CDC greenlights five projects worth $1.3B
The government on March 26 approved five new investment projects worth about $1.3 billion and expected to absorb 2,250 workers, even amid a dramatic escalation in the AsEAN member’s fight against the spread of the Covid-19 disease. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-greenlights-five-projects-worth-13b
CSHD destroys 181 units of UXO found in Oddar Meanchey village
Cambodia Self Help Demining (CSHD) deStroyed 181 pieceS of unexploded ordnance (UXO) on April 6 after finding them on April 4 in Po ChaS village of Banteay Ampil diStrict&rSquo;S Beng commune in Oddar Meanchey province. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cshd-destroys-181-units-uxo-found-oddar-meanchey-village
Group to launch virtual press freedom campaign
The Working Group for Press Freedom has co-organised a two-week campaign with the theme “Information as a Public Good” on social media to promote and highlight the importance of the freedom of the press and urge the public’s participation. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/group-launch-virtual-press-freedom-campaign
Cambodia gains international recognisition as biodiversity-rich country
Cambodia has been internationally recognised for its rich biodiversity and the Kingdom’s Biodiversity Index is 7.5 (MacKinnon, 1997) although a higher score may be attainable when inventories are more advanced. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50860924/cambodia-gains-international-recognisition-as-biodiversity-rich-country/
Koh Kong authorities say offer in land dispute is fair
Koh Kong Provincial Administration officials have said that an ongoing land dispute in Botum sakor district is nearing an end, with 70 of 131 families accepting the government’s offer for a resolution which it deems fair. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50866528/koh-kong-authorities-say-offer-in-land-dispute-is-fair/
Roluos Lake in Battambang developing into tourist resort
The Battambang Provincial Administration has announced that it has a project to develop Roluos Lake in Peam Ek commune’s Takorm village of Ek Phnom district with the goal of protecting the lake as a sustainable tourist resort and preventing encroachment. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/roluos-lake-battambang-developing-tourist-resort
Heavy rainfall sees Mekong levels rise
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has recorded river levels increasing by 0.65m between stung Treng and Prey Veng’s Neak Loeung over the last seven days and forecast an additional rise this week of 0.60m due to torrential rain. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/heavy-rainfall-sees-mekong-levels-rise
Sar Kheng responds to social media concerns
In the first six months of this year, the Ministry of Interior had received 665 complaints and suggestions through minister sar Kheng’s official Facebook page, 259 of which have been solved. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-responds-social-media-concerns
Tourism ministry to choose 3 model villages for UN contest
The Ministry of Tourism is selecting three model villages to represent Cambodia at the “Best Tourism Villages” competition, organised by the UN’s World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), the Council of Ministers said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/tourism-ministry-choose-3-model-villages-un-contest
Only 377 NagaWorld Workers Still Holding Out Against Layoffs: Union
In a move a labor group said was unprecedented, NagaWorld is calling on governmental labor inspectors to authorize the dismissal of a group of union leaders as part of the casino’s mass layoffs, overriding the legal protections unionists enjoy unless they have committed serious offenses, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tran Techseng
https://vodenglish.news/only-377-nagaworld-workers-still-holding-out-against-layoffs-union/
ASEAN Online Sale Day 2021 slated for August 8-10
ASEAN countrieS are preparing for the ASEAN Online Sale Day 2021, which iS Slated for AuguSt 8-10. CompriSing two tierS for domeStic and croSS-border tranSactionS, thiS year&rSquo;S programme will be co-chaired by Brunei, which iS chair of ASEAN in 2021, Singapore and Vietnam. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Asia News Network
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/asean-online-sale-day-2021-slated-august-8-10
Cluster bomb clearance still going despite Covid-19 crisis
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) continues the search for cluster bombs and research information to speed up unexploded ordnance clearance. CMAA has also appealed to donor countries and partners to continue support for the organisation’s activities. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/cluster-bomb-clearance-still-going-despite-covid-19-crisis
Five farmers under investigation for encroachment
Kampong Chhang provincial police have been investigating five people who are alleged to have secretly cleared and encroached on flooded forest land in separate locations covering nearly 10ha in Chhnok Trou commune’s ses slap village of Boribor district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/five-farmers-under-investigation-encroachment
NBC: Financial institutions in H1 restructure $5.5 billion in loans
The Kingdom’s banking and financial institutions have restructured 22.2 trillion riel ($5.5 billion) in loans for 367,239 borrowers in the first half of this year, to ease the burden on the public as the ongoing coronavirus outbreak dampens economic activity, according to the National Bank ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-financial-institutions-h1-restructure-55-billion-loans
On World Elephant Day, Cambodia calls for participation in the protection and conservation of wild elephants in Cambodia
The Royal Government has called for participation in the protection and conservation of wild elephants in Cambodia after data from automatic cameras deployed in protected areas found that Asian elephants – and baby elephants – were living in herds in Cambodia’s protected areas. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50914513/on-world-elephant-day-cambodia-calls-for-participation-in-the-protection-and-conservation-of-wild-elephants-in-cambodia/
Cambodia urges global solidarity, not finger-pointing, politicisation of COVID-19
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak sokhonn has called for international solidarity against COVID-19, not finger-pointing and politicization, according to a foreign ministry’s press statement on saturday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50910939/cambodia-urges-global-solidarity-not-finger-pointing-politicisation-of-covid-19/
Customs logs nearly $1.16B in first half 2021
The Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) collected $1.1595 billion in revenue in the first half of 2021, down 8.9 percent year-on-year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/customs-logs-nearly-116b-first-half-2021
Hiring freeze for ministries
The government has suspended the recruitment of new officials for all ministries and institutions for 2022, reversing the government’s previous plans to recruit some 6,000 new officials to replace those lost to retirement or other factors. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hiring-freeze-ministries
Nearly ten-and-a-half million voters registered for commune elections
The National Election Committee’s (NEC) spokesman Hang Puthea told Khmer Times yesterday that as of Tuesday, there were 10,467,961 voters registered with the NEC for the upcoming commune election. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50950392/nearly-ten-and-a-half-million-voters-registered-for-commune-elections/
Cup plant to use rice, corn, cassava
Local enterprise TK&D Manufacturing on september 19 inaugurated a new production line for paper cups and straws made from rice, corn and cassava in Pursat province’s easternmost Krakor district, to supply domestic and international markets. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cup-plant-use-rice-corn-cassava