Kingdom strives to dampen fallout from Sino-Vietnam border cargo gridlocks
Cambodia is looking for workarounds to ship cargo to China while avoiding the risks and problems associated with ongoing severe congestion at sino-Vietnamese land border gates, which has been blamed on Beijing’s response to the sARs-CoV-2 Omicron variant and its “dynamic zero-Covid” policy. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-strives-dampen-fallout-sino-vietnam-border-cargo-gridlocks
Aeon set to build international logistics hub
AEON Mall (Cambodia) Co Ltd’s first “multifunctional logistics business centre” is set to break ground early next month and start operations next year, in a special economic zone (sEZ) near sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAs), according to a port source with knowledge of the matter. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/aeon-set-build-international-logistics-hub
Engineering profession ethics rules for conduct enters final draft stage
A draft sub-decree establishing an Engineer’s Code of Conduct has entered the final review stage. The code is aimed at enhancing the honour, dignity and responsibility of professional engineers in order to ensure public safety and protect the public interest. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/engineering-profession-ethics-rules-conduct-enters-final-draft-stage
Firm dips into marine fish farming on pair of Preah Sihanouk islands
Jin Yu Tang (Cambodia) Fishery Co Ltd plans to splash out an unspecified amount on “marine fish aquaculture in submerged cages”, on Preah sihanouk province’s Koh Dek Koul and Koh Thas islands, according to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng sakhon on January 11. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firm-dips-marine-fish-farming-pair-preah-sihanouk-islands
Hun Sen meets with UN envoy Heyzer on Myanmar
The UN and ASEAN Special envoyS to Myanmar, and the SoutheaSt ASian bloc&rSquo;S chair have all pledged to work together on the emergency de-eScalation of violence in the criSiS-Stricken nation and for the proviSion of humanitarian aid to itS people. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-meets-un-envoy-heyzer-myanmar
Local residents fear losing it all as portions of Boeung Ta Mok lake become development land
The Cambodian authorities as of Dec. 2021 have granted for development more than 2,000 of Boeung Ta Mok lake’s 3,239.7 hectares in response to 43 requests from public and private institutions, leaving the future of the lake uncertain. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Teng Yalirozy
https://cambodianess.com/article/local-residents-fear-losing-it-all-as-portions-of-boeung-ta-mok-lake-become-development-land
ASEAN look to expedite E Timor entry
ASEAN iS launching a fact-finding miSSion to accelerate EaSt Timor&rSquo;S acceSSion into the bloc, a taSk expected to be completed in the firSt quarter of 2022, according to the MiniStry of Foreign AffairS and International Cooperation. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-look-expedite-e-timor-entry
60% of state savings’ to be spent on Covid
The government is on track to spend more than $2.127 billion or about three-fifths of Cambodia’s state savings of $3.5 billion over the 2020-2022 period to manage the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on key sectors, according to Ministry of Economy and Finance secretary of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/60-state-savings-be-spent-covid
Camera traps capture rare wildlife species
Many rare species of wild animals such as clouded leopards and bears continue to be found in the Cardamom Mountain range. This is the result of Cambodia’s improved conservation of natural resources, according to a report released by the Ministry of Environment on February 18. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean and Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/camera-traps-capture-rare-wildlife-species
Kampong Thom water treatment plant online
The Kampong Thom Provincial Administration is set to launch a new clean water production plant in April. The plant – located in stung sen town’s Prey Tahou commune and built with the assistance of a grant from the Japanese government – will have the capacity ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-thom-water-treatment-plant-online
Singapore minister reiterates bilateral trade commitment
Singaporean MiniSter of Commerce and InduStry Gan Kim Yong haS reiterated the city-State&rSquo;S commitment to Strengthening bilateral trade cooperation with Cambodia, aS he pledged full Support in helping the Kingdom Succeed during itS chairmanShip of ASEAN, according to the Cambodian commerce miniStry on March 14. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/singapore-minister-reiterates-bilateral-trade-commitment
Civic space open, UN told
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has told visiting UN special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia Vitit Muntarbhorn that the Kingdom “adheres” to the principle of multi-party democracy, in response to concerns he expressed to the UN Human Rights Council about the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/civic-space-open-un-told
Electronic port data exchange system set for August
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has announced plans to implement an online-only electronic data exchange system in Cambodia’s ports in August to facilitate a more efficient management of ship transport and transfer activity. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/electronic-port-data-exchange-system-set-august
China pledges to purchase more rice
Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to increase the country’s imports of milled rice from Cambodia and indicated its willingness to purchase other agricultural products from the Kingdom after a free trade agreement (FTA) came into force. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-pledges-purchase-more-rice
Chaom Chao interchange opened to ease congestion
The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration temporarily opened the Chaom Chao interchange in the capital’s Por sen Chey district, just east of the airport, for public use to ease traffic congestion ahead of its official inauguration set for March 31. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chaom-chao-interchange-opened-ease-congestion
Cambodia, UN hold talks on helping Myanmar find peace
Prime Minister Hun sen and UN secretary-general’s special envoy for Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer held an in-depth discussion on Friday to foster meaningful and effective implementation of the AsEAN Five-Point Consensus to help the people of Myanmar. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501052160/cambodia-un-hold-talks-on-helping-myanmar-find-peace/
Rubber latex, wood exports worth over $77M in Jan-Feb
Cambodia netted more than $77 million from rubber latex and wood exports in the first two months of 2022, according to data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery’s General Directorate of Rubber. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-latex-wood-exports-worth-over-77m-jan-feb
Zero malaria deaths since 2018
Prime Minister Hun sen announced that despite the difficulties caused by the spread of Covid-19, the fight against malaria had continued efficiently and made a significant contribution to the achievement of Cambodia’s sustainable development goals 2016-2030. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/zero-malaria-deaths-2018
NEC starting delivery of voter information cards
The National Election Committee (NEC) on April 17 began distributing voter information cards to almost 90 per cent of the Kingdom’s registered voters. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-starting-delivery-voter-information-cards
Kantha Bopha treated over 2,300 children in 24-hour period: report
In just over a single day, from April 25 to early on April 26, the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital treated more than 2,300 sick children, an unprecedented figure even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kantha-bopha-treated-over-2300-children-24-hour-period-report