IFC may provide ACLEDA $200 mn to help female entrepreneurs and SMEs
ACLEDA Bank Plc has proposed a five-year, $200 million blended finance investment from the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), disclosure documents reveal. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50825874/ifc-may-provide-acleda-200-mn-to-help-female-entrepreneurs-and-smes/
Indigenous villagers put under court supervision
The Mondulkiri Provincial Court has charged three members of an indigenous community in Laoka village of sen Monorom town’s sokdum commune with aggravated intentional damage and violence against a real estate agent and ordered them to appear at the court once a month. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/indigenous-villagers-put-under-court-supervision
Cambodia Posts sets stricter time demands
Cambodia Post (CP) has imposed more stringent time demands for its domestic Express Mail service (EMs) across its branches to carve a larger slice of the local market and offset the Covid-19 pandemic’s toll on international postage services, the state-owned enterprise said in a notice ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-posts-sets-stricter-time-demands
Garlic becoming potential cash crop in Mondulkiri
Garlic is becoming another potential cash crop for Cambodia’s north-eastern province of Mondulkiri – thanks to the remarkable success of a pioneer farmer. The good news was shared recently in a Facebook post by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng sakhon. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50827814/garlic-becoming-potential-cash-crop-in-mondulkiri/
Kampong Speu reclaims 266ha state land
The Kampong Speu provincial authoritieS are working to identify land grabberS after reclaiming more than 266ha of land at nine SiteS in Oral diStrict&rSquo;S TaSal and Trapaing Chor communeS aS State property. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-reclaims-266ha-state-land
India trade tumbles 26% in 2020
The trade value between Cambodia and India saw a dramatic 25.81 percent reduction last year to $190.13 million from 2019’s $256.26 million as the Kingdom embarked on a feasibility study for a free trade agreement (FTA). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/india-trade-tumbles-26-2020
Minister: Inclusive meeting vital
Minister of Interior sar Kheng has instructed heads of the government’s local visit working groups throughout the country to ensure that relevant officials are invited to attend all meetings at the municipal, district and commune levels. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-inclusive-meeting-vital
Don’t worry about the rice market: Minister to farmers
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng sakhon said farmers should not be worried about rice markets despite the nation’s milled rice exports to international destinations being down in the first quarter of the year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50837501/dont-worry-about-the-rice-market-minister-to-farmers/
ANA denies allegations it grabbed land to develop tourist attraction
The Apsara National Authority (ANA) has denied allegations that it usurped land belonging to residents in Tani village of Banteay srei district’s Run Ta Ek commune in order to create a tourist attraction. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ana-denies-allegations-it-grabbed-land-develop-tourist-attraction
Koh Kong authorities look for land grabbers
A technical working group in Koh Kong province is inspecting state land in sre Ambel district’s Chroy svay and Boeung Preav communes on suspicions of illegal land grabbing in the biodiversity corridor and multi-use areas. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-authorities-look-land-grabbers
Awards to show gratitude for media work
The Ministry of Information is sponsoring the first annual Gratitude Awards for reporters who have produced exemplary work that demonstrated courage, intellect and insight and advanced the profession of journalism starting in the 1970s. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/awards-show-gratitude-media-work
Steel imports drop, exports up
Cambodia imported iron and steel worth $281.06 million last year, down 41.11 per cent from 2019’s $477.26 million and exported $6.20 million, rocketing 351 per cent from $1.37 million, according to the Ministry of Commerce. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/steel-imports-drop-exports
$100M Lorn City II Sihanoukville residential project breaks ground
Local developer 5LH Lorn City Development Co Ltd’s (Lorn City Group) $100 million residential project broke ground on February 22 morning in Preah sihanouk, to meet the growing housing demand in the coastal province, the provincial administration said in the press release. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/100m-lorn-city-ii-sihanoukville-residential-project-breaks-ground
Two listed firms post sound 2020 business
Two companies listed on the Cambodia securities Exchange (CsX) reported sound business performance last year despite economic duress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic’s enduring stranglehold on regional and global economies. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/two-listed-firms-post-sound-2020-business
NGOs: Reorient mining fund provisions
OXFAM Cambodia and the NGO Affiliated Network for Social Accountability (ANSA) will jointly implement a project aimed at providing input to the government&rSquo;S mineral reSource development fund. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-reorient-mining-fund-provisions
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/