Malaysian FM chairs coordination virtual meeting with Ambassador in Cambodia, other nations, to deal with job scam syndicates
Malaysian Foreign minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah on Tuesday chaired a coordination meeting with government agencies to refine, frame, monitor and implement action concerning job scam syndicate cases involving Malaysian citizens abroad. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501160065/malaysian-fm-chairs-coordination-virtual-meeting-with-ambassador-in-cambodia-other-nations-to-deal-with-job-scam-syndicates/
Hun Sen: CPP properly implements racial and religious harmony policy
Hun Sen, Prime Minister and President of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), reaffirmed on Thursday that CPP has carried out well the policy of racial and religious harmony, which allows all religions to coexist. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501160016/hun-sen-cpp-properly-implements-racial-and-religious-harmony-policy/
ASEAN, Russia bolster digital technology cooperation
An online symposium focusing on economic aspects in the transition to the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Russia and ASEAN countries and cooperation chances between the sides, was recently held in Moscow. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501160803/asean-russia-bolster-digital-technology-cooperation/
250 families near Ta Mok Lake complain to US Embassy for intervention to settle their land disputes
About 30 people representing 250 families living next to Ta Mok Lake in Sangkat Samrong, Khan Prek Pnov, Phnom Penh, gathered on Thursday filed a petition at the US Embassy in Cambodia to intervene in their land dispute after no solution from the Cambodian authorities. ...
Ministry inks MoU for digital OS
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sala, a modern school operating system, on “Going-Digital for Education” with the support of eighteen public and private universities. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-inks-mou-digital-os
ASEAN a bright spot in gloomy global outlook, says IMF chief
The region and the globe remain in the grip of a slew of intractable crises on top of the persistent effects of Covid-19, posing precarious economic headwinds and dampening growth prospects for the coming years. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/asean-bright-spot-gloomy-global-outlook-says-imf-chief
Prek Ambel eyed for Bassac sea link
Cambodia is pushing to complete a study on the feasibility of using southeastern Kandal province’s Prek Ambel village as the starting point for the Bassac River waterway link to the sea in Kep province. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prek-ambel-eyed-bassac-sea-link
Int’l tourist arrivals cross 1.5 million in Jan-Oct
The number of international tourists visiting Cambodia during January-October 2022 rose to 1,575,954, which is an increase of 991.1 percent over the same period of last year, according to a Ministry of Tourism report, released on Wednesday. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501194322/intl-tourist-arrivals-cross-1-5-million-in-jan-oct/
NBC asks financial institutions to be flexible with flood affected borrowers
The National Bank of Cambodia has asked financial institutions to implement flexible measures for borrowers who have been affected by flood, in a bid to ease the burden on financial flow and contribute to restoring families’ economic standards. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501170557/nbc-asks-financial-institutions-to-be-flexible-with-flood-affected-borrowers/
Cambodia urges initiatives to support SMEs and informal economy
Cambodia Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Samheng has called on more initiatives to improve working conditions for workers in small and medium enterprises and informal economy in ASEAN and ASEAN partner countries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501170973/cambodia-urges-initiatives-to-support-smes-and-informal-economy/
Cambodia needs $9.22 billion for next three-year public investment program
The Cambodian government on Friday approved the next three-year public investment program (2023-2025), which would require a total capital of $9.22 billion to implement 663 projects, government spokesperson Phay Siphan said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501176756/cambodia-needs-9-22-for-next-three-year-public-investment-program/
Cambodia-Korea trade zooms 16% to $920 million
The bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea reached $920 million in ten months of 2022, a year-on-year increase of 16.3 percent, according to a report from the Korea International Trade Association (KITA). ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501188121/cambodia-korea-trade-zooms-16-to-920-million/
Despite risks, GDT collection grows 28.62% in 7 months
Tax authorities have collected approximately $2.21 billion of tax revenue — 78.39 percent of the budget law in the first seven months of the year, which soared by 28.62 percent or about $491.29 million compared to the same period last year, said a release by ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501133080/despite-risks-gdt-collection-grows-28-62-in-7-months/
Land dispute victims in Sihanoukville call government to resolve and release four citizens
Land dispute residents in two communes of Prey Nob district, Sihanoukville province call on government to resolve and release four citizens citizens are imprisoned under this land dispute. ...
Cambodia, UN satisfied with bilateral cooperation
Cambodia and the United Nations have shown their satisfaction with their existing good cooperation and exchanged views on its further enhancement, according to Chum Sounry, Spokesperson of the Ministry of of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501179156/cambodia-un-satisfied-with-bilateral-cooperation/
Cambodia, Vietnam ink several agreements
Hun Sen and Pham Minh Chinh witnessed the signing of 11 cooperation documents on land transport; agricultural cooperation; border trade; commerce; TV and radio cooperation; telecom, ICT, and digital transformation; labour; financial innovation and payment systems. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cambodia-vietnam-ink-several-agreements
Cambodian Red Cross donates $100,000 to quake-hit Turkiye
The Cambodian Red Cross has donated $100,000 to Turkiye, after an earthquake on February 6, in order to promote cooperation, solidarity and a culture of mutual assistance. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501238098/cambodian-red-cross-donates-100000-to-quake-hit-turkiye/
Cambodian, Chinese central banks discuss local currency settlement for cross-border trade
Cambodian and Chinese central bank officials have discussed the promotion of local currency settlement for cross-border trade between the two countries, said a statement released by the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501266318/cambodian-chinese-central-banks-discuss-local-currency-settlement-for-cross-border-trade/
92 pct of households in Cambodia get access to electricity
Ninety-two percent of households in Cambodia have access to electricity, including 99 percent in urban areas and 88 percent in rural areas, said the 2021-2022 Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey released on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501268277/92-pct-of-households-in-cambodia-get-access-to-electricity/
Cambodia confirms readiness to exit LDC status
Cambodia confirmed its readiness to exit the Least Developed Countries (LDC) status, saying that studies on the impacts of the exit, challenges and the loss of trade preference schemes have been made. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501231715/cambodia-confirms-readiness-to-exit-ldc-status/