Australia helps strengthen laboratory capacity for infectious diseases in Cambodia
Australia has supported the IndoPacLab program across Cambodia, Laos, and Papua New Guinea (PNG) to strengthen laboratory capacity for HIV, TB, malaria, and COVID-19 testing, said the Australian Embassy in Cambodia in a news release Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501390503/australia-helps-strengthen-laboratory-capacity-for-infectious-diseases-in-cambodia/
Sun still shines brightly on nation’s solar plans
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic effectively pressing the pause button on many upcoming construction projects in the country, four major solar projects are still on schedule and expected to start generating power to the grid by the end of 2020. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708027/sun-still-shines-brightly-on-nations-solar-plans/
NBC meet set to shape post-Covid economy
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will host its seventh Annual Macroeconomic Conference under the theme “Discussion of Cambodia’s Economic Development Models” to gather input from academics, researchers, industry insiders and economists about how to structure the economy in a post-Covid-19 world. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-meet-set-shape-post-covid-economy
Free-trade talks continue despite the pandemic
Cambodia is closer to inking trade deals with developed economies despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Seang Thay, a spokesperson at the Ministry of Commerce, told Khmer Times yesterday that the free-trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between Cambodia, South Korea, China and ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50717809/free-trade-talks-continue-despite-the-pandemic/
New investment law to be finalised in November
The Kingdom’s new draft law on investment is scheduled to be finalised by the end of November this year. It will help to drive the economic recovery in the context of COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50778372/new-investment-law-to-be-finanlised-in-november/
27 startups and SMEs chosen for special government grants
Khmer Enterprise (KE) yesterday signed grant agreements with 27 startups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for the first and second Khmer Enterprise Assistance Package programme, responding to the challenges and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Cambodian entrepreneurs. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50785809/27-startups-and-smes-chosen-for-special-government-grants/
Tax collection ‘strong’
The government’s tax collection remains strong even during the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching more than $2.25 billion in the first nine months of this year, according to a report by the General Department of Taxation (GDT). ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50772989/tax-collection-strong/
Aquaculture sector needs better supply and demand
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon held an ad hoc meeting with fishery officials and the Cambodian Aquaculturist Association on December 14 to discuss the matter of promoting domestic aquaculture produce and reducing imports amid the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/aquaculture-sector-needs-better-supply-and-demand
Trade chambers ask GDT to delay income-tax date
Nine international business chambers have called on the General Department of Taxation (GDT) to extend the deadline for filing tax on income for fiscal year 2020 past March 31 in light of economic pressure caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-chambers-ask-gdt-delay-income-tax-date
ARDB seeks $30M more for SME loans
Agriculture and Rural Development Bank of Cambodia (ARDB) expects to receive an additional $30 million from the government for special-purpose loans to keep the Kingdom’s smaller businesses afloat amid the ongoing economic duress of Covid-19, according to the state-owned bank’s director-general Kao Thach. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ardb-seeks-30m-more-sme-loans
CMA members restructure $1.4B in loans
Financial institutions that are members of the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) restructured some $1.397 billion in loans for 289,422 borrowers as of February 28 since the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on March 27 issued a circular on loan restructuring during Covid-19, according to CMA. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cma-members-restructure-14b-loans
Car import values falls by more than 36% in 2020
The global Covid-19 pandemic caused the value of imported cars to Cambodia in 2020 to drop to nearly $1.1 billion, a decrease of more than 36 per cent compared to 2019, according to a report issued by the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/car-import-values-falls-more-36-2020
Three bond-listed companies post solid Q4 recovery
Three cooperate-bond-listed firms on February 15 reported solid business-performance recovery in the fourth quarter of last year resulting from proactive government measures that kept economic activities afloat despite the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/three-bond-listed-companies-post-solid-q4-recovery
ABC, CMA set out six debt relief measures
The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) and Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) on April 7 ordered members to adopt six measures of financial relief in light of the economic fallout and depressed incomes caused by the February 20 community transmission of Covid-19. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/abc-cma-set-out-six-debt-relief-measures
Financial institutions see jump in lockdown-era digital transactions
Financial institutions (FI) logged a sudden spike in digital transactions during lockdown, adding further to the upward momentum fuelled by rising fears triggered by a spike in new Covid-19 cases found in connection to the February 20 community transmission. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/financial-institutions-see-jump-lockdown-era-digital-transactions
Signing of Korea trade deal postponed
The formal signing of the Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), scheduled for mid-year, will be postponed due to disruptions from the Covid-19 outbreak stemming from the February 20 community incident, according to a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/signing-korea-trade-deal-postponed
NBC: Fintech fuels 2020 boom in Kingdom's payment systems
Payment systems in Cambodia have seen remarkable strides in line with the evolution of financial technology (fintech) and significantly contribute to the development of the national economy, as digital transactions witness a Covid-19 boom, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said in the 2020 annual ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-fintech-fuels-2020-boom-kingdoms-payment-systems
Microfinance body calls for more lending
Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) on April 27 urged its members to release more credit to customers as the spread of Covid-19, exacerbated by the February 20 community transmission is having a huge impact on all businesses, especially in Phnom Penh and Takmao town. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/microfinance-body-calls-more-lending
UNDP, Australia pledge continued support for social welfare scheme
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) hosted a high-level online discussion for the benefit of other institutions and development partners in the region regarding key lessons learned from Cambodia’s use of Covid-19 social protection measures to support the poor and revitalise the economy. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/undp-australia-pledge-continued-support-social-welfare-scheme
HIV/AIDS victims will not be neglected during C-19
All the 75,000 HIV and 62,310 AIDS patients will continue getting their antiretroviral therapy and all other services and treatments during the Covid-19 pandemic, said National AIDS Authority (NAA) chairman leng Mouly. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908071/hiv-aids-victims-will-not-be-neglected-during-c-19/