ARDB: Establish firm market prices for rice
In a bid to uplift the livelihood of farmers and propel the government’s ambitious export plan, Kao Thach, director-general of the Agricultural and Rural Development Bank (ARDB), has called on rice mills and milled rice export companies to purchase rice from farmers at market price. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ardb-establish-firm-market-prices-rice
132 bird species recorded at Boeung Prek Lpov protected landscape
A total of 132 bird species have been recorded at the Boeung Prek Lpov Landscape Protection Area (BPL) in Takeo Province, pointed out a report on the State of Key Bird Species released recently by NatureLife Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501316928/132-bird-species-recorded-at-boeung-prek-lpov-protected-landscape/
Cambodia’s trade with RCEP countries hit $31 bln last year
Cambodia’s trade with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member countries reached 31 billion U.S. dollars in 2022, up 4 percent from a year earlier, according to a Ministry of Commerce report released on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501221471/cambodias-trade-with-rcep-countries-hit-31-bln-last-year/
Cruise ship visit ‘positive sign’ of tourism recovery
Tourism experts call the return to Sihanoukville of the Bahamas-flagged cruise ship the Seabourn Encore on January 28 a positive sign for the recovery of the Kingdom’s tourism sector. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cruise-ship-visit-positive-sign-tourism-recovery
Legacy fund launched for Cardamoms
The government and international donors on March 24 launched the Legacy Landscape Fund for the Central Cardamom Mountains National Park. The fund aims to improve the management of the protected area. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/legacy-fund-launched-cardamoms
Cambodia breaks Guinness world record for largest display of origami hearts
Cambodia’s display of origami hearts was included in the Guinness Book of Records on Tuesday as the world’s largest show of origami hearts, breaking the previous record held by Britain, a Guinness World Records adjudicator announced. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501272145/cambodia-breaks-guinness-world-record-for-largest-display-of-origami-hearts/
Insurance industry in Cambodia registers growth of 10.6 percent in 2022
Cambodia’s insurance industry recorded a total premium of $331.8 million in 2022, up 10.6 percent from $299.8 million in a year earlier, a report by the Insurance Regulator of Cambodia (IRC) showed on Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501245448/insurance-industry-in-cambodia-registers-growth-of-10-6-percent-in-2022/
Delegation of US-ABC eying trade and investment potential and opportunities in Cambodia
Delegation of US-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC), led by its Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director H.E. Michael Michalak, have been on a visit to Cambodia to study more potential and opportunities of trade and investment. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247354/delegation-of-us-abc-eying-trade-and-investment-potential-and-opportunities-in-cambodia/
Vocational training a key component to Cambodia’s development
Cambodia’s economic success depends on having skilled technicians to meet investors’ demands and labor market needs – and a shortage of human resources could impede the country’s ability to attract the investment it needs. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/vocational-training-a-key-component-to-cambodias-development
Kampong Speu needs factory workers, unemployed told
Kampong Speu Provincial Governor Vei Samnang yesterday called on workers who have lost their jobs to work in factories in Kampong Speu province, which are short of manpower. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501251049/kampong-speu-needs-factory-workers-unemployed-told/
ICT seminar for teachers in Kratie and Mondulkiri
With an eye on the future, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) has organised a special training seminar in the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by school administrators and teachers of multilingual education at the primary level. ...
Nang Veasna
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501238104/ict-seminar-for-teachers-in-kratie-and-mondulkiri/
SIM card bank scam warning issued
The Association of Banks in Cambodia is cautioning bank customers to avoid clicking on any suspicious links after a $100,000 loss by an ABA bank customer due to a SIM card-related account hack. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/sim-card-bank-scam-warning-issued
PM calls for investigation into confiscated homes
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on Wednesday said that those who fail to pay their house mortgage and risk their properties being confiscated should contact Real Estate Business and Pawnshop Regulator (RFPR). ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-pm-calls-for-investigation-into-confiscated-homes
Gun-wielding rubber firm workers clear more Jarai farms in Ratanakiri land dispute
Gun-toting workers acting on behalf of a well-connected rubber firm have continued to clear the farmlands of a Jarai community in Ratanakiri province’s Andong Meas district, videos shared with CamboJA show. ...
King issues decree ratifying newly amended election law
King Norodom Sihamoni issued a Royal Decree on Tuesday enabling the newly amended election law to come into force ahead of the upcoming July 23 National Election. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501319530/king-issues-decree-ratifying-newly-amended-election-law/
9,034 drug suspects arrested, nearly 1 tonne of narcotics seized
Cambodian authorities had arrested 9,034 drug-related suspects, including 167 foreigners, in 3,764 cases during the first half of 2023, said an Anti-Drug Police Department’s (ADP) report on Sunday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501317958/9034-drug-suspects-arrested-nearly-1-tonne-of-narcotics-seized/
Cambodia face more foul weather and storms this week
More rains, accompanied by thunder, lightning and gusts, are expected across the country from today to Aug. 1, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM) said in an announcement on new weather forecast. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501331373/cambodia-face-more-foul-weather-and-storms-this-week/
Education Ministry to push STEM in senior high school
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) will promote the development of education in science and technology and focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills in secondary schools. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501332506/education-ministry-to-push-stem-in-senior-high-school/
Turkish government donates 150 bicycles to poor students in Kampong Chhnang
The Kampong Chhnang Provincial Governor, Sun Sovannarith, expressed his deep gratitude to the Turkish government and people for their generous donation of 150 bicycles distributed among underprivileged students in the province. The bicycles were received on October 18th. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378856/turkish-government-donates-150-bicycles-to-poor-students-in-kampong-chhnang/
Kingdom endorses dolphin declaration
A senior official from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, along with representatives from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Cambodia, attended the Global Declaration of River Dolphins event in Bogota, Colombia, on October 23-24. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-endorses-dolphin-declaration
