The Mekong ranks as the third most biodiverse river worldwide
A groundbreaking report supported by UsAID highlights the critical state of biodiversity in the Mekong River. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501452080/the-mekong-ranks-as-the-third-most-biodiverse-river-worldwide/
Manet pledges ongoing protection for Tonle Sap
Prime Minister Hun Manet has committed to the continued protection of the Tonle sap Lake, while also reiterating the government’s measures to support Cambodian farmers. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-pledges-ongoing-protection-for-tonle-sap
Gov’t seeks more Japan investment
The Kingdom anticipates increased direct investment from the Japanese, as the Cambodian government and private sector highlight the country’s potential in geography, investment law, labour force and ability to export to international markets with trade preferences. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-in-depth/gov-t-seeks-more-japan-investment
Small enterprises to receive financial support from ADB, FTB
Realising that 99 percent of Cambodian businesses are micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MsMEs), the Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia (FTB) and the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) have stepped into to fill the market gaps across the whole country. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501437116/small-enterprises-to-receive-financial-support-from-adb-ftb/
Cambodia and Xi’an strengthen ties through direct flights and tourism exchange
The Mayor of Xi’an in the People’s Republic of China, Ye Niuping, recently met with Cambodian Consul General Heng Poeu to discuss ways to enhance economic, cultural, and tourism cooperation between the two regions. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501424448/cambodia-and-xian-strengthen-ties-through-direct-flights-and-tourism-exchange/
UAE to expand economic ties with Kingdom
Prime Minister Hun Manet recently urged investors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to invest in Cambodia’s priority sectors such as tourism, agriculture, technology and clean energy infrastructures that can generate jobs in the country. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501488405/uae-to-expand-economic-ties-with-kingdom/
Cambodian, Chinese defence chiefs vows to deepen ties as US official visits Kingdom
The heads of defence of Cambodia and China vowed to further enhance relations two days ahead of the Us defence chief’s visit to the Kingdom to further expand Cambodia-Us cooperation. ss='cambodia-color'>...
SEAPAW unveils new wave of water and climate adaptation
The region’s first platform aimed at strengthening water resilience across southeast Asia while bolstering climate resilience has been launched in the form of the southeast Asia Partnership for Adaptation through Water (sEAPAW). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/seapaw-unveils-new-wave-of-water-and-climate-adaptation
Cambodia discusses plans to localize the global Sendai Gender Action Plan
Representatives from the swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, National Committee for Disaster Management, Ministry of Women’s Affairs, and UN Women at a multi-stakeholder dialogue on gender action plans for disaster risk reduction. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501513136/cambodia-discusses-plans-to-localize-the-global-sendai-gender-action-plan/
Blood of Kindness: Saving lives one donation at a time
The #BloodofKindness campaign is holding a crucial blood drive tomorrow, August 9, from 9am to 4pm at TheCommune in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district, with the aim of raising awareness and boosting blood donations across Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/blood-of-kindness-saving-lives-one-donation-at-a-time
Blind eye to forest's plight
Rangers paid by an internationally funded conservation organisation have been directly profiting for years from the very trade they are supposed to be preventing in southwest Cambodia, documents obtained by the Post allege. Former Conservation International (CI) staff members say when they spoke up about endemic ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032655247/National-news/blind-eye-to-forests-plight.html
Deutsche Bank, IFC Rubber Investments Questioned
Deutsche Bank and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) have poured millions of dollars into Vietnamese rubber companies operating in Cambodia that have engaged in illegal logging and forced evictions of local farmers, the environmental rights group Global Witness says in a new report ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/deutsche-bank-ifc-rubber-investments-questioned-23598/
Fears over island fish stocks
Villagers on Koh Kyong island in Preah sihanouk province are preparing a complaint over more than 300 allegedly unlicensed fishermen who they say are illegally operating in local waters. Loung Bunny, chief of the Association for Natural Protection in Ochroy commune, said yesterday that fishermen from ss='cambodia-color'>...
Border stop to get traffic increase
Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed to increase the number of vehicles permitted to travel through the Trapeang sre border gate in Kratie province, aiming to boost cross-border commerce and tourism. The agreement allows 300 vehicles from each country to register to pass freely through the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Inflation Report To Be Delayed Official Says
With prices creeping upward and the central bank looking to take monetary action to fight inflation, the government has suspended the publication of the monthly Consumer Price Index, an official at the Ministry of Pallning said yesterday. sam saroeun, deputy director of the statistic department ss='cambodia-color'>...
Islamic Microfinance Form to Be Established
A joint venture between Yayasan Restu, a Malaysian organization, and the Cambodian Muslim Development Foundation is set to establish a microfinance institution with $1 million in start-up capital. The institution will allow members of Cambodia’s Myslim community to obtain loans necessary to start small businesses. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Low Funds May Have Led to CPI Suspension
An official at the Ministry of Planning said yesterday that a lack of funds may be to blame fo the Ministry of Finance and Economy suspending the publication of June’s consumer price index. sam saroeun, deputy director of the statistics department at the Ministry of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Newly Paved Road Expected to Up M’kiri Trade
With the paving of the road from Sen Monorom City to a planned international border croSSing with Vietnam recently completed, croSS-border trade in the area iS expected to riSe, officialS Said. ChineSe-owned company Roch China ConStruction finiShed paving the 32-km road laSt month uSing a SS='cambodia-color'>...
More than 1,800 families seek help
About 60 people representing 1,850 families from seven villages in Battambang province’s sampov Loun district yesterday petitioned Interior Minister sar Kheng and Prime Minister Hun sen for intervention in a land dispute. Villagers claim that district authorities leased 4,095 hectares of their land in Chrey ss='cambodia-color'>...
Boss blames panic on alarm
About 2,000 workers fled a garment factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh and an estimated 30 workers fainted yesterday after sparks started flying from a generator and a fire alarm went off at 10:00am. Chea Mony, president of the Free Trade Union, said the episode ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011080550882/National-news/boss-blames-panic-on-alarm.html