Industries
Kampot province’s tourism seaport construction falls further behind schedule
The construction of Kampot province’s tourism seaport near Kampot city is behind schedule courtesy of a second delay attributable to the pandemic, says a report from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50891686/kampot-provinces-tourism-seaport-construction-falls-further-behind-schedule/
Fast payments in tourism to get leg-up
The Ministry of Tourism plans to spearhead a bigger push for digital technologies, particularly in rapid-payment systems, and harness next-level innovations to guide the ailing tourism sector out of its Covid nightmare and chart a prosperous post-pandemic path. ...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/fast-payments-tourism-get-leg
Angkor ticket revenue tanks 99% in Jan-Jun
Revenue from ticket sales to foreigners visiting Siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park clocked in at a paltry $219,218 in the first half of 2021, cratering by 98.79 per cent year-on-year, as tourism remains in a Covid-19 coma. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angkor-ticket-revenue-tanks-99-jan-jun
Mondulkiri’s tourism master plan green lit, waiting for final approval
The draft for Mondulkiri’s tourism development master plan 2021-2035 received endorsement from the National Tourism Development Committee according to press release on June 29. ...
Khmer Times staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/884075/mondulkiris-tourism-master-plan-green-lit-waiting-for-final-approval/
Roluos Lake in Battambang developing into tourist resort
The Battambang Provincial Administration has announced that it has a project to develop Roluos Lake in Peam Ek commune’s Takorm village of Ek Phnom district with the goal of protecting the lake as a sustainable tourist resort and preventing encroachment. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/roluos-lake-battambang-developing-tourist-resort
Almost 80,000 tourists registered in first weekend of June
A total of 76,698 domestic visitors toured the country, especially ecotourism areas, during first weekend of this month, according to Thong Khon, Cambodian Minister of Tourism. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50869919/almost-80000-tourists-registered-in-first-weekend-of-june/
Fast payments in tourism to get leg-up
The Ministry of Tourism plans to spearhead a bigger push for digital technologies, particularly in rapid-payment systems, and harness next-level innovations to guide the ailing tourism sector out of its Covid nightmare and chart a prosperous post-pandemic path. ...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/fast-payments-tourism-get-leg
Investment in construction crumbles under pandemic
The global health crisis caused by the Covid-19 outbreak has dragged down investment in the Cambodian construction sector, which had shown positive signs for several years in a row. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/investment-construction-crumbles-under-pandemic
Unions want full payment for garment workers
Unions are calling for garment factory owners to pay full wages to their employees for the lockdown period but the Labour Ministry says there is no law to state that employers must do so. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50865048/unions-want-full-payment-for-garment-workers/
Two new investment projects approved by CDC
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has issued investment certificates to Fu Bi Xing (Cambodia) Packaging Co., Ltd and Sheng He Leisure Bag (Cambodia) Co., Ltd for the production of travel bags and goods in the Kingdom. ...
Gareth Johnson
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50864368/two-new-investment-projects-approved-by-cdc/
100+ factories closed since January: Ministry
Since the start of the pandemic, 203 garment factories have closed, Secretary of State of Industry, Science and Innovation Heng Sok revealed. ...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50863854/100-factories-closed-since-january-ministry/
At least 60 garment workers test positive for Covid-19 in Svay Rieng
At least 60 garment workers have tested positive for Covid-19 at A and J Cambodia in Tay Seng 1 Special Economic Zone, in Svay Rieng province’ Bavet city today, sending thousands of other workers to run amok. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50862887/at-least-60-garment-workers-test-positive-for-covid-19-in-svay-rieng/
New garment factory set for Phnom Penh
A new garment factory project invested in by the Ruixue Group of China through its local subsidiary Ruixue (Cambodia) Co Ltd has been approved by the Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC). The $4.5 million project will be built in Khan Sen Sok. ...
Gareth Johnson
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50861825/new-garment-factory-set-for-phnom-penh/
Cambodia “Preparing To Welcome Back Foreign Tourists In Q4”
A new video released by the Ministry of Tourism seems to indicate that Cambodia is preparing to welcome back tourists in the 4th quarter of 2021, in a move designed to “revive Cambodia’s tourism industry hit hard by the global COVID-18 crisis” ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50860697/cambodia-preparing-to-welcome-back-foreign-tourists-in-q4/
New waves of pandemic leave regional tourism at a loss
As Cambodia and other Asean nations are facing challenges brought on by new waves of the pandemic, hopes of foreign tourists returning to the region may not materialise, local tourism entrepreneurs have said. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50858708/new-waves-of-pandemic-leave-regional-tourism-at-a-loss/
More than 200,000 garment workers in Phnom Penh get jabs
More than 200,000 garment workers in the red zones in Phnom Penh have been vaccinated during a vaccination campaign. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50858647/more-than-200000-garment-workers-in-phnom-penh-get-jabs/
Foreign visitors to Cambodia decrease by 94 pct in Q1
Cambodia received 70,901 international visitors in the January-March quarter (Q1) of 2021, down 94 percent from 1.15 million in the same period of last year, the Tourism Ministry said in a report released on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50856597/foreign-visitors-to-cambodia-decrease-by-94-pct-in-q1/
Cash-strapped workers seek reduction in monthly rates for rental units
Some 200 garment workers gathered on May 10 on Veng Sreng Street in Stung Meanchey III commune’s Damnak Thum Pir village in the capital’s Meanchey district to demand that the Phnom Penh municipal authorities help facilitate a 50 per cent reduction in monthly rates for ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cash-strapped-workers-seek-reduction-monthly-rates-rental-units
Labour ministry and GMAC clarify factory re-openings
Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Sam Heng released a notification pertaining to the payment of wages and reopening requirements for factories located in Yellow Zones in Phnom Penh and Takmao city, Kandal province. ...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50854041/labour-ministry-and-gmac-clarify-factory-re-openings/
Up to 20 Myanmar enterprises are reportedly relocating to Kampong Speu province
The crisis in Myanmar has proven beneficial for Kampong Speu as at least 20 entities have relocated to this province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50852986/up-to-20-myanmar-enterprises-are-reportedly-relocating-to-kampong-speu-province/
Rubber exports approach $100 million January-April
Cambodia exported $99.87 million of natural rubber from January to April this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50850637/rubber-exports-approach-100-million-january-april/
Q1 garment exports valued at $2.4 billion
Cambodia’s garment product exports contracted in the first quarter financial period as hundreds of factories remained closed temporarily because of COVID-19 in Phnom Penh and Takmao city, Kandal province. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50850644/q1-garment-exports-valued-at-2-4-billion/
Factory workers in lockdown to receive half salary in April
The Ministry of Labour has announced that factory workers who are in lockdown in Phnom Penh and Kandal province will receive 50 percent of their April salary. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50847673/factory-workers-in-lockdown-to-receive-half-salary-in-april/
Over 200 factories suspended, 1,673 workers test positive
A total of 206 factories have now been temporarily closed due to the ongoing Covid-19 community outbreak, with 1,673 workers known to have contracted the virus and over 17,000 additional workers currently isolated in quarantine, according to Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training spokesperson Heng ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-200-factories-suspended-1673-workers-test-positive