ASEAN Free Trade Area and contribute to the building of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, said a senior Cambodian official at the First ASEAN ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-12/13/c_133852295.htm
Rise in Worker Numbers Heading to South Korea
An expected 4,500 Cambodians are expected to be working in South Korea by the end of the year, up from the estimated 2,915 according to the Ministry of Labour. The strong economy in Korea combined with a Buddhist background is a big draw for the ...
Public debt figures released
The government has borrowed $732.06 million in the form of concessional loans from development partners (DPs), amounting to 74.83 percent of the debt ceiling of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) approved by the National Assembly last year, according to the latest report on Cambodia’s public debt. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084552/public-debt-figures-released/
Power projects aim to generate 4,000 megawatts by 2020
The government is carrying out 18 power projects to generate more than 4,000 megawatts of electricity by 2020, according to the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy. In its annual report, the ministry says Cambodia consumed 2,788 million kilowatt/hours in 2011. Thailand and Vietnam supplied 1,765 ...