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Minister reiterates no more power shortage during the dry season
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has reiterated there will be no more power shortages during the dry season this year. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50707162/minister-reiterates-no-more-power-shortage-during-the-dry-season/
De-dollarisation is ultimate goal of the Royal Government
A question and answer session with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Dr Aun Pornmoniroth in conjunction with the 40th anniversary celebrations of the reintroduction of the riel. ...
Ministry to clear case backlog
The Ministry of Justice plans to launch a six-month campaign to clear a backlog of some 10,000 court cases, of which 70 per cent involve drug crimes, said Ministry of Justice spokesman Chin Malin. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-clear-case-backlog
Japan requested to recruit 100,000 for skilled workforce
Minister of Labour and Vocational Training, Ith Sam Heng, has asked Japan to increase the number of Cambodian workers to 100,000 in future as it plans to recruit 30,000 skilled workers in building maintenance alone. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-requested-recruit-100000-skilled-workforce
Olympia City on schedule despite pandemic
While development projects have delayed construction due to the Covid-19 pandemic, construction of the two tallest buildings in Olympia City has not slowed, according to its project manager, Meng Chamroeun. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/olympia-city-schedule-despite-pandemic
Cambodia-Indonesia trade rise to record high in 2019
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Indonesia jumped 46 per cent to a record high of more than $792 million last year, from $543 million in 2018, the Ministry of Commerce said. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-indonesia-trade-rise-record-high-2019
Village lockdowns mulled if returning workers have COVID-19
Authorities are in the process of locating and identifying the majority of about 15,000 migrant workers who fled back to the Kingdom on Sunday before Thailand closed its borders. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50705419/village-lockdowns-mulled-if-returning-workers-have-covid-19/
New tax rates announced for businesses and employees
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has revised the tax rates for all business owners and employees in Cambodia. Employers were instructed to deduct employee taxes according to the new rates from February onwards. Taxpayers have to submit the tax declaration by the 20th of ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-tax-rates-announced-businesses-and-employees
Regional appeal courts open on April 1
Three regional appeal courts set up in the provinces will serve the public on April 1, said a Justice Ministry official. All of the appeal courts will also handle complaints sent back by the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50705314/regional-appeal-courts-open-on-april-1/
Aviation sector calls for government aid
The country’s main airport company, Cambodia Airports, has called for a “global and comprehensive plan” to aid the ailing aviation industry. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50703133/aviation-sector-calls-for-government-aid/
Electronic settlements encouraged
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) is encouraging the use of electronic methods for settlements rather than using cash to prevent the possible spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50704646/electronic-settlements-encouraged/
Virus cases soar to 84, latest patients quarantined in Preah Sihanouk hotel
Twenty-nine French tourists and two Cambodians being quarantined at a hotel in Preah Sihanouk province’s Sihanoukville have tested positive for the virus after coming into contact with two COVID-19 patients, raising the tally to 84, according to a Health Ministry’s statement. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50704525/virus-cases-soar-to-84-latest-patients-quarantined-in-preah-sihanouk-hotel/
Canal renovation to rescue farmers fields in Cholkiri
The Kampong Chhnang provincial Department of Water Resources and Meteorology is speeding up dredging of a 3km canal channelling water from the Tonle Sap Lake to supply 4,000ha of rice fields in Koh Thkov commune, in Cholkiri district. ...
Khout Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/canal-renovation-rescue-farmers-fields-cholkiri
Cambodian official: no new dams planned for Mekong mainstream before 2030
A Ministry of Energy official said Tuesday that Cambodia will not develop new mainstream hydropower projects on the Mekong River for the next 10 years. ...
Financial institutions give their support to NBC’s liquidity plan
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Wednesday announced the release of two more policies to increase liquidity in the local economy. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/financial-institutions-give-their-support-nbcs-liquidity-plan
Religious gatherings banned after COVID-19 infection surges
Prime Minister Hun Sen today announced a ban on all religious gatherings as COVID-19 infection surges in the Kingdom. The ban came after 11 Cambodian who had recently returned from a religious congregation in Malaysia tested positive for COVID-19. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50702722/pm-bans-all-religious-gatherings-in-wake-of-covid-19-pandemic/
Four Cambodian river cruise vessels denied docking in Vietnam
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered his officials to intervene in helping four Cambodian river cruise vessels which are stuck at Vietnam’s water border as its authorities denied their docking due to fear of a COVID-19 outbreak. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/702304/four-cambodian-river-cruise-vessels-denied-docking-in-vietnam/
Upgrading Cambodia’s quality infrastructure
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft (MIH), in partnership with the Republic of Korea, have conducted a training programme to sensitize policymakers to the requirements for upgrading the country’s quality infrastructure (QI). ...
Newsroom
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/03/12/upgrading-cambodias-quality-infrastructure/
5G: Ministry proposes joint partnerships to maximise investment
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Cambodia (MPTC) has asked regulators to explore the possibility of telecom operators Kingtel and Seatel jointly running as providers on Cambodia’s new 5G network. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700681/5g-ministry-proposes-joint-partnerships-to-maximise-investment
Ministry urges journalists to respect patient privacy
The Health Ministry yesterday urged journalists not to name or show pictures of COVID-19 patients because it violates their right to privacy. ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700792/ministry-urges-journalists-to-respect-patient-privacy
Pluralism to take centre stage at Asem gathering
Cambodia is preparing to host the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem) for the first time on November 16-17 this year, in what Prime Minister Hun Sen has called a landmark in historical diplomacy, where pluralism will take centre stage. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pluralism-take-centre-stage-asem-gathering
Third COVID-19 detected on British national
The Health Ministry yesterday announced the Kingdom’s third COVID-19 case detected in Cambodia. Minister Mam Bun Heng during a press conference last night said a 65-year-old British woman is now under quarantine at the Kampong Cham Provincial Referral Hospital. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700374/third-covid-19-detected-on-british-national
Government pledges $2billion fund for economy
The government has announced they have prepared an emergency reserve fund of between $800million and $2billion to aid the Kingdom’s economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700267/government-pledges-2billion-fund-for-economy
Banks support NBC proposal
The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) and the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) have expressed support for suggestions the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has given to financial institutions to reduce the impact of Covid-19 on the local economy. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banks-support-nbc-proposal