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Criminal background check process goes digital

To increase the efficiency of criminal background checks, the Ministry of Justice will trial a digital application process from February 6. In a February 3 public notice, the ministry said that moving the process to a digital platform would makes applications faster and easier for the ...

Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/criminal-background-check-process-goes-digital

Ministry contest encourages women to get involved in digital skills, tech

Minister of Post and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth encouraged female students to join a new digital competition. The format features training, a digital bootcamp and a pitch contest for each team’s finished product.​ ...

Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-contest-encourages-women-get-involved-digital-skills-tech

Human rights award ‘not a legal defence’ say foreign affairs ministry

A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said a US State Department human rights award should be given to a person who advocates for peace, national harmony and reconciliation, not a lawbreaker. ...

Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/human-rights-award-not-legal-defence-say-foreign-affairs-ministry

Be mindful of informal financing, NBC warns

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and National Police on February 2 issued a joint statement warning of the risks associated with informal financial services, which it said could put borrowers in excessive debt or otherwise upend their lives. ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/be-mindful-informal-financing-nbc-warns

A grade grads meeting PM

The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport said the more than 1,000 students who earned A grades in last year’s high school examinations are set for their February 2 meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/grade-grads-meeting-pm

MPTC launches online domain name with .kh

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC) has launched online registration of domain name with the official extension .kh to increase the efficiency and effectiveness for individuals and institutions to develop their websites that would be used to communicate with customers and the public through the ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501231241/mptc-launches-online-domain-name-with-kh/

Gov’t to launch informal economic policy this year

The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) is set to prepare and launch the informal economy policy before the end of 2023 to develop and upgrade the informal sector in a management system under the formal economy, said a top official of the Ministry of Economy ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501230999/govt-to-launch-informal-economic-policy-this-year/

Cambodia’s increasing business registration reflects economic recovery

The Ministry of Commerce registered 10,701 new companies and enterprises in 2022, up 40 percent from 2021, reflecting Cambodia’s post pandemic economic recovery, said a report of the Ministry of Commerce released earlier this week. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501231414/cambodias-increasing-business-registration-reflects-economic-recovery/

Int’l trade rises as commerce ministry lays out 2023 plans

Cambodia’s 9.19 per cent on-year rise in foreign trade value to the $52.425 billion logged by Customs for 2022 was driven by “in-depth reforms in all areas”, improvements in export competitiveness, and an increasingly favourable business and investment environment, according to Minister of Commerce Pan ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/intl-trade-rises-commerce-ministry-lays-out-2023-plans

Salt, fish sauce, crayfish set for GI tag

Three local products are in the final stages of domestic geographical indication (GI) registration, with another not far behind, the Ministry of Commerce reported, raising hopes that the protected status would allow producers to expand their footprint globally, and promote a surge in the value ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/salt-fish-sauce-crayfish-set-gi-tag

MoC earns $15m in 2022

The Ministry of Commerce has earned more than $15 million to bolster the national budget, an increase of more than six percent over 2021, according to a report. ...

Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-moc-earns-15m-in-2022

New National Road 4-Bokor road nearing usability

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport announced that more than 40km of the space for the 61km new road has been cleared. The road will connect Bokor National Park to National Road 4. ...

Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-national-road-4-bokor-road-nearing-usability

South Korean agency pushes investment in auto-parts, tech

At a recent meeting in Seoul with a Cambodian delegation led by Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak, Yu expressed his firm belief that the Cambodia-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) will boost trade between the two countries. ...

Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korean-agency-pushes-investment-auto-parts-tech

Increased breastfeeding could save 2,000 lives per year: health ministry

Cambodia loses an estimated $137.7 million annually due to non-complete breastfeeding. The figure includes additional costs to the health system, increased mortality rates and damage to public health, according to a joint press release from the Ministry of Health, Helen Keller and other relevant organisations. ...

Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/increased-breastfeeding-could-save-2000-lives-year-health-ministry

State revenues from gold production top $15M

Cambodia has netted more than $15 million from gold production as of end-December, which has yielded over 5.3 tonnes of dore bars – a semi-finished product that is smelted at a mine, usually at about 90 per cent purity – since the first commercial gold ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/state-revenues-gold-production-top-15m

GDT changes VAT rules for e-commerce transactions for taxable persons who are non-resident taxpayers

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has changed its instruction on implementing the value-added tax (VAT) on e-commerce transactions ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501229020/gdt-changes-vat-rules-for-e-commerce-transactions/

More than 10,700 new business establishments set up in Cambodia in 2022, an increase of 39 percent

Cambodia issued operating licenses to 10,701 new companies in 2022, up 39 percent from 7,677 firms in 2021, said a Ministry of Commerce’s report released on Monday. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501229929/more-than-10700-new-business-establishments-set-up-in-cambodia-in-2022-an-increase-of-39-percent/

Justice ministry inks MoU with US digital library

On behalf of Minister of Justice Koeut Rith, justice ministry secretary of state Chin Malin signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Building Bridges USA (BBUSA) Law Office on “Enriching legal knowledge and the use of an electronic law library”, in a ceremony held ...

Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/justice-ministry-inks-mou-us-digital-library

Environment ministry kicks off agroforestry project in Pursat

The Ministry of Environment announced the launch of a two-year project to stimulate local economies through the implementation of agroforestry and environmental agronomy in Kravanh district, Pursat province.​ ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-ministry-kicks-agroforestry-project-pursat

Culture minister calls to protect artifacts and heritage buildings

Minister of Culture and Fine arts Phoeurng Sackona called on authorities from three key ministries to join forces to help protect antiquities and heritage buildings from vandalism and demolition. ...

Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501229148/culture-minister-calls-to-protect-artifacts-and-heritage-buildings/

Zero-snaring campaign Phase II underway from March

The second phase of the Ministry of Environment’s zero-snaring campaign will begin in March. The campaign encourages businesses and the public to work together to protect the Kingdom’s remaining wildlife. ...

Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/zero-snaring-campaign-phase-ii-underway-march

Chanthol, UK envoy discuss infrastructure projects

UK ambassador to Cambodia Dominic Williams invited the leadership of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to participate in a January 26 consultation of several developmental projects, including a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project for Phnom Penh. ...

Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chanthol-uk-envoy-discuss-infrastructure-projects

Cambodia firmly rejects inclusion on list of Ukraine military backers

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on January 24 “categorically dismissed” the classification of Cambodia under the category of “military supporter of Ukraine” as published in an infographic originating from the Telegram channel “Demografiya Upala”. ...

Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cambodia-firmly-rejects-inclusion-list-ukraine-military-backers

Quality yet to match digital news quantity, claims ministry

Several government institutions are working together to improve the effectiveness of the media, as they understand that access to information is vital to the well-being of the population.​ ...

Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/quality-yet-match-digital-news-quantity-claims-ministry

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