Cambodia attracts 4.4 mln int’l tourists in first 10 months
Cambodia recorded 4.4 million international tourist arrivals in the first 10 months of 2023, a sharp increase of around 180 percent from 1.57 million over the same period last year, Tourism Minister SokSoken said here on Sunday. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501401301/cambodia-attracts-4-4-mln-intl-tourists-in-first-10-months/
China’s Hu Visits Cambodia as Asean Leaders Eye Sea Disputes
President Hu Jintao today becomes the first Chinese head of state to visit Cambodia in 12 years, in a trip days before Southeast Asian leaders gather for talks that may touch on territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Hu’s visit, which lasts until April 2, lass='cambodia-color'>...
Rainsy vows to return to fight
In an exclusive interview with Khmer Times’ French edition l’Hebdo, opposition leader Sam Rainsy guaranteed that he will return to the country before the next elections, explaining that he still has faith in the “culture of dialogue,” saying it must be “preserved and developed.” It lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18830/rainsy-vows-to-return-to-fight/
NGOs launch forum on engagement in public financial management
A group of NGOs launched the National Public Forum on ‘Stakeholders Engagement in Public Financial Management Process’ on May 25. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Mon Sokeo
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-ngo-forum-on-engagement-public-financial-management
BarCamp Sihanoukville 2013 Recap
On December 7th and 8th, a small team from ODC jumped in a bus and traveled to Kampong Som to participate in BarCamp Sihanoukville. The conference was held at Build Bright University. The day-and-a-half-long event featured presentations from specialists of many fields and interests, including lass='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia urges int'l support for climate change action
A senior Ministry of Environment official called for funding support from all countries to address climate change issues in the post-Covid-19 pandemic. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-urges-intl-support-climate-change-action
Nat’l elections likely to have monitors from France, Japan
Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong has requested that France send a delegation to observe the upcoming July national election in Cambodia. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/natl-elections-likely-have-monitors-france-japan
ODC Resources at Work & Honorable Mentions
By making information accessible to anyone with an internet connection, ODC facilitates rational, fact‑based dialogue, improved communication, strengthened policy making, and better development planning across all sectors. The ODC website has been featured on le Petit Journal, an online French newspaper, as a case of lass='cambodia-color'>...
COVID-19 situation in Cambodia becomes cause for serious concern amid increasing infections and deaths – WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Cambodia li Ailan expressed concerns over a spike in new cases and deaths, urging greater community participation to suppress transmission. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Chanthol takes stock of Stung Bot int’l gate, SEZs in B Meanchey
Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice-Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) Sun Chanthol on Saturday led a delegation to inspect the progress made at the Stung Bot international gate – connecting Thailand – as well as the companies currently operating in lass='cambodia-color'>...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501446004/chanthol-takes-stock-of-stung-bot-intl-gate-sezs-in-b-meanchey/
Cambodia’s Delta variant now becomes community infection, total rises to above 300 nationwide
Cambodia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has reportedly detected more than 300 cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant, and is classified as a community infection. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908867/cambodias-delta-variant-now-becomes-community-infection-total-rises-to-above-300-nationwide/
Indonesian Foreign Minister to pay an official visit on Tuesday
Ma Retno L.P. Marsudi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the RepubLic of Indonesia, wiLL pay an officiaL visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, at the invitation of Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and InternationaL Cooperation. Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50978385/indonesian-foreign-minister-to-pay-an-official-visit-on-tuesday/
Illegal fishing crew on Tonle Sap Lake using electrical gear busted
Royall Academy of Cambodia president Sok Touch, in collaboration with the South Tonle Sap Fisheries Administration Inspectorate forces, has stepped up enforcement of fishing regulations and seized illegal fishing equipment in provinces surrounding the Tonle Sap lake. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Fisheries sector receives innovative equipment to increase market access
Businesses involved in post-harvest fisheries received a raft of green and innovative technology, equipment and materials necessary to make business operations and production more effective and efficient. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-fisheries-sector-receives-innovative-equipment-to-increase-market-access
Cambodia’s success in vaccine rollout provides an important opportunity to learn for future pandemic preparedness, says WHO
Cambodia’s success and experience in its vaccine rollout provides an important opportunity to learn for future pandemic preparedness, said Dr li Ailan, representative of the World Health Organization in Cambodia. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50938644/cambodias-success-in-vaccine-rollout-provides-an-important-opportunity-to-learn-for-future-pandemic-preparedness-says-who/
Nat’l roads 2, 22 construction to be completed ‘end of March’
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport said the construction of National Road 2 and 22 is scheduled for completion by the end of March as it is now more than 90 per cent finished, while experts in the transportation sector expect the expansion of lass='cambodia-color'>...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/natl-roads-2-22-construction-be-completed-end-march
Audi opens dealership in capital
Automotive Asia (Cambodia), the only authorised dealer of Audi vehicles in Cambodia, opened its first showroom in Phnom Penh yesterday. The 2,000-square-metre showroom on Monivong Boulevard currently holds just two of the German carmaker’s models, the Q7 and the A8l, with prices ranging between $135,000 and lass='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/audi-opens-dealership-capital
PM calls for free transport during Pchum Ben
Aiming to avoid a rise in taxi costs, Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged Phnom Penh City Hall to provide free transport to people during the Pchum Ben festival, as was done before Covid-19. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/pm-calls-for-free-transport-during-pchum-ben
Vocational training a key component to Cambodia’s development
Cambodia’s economic success depends on having skilled technicians to meet investors’ demands and labor market needs – and a shortage of human resources could impede the country’s ability to attract the investment it needs. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/vocational-training-a-key-component-to-cambodias-development
Cambodia’s famed Angkor registers 20-fold increase in int’l tourist arrivals in first 9 months
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park attracted 134,152 foreign tourists in the first nine months of 2022, an increase of 2,075 percent compared to the same period last year, said a press statement on Sunday. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501161488/cambodias-famed-angkor-registers-20-fold-increase-in-intl-tourist-arrivals-in-first-9-months/