Cambodia’s international trade recorded at almost $32 billion in first eight months
The total trade volume between Cambodia and its partners around the world reached almost $32 billion in the first eight months of 2023, down 14.5 percent compared to the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359286/cambodias-international-trade-recorded-at-almost-32-billion-in-first-eight-months/
Minimum wages for garment and textile sector workers to rise to at least $200
Negotiations for the wages of workers in the garment and textile industry is set to start next month and workers are expecting to see their minimum wages rise to at least $200 per month. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501116547/minimum-wages-for-garment-and-textile-sector-workers-to-rise-to-at-least-200/
More than 400 people protest at Botum Sakor District Hall demanding speedy settlement of land issues
More than 400 people representing 557 families from three communities in Prelan commune, Botum Sakor district, Koh Kong province gathered at the district hall this Thursday morning to urged authorities to expedite the settlement of land disputes, claiming that Ly Yong Phat’s company had grabbed ...
Cambodia’s export to RCEP countries up 5 percent at $5.6B
Cambodia exported $5,671 million worth of goods to the members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries in eleven months of last year, an increase of 5 percent compared to the same period last year, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed yesterday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501213231/cambodias-export-to-rcep-countries-up-5-percent-at-5-6b/
Phnom Penh-Poipet high-speed rail line construction price tag at about $4 billion
The construction of the Phnom Penh high-speed railway construction is planned to cost about $4 billion and will take about four years to build. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501225091/phnom-penh-poipet-high-speed-rail-line-construction-price-tag-at-about-4-billion/
Rare wildlife species released at Angkor park attract tourists
The Apsara National Authority (ANA) has collaborated with the Forestry Administration and the Wildlife Alliance on a project aimed at reintroducing wildlife to the Angkor Archaeological Park. Since its inception in 2013, the project has successfully released over 40 animals, representing more than 10 rare ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rare-wildlife-species-released-angkor-park-attract-tourists
Cambodia outlines six national policies at ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Early Childhood Education
Oum Romney, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, highlighted six national policies to protect and develop young children, at the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Policy on Child Protection and Education in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 26 ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501332474/cambodia-outlines-six-national-policies-at-asean-ministerial-meeting-on-early-childhood-education/
UNICEF says Cambodian children at very high risk of climate change impacts
Young people living in Cambodia are among those most at risk of the impacts of climate change, threatening their health, education, and protection, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Cambodia said in a press statement on Sunday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50921062/unicef-says-cambodian-children-at-very-high-risk-of-climate-change-impacts/
K Chhnang plants over 200,000 saplings at Tonle Sap Lake’s Zone 3
The Ministry of Environment – in cooperation with the Kampong Chhnang Provincial Administration – planted 24,000 mixed trees to rehabilitate the flooded forests of Zone 3 of the Tonle Sap Lake area. The April 25 planting took place in Thnal Chheuteal village of Kampong Leng ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/k-chhnang-plants-over-200000-saplings-tonle-sap-lakes-zone-3
Seamless contactless payment experience for Unionpay cardholders at PPSHV Expressway
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited Phnom Penh Branch (ICBC PP) and UnionPay International (UPI) today announced that ICBC PP has enabled UnionPay Chip card and Contactless card payment for UnionPay Cardholders on Phnom Penh Sihanoukville (PPSHV) Expressway. UnionPay is the only payment brand ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501220892/seamless-contactless-payment-experience-for-unionpay-cardholders-at-ppshv-expressway/
1.9MWp Solar Power Project at Bakheng Water Treatment Plant in Cambodia completed
GreenYellow announces the successful completion of Phase I of the Bakheng Water Treatment Plant Solar Power project in Cambodia, boasting a capacity of 1.9MWp. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501350868/1-9mwp-solar-power-project-at-bakheng-water-treatment-plant-in-cambodia-completed/
MFI outstanding loans stood at $5.13 billion in 2023 Q3
Total outstanding loans in the microfinance sector stood at $5.13 billion during the end of the third quarter of the last year, according to the latest data published by the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA). ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501422993/mfi-outstanding-loans-stood-at-5-13-billion-in-2023-q3/
King Sihamoni praises Japan’s role in conservation and training at Angkor
His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni has expressed his support for Cambodia’s participation in human resource development in conservation and research in collaboration with Japanese institutions and national and international partners. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501387027/king-sihamoni-praises-japans-role-in-conservation-and-training-at-angkor/
IMF forecasts Cambodia GDP at 6%, but warns of weak US, China growth
Following the pandemic, economic growth has been steady, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, with expansion projected at six percent in 2024, from an estimated 5.3 percent last year, thanks to tourism and non-garment exports. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/imf-forecasts-cambodia-gdp-at-6-but-warns-of-weak-us-china-growth
Posts ministry offers rapid test kits at cost from S Korea, China
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has announced that it will distribute two types of Covid-19 antigen rapid tests from South Korea and China, which will be made widely available at cost price. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/posts-ministry-offers-rapid-test-kits-cost-s-korea-china
CTEP gifts laptops to coding students at two high schools
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Hang Chuon Naron said the ministry’s long-term goal is to establish at least one technical high school in each province and require each young person to have acquired at least one professional skill. There are currently 18 technical educational ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ctep-gifts-laptops-coding-students-two-high-schools
Angkor confirms 108 mts of 0.53% copper equivalent at Andong Bor, Cambodia
Angkor Resources Corp. has announced Cambodia, assays from its newest copper/gold license in western Cambodia, confirming a copper-gold porphyry system on the Thmei North prospect with similar results on Thmei South prospect. The license is due west of Ratanakiri province and straddles two provinces, Oddar ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501202837/angkor-confirms-108-mts-of-0-53-copper-equivalent-at-andong-bor-cambodia/
Sihanoukville authorities ban fishing and docking at sites along the power line buried under the seabed
Sihanoukville provincial authorities have banned fishing and docking at sites along the power line buried under the sea to avoid impact on the lines. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501344521/sihanoukville-authorities-ban-fishing-and-docking-at-sites-along-the-power-line-buried-under-the-seabed/
PP Capital Hall launches online services at one window office
To enhance the efficiency in providing public services to businesspeople and people in general in the digital era, the Phnom Penh Capital Hall yesterday launched an online administration service delivery and application form receipt at the city administration’s one window service office, a statement issued ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501356265/pp-capital-hall-launches-online-services-at-one-window-office/
Siem Reap provincial forestry administration finds more than 20 trees destroyed by traders at Phnom Prasat
Siem Reap Provincial Forestry Administration authorities found more than 20 trees that traders cut down in Phnom Prasat while patrolling the community forest at Veal Anteng ( Peng Lok) in Prey Khmaeng village and Phnom Prasat point in Lvea village, Sre Noy commune, Varin district, ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2022-10-22-1514-242604.html
