CMAC touts remarkable success in ongoing demining operations
More than 5,000 discoveries of explosive remnants of war (ERW) were reported to the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) in 2021, with a total of 20,000 munitions destroyed. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-touts-remarkable-success-ongoing-demining-operations
Overarching problems hinder search for justice for abused women: BAKC
Despite the implementation of provisions to defend abused women and girls in 2021, the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) noted some challenges due to the lack of cooperation by relevant specialised state institutions. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/overarching-problems-hinder-search-justice-abused-women-bakc
This year’s high school exam postponed to early December
The high school exam for the academic year 2021-2022, previously scheduled for Nov. 14-15, and then delayed to Nov. 21-22, was once again postponed to early December. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501150462/this-years-high-school-exam-postponed-to-early-december/
Gov’t extends financial support programmes for next three months
The government has extended its financial support programmes to aid the garment and textile industry, tourism sectors and poor people for another three months from January to March 2021, according to a government statement released yesterday. ...
Cambodian exports reach $8 billion Jan-June
Cambodia exported $8.201 billion in the first six months of 2021, a 17 percent increase compared to the same period last year, according to a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50896757/cambodian-exports-reach-8-billion-jan-june/
Journalists in Phnom Penh will start receiving ‘booster dose’ from September 8th
The Commission for COVID-19 Vaccination says the media in Phnom Penh will receive the third dose of AstraZeneca at the National Children’s Hospital from September 8 to 15, 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50913803/journalists-in-phnom-penh-will-start-receiving-booster-dose-from-september-8th/
Cambodia’s banking industry sees three percent GDP growth last year despite pandemic, $38.5 billion in deposits
Cambodia’s banking industry had seen robust growth in loans and deposits in 2021 despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501008197/cambodias-banking-industry-sees-three-percent-gdp-growth-last-year-despite-pandemic-38-5-billion-in-deposits/
Rural roads stretching 3,700 km repaired
The Ministry of Rural Development has said more than 3,000 kilometres of roads in rural areas were repaired and maintained in 2021. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501041360/rural-roads-stretching-3700-km-repaired/
E-commerce market value rises 19% to $970 million
The market value of e-commerce in Cambodia surged 19 percent to $970 million in 2021 compared to a year earlier, according to the iTrade Bulletin of the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501105754/e-commerce-market-value-rises-19-to-970-million/
Kingdom’s satellite project still under study
The Telecom Regulator of Cambodia yesterday said that the Kingdom’s plan to launch its first satellite is still being studied after the Defence Ministry denied media reports that it will be sent into space in 2021. TRC spokesman Im Vutha yesterday said that the project ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50577036/kingdoms-satellite-project-still-under-study-2/
Kheng announces Chinese investment to reach total of $10 billion in 2023
In the first semester of 2021, Chinese investment in the Kingdom remained the highest of any foreign nations. The total value of Chinese finance reached around $5 billion, an increase of 31 percent when compared to the previous year. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50999151/kheng-announces-chinese-investment-to-reach-total-of-10-billion-in-2023/
Kingdom-Malaysia trade tops $500M
Cambodia-Malaysia trade volume surpassed $500 million in 2021, rising by 13.14 per cent over a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-malaysia-trade-tops-500m
Japanese PM to visit Cambodia this Sunday
KISHIDA Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan, will lead a high delegation to pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia on Mar. 20-21, 2022, at the invitation of Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501043547/japanese-pm-to-visit-cambodia-this-sunday/
Condition of Indochinese Leopard casts shadow over tiger reintroduction efforts
A report published in June this year concluded Indochinese leopards are functionally extinct in Cambodia after camera traps failed to capture a single image of them in 2021. ...
Andrew Califf
https://cambojanews.com/condition-of-indochinese-leopard-casts-shadow-over-tiger-reintroduction-efforts/
Wastewater treatment plant in Southern Phnom Penh to be built in late April
A wastewater treatment plant with the capacity of treating 5,000 cubic metres of wastewater per day will be constructed at the end of April 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50814427/wastewater-treatment-plant-in-southern-phnom-penh-to-be-built-in-late-april/
Cambodia successfully vaccinates one million people nationwide
As of 11 April 2021, Cambodia has vaccinated 1 million armed forces, civil servants, and civilians nationwide, according to a press release. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50837407/cambodia-successfully-vaccinates-one-million-people-nationwide/
Foreign visitors to Cambodia decrease by 94 pct in Q1
Cambodia received 70,901 international visitors in the January-March quarter (Q1) of 2021, down 94 percent from 1.15 million in the same period of last year, the Tourism Ministry said in a report released on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50856597/foreign-visitors-to-cambodia-decrease-by-94-pct-in-q1/
Nearly 2 million people in Phnom Penh vaccinated against Covid-19
As of May 27, nearly 2 million people in Phnom Penh have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in accordance with the Royal Government’s determination that all Phnom Penh residents will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by June 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50864514/nearly-2-million-people-in-phnom-penh-vaccinated-against-covid-19-as-of-may-27/
NEC calls on Cambodian citizens to check their names on voter list
The National Election Committee (NEC) called on all Cambodians who registered to vote to review the 2021 voter list. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50949609/nec-calls-on-cambodian-citizens-to-check-their-names-on-voter-list/
Road deaths, injuries and accidents down from 2020 numbers
The number of fatal road accidents decreased in 2021 as compared to 2020, but officials say more must be done to tackle the problem. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/road-deaths-injuries-and-accidents-down-2020-numbers