Announcement on the death of COVID-19 on a 42-year-old Chinese man
On 05 April 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of a 42-year-old Chinese man who died from COVID-19 at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital. Notably, this is the 21st case of death and this man lived in Veal Vong commune, 7 Makara ...
Press release on the meeting on the provision of tax services to car purchasing enterprises to promote tax registration and obligation of tax obligations
On 21 June 2023, General Department of Taxation has posted a press release on the meeting on the provision of tax services to car-purchasing enterprises to promote tax registration and fulfillment of tax obligations on their official social media site. According to the press release, this ...
General Department of Taxation
Revamp of torture prevention panel called cosmetic
The government has announced plans to upgrade a sub-decree on torture prevention to The status of royal decree in order to comply with its international obligations, but observers said yesterday that The proposed changes will do little to bolster The body’s impartiality.The decision was confirmed ...
Taing Vida and Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/revamp-torture-prevention-panel-called-cosmetic
Bribery a challenge for Cambodia's tourism sector
The tourism sector has complained about The attempted extortion and bribery by officials at The international border checkpoints that still upset tourists coming into Cambodia. The issue was raised yesterday during a meeting of The Interministerial Committee for Facilitating The Travel and Transport of Tourists and ...
Speech therapists to help fill void
Forty-eight Cambodians will graduate today from what is being heralded as the Kingdom’s first speech-therapy training program. the graduates have been trained to fill a void in speech- and language-therapy services for an estimated 536,000 people in Cambodia affected by communication and swallowing disorders, according to ...
Amelia Woodside and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/speech-therapists-help-fill-void
Announcement on the requirement to apply for new or renew tourism licenses via online
On 12 March 2021, the Ministry of Tourism released an announcement on the requirement to apply for new or renew tourism licenses via online to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in the community. ...
Ministry of Tourism
Soramitsu, the little-known blockchain firm behind Southeast Asia’s digital payment systems
Soramitsu, a Japanese company riding the wave of blockchain-based products supporting digital payments, has landed several deals with central banks. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501363859/soramitsu-the-little-known-blockchain-firm-behind-southeast-asias-digital-payment-systems/
Sok Soken attends the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2024 in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
At the invitation of Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of Lao PDR, Suanesavanh Vignaket, Sok Soken, Cambodian Minister of Tourism, led a delegation to attend the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2024, the 27th ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting and related meetings from 23rd – 27th January ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501428870/sok-soken-attends-the-asean-tourism-forum-2024-in-vientiane-lao-peoples-democratic-republic/
Ministry set to meet the salt community over challenges
The Minister of Industry and Handicraft will hold a meeting with The Kingdom’s salt community in Kep and Kampot provinces next week to discuss The industry’s challenges, ministry spokesman Oum Sotha said. The meeting comes after The Kingdom’s sole salt industry community, Salt Producers Community ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-set-meet-salt-community-over-challenges
Press release on the setting of interest rate cap
On 13 March 2017, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) issued a press release on the setting of interest rate cap of 18 percent per annum for microfinance institutions, deposit-taking MFIs and licensed rural credit institutions to help the poor, curb over-indebtedness and reduce poverty, ...
National Bank of Cambodia
Speed up FOI law, PM says
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the Ministry of Information to accelerate the drafting of a long-awaited freedom of information law that could see more transparency in the Kingdom’s government. According to a press release issued by the Council of Ministers after a cabinet meeting ...
Meas Sokchea and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/speed-foi-law-pm-says
PM will lead a high delegation to attend the "11th ASEM Summit" in Mongolia
PM will lead a high delegation to attend the “11th ASEM Summit” to be held from 15 to 16 July 2016, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, under the theme “20 years of ASEM: Partnership for the Future through Connectivity”, the 11th ASEM Summit is expected to discuss ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
'Cambodia best ASEAN market for Indian SMEs'
Cambodia has recorded a growth rate of 10 percent since the last 10 years, and the time is right for the Indian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to look at Cambodia as its key partner for accessing the ASEAN marke [sic], Ambassador of India in ...
Press relese on the change of national accounting year from 2000-2014
On 2 July 2024, the Ministry of Planning issued a press release on the change of national accounting year from 2000-2014 on their official social media site.According to the press, the Ministry of Planning, in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy and Finance, organized a ...
Ministry of Planning
India Funds Three-Nation Road
$500-million loan from New Delhi to help build 3,200km highway through Myanmar and linking to Thailand The trilateral highway project will allow freight and container trucks to move across The borders from India to Myanmar and Thailand via Chiang Rai and border towns. It will play ...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/India-funds-three-nation-road-30188145.html
Launching ceremony on national report on the final result of the General Population Census of Cambodia 2019
On 26 January 2021, the National Committee for General Population Census of Cambodia organized a launching ceremony on National Report on the Final Result of the General Population Census of Cambodia 2019 at the Sofitel Phnom Penh Pukitra Hotel. Taking this opportunity National Institute of ...
National Institute of Statistics
NGOs say input and transparency are key
In the wake of a speech by Prime Minister Hun Sen denouncing civil society’s criticism of the way that three judiciary laws sailed through the Council of Ministers without outside input or transparency, NGOs released an open letter yesterday calling for the Kingdom’s renewed commitment ...
Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-say-input-and-transparency-are-key
The clarifications from Ministry of Mines and Energy on the Stung Cheay Areng hydropower project
The conference is organized to clarify The exaggerated false information about Stung Cheay Areng hydropower project as well as The exaggerated information stating that The project causes serious damages to forestry resources, wildlife, fisheries, crocodiles and indigenous people customs, which is likely The hydropower project ...
Ministry of Mines and Energy
Government to address prison issues
Prime Minister Hun Sen will allow the ministries of Interior and Justice, and relevant institutions to convene with the aim of solving the problem of prison overcrowding. Interior Minister Sar Kheng requested the meeting due to the rapid increase in convicted felons, according to Chin ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-address-prison-issues
Hun Manet promoted after royal decree
Hun manet, the son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, rose to the rank of Commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) – the second most powerful position in the Kingdom’s military – on Thursday after a royal decree. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-manet-promoted-after-royal-decree