Tour guides, interpreters told to strengthen services
The Ministry of Tourism has instructed all tour guides and interpreters to continue strengthening professional practices to improve the quality of reliable and friendly services for tourists. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501420447/tour-guides-interpreters-told-to-strengthen-services/
Cambodia exports bicycles worth nearly $417 mln last year
Cambodia exported bicycles worth $416.7 million in 2023, a decrease of 53.6 percent from $899.7 million in a year earlier, said a General Department of Customs and Excise’s report on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501424449/cambodia-exports-bicycles-worth-nearly-417-mln-last-year/
Cabinet approves the Thai-Cambodia railway bridge
The cabinet has approved a plan for a Thai-Cambodia railway bridge to achieve Southern Economic Corridor connectivity. ...
National News Bureau of Thailand News Staff
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNPOL5710300010011
New twist in Cambodian sugar firm saga
Taiwanese food supplier Ve Wong, one of two sugar company owners locked in a long-running battle with villagers in Koh Kong’s Sre Ambel district, has made an eyebrow-raising offer – to give the disputed land back. The company’s offer, posted to the non-profit Business and Human ...
CAMFEBA launches an ASEAN guidebook
The Cambodian Federation of Employers and Business Associations (CAMFEBA) yesterday launched an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) guidebook aimed at providing employers with practical recommendations to help businesses better understand the dynamic regional changes of integration. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/camfeba-launches-asean-guidebook
Land disputes centre stage at capital forum
A broad spectrum of villager representatives, civil society organisations and government officials – large land-concession holders among them – met in the capital for the ninth year in a row yesterday to discuss the Kingdom’s seemingly intractable issue of land disputes. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-disputes-centre-stage-capital-forum
Tourism sector moves toward recovery with more 300,000 tourists recorded last weekend
Following the celebration and influx of tourists during the Khmer New Year, Cambodia has recorded an increase in weekly tourists last weekend, as the country moves toward the recovery of its tourism sector. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501064160/tourism-sector-moves-toward-recovery-with-more-300000-tourists-recorded-last-weekend/
Kingdom’s list of certifications grows to 868
The Institute of Standards of Cambodia developed 63 new standards last year, bringing the total number of certifications available from the government to 868, though one industry representative said the system still needed improvement in order to facilitate exports. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-list-certifications-grows-868
One million hectares reclassified, gov’t says
More than 1 million hectares of forest terrain and land leased by private companies has been put under government control since Prime Minister Hun Sen initiated a moratorium on new economic land concessions (ELCs) in May 2012, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and ...
May Titthara
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/one-million-hectares-reclassified-gov%E2%80%99t-says
ISPs revel in ministry’s legal threat to unlicensed telcos
The private sector welcomed the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications newest warning to unlicensed or otherwise non-legally-compliant telecoms operators as a necessary building block for sustainable growth in the industry. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/isps-revel-ministrys-legal-threat-unlicensed-telcos
Joint statement on the outcome of the meeting on real estate issues in Cambodia
On 22 March 2021, the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the National Bank of Cambodia issued a joint statement on the outcome of the meeting on real estate issues in Cambodia which aims to address the real estate sector challenges in the context of ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance & National Bank of Cambodia
Digital businesses urged to register at telecoms ministry
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth on February 24 encouraged budding digital entrepreneurs to register for licenses and receive technical support, training and “encouragement” from the ministry. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/digital-businesses-urged-register-telecoms-ministry
Plan to teach bokator in schools discussed
Students in Cambodia may soon practice the ancient Khmer martial art of bokator if a proposal under discussion at the Ministry of Education is approved. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/plan-teach-bokator-schools-discussed
Cambodia ready to host world economic forum despite inequality: official
As Cambodia prepares to host the World Economic Forum in East Asia, an official from the group that organizes the event has said the country is ready, having seen steady growth and reductions in poverty in recent years. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodia-ready-to-host-world-economic-forum-despite-inequality-official/3843041.html
Cambodia’s economy expected to trend back to potential six percent growth
The World Bank in its Economic Update released Wednesday said the tourism and hospitality industries are likely to accelerate further, with projected increases in international arrivals and domestic tourists once the pandemic is becomes history. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501198854/cambodias-economy-expected-to-trend-back-to-potential-six-percent-growth/
Licadho data ‘not real’: gov’t
The government yesterday accused Licadho of producing wildly misleading figures on land grabs, following the rights group’s announcement earlier this week that land conflicts in Cambodia have affected more than half a million people since 2000. Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Sar Sovan, secretary of ...
May Titthara and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/licadho-data-%E2%80%98not-real%E2%80%99-gov%E2%80%99t
Cambodia sees steady growth in tourist arrivals despite disputed election result
Cambodia registered steady growth in international tourist arrivals in the first nine months of the year although the political dispute between the ruling and opposition parties over contested elections in July remains unsolved, officials said Thursday. Tith Chantha, secretary of state at the Ministry of Tourism, ...
Nguon Sovan
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/04/c_132772459.htm
Cambodia, France sign science and technology cooperation
Cambodia and France have reached an agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation under the framework of Hubert Currien “Tonle Sap” Partnerships. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501010555/cambodia-france-sign-science-and-technology-cooperation/
US offers tips for cybercrime team
Cambodian police, prosecutors and policymakers were hosted in Washington recently by the US government, as part of America’s efforts to support the drafting of the Kingdom’s controversial cybercrime law. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-offers-tips-cybercrime-team
Bank of India looks ahead
The Bank of India will move to a larger location on Norodom Boulevard, aiming to attract increased business from both Cambodian and Indian clients, said Chief Manager Sripada Rao. The Mumbai, India-based bank first opened in the Kingdom in 2009 headquartered on the capital’s Monivong ...