Cambodia and China sign 15 MoUs and pledge mutual support
During Prime Minister Hun Manet’s first official visit to Beijing, the two nations signed 15 Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) as part of a mutual pledge to further strengthen bilateral ties. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-and-china-sign-15-mous-and-pledge-mutual-support
Employers praise minimum wage negotiations, unions raise concerns
Following the labour ministry’s announcement of a 2024 minimum wage set at $204 per month, the employers’ association has voiced their support, while trade union representatives and civil society organisations (CsOs) expressed their disappointment. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/employers-praise-minimum-wage-negotiations-unions-raise-concerns
Assembly passes aviation bill
The National Assembly (NA) has passed a draft law on the management of the state secretariat of Civil Aviation (ssCA). It replaced a previous law, in a bid to ensure that civil aviation legislation aligns with the Kingdom’s current development. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kim Yutharo and Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/assembly-passes-aviation-bill
Indonesia planning increased rice order
Indonesia plans to increase import of rice to 250,000 tonnes a year from Cambodia to preserve its food security, and in turn support the Kingdom’s food security infrastructure by supplying fertiliser and providing training to agriculture workers. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.postkhmer.com/business/2023-09-06-1010-254229.html
Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam ruling parties strengthen traditional friendship
The presidents of the ruling parties in Indochina, including Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen the traditional friendship, according to a press release from Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) AKP received yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501357089/cambodia-laos-vietnam-ruling-parties-strengthen-traditional-friendship/
Koh Ker events a celebration of national prestige
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts is set to host a major celebration on the evening of september 20 to mark the addition of Koh Ker archaeological site to UNEsCO’s World Heritage List on september 17. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-ker-events-celebration-national-prestige
Coastal mangroves replenished
Officials of the Fisheries Administration’s (FiA) Preah sihanouk provincial cantonment plan to replant at least 10,000 mangrove trees by the end of the year. The saplings will be used to replenish degraded and deforested areas of fishery communities. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/coastal-mangroves-replenished
Meta Cambodia launches Digital Economy Portal
A new website dedicated to serving readers’ cravings for the essential progress of Cambodia’s digital economy has been officially launched by Meta (formerly Facebook) and Open Development Cambodia (ODC). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Bun Tharum
https://kiripost.com/stories/meta-cambodia-launches-digital-economy-portal
Document suggests state land sale to tycoon at discount Price
Hundreds of hectares in Mondulkiri were sold to a major tycoon’s family for as low as 600 riel per square meter, a government document suggests, and is facing protests from existing residents. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/document-suggests-state-land-sale-to-tycoon-at-discount-price/
Japan cashew sales may resume September
Cambodia’s sole exporter of cashew nuts to Japan is set to resume shipments in mid-september, after it sent its last consignment in March, before Tokyo began requesting an additional certificate, a requirement it had waived in light of Covid-19, according to the enterprise’s owner. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japan-cashew-sales-may-resume-september
China launches $44.4b real estate fund
Cambodian analysts weighed in on China’s $44.4 billion real estate fund, banking on hopes that the program can raise funds to bankroll the purchase of unfinished buildings and complete their construction. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Penh Chamroeun
https://kiripost.com/stories/china-launches-444b-real-estate-fund
Australian miners find gold in Mondulkiri
Australian mining company Renaissance Minerals has produced its first gold in Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province, earning the Cambodia government $5.1 million in taxes, a senior government official said on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/australian-miners-find-gold-in-mondulkiri
Cambodia to assess student learning to strengthen post-COVID recovery efforts
In June, the Ministry of Education, Youth and sports (MoEYs) started their participation in the Programme for International student Assessment (PIsA), a significant step towards understanding student learning outcomes, taking stock of what learners know, gauging the readiness of Cambodia’s youth for the future and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501143578/cambodia-to-assess-student-learning-to-strengthen-post-covid-recovery-efforts/
Ministry, JICA cyber-security project to begin in 2023
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) co-signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a project to improve cyber resilience and further strengthen the Kingdom’s cyber-security. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-jica-cyber-security-project-begin-2023
ASEAN Foreign Ministers to hold emergency talks on Myanmar Thursday
SoutheaSt ASian foreign miniSterS will hold emergency talkS in Jakarta next week to diScuSS Strife-torn Myanmar ahead of November&rSquo;S ASEAN leaderS&rSquo; Summit in Phnom Penh, diplomatic SourceS confirmed Friday. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501173611/asean-foreign-ministers-to-hold-emergency-talks-on-myanmar-thursday/
PM calls for free transport during Pchum Ben
Aiming to avoid a rise in taxi costs, Prime Minister Hun sen has urged Phnom Penh City Hall to provide free transport to people during the Pchum Ben festival, as was done before Covid-19. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/pm-calls-for-free-transport-during-pchum-ben
Plastic campaign aims to promote tourism industry
After noticing Cambodia’s tourism sites became plagued with plastic waste during Covid-19 and with foreign visitors remaining low compared with neighboring countries, tour operator Jacques Guichandut decided to take action. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/plastic-campaign-aims-to-promote-tourism-industry
Thailand works to spur exports to Cambodia, among four potential markets
Thailand’s Commerce Ministry is scheduled to organise about 450 activities to stimulate exports this year, focusing mainly on four potential markets namely the Middle East, south Asia, China, and the CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam), a senior official has said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501239181/thailand-works-to-spur-exports-to-cambodia-among-four-potential-markets/
Digital payments in Cambodia to touch $4.73B this year
Cambodia’s digital payments sector, powered by key industry players, is expected to make greater headway this year and the total payments may touch $4.73 billion, according to some estimates. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Manoj Mathew
http://khmertimeskh.com/501267158/digital-payments-in-cambodia-to-touch-4-73b-this-year/
Border trade agreement with Vietnam presents huge benefits
Commerce Minister, Pan sorasak, said on Tuesday that a border trade agreement with neighbouring Vietnam will bring mutual benefits, improving people’s living conditions along the border and creating favourable trade conditions. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-border-trade-agreement-with-vietnam-presents-huge-benefits