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GMAC demands all payment from buyers
The Garment Manufacturers Association (GMAC) in Cambodia has reiterated an appeal to buyers to source their goods from Cambodia as the economic situation becomes worse with nearly 200 factories suspending their operations because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719909/gmac-demands-all-payment-from-buyers/
No loans from $100 million financing scheme
The government’s new $100 million Small and Medium Enterprise Co-Financing Scheme has yet to approve any applications, receiving only some ínquiries pending approval, according to a bank representative. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719826/no-loans-from-100-million-financing-scheme/
India aids Kingdom’s fight against Covid-19
In a bid to assist the Cambodian government in the fight against Covid-19, the Indian embassy in Phnom Penh on Monday donated protective supplies to the Chey Chumneas Referral Hospital in Kandal province. ...
Phuon Chansereivuth
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/india-aids-kingdoms-fight-against-covid-19
ANA to plant 110,000 new trees in Angkor
The Apsara National Authority (ANA) will plant 110,000 trees in the Angkor area this year to improve the natural beauty of the region and provide environmental benefits. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ana-plant-110000-new-trees-angkor
CRF asks ministry for $30M increase to purchase paddy
The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) has asked the Ministry of Economy and Finance to disburse an additional $30 million through the state-owned Agricultural and Rural Development Bank (ARDB), its president Song Saran told The Post on Monday. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/crf-asks-ministry-30m-increase-purchase-paddy
Ministry to give mining rights for four coal sites
The Ministry of Mines and Energy is set to review applications soon for rights to four coal mining concession areas – totalling 794sq km – it opened late in March in the Kingdom’s north. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-give-mining-rights-four-coal-sites
Government aid for more than 80,000 poor pregnant women and children aged below 2
Toch Channy, Director General of Technical General Department and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation said that the assistance is made possible under the government’s new policy to enhance the welfare of poor pregnant women and child nutrition, reflecting the ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719279/government-aid-for-more-than-80000-poor-pregnant-women-and-children-aged-below-2/
Rice exports grew by about 40.5 percent compared with last year
Cambodia’s rice exports to China were 122,094 tonnes (41 percent), to the European Union 97,337 tonnes (32.4 percent), to Asean members 37,428 tonnes (12.5 percent) and to other destinations 43,393 tonnes (14.45 percent). ...
KrisEnergy secures $87 million loan facility for Phase 1 of Apsara oil fields in Cambodia
KrisEnergy (Apsara) Company Ltd, the concession holder for Cambodia’s Block 1 offshore oil field has secured a credit facility agreement of $87 million. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719285/krisenergy-secures-87-million-loan-facility-for-phase-1-of-apsara-oil-fields-in-cambodia/
Cambodia’s bilateral trade drops with Vietnam, yet Thailand steady
The two-way trade of Cambodia with Vietnam experienced a decrease during the first quarter of the year caused by the global pandemic. However, the trade volume with Thailand remained steady. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719618/cambodias-bilateral-trade-drops-with-vietnam-yet-thailand-steady/
Angkor Wat records a 99.5 percent drop in monthly revenue
Revenue at Cambodia’s Angkor Archaeological Park has seen a staggering decline in revenue from April ticket sales, as extreme travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic decimated the Kingdom’s most famous attraction. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719371/angkor-wat-records-a-99-5-percent-drop-in-monthly-revenue/
Over 8,000 vehicles pulled over, fined over traffic violations
With the new Road Traffic Law being strictly enforced across the country, traffic police fined owners of more than 8,400 vehicles for traffic rule violations. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719531/over-8000-vehicles-pulled-over-fined-over-traffic-violations/
WWF researchers spot herd of wild elephants in Mondulkiri sanctuary
WWF-Cambodia says researchers had a close encounter with a herd of wild Asian elephants in Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province which is a positive sign conservation efforts are working. ...
Workers unions request minimum wage of $250
Workers Unions representing over 10,000 workers in the Kingdom have requested the government an increase in minimum wage to $250 per month for garment workers, an augmentation of $60 in wage compared to the original stipend imposed in 2020. ...
Va Sonyka
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719380/workers-unions-request-minimum-wage-of-250/
More than two million people benefit from NSSF: Prime Minister
Prime Minister Hun Sen on the 134th of International Labour Day said more 2.1 million people including workers, employee, and public officials have received benefits from the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) since 2008. ...
Va Sonyka
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719325/more-than-two-million-people-benefit-from-nssf-prime-minister/
Cambodia exported over 2 million tonnes of agri-products in the first four months
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Veng Sakhon said that the Cambodia’s rice exports to the international market grew by about 40.5 percent in the first four months. ...
Stung Treng court charges, releases officer
Major-general Chan Sam Ath was found guilty of violating the Forestry Law by the Stung Treng Provincial Court on Wednesday, but he will not be imprisoned because of poor health due to abdominal surgery. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stung-treng-court-charges-releases-officer
Mondulkiri sanctuary land grabbers charged
In April, 13 suspects were charged in the Mondulkiri Provincial Court for encroaching on forest land in wildlife sanctuaries at Phnom Prich, Srepok, Nam Lear, and Keo Seima, said Ministry of Environment secretary of state and spokesperson Neth Pheaktra. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-sanctuary-land-grabbers-charged
Kampong Chhnang flooded forest to see 8,000 trees planted
The Kampong Chhnang provincial Forestry Administration plans to plant around 8,000 trees on 4ha of flooded forest at the Trapaing Trav area in Chhnok Trou commune’s Ses Slap village in Boribor district. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-chhnang-flooded-forest-see-8000-trees-planted
French agency donates €2 million towards virus laboratories in Cambodia and the region
The French Development Agency (AFD) has provided an additional €2 million ($2.19 million) to the ECOMORE II project, to assist Cambodia and the regions direct response to the COVID-19 epidemic. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719351/french-agency-donates-e2-million-towards-virus-laboratories-in-cambodia-and-the-region/
Unemployment rate in Cambodia at 0.3 percent
Some 99.7 percent of the total 10 million workforces in Cambodia have jobs, according to a message of Prime Minister Hun Sen on the 134th International Labour Day. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719240/unemployment-rate-in-cambodia-at-0-3-percent/
State of Emergency draft signed into law
Acting Head of State Say Chhum yesterday signed the draft law on “State of Emergency” into legislation after the Constitutional Council of Cambodia unanimously approved it earlier this week, a decree obtained yesterday evening revealed. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718535/state-of-emergency-draft-signed-into-law/
All is not well in the garment sector as exports drop by 50 percent in second trimester
Cambodia’s exports of garment and footwear products are expected to drop from 50 to 60 percent due to the impact of COVID-19 crisis during the second trimester of 2020. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718827/all-is-not-well-in-the-garment-sector-as-exports-drop-by-50-percent-in-second-trimester/
1,000 luxury trees planted to mark the 70th anniversary of Cambodia-U.S. relations
Some 1,000 luxury tree saplings have been planted along National Road 6A from Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar roundabout to the boundary of Kandal province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718837/1000-luxury-trees-planted-to-mark-the-70th-anniversary-of-cambodia-u-s-relations/