Khmer Times

Prime Minister Hun Sen shared eight key recommendations in order to successfully implement the Public Financial Management Reform Program (PFMRP) Phase IV (2023-2027). ...

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn on Tuesday praised China over its strong support for the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) over the past seven years. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced the launch of the government’s implementation of vision and strategies of its public finance management reform programs for the fourth phase to enhance financial achievements after the previous three phases had focused on budget, financial accountability and finance-policy connectivity. ...

More than 50 hectare of forest land in an economic concession planted with pine trees, which was cleared by unknown people for the purpose of fencing in the area to claim  ownership, has been inspected by the joint authorities of Mondulkiri province. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has stated that in leading the country to stability and development as it is now, the Royal Government has prepared two major reform plans. ...

The number of forest crimes in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, spanning across Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear, Kratie and Stung Treng provinces continues to rise. Park rangers have cracked down on 408 crimes over 2,000 hectares and made several arrests. ...

Deaths caused by tuberculosis (TB) dropped 50% last year as compared to the previous year, said National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control (CENAT) yesterday. ...

In a bid to raise public awareness of the usage of the national currency, National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) hosted a seminar on ‘Riel, Financial Literacy and Bakong’ at the Center for Banking Studies yesterday. ...

Laos and Cambodia have reaffirmed their commitment to enhance cooperation on maintaining security along the borders. ...

A Chinese-invested tire factory in Cambodia’s Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) launched its operation on Saturday after more than one year of construction. ...

VISA has committed to the enhancement of e-commerce and digital economy of Cambodia, affirmed Chris Clark, VISA’s Regional President for Asia Pacific, while paying a courtesy call on Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce, at the ministry office yesterday afternoon. ...

Cambodia welcomed 2.28 million foreign tourists last year, injecting $1.4 billion to the national economy. The Ministry of Tourism’s report showed that the revenue had an increase of 667 percent compared to 2021. ...

Cambodia’s Royal Group Power Company Ltd. (RGP) and Singapore’s Keppel Energy Pte Ltd. (KE) have reached an energy purchase agreement on exporting renewable energy to Singapore via submarine high-voltage transmission. ...

The Japanese government has provided a grant of $145,692 to Cambodia for the construction of a Community Technology Centre (CTC) in Bati district of Takeo province. ...

A meeting at the Ministry of Economy and Finance under the chairmanship of Dr Aun Pornmoniroth, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, on Wednesday, reviewed and discussed recommendations on the draft report on the second phase of the master plan for the ...

The conglomerate Cambodia’s Royal Group of Companies will export renewable energy to Singapore after the group signed an agreement with Keppel Energy Pte Ltd on Wednesday, which will enable the latter to purchase electricity from the Kingdom. ...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy on Thursday hosted an energy forum here to present the recently approved Power Development Masterplan (PDP) and National Energy Efficiency Policy (NEEP). ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has lauded the huge share of energy generated from renewable power sources of the country’s installed electricity capacity, saying the government prioritises renewable energy investment. ...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) during a meeting on Tuesday announced a work plan for this year with an emphasis on developing a system that will make paying taxes easy and evasion difficult. ...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has collected $539 million as tax income in the first two months of this year, representing 15 percent of the national budget plan 2023. ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a $43 million project to enhance the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers, local communities and other value chain actors of the Northern Tonle Sap Basin to cope with the increasing threats of climate change in the Kingdom. ...

The US remained the biggest market for Cambodia with a share of 34.4 percent even though the Kingdom’s exports to the country decreased by 20.2 percent to reach $1.12 billion in the first two months of the year compared to the same period in 2022, ...

Cambodian Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said on Tuesday that he hoped the China-Laos Railway would help bring more international tourists to the kingdom. ...

The trade volume between Cambodia and China reached $1.7 billion in the first two months of 2023, down 15.6 percent year-on-year, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise. ...