Cambodian firms urged to embrace e-commerce
The president of the Cambodian Investment Federation on Sunday highlighted the critical role of e-commerce in the local market as the government works to turn the Kingdom into a digital economy. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-firms-urged-embrace-e-commerce
Government disputes HRW report
Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra has responded to a report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) which claimed that the construction of the Lower Sesan II Hydropower Dam had undermined human rights in Cambodia. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-disputes-hrw-report
NBC reports 44% surge in electronic riel transactions
National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) governor Chea Serey announced an increase in electronic transactions and payments in Cambodian riel for 2023, noting that they were 44% higher than in 2022. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nbc-reports-44-surge-in-electronic-riel-transactions
Agriculture Ministry okays e-certification
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is preparing for the implementation of shifting some certification registration online, through its e-government services, with the help of the Chinese government. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32506/agriculture-ministry-okays-e-certification/
Ghosts in the machine
Private firms say costs, delays and bureaucratic red tape have increased since an obscure private company took over the government’s work-permit application and issuance system in September. The Ministry of Labour announced in August that it had outsourced work permit application processing to E-Solutions (Cambodia) Co ...
Kali Kotoski and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ghosts-machine
Cambodia sends possible remains of 3 U.S. soldiers to U.S.
Possible remains of three missing U.S. soldiers recovered in Cambodia was repatriated to Hawaii on Wednesday for testing, officials said. During a ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport, American soldiers carried three white coffins draped with U.S. flags onto a C-17 military cargo plane. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-04/02/c_133232442.htm
Logistics e-learning to gain leg-up
The Cambodia Logistics Association (CLA) and OneSala Co Ltd have teamed up to develop a modern, tailor-made e-learning platform in the fields of transport and logistics. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/logistics-e-learning-gain-leg
GDT brings in $20.9M of e-commerce VAT over Q1
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) announced that it collected 84.67 billion riel, or $20.91 million, in value-added tax (VAT) from e-commerce in the first quarter of the year, which is seen as a reflection of the boom in online transactions witnessed since the advent ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-brings-209m-e-commerce-vat-over-q1
MOE launches e-Library to share info on environment, resources
The Ministry of Environment (MOE) launched an e-Library to share knowledge and information related to the environment and natural resources, and for the dissemination of information on protected areas to students, the public, private sector, and researchers. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501333945/moe-launches-e-library-to-share-info-on-environment-resources/
Alleged attackers at capitol protest to sue
The president of a tuk-tuk and motodop drivers’ association, whose members were recorded on video brutally beating protesting bus drivers over the weekend, said he would file complaints against prominent union and civil society leaders for sparking the violence his own group was accused of ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/alleged-attackers-capitol-protest-sue
Ministry of Environment decides to move office again
The Ministry of Environment will relocate its offices to a plot of land near NagaWorld Hotel and Casino in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district after its planned new headquarters in Meanchey district were declared too far from the city’s center by the new environment minister, ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-of-environment-decides-to-move-office-again-53144/
Battambang teachers use makeshift classrooms to tutor students
In late May, school teachers in Battambang’s Samlout district realized students were struggling to cope with studying at home – either via videos posted on social media or the daily telecasts on state broadcaster TVK. ...
Sokummono Khan and Hean Socheata
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/battambang-teachers-use-makeshift-classrooms-to-tutor-students/5528681.html
GDT earns $46 million on e-commerce VAT income
The General Department of Taxation earned e-commerce value-added tax (VAT) income of $46 million from the operation of electronic goods and services in the first seven months of this year, according to official figures yesterday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348840/gdt-earns-46-million-on-e-commerce-vat-income/
AI and e-governance key to access information in digital world
UNESCO and Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology (CADT) are slated to hold talks on Access to Information 2022 on Friday, when panelists will discuss Artificial Intelligence (AI) and e-Governance, which they say can play an important role in improving access to information in the digital ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/ai-and-e-governance-key-to-access-information-in-digital-world
RCEP, CCFTA give boost to e-commerce development in Cambodia
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact and the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) have given a boost to development of the fledgling e-commerce industry in Cambodia, experts said on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501111053/rcep-ccfta-give-boost-to-e-commerce-development-in-cambodia/
Council of Ministers approves two draft laws
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved two draft laws, a national strategy bill for financial inclusion and four solar energy projects with a total expected installed capacity of 140 megawatts. The draft laws on consumer protection and e-commerce were among the instruments approved during ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/council-ministers-approves-two-draft-laws
Private Ship Registry Did Not Monitor Compliance
The privately-operated International Ship Registry of Cambodia (ISROC), a South Korea-based company that owns the rights to register foreign vessels under the Cambodian flag, told ship owners last year that it was not monitoring their observance of international maritime laws, and that it was their ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/private-ship-registry-did-not-monitor-compliance-48532/
Ministry, Swisscontact ink MoU on SME e-commerce
The Ministry of Commerce and Swisscontact, representing the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF), are teaming up on a project to make it easier for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) to ship and receive small parcels internationally, according to the ministry. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-swisscontact-ink-mou-sme-e-commerce
GDT collects $63 million VAT on e-commerce
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) earned value-added tax (VAT) of $62.8 million on e-commerce in the first ten months of the year, a report showed. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501394733/gdt-collects-63-million-vat-on-e-commerce/
EU Fish Ban Blamed on Cambodian-Flagged Vessels
A ban on imports of Cambodian seafood proposed by the European Commission (E.C.) is in direct response to Cambodian-flagged vessels complicit in illegal fishing in international waters, Jean-Francois Cautain, European Union (E.U.) ambassador to Cambodia, said Wednesday. The E.C. on Tuesday announced that Cambodia was “non-cooperating ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-fish-ban-blamed-on-cambodian-flagged-vessels-48065/
