Over 94% of lower secondary students pass diploma exams
The number of students who passed the lower secondary exam this year was 94.78%, said the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501386402/over-94-of-lower-secondary-students-pass-diploma-exams/
PPSEZ IPO fully subscribed
After an unexpected surge in Thai investor interest, Phnom Penh SEZ Plc has secured sufficient commitments to fully cover the strategic and bookbuild share allocations of its initial public offering (IPO), and has determined an issue price for shares to be listed on the Cambodian ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppsez-ipo-fully-subscribed
Riversgold to use IPO proceeds in its search for Mondulkiri gold
Riversgold, an Australian gold exploration startup, will use the proceeds of its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) to acquire and develop mineral exploration projects in Australia, the US and Cambodia, according to a company prospectus. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/riversgold-use-ipo-proceeds-its-search-mondulkiri-gold
Sihanoukville gets ready for listing
The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) launched a book building process yesterday to determine what price to offer in an initial public offering (IPO), before it is listed on the Cambodia Securities Exchange late next month. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37759/sihanoukville-gets-ready-for-listing/
DBD becomes Growth Board’s first listing
DBD Engineering Plc, a local multi-purpose engineering and construction firm, went public via initial public offering (IPO) on the Cambodia Securities Exchange’s (CSX) Growth Board on September 6. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/dbd-becomes-growth-boards-first-listing
Cemetery community rejects land offer
Families living occupying cemeteries in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district are showing reluctance in moving to a new location offered by City Hall, saying that the new houses are inadequate. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50500234/cemetery-community-rejects-land-offer/
EU offers $7m grant to elevate fisheries sector
The European Union (EU) has announced plans to pump almost $7 million to support Cambodia in reforming its fisheries sector. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/eu-offers-7m-grant-to-elevate-fisheries-sector
Enriched forest in Samlot helps local community
Local community in Samlot district of Cambodia’s Battambang province are benefiting from government and partner’s endeavour to restore and enrich the community forest. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501313242/enriched-forest-in-samlot-helps-local-community/
Boeung Kak vows one-month protest
Villagers from the former Boeung Kak lake, Borei Keila and Thma Kul communities are to hold a month-long protest in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park to pressure City Hall to resolve a long running land dispute. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/boeung-kak-vows-one-month-protest
Monk's community forestry concerned about further loss of forests after nearly 5,000 hectares of forest land
The community has expressed concern that if nearly 5,000 hectares of the Rattanak Rukha community forest, part of the Monk’s community forestry, is cut off to the citizens, it will result in the loss of forests and wildlife habitats of all kinds live in this ...
Meng Kroypunlok
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2023/01/10/govt-plans-to-cut-nearly-5000-hectares-of-forest-from-rukhavorn-community-forest/
Mondulkiri’s Putang Village considered as role model tourist attraction site
Mondulkiri provincial administration is considering the transformation of Putang village into a role model cultural and natural tourist attraction. Mondulkiri Provincial Governor Thong Savon unveiled the intention when distributing main fruit trees to 100 families in the village located in Romnea commune of Sen Monorom ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501345705/mondulkiris-putang-village-considered-as-role-model-tourist-attraction-site/
Acleda to be listed on CSX
Locally-owned Acleda Bank Plc will become the first commercial bank to be listed on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX). It received an official letter to this effect from the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on November 26, which allows it to proceed with its plans for ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acleda-be-listed-csx
Koreans eyeing bank IPO
Korean investors are looking forward to investing in the local stock market as it prepares to welcome Acleda Bank Plc into its main board. With Acleda Bank, one of the largest banks in the Kingdom, scheduled to go public in upcoming weeks, hundreds of Korean businesspeople ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/koreans-eyeing-bank-ipo
Land rights protesters arrested
Six activists from Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila and Boeung Kak communities were arrested on Saturday morning while handing out leaflets denouncing the controversial NGO law, passed by the National Assembly last week. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-rights-protesters-arrested
Working group working to improve forest community
The Ministry of Environment has created a working group to research and present a proposal to minister Say Sam Al on strategies, plans, projects and best practices to help improve the living standards of people in protected areas. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/working-group-working-improve-forest-community
K Speu villagers protesting mystery land encroachers
About 35ha of Toap Mean community forest land in Kampong Speu province’s Thpong district has been encroached on by unknown individuals who fenced off and planted crops on 30ha of the land. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/k-speu-villagers-protesting-mystery-land-encroachers
Pounong indigenous peoples ask Mondulkiri Provincial Authorities to take action against those clearing their faith mountain
Indigenous people in Laoka village, Sokdom commune, Sen Monorom city, Mondulkiri province, request the authorities to take action to prevent the clearing of the mountainous land, which is a place of worship and the extraction of non-timber forest products as they claim that the perpetrators ...
Meng Kroypunlok
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/11/15/punong-people-ask-the-authorities-to-take-action-against-those-who-cleared-the-mountain/
Forest protection saves village
The story of the Oum Saom forestry community in Kampong Thom province is one that has been told in various forms hundreds of times in Cambodia: local residents locked in a seemingly never-ending battle against a company aiming to cut down their local forest and ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32690/forest-protection-saves-village/
Incursion protested by fishers
More than 400 fishing families from four communities in Kampot province protested on Friday, demanding fisheries authorities and naval police prevent illegal fishing by Vietnamese fishermen in Cambodian waters. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/incursion-protested-fishers