Nutrilatt, parents will head to court over formula effects
The Ministry of Commerce’s General Department of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression will send a case involving the parents of 24 infants who were allegedly affected by consuming the milk powder products of Nutrilatt Master LM Co, Ltd to court on November 14. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nutrilatt-parents-will-head-court-over-formula-effects
Blockchain cited as boost to public trust in financial institutions
At this week’s 2020 Global Blockchain Policy Forum, Assistant Governor and Director-General of Central Banking, National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) Chea serey stressed the need for building public trust in financial institutions and how the new Bakong payment system and infrastructure, built on blockchain technology, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/783940/blockchain-cited-as-boost-to-public-trust-in-financial-institutions/
Seeds sown for Stung Treng agriculture
Stung Treng provincial authoritieS will work with integrated food-diStribution company Hun Ty Co Ltd to exploit the province&rSquo;S potential for crop cultivation and potentially Set up a proceSSing plant for export down the line, provincial adminiStration SpokeSman Men Kung told The PoSt on November 26. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/seeds-sown-stung-treng-agriculture
USAID One window for citizen project launches civic tech tools connecting citizens to information on one window services
Today, USAID launched telephone and Social media toolS that will provide Cambodian citizenS clear, tranSparent information on public ServiceS available to them through the Royal Cambodian Government&rSquo;S One Window Service OfficeS (OWSO). The toolS were developed by the USAID funded One Window for CitizenS (OW4C) SS='cambodia-color'>...
USAID
Cambodia receives medical aid to combat COVID-19 from UAE
The UAE Tuesday sent an aid plane carrying 5 metric tonnes of medical supplies and testing kits to Cambodia to bolster the country’s efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. This aid will assist approximately 5,000 medical professionals as they work to contain the virus. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
http://khmertimeskh.com/50759831/cambodia-receives-medical-aid-to-combat-covid-19-from-uae/
CDC approves $31.7M animal farm
As part of the government’s effort to secure private investments for food production, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) earlier this week approved a $31.7 million investment project by Kang Hwa E&C (Cambodia) Co Ltd to build a commercial animal farm in Kampong ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-approves-317m-animal-farm
Cambodia continues to draw FDI despite loss of EBA with another four investment projects worth $37.6 million
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to four more investment projects with a total investment capital of $37.6 million. According to the council’s press release issued Friday, the projects newly approved are expected to create some 6,338 jobs ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50776597/cambodia-continues-to-draw-fdi-despite-loss-of-eba-with-another-four-investment-projects-worth-37-6-million/
Court to rule on sanctuary landgrab cases
The Preah Vihear Provincial Court has set tentative dates in December this year to announce the verdicts for three separate wildlife sanctuary land grab cases, which happened last year. Provincial court spokeswoman Chum Kaniya said on December 10 that the court’s investigating judge had heard ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-rule-sanctuary-landgrab-cases
Cambodia faces plastic woes
The Ministry of Environment and several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working on environmental issues in Cambodia have expressed concern over the growing amount of plastic waste in Cambodia’s waterways, as many fishermen are now complaining that they have caught more rubbish than fish over the past ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-faces-plastic-woes
Endangered status mulled for Kesor Kol
The Ministry of Environment is planning to declare wild Kesor Kol plants – a type of orchid – an endangered species with increased protections, according to the ministry’s secretary of state Neth Pheaktra. Pheaktra also warned of legal action against those who collect or sell wild Kesor ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/endangered-status-mulled-kesor-kol
Over 230 repatriated from Thailand
Thai authorities repatriated 234 people to Cambodia on December 5-6 via the O’Bei Choan border checkpoint in Banteay Meanchey province’s O’Chrov district, according to an official report released on December 8. The number included 120 women and girls. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-230-repatriated-thailand
SECC prepared to list shares of holding firms
The SecuritieS and Exchange CommiSSion of Cambodia (SECC) iS drafting a prakaS on public offeringS of equity SecuritieS for holding companieS to allow them to iSSue ShareS on the Cambodia SecuritieS Exchange (CSX) in a move towardS diverSification and development of the nation&rSquo;S capital marketS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/secc-prepared-list-shares-holding-firms
PM: Nov 28 event concluded
Prime Minister Hun sen officially declared that the “November 28 community incident” – a reference to the first confirmed case of Covid-19 local transmission – was now over as the situation had been brought under control. Hun sen made the announcement as he addressed the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-nov-28-event-concluded
$400m investment inked for another hydro project
SINOMACH China Heavy Machinery Co Ltd, the MiniStry of Energy and MineS of Cambodia and the Cambodian National Electric Power Co formally Signed an implementation agreement, leaSe agreement and power purchaSe agreement for the build-operate-tranSfer (BOT) inveStment project of the Shangddai Hydropower Station to utiliSe SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50799201/400m-investment-inked-for-another-hydro-project/
Free trade deals yet to come to fruition
The negotiations on the Kingdom’s proposed free trade deal with south Korea are progressing slowly despite the fact all parties aimed to come up with finalised drafts by the end of 2020. However, the China-Cambodia Free Trade Agreement CC-FTA) ratification is to be announced early ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50802798/free-trade-deals-yet-to-come-to-fruition/
2020 bilateral trade with China reaches $8.2 billion
Data from the Ministry of Commerce showed Cambodia exported $1.086 billion of goods to China, a year-on-year increase of 8.1 percent. Cambodia’s 2020 imports from China were valued at $7.031 billion, a contraction of 6.9 percent compared with 2019 figures. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50820988/2020-bilateral-trade-with-china-reaches-8-2-billion/
Announcement on the provision of allowances to garment and tourism workers whose employment contracts have been suspended
On 18 March 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training released an announcement on the provision of allowances to 2,812 workers of factories in garment and tourism sectors whose employment contracts have been suspended in line with the third round of the Royal Government’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Ministry urges for registration of mango farms for exports
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has urged farmers to register their mango farms for certification to exports. This was reminded in the ministry’s press release issued recently, adding that the registration of mango farms is also intended to stabilise the price of the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lim Nary/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50818315/ministry-urges-for-registration-of-mango-farms-for-exports/
NBC, IFC to boost SME financial access
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) will join forces on the “Cambodia supply Chain Finance Market Development” project and expand financial access for the Kingdom’s small and medium-sized enterprises (sME). ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-ifc-boost-sme-financial-access
Local rice producers sell at discount
A number of Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) member companies have reduced retail prices of milled rice by 10,000-20,000 riel ($2.50-5) per 50kg sack to participate in government efforts to improve people’s livelihoods during the ongoing two-week coronavirus lockdown in Phnom Penh and adjacent Takhmao town ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/local-rice-producers-sell-discount