Press release on an official launch of National Policies and Action Plans on Children Protection and Development
National Committee of Children Protection and Development will launch the National Policies and Action Plans on Children Protection and Development on 1 September 2014 at the National Institute of Education under the presidency of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Japan to Study Angkor Wat Park Environment
The Apsara Authority on Wednesday signed an agreement with the Japan Development Institute and two Japanese environmental management companies that will allow them to conduct a feasibility study into the natural environment and pollution in the Angkor Archaeological Park. Yuki Edano, Japan’s minister of economy, trade and industry, and Commerce ...
Cambodia and N-Korea Update Trade Ties
Ouch Borith, Secretary of State for Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Ri Myong San, Trade Vice-Minister of DPRK, signed an agreement where Cambodia and North Korea agreed to expand bilateral trade, technology, agriculture, industry, investment and the health sector on July ...
About 400 Chickens Inspected for Bird Flu
About 400 chickens suspected of being infected with bird flu were culled Friday in Banteay Meanchey province’s Monkol Borei district after a died of the virus less than two weeks ago, officials said. Meanwhile, last week the Agriculture Ministry reported that H5N1, or avian influenza, ...
GMAC members double
The number of companies registering to become members of the Garment Manufacturing Association in Cambodia (GMAC) doubled last year, with more investment in value-added products. GMAC said the number of new members reached 120 last year, compared with 60 newcomers in 2011. “Labour-intensive industries in China ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013013061067/Business/gmac-members-double.html
Certification Quandry Stunts Sugar Exports
In April 2010, Kampot Pepper and Kompong Speu palm sugar both gained a geographical indication (GI) from the Ministry of Commerce that recognized their unique qualities and protected their name. But while Kampot pepper producers export almost all of their 17-ton annual production at high ...
Hun Sen receives an honorary degree, bringing total up to 12
Prime Minister Hun Sen was awarded an honorary doctorate in “transformational leadership” by Malaysia’s Limkokwing University on Wednesday, adding to his extensive list of honorary degrees. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-receives-an-honorary-degree-bringing-total-up-to-12-93802/
E-Commerce Law goes ahead with WB funding
A draft law on e-commerce that would regulate electronic trade in Cambodia will arrive at the Council of Ministers in August, following revision by two other state institutions, officials at the Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday. Orm Dararith, director of the Ministry of Commerce’s legal department, ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/e-commerce-law-goes-ahead-with-wb-funding-60518/
NBC launches Cambodian Shared Switch
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has launched Cambodian Shared Switch (CSS) for convenient cross-institutional payments and integration with regional countries. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-nbc-launches-cambodian-shared-switch-css-atm
Media agencies warned about gambling ads
The Ministry of Information last week warned media organizations not to publish or broadcast advertisements from gambling outlets unless they have permission from the government to do so, according to a ministry notice obtained Tuesday. “The ministry previously advised [media outlets] to stop all types ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/media-agencies-warned-about-gambling-ads-65808/
Unfinished P Sihanouk building team formed
The government on October 12 set up an inter-institutional commission tasked with resolving the issue of unfinished buildings in Preah Sihanouk province, most of which are owned by Chinese investors. This is according to a Council of Ministers letter issued on the same date addressed to ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/unfinished-p-sihanouk-building-team-formed
More money for meat
Meat prices on Phnom Penh’s markets have seen large gains over the first half of the year, according to figures from the Ministry of Commerce’s Trade Promotion Department. Local vendors say the price increase comes due to a decrease in imports, forcing purchases of domestically ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070450154/Business/more-money-for-meat.html
Press release: Measures for institutions with staff or students contacted with the official visit of the Hungarian delegation to Cambodia
On 04 November 2020, the Ministry of Education in Cambodia issued a press release on the recent case of COVID-19. The Ministry advised related institutions, parents and children to follow some certain steps including: (1) All the institutions that have been in contact with Hungarian ...
Ministry of Education Youth and Sport
Booming growth pushes Cambodia to lower-middle income status
Despite some appearances to the contrary, things in Cambodia are looking pretty rosy at least according to the World Bank. In its latest revision of world economies the Bank raised Cambodia’s status from a low-income economy to a lower-middle income country. ...
Vat Vin
http://aecnewstoday.com/2016/booming-growth-pushes-cambodia-to-lower-middle-income-status/
Blockchain system will reduce dependence on the ‘greenback’
Cambodian’s will soon be able to make near-instant payments via a new blockchain payment platform being launched under a system called Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) that will “ultimately undermine the popularity of the US dollar”, according to the Kingdom’s central bank director. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50723403/blockchain-system-will-reduce-dependence-on-the-greenback/
Comprehensive Land Policy Is Under Construction
In response to the vision of land policy in Cambodia, which is to administer, manage, use and distribute land in an equitable, transparent, efficient, and sustainable manner in order to contribute to achieving national goals of poverty alleviation, ensuring food security, national resources and environmental ...
Affordable public housing needed: official
A senior official at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction appealed yesterday to institutions, private companies and related parties to help increase public housing for low and middle income families. In the first annual national forum on housing yesterday, Chhan Saphan, a secretary ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31108/affordable-public-housing-needed--official/
Economic Census 2011 Found About Half Million Establishments
About half a million establishments in Cambodia as of March 1, 2011 released the preliminary results of the Economic Census of Cambodia (EC 2011) released by H.E. Chay Than on August 8th in Phnom Penh. The final results of EC 2011 will be released in ...
Qatar plans bank in Cambodia to enhance trade
Qatar’s ambassador to Cambodia says his country wants to open a bank here in an effort to enhance, and attract more, trade and investment from Middle East countries to the Kingdom. Bloomberg reported yesterday that Arqaam Capital, a Dubai-based investment bank, had said it was ...
Hun Sen Reaches for Ambitious Income Target
Going by the World Bank’s method of grouping nation states by their wealth, Cambodia this year could become a lower-middle income country. Not satisfied, however, with this graduation—a feat in itself from Cambodia’s position of extreme poverty just two decades ago when gross domestic product (GDP) ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/hun-sen-reaches-for-ambitious-income-target-18766/