Nat’l Covid-19 campaign kicks off
World Health Organisation (WHO) representative to Cambodia Li Ailan said Cambodia has had one of the most successful campaigns to vaccinate its people against Covid-19 in the WHO’s entire western-pacific region. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/natl-covid-19-campaign-kicks
Cashew, pepper firms have shot to sell products on Alibaba.com
Growers and suppliers of cashew nuts and geographical indication- (GI) certified Kampot pepper will soon have a chance to sell their products to Chinese consumers through the e-commerce platform Alibaba.com, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s Entrepreneurship Development Fund (EDF) on August 3. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cashew-pepper-firms-have-shot-sell-products-alibabacom
K Speu villagers protesting mystery land encroachers
About 35ha of Toap Mean community forest land in Kampong speu province’s Thpong district has been encroached on by unknown individuals who fenced off and planted crops on 30ha of the land. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/k-speu-villagers-protesting-mystery-land-encroachers
Modernised government services goal of digital plan
The Ministry of Interior’s “digital government” working group has been discussing a draft master plan for information and communication technology (ICT) in accordance with the master plan of the national government – called e-government – to modernise public services. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/modernised-government-services-goal-digital-plan
MRC Secretariat CEO urges deeper engagement during Friends of the Mekong Ministerial meeting
The Friends of the Mekong should play a more critical role in realising the objectives of the Basin Development strategy for the Mekong River Basin 2021-2030, a transformative blueprint for improving the state of the basin over the next decade, the Mekong River Commission (MRC)’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50914250/mrc-secretariat-ceo-urges-deeper-engagement-during-friends-of-the-mekong-ministerial-meeting/
CDC approves $71 million in new investments to create 9,500 jobs
Eight new projects worth $71.4 million have been approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). The new projects will create over 9,500 jobs at a critical juncture in the Kingdom’s economic recovery. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50906237/cdc-approves-71-million-in-new-investments-to-create-9500-jobs/
Thai border reopened for workers – many with Covid
In the two days following the government’s reopening of border crossings with Thailand, more than 2,300 migrant workers have returned through checkpoints in four provinces and hundreds of them have tested positive for Covid-19, according to authorities. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-border-reopened-workers-many-covid
Clean water supplied to 20,000 in Kampong Chhnang, says NGO
World Vision Cambodia has spent more than $3 million over 18 years to educate people in the use of clean water and nutrition for children in Kampong Chhnang province’s Cholkiri district, benefitting nearly 20,000 local people. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/clean-water-supplied-20000-kampong-chhnang-says-ngo
Cambodia has taken steps to reopen tourism safely, says PM
Cambodia will be a safe tourism destination for tourists once it reopens for visitors, due to the government’s efforts in providing vaccinations to almost all of the population, Prime Minister Hun sen said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50942787/cambodia-has-taken-steps-to-reopen-tourism-safely-says-pm/
Conference on ‘smart cities’ being created across nation
The government has been discussing plans to turn three of the Kingdom’s cities into “smart cities”, more environmentally friendly urban hubs that improve the standard of living for locals and make them more attractive to tourists. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50892662/conference-on-smart-cities-being-created-across-nation/
Villagers in Koh Kong seek land dispute resolution
197 families in Koh Kong province’s Chi khor loeu commune, sre Ambel district have filed a complaint to the Ministry of Interior to take legal action against the Heng Huy Company which has supposedly encroached on more than 400 hectares of their land. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50931236/villagers-in-koh-kong-seek-land-dispute-resolution/
CPP registers over 4,000 party agents
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) took one step forward yesterday to deploy more than 4,300 party agents to observe voter list verification and registration amid some minor parties struggling to find any. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50955725/cpp-registers-over-4000-party-agents/
Siem Reap pagoda monks plan palm tree planting campaign
Monks at the Phnom Preah Thevak pagoda, also known as sen Chey, in siem Reap province’s Banteay srei district plan to plant 50,000 Asian palmyra palm trees in a 60ha community forest to preserve the species represents the national identity. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-pagoda-monks-plan-palm-tree-planting-campaign
Banana players call for SPS awareness to boost exports
Cambodia’s fresh banana exports to China have made remarkable progress this year, despite the challenges posed by the protracted Covid-19 crisis. But concerns linger over sanitary and phytosanitary (sPs) standards and the Kingdom’s ability to build on this positive momentum over the coming years. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banana-players-call-sps-awareness-boost-exports
Tax collection exceeds $2.56 billion for first 11 months
The General Department of Taxation collected $2.56 billion in tax revenue between January to November this year, exceeding the 2021 targeted plan. Officials and key insiders said the exceeding revenue in the tax sector reflected the government’s efforts on efficient tax collection and the business ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50988560/tax-collection-exceeds-2-56-billion-for-first-11-months/
Six landfills set to open in 2022
The government is collaborating with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank as well as other development partners to create standardised landfills in some provinces in 2022, with the first being Preah sihanouk province’s landfill which was opened in November. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/six-landfills-set-open-2022
Koh Kong forest station begins official operation
Koh Kong provincial authorities on December 27 officially inaugurated the Chi Khor Leu Forest Research station in sre Ambel district’s Chi Khor Leu commune, which was funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through the Greater Mekong sub-region Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Project in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-forest-station-begins-official-operation
Interior ministry suggests seven anti-hacking tricks
The Ministry of Interior’s Department of Information Technology has presented seven tips to protect the security of computers and computer systems across the Kingdom to prevent hackers from trespassing and committing cybercrime. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-ministry-suggests-seven-anti-hacking-tricks
Fourth dose administration in Cambodia inches closer to 400,000
Cambodia’s campaign to administer the fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer BioNTech has closed in on the 400,000 people mark as of January 26, some 12 days after it started. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501014194/fourth-dose-administration-in-cambodia-inches-closer-to-400000/
Hun Sen awarded peace prize, set for UPF summit
Prime Minister Hun sen has received the 2022 sunhak Peace Prize Founder’s Award by the south Korea-based sunhak Peace Prize Foundation for his contributions to peace and economic development in Cambodia and to peace initiatives in the region. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-awarded-peace-prize-set-upf-summit