Government

Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday held a meeting to review a draft law on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) in a bid to curb money laundering in the Kingdom. The move is motivated by the global money-laundering watchdog Financial Action ...

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called for higher level China-Cambodia relations after the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

On April 25, 2020, the Chinese Air Force transport plane, loaded with anti-pandemic materials, landed at Phnom Penh Airport again, bringing deep affection and good wishes from the 1.4 billion Chinese people and 2 million Chinese People’s Liberation Army officers and soldiers. ...

The Central Bank has reported that the total value in the leasing industry was recorded at  1,169 billion KHR ($287million), an increase of about  63 percent in 2019 compared with the year before. ...

The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the real estate sector in Cambodia was estimated at more than $437.3 million in 2019, according to data from the just-issued National Bank of Cambodia’s (NBC) Annual Banking Supervision Report 2019. ...

Cambodia is closer to inking trade deals with developed economies despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Seang Thay, a spokesperson at the Ministry of Commerce, told Khmer Times yesterday that the free-trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between Cambodia, South Korea, China and ...

The Ministry of Environment said a standardised training programme for Cambodian rangers in collaboration with the US Department of State, US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US Forest Service (USFS) has been postponed amid the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

The government introduced an organic agriculture policy to boost production and export, according to a prakas from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Sunday. ...

Newly appointed Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth urged two Chinese telecom giants – China Communication Construction Co Ltd (CCCC) and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd – to further invest in the Kingdom’s telecommunications infrastructure in a move to bring Cambodia into the full realm ...

Kandal provincial police chief Eav Chamroeun has been moved to a new position amid allegations that he took bribes and engaged in other forms of corruption and immoral behaviour. ...

Before former Transparency International Cambodia (TI Cambodia) executive director Preap Kol stepped down earlier this month, he delivered a 17-minute speech sharing his views on the fight against corruption in the Kingdom. ...

China’s Ministry of Defence on Saturday donated 16 tonnes of medical supplies to Cambodia’s Ministry of Defence, consisting of 11 types of items worth some $1 million. ...

The Ministry of Environment is preparing to create a community fair to contribute to improving the living standards of communities and efficiently conserve natural resources. ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has requested financial institutions to reduce credit-related fees and lift fines until the end of December 2020, according to a letter it wrote. ...

Mondulkiri provincial court sent six people in pre-trial detention on Friday and Saturday on separate charges of deforestation and encroachment on natural protected areas, the provincial department of environment revealed. ...

Stung Treng Provincial Military Police on Saturday arrested a high-ranking military officer suspected of illegally clearing and encroaching on 50 hectares of land within a state-owned natural protected area. ...

The Environment Ministry has warned it will take legal action against NGO workers who conduct illegal activities in protected areas as they are not registered with the Interior Ministry. ...

Australian Ambassador Pablo Kang has met Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries HE Veng Sakhon to discuss strengthening agricultural exports and how Australia can assist boosting local food security and rural incomes. ...

The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI) has reported that 77 new factories opened in Cambodia in the first three months of 2020, employing a total of 27,909 workers. ...

Provincial Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries director Ngin Hun told The Post on Tuesday that authorities had launched a series of clampdowns on timber-processing facilities and will continue to hunt down the perpetrators. ...

The government plans to establish a national digital television platform and will release the 700MHz band to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications to help it develop the 5G network. ...

At a meeting at the Ministry of Justice on Tuesday, Minister Koeut Rith and Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia Masahiro Mikami agreed to work together to develop human resources in Cambodia and strengthen the country’s judicial system, said the ministry. ...

Ministry of Mines and Energy has confirmed that at least 98 percent of the total villages nationwide will be electrified by the end of 2020. ...

The government has established a Living Inheritance Committee (LIM) to look for gifted individuals or groups with extraordinary talent. ...