Pricing talks on wind energy project underway
State-run Electricité du Cambodge (EDC) and Singapore-baSed The Blue Circle are in preliminary talkS on the price of wind generated power, aS Senior officialS place high hopeS for having the renewable energy factor into the nation&rSquo;S energy mix Soon. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50832275/pricing-talks-on-wind-energy-project-underway/
Over 50 homes ready for veterans in Pursat
The Pursat Provincial Administration said 58 of 164 houses for Cambodian veterans have been built on social land concessions in Prangil commune’s say village in Phnom Kravanh district. The homes are ready for veterans and their families to move in. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-50-homes-ready-veterans-pursat
Trapped Pompadour green pigeons set free
Over 100 Pompadour green pigeons have been seized from wildlife traffickers and released back into the wild by Keo seima Wildlife sanctuary rangers and the Wildlife Conservation society (WCs Cambodia) after they were poached in the sanctuary in sre Chhouk commune in Mondulkiri province’s Keo ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trapped-pompadour-green-pigeons-set-free
Kingdom lifts ban on frozen items shipped in from India
Cambodia has lifted a ban on the import of frozen meats and other frozen items classified as “high-risk” originating from India, amid recent improvements in the south Asian country’s epidemiological situation and as all samples of frozen meat imports have tested negative for the novel ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-lifts-ban-frozen-items-shipped-india
Gov’t gives financial aid to lockdown-affected workers
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has provided financial assistance to 59,012 workers from 175 factories in the garment, footwear and bag industry located in lockdown areas in Phnom Penh, Kandal province’s Takhmao town and sihanoukville (Phase 2, 3 and 4). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-gives-financial-aid-lockdown-affected-workers
MENA market peppered with potential: CPSF
The Cambodian Pepper and SpiceS Federation (CPSF) haS been connecting with 25 local exporterS to explore and foSter new avenueS to delve into the Middle EaStern and North African (MENA) marketS, a whole world of diverSe cuiSineS that are rich in SpiceS and rely heavily SS='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mena-market-peppered-potential-cpsf
GDP reports 73 per cent of inmates now vaccinated
The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons (GDP) has vaccinated over 73 per cent of the 37,000 inmates throughout the country as of August 5 and is continuing to vaccinate prisoners in seven remaining provinces with the Us-donated Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 jabs. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gdp-reports-73-cent-inmates-now-vaccinated
Ethics committee refutes statement by Reporters Without Borders
Club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ) secretary-general Puy Kea, who is also the speaker of the Information Ministry’s Monitoring Committee for Journalism Ethics told Khmer Times yesterday that the creation of the committee is not to put pressure on print or social media, as Reporters Without Borders ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phnom Chambap visit-ban violators to be fined $250
Despite a ban on visiting Phnom Chambap mountain in Takeo province’s Bati district due to the danger of contaminated water and to prevent the spread of Covid-19, people still stubbornly visit the place, and the authorities have started issuing fines of $250 per person. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918845/phnom-chambap-visit-ban-violators-to-be-fined-250/
Ministry onboards Cambodia Post to e-marketplace
The Ministry of Commerce plans to integrate state-owned Cambodia Post’s transportation system into CambodiaTrade.com, looking to make the distribution and delivery process easier, faster and safer for small- and medium-sized enterprises (sME) and consumers that buy merchandise on the e-marketplace. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-onboards-cambodia-post-e-marketplace
Central bank sells $130M over five September forex auctions
The National Bank of Cambodia held five currency auctions from september 2-21 and sold $130 million on the foreign exchange (forex) market, meant to stabilise the riel’s fluctuations against the greenback, shore up economic activity during the ongoing health crisis and power a faster economic ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/central-bank-sells-130m-over-five-september-forex-auctions
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand strategy for post pandemic era refined
With the Covid-19 pandemic expected to leave long-term impacts on global investment patterns and consumer behaviour, the CLMVT countries are counting on closer economic cooperation within southeast Asia to help them benefit from each other’s strengths. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50926312/cambodia-laos-myanmar-vietnam-and-thailand-strategy-for-post-pandemic-era-refined/
Occupiers of disputed land receive ‘conditional titles’
The government has issued conditional land title receipts to 326 families occupying disputed state-owned land at the “Chamkar Barang” area in Tuol Prich commune of Kandal province’s Ang snuol district. It is also looking into a policy settlement while the provincial governor investigates and identifies ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/occupiers-disputed-land-receive-conditional-titles
Eight month exports valued at 11.08 bn
Cambodia’s exports in the first eight months this year saw a decrease, official figures showed. Its exports were worth $11.086 billion, inching down 5.3 percent compared with the same period last year, according to a study by the Ministry of Commerce. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50934036/eight-month-exports-valued-at-11-08-bn/
Man lands in court over sexual assault at quarantine site
A suspected in an alleged sexual assault against a minor at a quarantine centre in Banteay Meanchey province’s O’Chrou district has been sent to court, while a similar case against an adult woman at the same centre was dropped after the accused negotiated compensation with ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/man-lands-court-over-sexual-assault-quarantine-site
MoE plans Bokor eco-tourism
The Ministry of Environment on Monday has approved five small-scale eco-tourism development plans in Preah Monivong Bokor National Park. These new eco-tourism projects in Kampot province’s Prek Tnort commune will create more employment opportunities for the local population, offering sustainable livelihoods and improving the local ss='cambodia-color'>...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50959591/moe-plans-bokor-eco-tourism/
Preah Sihanouk launches training programme for drug addicts
The National Centre for Voluntary and Community-based Treatment service and Rehabilitation for Drug Addicts based in Preah sihanouk province’s stung Hav district on October 22 launched the first vocational training course to equip addicts with skills before their reintegration back into society. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-launches-training-programme-drug-addicts
Thailand seeks to reopen Tha Sen and Ban Nong Ian border checkpoints to boost trade with Cambodia
Thailand’s Commerce Ministry is aiming to speed up talks with Cambodia to reopen additional checkpoints with neighbouring Cambodia to boost trade between the two nations. . ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50971487/thailand-seeks-to-reopen-tha-sen-and-ban-nong-ian-border-checkpoints-to-boost-trade-with-cambodia/
Cambodia is studying to reduce the tax rate for electric cars by 50% to encourage people to use
In an interview with CNBC on the current plans, connections and future of transportation in Cambodia on November 12, 2021, sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport, said that the launch of Electric vehicles (EVs) are in the early stages of development in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50970057/cambodia-is-studying-to-reduce-the-tax-rate-for-electric-cars-by-50-to-encourage-people-to-use/
Cambodia receives medical equipment and medicines from China to fight C-19
China’s Ministry of Defence yesterday handed medical equipment and traditional medicines to its counterpart in Cambodia to further accelerate the fight against the Covid-19, which currently is very much under control in the Kingdom with more than 88% of the population double vaccinated. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50976095/cambodia-receives-medical-equipment-and-medicines-from-china-to-fight-c-19/