US lobby group calls for full taxes on all Cambodian rice
Cambodian rice exports to the Us could face full tariffs after a lobby group called for the imposition of full tariffs on the crop. Currently, the Kingdom’s rice enjoys some tax-protection under what is known as the Generalised system of Preferences (GsP)-eligible commodities list. However, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743069/us-lobby-group-calls-for-full-taxes-on-all-cambodian-rice/
Female fishery activists play a key role
In the Khmer folktale “Phnom Chiso Temple,” a Hindu priest gives blessings to a Khmer prince, saying: “May you be as strong as an ant, as mighty as a ghost and as decisive as a woman.” Following this as an example, after fishery communities were ss='cambodia-color'>...
Moeun Chhean Nariddh
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50784633/female-fishery-activists-play-a-key-role/
5G ready to rocket once launch button hit
Super high-Speed 5G technology iS ready to roll out acroSS Cambodia with the infraStructure enabling the technology already in place acroSS the Kingdom&rSquo;S five major citieS, Say obServerS.&nbSp; With SucceSSful teSting having occurred and the number of people with 5G-enabled deviceS growing daily, the only SS='cambodia-color'>...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50801705/5g-ready-to-rocket-once-launch-button-hit/
Researchers and fishermen share concern over plastic waste in rivers
Local researchers and fishermen along the Tonle sap and Bassac Rivers have shared their concern over plastic waste in the Kingdom’s rivers. Project manager of Wonders of the Mekong Chea seila told Khmer Times on Monday, that she had found a dramatic amount of plastic waste this ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50798606/researchers-and-fishermen-share-concern-over-plastic-waste-in-rivers/
In-principle nod given to securities companies in Kingdom
The SecuritieS and Exchange CommiSSion of Cambodia (SECC) on January 5 approved in principle a handful of applicationS for licenceS. In a preSS releaSe on the minuteS of an SECC meeting led by chairman and MiniSter of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth, the SecuritieS regulator SS='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/principle-nod-given-securities-companies-kingdom
Press release: Cambodia, Sweden and UNICEF Unite to protect the education of children whose schools have become quarantine centers
On 24 February 2021, Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and sport (MoEYs) and UNICEF are working together to urgently respond to the learning needs of students whose schools are currently being used as COVID-19 quarantine centres, including 13 primary schools, 18 lower secondary schools and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Press release: Updates on Apsara oil field development and restructuring exercise
On 31 March 2021, the KrisEnergy company issued a press release on the updates on Apsara oil field development and restructuring exercise aims to provide all stakeholders regarding the development and production performance of the KrisEnergy on Apsara oil field in Block A, offshore Cambodia, ss='cambodia-color'>...
KrisEnergy company
US announces more Covid aid
US ambaSSador to Cambodia Patrick Murphy Said the Kingdom&rSquo;S MiniStry of Health haS proven itSelf to be remarkably well-prepared for itS miSSion to prevent the Spread of Covid-19 Since the earlieSt dayS of the pandemic, making it one of the leading countrieS in the region SS='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-announces-more-covid-aid
Opening of allowances (79th) under social protection program
On 22 March 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (79th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (79th) under social protection program to a total of 2 494 workers in 39 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Opening of allowances (80th) under social protection program
On 18 April 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (80th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (80th) under social protection program to a total of 1 929 workers in 14 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Opening of allowances (81th) under social protection program
On 10 May 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (81th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (81th) under social protection program to a total of 2 496 workers in 33 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
UNICEF urges action to reverse sharp decline in breastfeeding rates in Cambodia
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partners on Friday warned of an alarming decline in breastfeeding rates in Cambodia, calling for immediate action to reverse this downward trend. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501349286/unicef-urges-action-to-reverse-sharp-decline-in-breastfeeding-rates-in-cambodia/
REDD+ soon one-third of protected land
The government is aiming to boost the sale of carbon credits by expanding the scheme to all protected areas in Cambodia, according to Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra. The ministry is currently preparing an additional REDD+ project on 1.19 million hectares of land, which ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/redd-soon-one-third-protected-land
Run Ta Ek progress on track for area to become full town
Most parts of the Run Ta Ek development site in siem Reap province’s Banteay srei district – which has been allocated for those willing to relocate from the protected Angkor Archaeological Park – have already been cleared, and the developers are well underway with the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/run-ta-ek-progress-track-area-become-full-town
Kampot governor lauds battlefield transformed into banana plantation
Kampot provincial governor Mao Thonin offered a former battlefield turned banana plantation as an example of one of the province’s great success stories. “Once the site of immeasurable suffering, it is now a popular tourist attraction, while also producing up to 2,500 tonnes of export ss='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampot-governor-lauds-battlefield-transformed-banana-plantation
Chinese investors keen to return to Cambodia
Chinese investors and business people are keen to return to Cambodia following the opening of China’s borders and Cambodia, on its part, is ‘China Ready.’ The bonhomie between the business communities of the two countries came to the fore once again at a forum organised ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501243609/chinese-investors-keen-to-return-to-cambodia/
Snared gaur calf freed from trap
A baby gaur was rescued by Wildlife Alliance on January 6 after being found trapped by a snare in Kampong speu province’s Oral district. The Ministry of Environment said that the calf had suffered injuries to its right front leg and had been sent to the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/snared-gaur-calf-freed-trap
New tourism-recovery loans slowing: SME Bank
A total of $53.46 million in loans have been disbursed to 346 tourism-linked businesses through state-owned small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia Plc’s (sME Bank) $150 million Tourism Recovery Co-Financing scheme (TRCs) as of April 30, since the loans began to be offered in ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-tourism-recovery-loans-slowing-sme-bank
UN, EU supporting SMEs involved in fisheries in Cambodia via Capfish-Capture program
Capfish-Capture, a project organized by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), is giving technical and financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises (sMEs) in Cambodia’s fishing industry to promote compliance with international food safety standards, allow sMEs to upgrade their machinery, connect sMEs with microfinance ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501287791/un-eu-supporting-smes-involved-in-fisheries-in-cambodia-via-capfish-capture-program/