Khmer Times
NGOs urge transparency for $52 mil US donation for Mekong region
After United States Secretary of State Antony J Blinken announced the US pledge to donate $52 million to Mekong countries for development, NGOs have come forward asking the government to utilise the donation with transparency. ...
Unique landfill in Kampong Chhnang province
A unique 12-hectare landfill surrounded by mountains and forest in Kampong Chhnang province is scheduled for completion by end of this year. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908822/unique-landfill-in-kampong-chhnang-province/
PM: Learn new skills and change career
For those in the business of touch or hands-on service, such as that of a masseuse, the future looks bleak with their career on ice due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908738/pm-learn-new-skills-and-change-career/
Asean ministers grant UK dialogue partner status
Asean foreign ministers, including Cambodia’s, have approved the inclusion of the United Kingdom as one of the grouping’s dialogue partners. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908748/asean-ministers-grant-uk-dialogue-partner-status/
Preah Vihear temple to get visitor’s centre
Preah Vihear authorities yesterday started work on building a Visitor Centre for tourists to the region’s famous Preah Vihear temple. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908740/preah-vihear-temple-to-get-visitors-centre/
Small and medium-sized companies in line for e-commerce training
Small and medium-sized Cambodian companies are to receive government training on how to make the most of the digital economy. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908914/small-and-medium-sized-companies-in-line-for-e-commerce-training/
New investment draft law intended to incentivise broadening of the economy
Cambodia’s new investment draft law is set to introduce new incentives for people to invest in the country. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908840/new-investment-draft-law-intended-to-incentivise-broadening-of-the-economy/
Secondary schools set to reopen
The Education Ministry will be ready to reopen secondary schools nationwide starting in either September or October, after having been closed for several months to prevent the spread of Covid-19. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908820/secondary-schools-set-to-reopen/
Lockdown against COVID-19 hampers Century Entertainment’s launch of new Cambodian casino
Strict lockdown measures in place nationwide, implemented on July 29 has again hampered the opening of Century Entertainment’s launch of new Cambodian casino in Koh Kong. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908972/lockdown-against-covid-19-hampers-century-entertainments-launch-of-new-cambodian-casino/
Cambodia urges Asean Plus Three to focus on 4 priority areas
Four priority areas of cooperation, namely public health security, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) capacity building, climate-change resilient agricultural production, and sustainable energy have been emphasised by Cambodia’s top diplomat. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908905/cambodia-urges-asean-plus-three-to-focus-on-4-priority-areas/
Cambodia speaks highly of Japan’s support to regional integration
Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has emphasised the importance of Japan’s generous support to regional integration and socio-economic development through bilateral and regional frameworks, including the Mekong-Japan cooperation. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908925/cambodia-speaks-highly-of-japans-support-to-regional-integration/
Cambodia supports elevation of ASEAN-China ties to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
Cambodia has voiced its support for the enhancement of the ASEAN-China ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908932/cambodia-supports-elevation-of-asean-china-ties-to-comprehensive-strategic-partnership/
Cambodia calls for stronger cooperation in 3 sectors at ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with ROK
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has urged for more cooperation in three main areas, at the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (PMC) with the Republic of Korea. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908939/cambodia-calls-for-stronger-cooperation-in-3-sectors-at-asean-post-ministerial-conference-with-rok/
Cambodia’s Delta variant now becomes community infection, total rises to above 300 nationwide
Cambodia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has reportedly detected more than 300 cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant, and is classified as a community infection. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908867/cambodias-delta-variant-now-becomes-community-infection-total-rises-to-above-300-nationwide/
Vietnam, Cambodia bolster anti-crime cooperation
Vietnamese Minister of Public Security To Lam and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng co-chaired a virtual talk on issues related to trans boundary crime. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908965/vietnam-cambodia-bolster-anti-crime-cooperation/
Royal Government and Private Sector convene GPSWG-D meeting
The Government-Private Sector Working Group D (GPSWG-D) on Law, Tax and Governance held a meeting via videoconference to discuss challenges the private sector is facing in this hard time of COID-19 pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908946/royal-government-and-private-sector-convene-gpswg-d-meeting/
GDT and Japanese embassy hosts virtual discussion with investors
The General Department of Taxation at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Japanese Embassy to Cambodia held a virtual discussion Monday in conjunction with the Japanese embassy on tax considerations for Japanese investors. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908193/gdt-and-japanese-embassy-hosts-virtual-discussion-with-investors/
New garment sector investments exceeding $8mn approved by CDC
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) is welcoming new investments in one of the Kingdom’s pillar industries as new variants and outbreaks lead to a string of downgrades in economic projections. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908192/new-garment-sector-investments-exceeding-8mn-approved-by-cdc/
Cambodia has proposed that Russian energy investors tap nation’s oil
Cambodia is turning to Russian investors after Singapore’s KrisEnergy abandoned the only operational offshore oil block in the Kingdom’s waters. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907951/cambodia-has-proposed-that-russian-energy-investors-tap-nations-oil/
Australian organic enterprise to offer Cambodian farmers overseas training experience
An Australian organic farming firm is offering jobs to Cambodians. The news came out at a meeting between Lexmin Pty Cambodia CEO Robert K Chelliah and Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon yesterday. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908111/australian-organic-enterprise-to-offer-cambodian-farmers-overseas-training-experience/
HIV/AIDS victims will not be neglected during C-19
All the 75,000 HIV and 62,310 AIDS patients will continue getting their antiretroviral therapy and all other services and treatments during the Covid-19 pandemic, said National AIDS Authority (NAA) chairman leng Mouly. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908071/hiv-aids-victims-will-not-be-neglected-during-c-19/
Asean Foreign Ministers discuss human rights
Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn said that the understanding and respect for human rights must be comprehensive, including no double standards and respect the national sovereignty of each country in accordance with the principle of non-interference in internal affairs. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907965/asean-foreign-ministers-discuss-human-rights/
EU and UNIDO to support fisheries sector
With support of the European Union (EU), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture’s Fisheries Administration (FiA) launched a Value Chain Investment Support (VCIS) programme yesterday aiming to support Cambodia’s small, medium and large enterprises in post-harvest fisheries. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908108/eu-and-unido-to-support-fisheries-sector/
Some respite: PP City Hall allows dine-ins at eateries again with strict conditions
In a bid to ease the burden faced by eateries in the capital, Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday revoked its ban on dine-ins with certain conditions. ...