Nearly 4.6M tourists logged in Cambodia over Khmer New Year
Cambodia counted nearly 4.6 million domestic tourists over this year’s three-day public holiday for the Khmer New Year, including 4.5 million Cambodians and nearly 30,000 foreign residents – a number which officials have said is similar to that seen pre-pandemic. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nearly-46m-tourists-logged-cambodia-over-khmer-new-year
Covid jab committee reminds parents of booster importance
The national Covid-19 vaccination committee has reminded parents to bring their children aged 5 and older to get their booster doses following revelations of dismal vaccination rates in the category. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-jab-committee-reminds-parents-booster-importance
Major biomass power plant on track to go online by July
A major rice husk biomass power plant in southeastern Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district is still on track to be completed and start operations by July, a press release confirmed on May 5. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/major-biomass-power-plant-track-go-online-july
Ahead of election campaign, CPP cash and gifts to members starts to flow
Political parties that have registered to contest the June 5th commune council elections have begun introducing their candidates to supporters, with the ruling party dispersing gifts and cash to party members. ...
Khuon Narim and Kheang Sokmean
https://cambojanews.com/ahead-of-election-campaign-cpp-cash-and-gifts-to-members-starts-to-flow/
Pig carcasses being smuggled from Cambodia to Thailand seized, driver of truck nabbed
About 1.5 metric tons of pork carcasses were seized by Thai Livestock and customs Sunday. The pork had been allegedly smuggled into Thailand’s eastern border province of Sa Kaeo from Cambodia, Thai media PBS World reported. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501197255/pig-carcasses-being-smuggled-from-cambodia-to-thailand-seized-driver-of-truck-nabbed/
Ranger Station set ablaze by local villagers
In an unusual turn of events, over 350 people in the village and commune of Sre Chis in O’Krieng Senchey district, Kratie province, have damaged a ranger station. The incident occurred on August 5, with no casualties reported. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ranger-station-set-ablaze-local-villagers
Pepper exports decline 30% Jan-Aug
Cambodia has experienced a 30 per cent decline in pepper exports in the first eight months of 2023, exporting over 5,000 tonnes, compared to the same period in 2022, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pepper-exports-decline-30-jan-aug
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. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/australian-miners-find-gold-in-mondulkiri
Teacher’s association seeks permission for march with petitions
The Cambodian Independent Teacher’s Association (CITA) plans to celebrate this year’s Teachers’ Day on October 5 with a public display, with Phnom Penh authorities saying that permission may be granted depending on the circumstances. ...
Eng Reachny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teachers-association-seeks-permission-march-petitions
Vietnamese, Lao, Cambodian PMs discuss cooperation in working breakfast
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working breakfast with his Lao and Cambodian counterparts – Sonexay Siphandone and Samdech Techo Hun Sen – on the occasion of the fourth Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Vientiane on April 5. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501269079/vietnamese-lao-cambodian-pms-discuss-cooperation-in-working-breakfast/
Cambodia and Vietnam’s GDP growth forecast to rank second in ASEAN in 2023
Vietnam’s GDP is projected to grow 5.8 percent this year, sharing the second position with Cambodia in the region, only after the Philippines, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501276403/cambodia-and-vietnams-gdp-growth-forecast-to-rank-second-in-asean-in-2023/
Record farming exports seen for 2023
Cambodia’s agricultural exports surpassed 6.2 million tonnes during the first ten months of the year, amounting to more than $3.5 billion across 74 countries, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/record-farming-exports-seen-for-2023
Skilled labour critical for new investment, underlines PM Hun Manet
The vocational and technical training for 1.5 million young people from poor and vulnerable households across the country at state institutions, without tuition fee charges will have skilled labourers to feed the production chain of investment. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501386316/skilled-labour-critical-for-new-investment-underlines-pm-hun-manet/
World Bank sees Cambodia and Philippines as fastest growing developing ASEAN economies this year
The World Bank forecast Monday that GDP in Cambodia and the Philippines would expand by 5.8 percent this year, making the two countries the fastest growing developing economies in Southeast Asia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501466304/world-bank-sees-cambodia-and-philippines-as-fastest-growing-developing-asean-economies-this-year/
Cambodia spends $1.4 bln supporting poor, vulnerable people since 2019
Cambodia has spent $1.4 billion in assisting the poor and vulnerable people in the country since 2019, Minister of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation Chea Somethy said on February 5, 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501435151/cambodia-spends-1-4-bln-supporting-poor-vulnerable-people-since-2019/
Cambodia to generate 10.2 million jobs by 2026
With the employment rate growing on an average of 2.5 percent annually, the nation will create additional jobs for about 235,000 people per year, increasing the opportunities to approximately 10.2 million in the next three years. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501438762/cambodia-to-generate-10-2-million-jobs-by-2026/
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Data Research and GIS SpecialistKalyan is a data research and GIS specialist at Open Development Cambodia (ODC). He used to work for ODC since it was firstly established in 2011 until 2015. Later he led GIS technical project of GPS navigation in a private sector. ...
Temple visits slow after clash
Tourists are still wary about travelling to Preah Vihear temple following border clashes in the area earlier this year, according to provincial officials. Visitor numbers had declined 15.5 per cent during the first seven months compared year on year, but had slowly begun rising in ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011082651273/Business/temple-visits-slow-after-clash.html
Trade with Singapore soars
The Kingdom’s total trade with Singapore soared 148 percent in the first half of the year, while exports to Hong Kong increased 80 percent in the same period, according to Ministry of Commerce figures. The data showed that Cambodia’s exports to Hong Kong totalled in excess ...