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National Assembly to solve complaints before the election

The National Assembly closed their plenary session yesterday, which began in October 2022, receiving almost 20 complaints and it vowed to resolve them before the upcoming national election. ...

Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501213228/national-assembly-to-solve-complaints-before-the-election/

NEC defines media’s role in 2023 general election

As the 2023 national election is approaching, the International Relations Institute at the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) and the Club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ) held a two-day training workshop to highlight the key role of the media in the poll. ...

Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-defines-medias-role-2023-general-election

Cambodia’s export to RCEP countries up 5 percent at $5.6B

Cambodia exported $5,671 million worth of goods to the members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries in eleven months of last year, an increase of 5 percent compared to the same period last year, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed yesterday. ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501213231/cambodias-export-to-rcep-countries-up-5-percent-at-5-6b/

Implementation of new income, salary tax come into effect

All organisations and institutions associated with the Royal Government of Cambodia have started implementing the new taxes on the annual income of individuals and sole proprietorship businesses and monthly salaries of resident employees from January 1, 2023, following a new sub-decree issued on September 28, ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501213229/implementation-of-new-income-salary-tax-come-into-effect/

Efforts to curb illegal fishing paying off

Efforts by government authorities to curb illegal fishing have proven to be effective with cases recorded in 2022 much less than 2021 numbers. ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501213375/efforts-to-curb-illegal-fishing-paying-off/

BRI projects will help Cambodia become an upper-middle income country: Cambodian expert

A Cambodian researcher said that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects will be a contributor to the economic growth in Cambodia and in the region in the post-pandemic COVID-19 era and will help Cambodia achieve its ambitious goal of becoming an upper-middle income country ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501213631/bri-projects-will-help-cambodia-become-an-upper-middle-income-country-cambodian-expert/

Cambodia to benefit from China’s commitment to free trade and sharing its large domestic market with the world

China’s broader push for its pathway to modernization has fueled expectations that the nation will bring more opportunities and create a dynamic of growth that will deliver wide-ranging benefits for the world, according to business leaders and analysts. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501213673/cambodia-to-benefit-from-chinas-commitment-to-free-trade-and-sharing-its-large-domestic-market-with-the-world/

CMAA provides demining gear to army

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) donated mine detectors, personal protective equipment and specialised explosive disposal tools worth over $780,000 to the Army Engineering Command and the Bodyguard Unit. ...

Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmaa-provides-demining-gear-army

Construction work begins on Mekong River bridge in Kratie

Prime Minister Hun Sen and Chinese ambassador Wang Wentian on January 2 broke ground for the construction of a new bridge which will span the Mekong River in Kratie province. The bridge is expected to bring “rapid economic development” to the people of Cambodia’s northeastern ...

Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-work-begins-mekong-river-bridge-kratie

Prahok fish season bountiful

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina expressed his admiration for this year’s fishing season haul, which has seen fishermen catching up to three tonnes of fish in less than an hour, something he credits to the government’s efforts at preventing illegal fishing and ...

Orm Bunthoeurn and Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prahok-fish-season-bountiful

No additional Covid rules for arrivals from China: PM

Cambodia will not follow in other countries’ footsteps in imposing any additional restrictions towards arrivals from mainland China, amid concerns that soaring Covid-19 cases there could drive the emergence of new and potentially more dangerous variants of the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Hun Sen affirmed ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/no-additional-covid-rules-arrivals-china-pm

PM plans China visit to drum up investment

Prime Minister Hun Sen is scheduled to pay a state visit to China for talks on new infrastructure projects in Cambodia, including the Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway. The visit will coincide with the 65th anniversary of the two nations’ bilateral relations. ...

Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-plans-china-visit-drum-investment

PM calls for conservation areas to protect dolphins

Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged for strengthening the population of Mekong dolphins and mega fish by building core conservation areas to protect the species in Kratie and Stung Treng under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and provincial authorities. ...

Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/pm-calls-for-conservation-areas-to-protect-dolphins

Workers, families feel rising market’s pressure: Economy 2022

As Cambodia touted recovering trade and GDP growth, thousands took to the streets this year over repression at work or struggles in the market. The year marked a return to money and goods flowing quickly and unevenly, as the country faced reports of rising poverty and ...

Michael Dickison
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/12/30/workers-families-feel-rising-markets-pressure-economy-2022/

PM urges residents to receive Covid-19 booster

Prime Minister Hun Sen is urging people to get Covid-19 boosters as cases show signs of rising across the globe. ...

Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/pm-urges-residents-to-receive-covid-19-booster

Foreign tourists to reach 3m in 2023

Tourism leaders remain confident the sector will further rebound in 2023, attracting three million international arrivals. ...

Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/foreign-tourists-to-reach-3m-in-2023

GDP increase expected for 2023

GDP per capita is expected to reach nearly $2,000, while Cambodia’s economic growth is expected to reach 6.6 percent in 2023. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501213048/gdp-increase-expected-for-2023/

CMAC vows to clear 265km2 of landmines, UXOs in 2023

Reiterating its support to the efforts of authorities to make Cambodia a mine-free nation by 2025, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has pledged to clear more than 265 square kilometres of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXOs) this year. ...

Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501212693/cmac-vows-to-clear-265km2-of-landmines-uxos-in-2023/

Cambodia’s economy grew 5.5% in 2022, says PM

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced that Cambodia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 5.5 percent in 2022, while the tax revenue collected from both customs and taxation grew by 2 percent higher than expected. ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501212559/cambodias-economy-grew-5-5-in-2022-says-pm/

National Social Assistance Fund launched

The National Social Assistance Fund (NSAF) was officially launched on January 1, 2023. The NSAF has been created through the integration of the National Social Security Fund for Civil Servants, the National Veterans Fund and the Department of Social Welfare. ...

Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501212561/national-social-assistance-fund-launched/

Greed for land consumes lakes, forests: Environment 2022

Timber, monkeys, orchids, sand: Cambodia’s protected areas and natural resources continue to be a lucrative source of income, in spite of all the promises (and international funding) to protect them. Above all else, the hunger for land has consumed Cambodians and foreigners alike, triggering a constant ...

Danielle Keeton-Olsen
https://vodenglish.news/greed-for-land-consumes-lakes-forests-environment-2022/

Labour export from Cambodia on an upswing

With the expected revival of economic activities and China’s decision to ease Covid-19 curbs, many ASEAN and Indo-Pacific states are scrambling to import workers and they are looking at Cambodia. ...

​P​r​a​k​ash​ J​h​a​
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501211892/labour-export-from-cambodia-on-an-upswing/

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