Khmer translated by ODC

In an interview with Khmer Times recently, World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative of Cambodia Dr. Li Ailan said that the Kingdom has made good achievement in TB prevention and control over the past years. ...

The National Election Committee said today that more than 282,000 additional people have registered to cast their ballot for next year’s National Election. ...

A $70 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will be utilised to aid the STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education nationwide in the upper secondary level. ...

Phnom Penh recently announced the implementation of the National Policy Framework for Cambodia’s Economic Productivity 2022-35 to raise the potential of investment and trade and improve national economic productivity, according to Aun Pornmoniroth, minister of economy and finance and chairman of the National Committee for ...

Land, political, labor, market, agricultural and social rights crises are being addressed by people from diverse communities, demanding that the government address them for the benefit of their livelihoods protected by law. ...

About 30 people representing 250 families living next to Ta Mok Lake in Sangkat Samrong, Khan Prek Pnov, Phnom Penh, gathered on Thursday filed a petition at the US Embassy in Cambodia to intervene in their land dispute after no solution from the Cambodian authorities. ...

The number of companies registered through the information technology platform co-developed by multi-ministries has reached 19,072 as of 2 November 2022, according to the figures from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) yesterday. ...

Cambodia exported a total of $4,703 million worth of goods to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member countries in the first nine months of this year, an increase of six percent when compared with the same period last year. ...

USAID Greening Prey Lang is conducting a line transect survey in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary to check wildlife species populations in the protected area. ...

Hundreds of hectares in Mondulkiri were sold to a major tycoon’s family for as low as 600 riel per square meter, a government document suggests, and is facing protests from existing residents. ...

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will boost trade volume by around $40 billion and increase real income by up to 2.5 percent, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

The draft Law on Financial Management 2023 is under review with the Council of Ministers and has been drawn up in response to the Cambodian economy recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Cambodia’s Biz Fair is making a return after a pandemic-fuelled hiatus and is expected to attract 500,000 visitors to the five-day event hosted at a newly-developed stretch of coastline close to Sihanoukville. ...

ADB to support development of 2GW of solar power and study opportunities for increased solar power battery capacity. ...

The more than 70 banana plantation workers who were poisoned, causing three to die, in Kampong Cham province’s Stung Trang district have recovered, while the plantation has been closed for investigation which has affected workers’ livelihoods. ...

Transparency International Cambodia (TIC) released a report on its “Youth Policy Survey” on Sunday, which revealed that most young Cambodians lack an interest in politics because they are more concerned about personal security and lack political knowledge. ...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is an important mechanism to safeguard the rules-based multilateral free trade system against the trends of anti-globalization and protectionism, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday. ...

Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, yesterday morning announced that the bilateral free trade agreement between Cambodia and South Korea will come into force in December this year. ...

The Cambodian government is pushing for the establishment of more bilateral free trade agreements with main trade partners in a bid to access wider markets for the country’s products. ...

Lauding the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said it has strengthened the global value chains and protected the multilateral free trade system. ...

Indigenous people representing nearly 100 families in Sen Monorom commune, O’Raing district, Mondulkiri province, have filed a complaint against the authorities for granting 255 hectares of their land to a private company for investment and development as a natural tourism area. ...

Cambodia and the United Nations have shown their satisfaction with their existing good cooperation and exchanged views on its further enhancement, according to Chum Sounry, Spokesperson of the Ministry of of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC). ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a transaction advisory services mandate with Cambodia’s national utility company Électricité du Cambodge (EDC) to support the development of two gigawatts (GW) of solar power in Cambodia. ...

Five banana plantation workers in Kampong Cham province’s Stung Trang district died of poisoning on October 25 and 26, while a further 69 workers, who were also poisoned, have recovered. ...