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Cambodia and UAE negotiate trade deal
Cambodia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have thrashed out a deal after three rounds of negotiations over the Comprehensive Economic Partnership (CEPA) trade agreement. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-and-uae-negotiate-trade-deal
VISA commits to promotion of e-commerce and digital economy of Cambodia
VISA has committed to the enhancement of e-commerce and digital economy of Cambodia, affirmed Chris Clark, VISA’s Regional President for Asia Pacific, while paying a courtesy call on Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce, at the ministry office yesterday afternoon. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501257303/visa-commits-to-promotion-of-e-commerce-and-digital-economy-of-cambodia/
Foreign tourist arrivals generated $1.4 billion in 2022
Cambodia welcomed 2.28 million foreign tourists last year, injecting $1.4 billion to the national economy. The Ministry of Tourism’s report showed that the revenue had an increase of 667 percent compared to 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501257327/foreign-tourist-arrivals-generated-1-4-billion-in-2022/
Five new factories to employ over 5,000 workers in Kampong Speu
Five “major” factories and manufacturing enterprises will be opening in Kampong Speu province that will employ more than 5,000 workers starting from March 17 to meet the need of workers searching for new job opportunities, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/five-new-factories-employ-over-5000-workers-kampong-speu
Cambodia is banking on series of major sporting activities to draw tourists
Cambodia is pushing sports tourism as part of its Visit Cambodia Year 2023 campaign as it gears up to host the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) for the first time in May. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501253326/cambodias-is-banking-on-series-of-major-sporting-activities-to-draw-tourists/
Pornmoniroth meets with new Australian ambassador for talks
Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth thanked the Australian government and people for continuing to provide grants and technical assistance as well as supporting human resource development for the Cambodian government and the people of Cambodia. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pornmoniroth-meets-new-australian-ambassador-talks
Commerce ministry, PTT gas stations collaborate on project
The General Department of Trade Promotion at the Ministry of Commerce has cooperated with PTT Cambodia Ltd on a project to boost Khmer product sales at PTT gas stations in the capital and 15 provinces after the project was successfully implemented in 2022. ...
Yuth Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/commerce-ministry-ptt-gas-stations-collaborate-project
Civil service ministry launches MCS Mobile app
The Ministry of Civil Service has launched the “MCS Mobile” app to enable civil servants to verify personal information, positions and salaries in order to manage civil servants more effectively. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/civil-service-ministry-launches-mcs-mobile-app
Draft law for population info database, IDs ‘finalised soon’
The General Department of Identification (GDI) said that a draft law on civil registry documents, statistics and identification will be finalised soon at the inter-ministerial level. GDI said the modernisation of this legal framework will become an important legal tool to ensure sharing clear data and ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/draft-law-population-info-database-ids-finalised-soon
‘Single Portal’ registers 22K firms
A total of 22,713 companies, with cumulative “registered share capital” of $6.40 billion, were approved by the six first-phase agencies and successfully registered on the Online Business Registration Platform – also known as the “Single Portal” – as of March 6 at 2pm, the Online ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/single-portal-registers-22k-firms
Get vets’ village infrastructure built, urges Sophara
Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Chea Sophara urged that infrastructure construction be expedited on more 600ha of land on the Cambodia-Vietnam border that was earmarked for distribution to veterans and their families, as well as the impoverished. ...
Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/get-vets-village-infrastructure-built-urges-sophara
Kids encouraged to read ahead of National Reading Day
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) Hang Chuon Naron on Monday urged parents to bring their kids to participate in reading events, read more at home rather than playing games as the National Reading Day approaches. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-kids-encouraged-to-read-ahead-of-national-reading-day
Transport minister backs Siem Reap electric bus study
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has expressed its support a pre-feasibility study on the use of electric buses in Siem Reap town and province. The case study, which was prepared by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), will be used as model for ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/transport-minister-backs-siem-reap-electric-bus-study
Cambodia promotes tourism at world’s leading travel trade show
BERLIN, GERMANY: A delegation from Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism is at one of the world’s largest travel trade shows, ITB Berlin, to drive business from Europe into the country. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-promotes-tourism-at-worlds-leading-travel-trade-show
Cambodia, Vietnam interior ministries sign ‘23 co-op plan
The Cambodian Ministry of Interior and Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security have signed an agreement that will see them strengthen their bilateral cooperation, according to the state-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA). ...
The Foreign Ministry criticizes foreign diplomats for acting as extraterritorial invigilator in Cambodia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Mar. 3 expressed concerns over comments made by foreign diplomats regarding the conviction of former opposition leader Kem Sokha, saying that they were violating the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. ...
Torn Chanritheara
https://cambodianess.com/article/the-foreign-ministry-criticizes-foreign-diplomats-for-acting-as-extraterritorial-invigilator-in-cambodia
Verification of documents digitally now available
Prime Minister Hun Sen has signed a sub-decree allowing the public to use the QR codes issued by Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MoPT) to verify their official documents. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501249702/verification-of-documents-digitally-now-available/
Cambodia’s Foreign Ministry says a crime is acrime, and it cannot be justified for other aspirations
“Crime is a crime, and it cannot be justified for other aspirations,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation’s Spokesperson said in a press statement released this morning. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501249455/cambodias-foreign-ministry-says-a-crime-is-acrime-and-it-cannot-be-justified-for-other-aspirations/
Cambodia gears up to host Mekong Tourism Forum
About 150 tourism leaders from across the Greater Mekong Region will gather in Sihanoukville for this year’s Mekong Tourism Forum, hosted by Cambodia ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-gears-up-to-host-mekong-tourism-forum
Cambodia suggests neighbours to jointly register martial arts on UNESCO’s intangible heritage
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has recommended the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts to work with its neingbouring counterparts for a joint registration of their martial arts on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501248879/cambodia-suggests-neighbours-to-jointly-register-martial-arts-on-unescos-intangible-heritage/
Cambodia’s manufacturing output reaches $15 billion in 2022
Cambodia’s manufacturing output hit $15.8 billion in 2022, a remarkable increase of 83 percent year on year, the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI)’s report showed on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247369/cambodias-manufacturing-output-reaches-15-billion-in-2022/
Push to promote ecotourism
The Minister of Tourism is calling on tour operators to push the Kingdom’s ecotourism communities to boost the sector as two ecotourism destinations receive the ASEAN Ecotourism Standard Award. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-push-to-promote-ecotourism
Land ministry resolves 11,085 disputes in nearly two decades
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction reported that from 2003 to 2022, the Ministry received 14,567 complaints of land disputes from across the country, resolving 11,085 cases with 3,482 cases still pending. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501243749/land-ministry-resolves-11085-disputes-in-nearly-two-decades/
Ministry of Interior issued more than 650,000 ID cards in 2022
Last year, the Ministry of Interior issued more than 650,000 Cambodian identity cards to people aged 15 and over. ...
Hang Punray
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501243748/ministry-of-interior-issued-more-than-650000-id-cards-in-2022/