3,748 new factories opened last year
Some 3,748 new factories were opened last year providing jobs for 147,000 workers but 59,000 others were left unemployed when 491 factories closed down. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247843/3748-new-factories-opened-last-year/
New ‘One Window Service Office’ for IDs
Obtaining a new identity card and residence documents soon will become more convenient for hundreds of communities across Cambodia. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501252451/new-one-window-service-office-for-ids/
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) Published a new dataset on “Building footprints in Phnom Penh”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) Published a new dataset on “Building footprints in Phnom Penh”. This dataset contains information about building footprint in Phnom Penh. Building footprints can be used for a variety of essential purposes, including population estimation, urban planning, and humanitarian response, as well ...
EU launches 4 new programs worth $85.6 mln in Cambodia
The European Union on Tuesday launched four new programs worth $85.6 million in total in Cambodia, with a focus on promoting sustainable value chains, energy efficiency and renewable energy, said a joint press release. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501455198/eu-launches-4-new-programs-worth-85-6-mln-in-cambodia/
Khmer Thavrak registers with Interior Ministry, plans new approach to resolve issues
Khmer Thavrak run by a group of youths has been at the forefront of raising human rights concerns in Cambodia. ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/khmer-thavrak-registers-with-interior-ministry-plans-new-approach-to-resolve-issues/
Korea joins MRC as new development partner
The Republic of Korea (ROK) has joined the Mekong River Commission (MRC) as its newest development partner. In a significant boost to regional cooperation and sustainable development, Korea has committed a grant of $1,000,000 to the MRC for the year 2024, and the possibility of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501532241/korea-joins-mrc-as-new-development-partner/
Open Development Cambodia published a new dataset and new map layer of Land price for immovable property tax in Phnom Penh
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has added a new dataset and new interactive map layer of “land price for immovable property tax” in Khmer and English. This dataset and map layer contains the geographical representation for the price of land per square meter for the calculation ...
Open Development Cambodia has published 2 new topic pages on “SDG 13 Climate action” and "SDG 15 Life on land"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has recently published 2 new topic pages on “SDG 13 Climate action” and “SDG 15 Life on land”, which are two among the 17 goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through these two ...
Kingdom to strengthen intellectual property culture with new EPO pact
Cambodia and the European Patent Office last week bolstered ties with the signing of a new cooperation agreement to increase awareness of patents and intellectual property in the Kingdom. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50657881/kingdom-to-strengthen-intellectual-property-culture-with-new-epo-pact/
Open Development Cambodia publishes new topic pages on Water policy and administration, Rivers and lakes, and Marine and coastal areas
Open Development Cambodia has published new topic page of Water policy and administration, Rivers and lakes, and Marine and coastal areas, which could be found under the “Water resources” page on ODC website.Please click here to access topic page of Water policy and administration.Please click here to access topic ...
Groups voice concerns over new dam
Civil society organisations working on water management in Cambodia have expressed concern that Laos’ proposed Luang Prabang hydropower dam project and the existing upper Mekong River dam project will potentially cause more transnational impacts on hydrologic flow, movement of fish and sediment. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50688101/groups-voice-concerns-over-new-dam
Transport minister unveils new port for Preah Sihanouk province
With assistance from Japan, the government is planning to build a new container seaport in Preah Sihanouk province, Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol revealed on Friday. Speaking at a press conference, he said a 14.5m deep port will soon be built in ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/transport-minister-unveils-new-port-preah-sihanouk-province
New form to keep track of foreigners in Kingdom
An electronic application form has been launched this year by the Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Immigration, which aims to record data about foreigners living in and visiting Cambodia. However, the new measure has raised some concerns among some foreign residents. ...
Sun Mesa
http://khmertimeskh.com/50699629/new-form-to-keep-track-of-foreigners-in-kingdom
New GDP prediction is not optimistic
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has predicted that the real economic growth of Cambodia will reach 2.3 percent this year and will be around 5.7 percent in 2021, according to the newly released report on ADB’s flagship annual economic publication titled, Asian Development Outlook 2020. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50709859/new-gdp-prediction-is-not-optimistic/
New committee created to protect Koh Kong Krao
Prime Minister Hun Sen has created a committee tasked with monitoring Koh Kong SEZ Co Ltd’s development of Koh Kong Krao island in Koh Kong province’s Koh Kapi commune. The Council of Ministers first announced the development project on June 14, 2019, according to Hun ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-committee-created-protect-koh-kong-krao
$76 mln ring road ‘breaks new ground’
Construction has started on a $76 million ring road for heavy transport linking Sihanoukville’s deep seaport and the National Road Number 4 in Preah Sihanouk connecting Prey Nob to Stung Hav. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50715089/76-mln-ring-road-breaks-new-ground/
PM pledges new health centre over US bombs
In a speech to some 15,000 garment workers in Phnom Penh yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen returned to the topic of the United States’ war legacy in Cambodia, pledging to build a health centre for people purportedly suffering the after-effects of American chemical weapons in Svay ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-pledges-new-health-centre-over-us-bombs
More than 250,000 new voters registered
The National Election Committee (NEC) has seen an increase in new voters registering this year in comparison to last year. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50774600/more-than-250000-new-voters-registered/
CDC announces slate of new investments totalling $16.2 million
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has announced that four new projects worth a total of $16.2 million were approved over the weekend. ...
Tom Starkey
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809970/cdc-announces-slate-of-new-investments-totalling-16-2-million/
New Pursat dam project 90% finished
The construction of the Damnak Chheu Krom dam in Pursat province – consisting of one main levee and over 90km of irrigation canals – is now is over 90 per cent complete and is expected to go online by next month. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-pursat-dam-project-90-finished