Kingdom strives to dampen fallout from Sino-Vietnam border cargo gridlocks
Cambodia is looking for workarounds to ship cargo to China while avoiding the risks and problems associated with ongoing severe congestion at Sino-Vietnamese land border gates, which has been blamed on Beijing’s response to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and its “dynamic zero-Covid” policy. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-strives-dampen-fallout-sino-vietnam-border-cargo-gridlocks
Local residents fear losing it all as portions of Boeung Ta Mok lake become development land
The Cambodian authorities as of Dec. 2021 have granted for development more than 2,000 of Boeung Ta Mok lake’s 3,239.7 hectares in response to 43 requests from public and private institutions, leaving the future of the lake uncertain. ...
Teng Yalirozy
https://cambodianess.com/article/local-residents-fear-losing-it-all-as-portions-of-boeung-ta-mok-lake-become-development-land
24 more former NagaWorld protesters diagnosed with COVID
From February 19-20, 2022, the results of samples of 24 more NagaWorld protesters were found to be positive for COVID-19, while some involved have not submitted themselves for the 2nd test. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501028433/24-more-former-nagaworld-protesters-diagnosed-with-covid/
60% of state savings’ to be spent on Covid
The government is on track to spend more than $2.127 billion or about three-fifths of Cambodia’s state savings of $3.5 billion over the 2020-2022 period to manage the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on key sectors, according to Ministry of Economy and Finance secretary of ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/60-state-savings-be-spent-covid
Dengue cases sharply drop
In 2021, nearly 2,000 cases of dengue fever were detected, while the number of deaths nationwide was eight, a significant reduction over the previous year, according to the National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control (NCM). ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dengue-cases-sharply-drop
Capital-Kampot National Road 3 inaugurated
Prime Minister Hun Sen inaugurated a 134km stretch of National Road 3 from Phnom Penh to Kampot town on March 2 after 34 months of construction with over $200 million in funding from China. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-kampot-national-road-3-inaugurated
Gov’t to issue bonds worth $300 million this month
The Cambodian government plans to issue bonds worth 1.2 trillion riels, equivalent to approximately $300 million, for the first time this month for creating a new source of public financing and a new financial instrument for investors in the securities market. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501086195/govt-to-issue-bonds-worth-300-million-this-month/
Cambodia, Singapore vow to ramp up cooperation
Cambodia and Singapore have pledged to step up cooperation to bolster bilateral trade, after registering more than $5.2 billion last year, marking a nearly 50 per cent jump over 2020. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-singapore-vow-ramp-cooperation
New Mlech water treatment plant in Kampot inaugurated
The new Mlech Water Treatment Plant in Kampot province’s Chumkiri district, which can produce 2,000 cubic metres of clean water a day, was formally inaugurated to meet the needs of the people in the area as well as in neighbouring Takeo province. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-mlech-water-treatment-plant-kampot-inaugurated
Kingdom, Laos vow border amity
The Cambodia-Laos border security cooperation committees held a May 2 virtual meeting to promote cooperation in maintaining border security and agreed on a number of issues relating to stability, better security and peaceful borders. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-laos-vow-border-amity
Cambodian travel agents meet up with Malaysian counterparts in tourism seminars
Tourism Malaysia beefs up its international marketing efforts by organising seminars in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, packed with business-to-business (B2B) sessions and networking luncheons, to arrange possible tie-ups between Malaysian tourism industry players and its Cambodian counterparts. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501345769/cambodian-travel-agents-meet-up-with-malaysian-counterparts-in-tourism-seminars/
Cambodia’s central bank says foreign reserves increased to $18.4 billion as of June
Cambodia’s international reserves had risen to $18.4 billion as of June 2023, up 3.2 percent from $17.82 billion at the end of 2022, said a report of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501334799/cambodias-central-bank-says-foreign-reserves-increased-to-18-4-billion-as-of-june/
Cambodia’s exports earn $13 billion in January-July period
Cambodia exported $13.525 billion worth of goods to international markets in the January-July period of 2023, a year-on-year decrease of 2 percent, a report of the General Department of Customs and Excise showed on Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501341450/cambodias-exports-earn-13-billion-in-january-july-period/
Observers signing up for national elections
As of November 7, the National Election Committee (NEC) had registered a total of 2,661 national observers from six NGOs and associations who had applied to observe next year’s general election. ...
Ry Sochan and Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/observers-signing-national-elections
Cambodia’s famed Angkor registers 20-fold increase in int’l tourist arrivals in first 9 months
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park attracted 134,152 foreign tourists in the first nine months of 2022, an increase of 2,075 percent compared to the same period last year, said a press statement on Sunday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501161488/cambodias-famed-angkor-registers-20-fold-increase-in-intl-tourist-arrivals-in-first-9-months/
Single Portal registrations top 19K
A total of 19,072 companies were successfully registered on the Online Business Registration Platform – also known as the “Single Portal” – as of November 2, the finance ministry reported, in an achievement seen as a reflection of government efforts to improve the ease of ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/single-portal-registrations-top-19k
Agri-exports to Vietnam boom nearly five-fold in past 3 years
Cambodia has emerged as a major exporter of agricultural products to Vietnam in the past couple of years, registering a January-October 2022 total of $2.429 billion, according to the state-run Vietnamnet newspaper. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agri-exports-vietnam-boom-nearly-five-fold-past-3-years
CDC unveils 27 projects in Jan-Feb
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) notices issued year-to-February 28 reveal that it has greenlit 27 new private investment projects – 19 in textile-related sectors – worth a cumulative $198.2 million, which are expected to generate a total of 39,914 jobs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-unveils-27-projects-jan-feb
Cambodia collects $1.9 billion taxes in Q1
Cambodia collected $1.9 billion from all sources of taxes in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, up 2 percent from nearly $1.86 billion in the same period last year, according to press statements released on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501273079/cambodia-collects-1-9-billion-taxes-in-q1/