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New road traffic law drafted
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng confirmed that a working group is drafting an entirely new road traffic law to replace the current one which he said requires so many changes to address problems associated with law enforcement. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-road-traffic-law-drafted
SME Bank mulls unsecured loans for SMEs
The state-owned Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia Plc (SME Bank) plans to waive collateral requirements for new loans to qualifying local small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) soon, to reduce the barriers and obstacles that limit their access to the necessary cash to fund ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sme-bank-mulls-unsecured-loans-smes
Kingdom, VN to step up defence, security co-op
Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed to strengthen cooperation in defence and security and to respect each other’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity by accelerating the demarcation of the remaining 16 per cent of the border. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/kingdom-vn-step-defence-security-co-op
Agriculture ministries talk cross-border cooperation
Cambodia and Vietnam have negotiated an agreement on agriculture to strengthen import-export controls and prevent the illegal cross-border timber and wildlife trade, among other issues, according to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/agriculture-ministries-talk-cross-border-cooperation
RUPP students campaign to reduce plastic pollution with coffee discount plans
Fifty coffee shops have joined a two-month campaign initiated by the Royal University of Phnom Penh’s (RUPP) Department of Media and Communication (DMC) to reduce the use of plastic in daily lives. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rupp-students-campaign-reduce-plastic-pollution-coffee-discount-plans
Preah Sihanouk sees more Chinese investors, but arrivals ‘still low’
Tourists and Chinese investors are gradually making their way back to Preah Sihanouk province, as the Covid-19 situation in the Kingdom eases and socio-economic activities pick up pace following early November’s full reopening announcement, according to a spokesman for the coastal province. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/preah-sihanouk-sees-more-chinese-investors-arrivals-still-low
Thai diplomat’s visit focused on economy plans
Cambodia and Thailand have pledged to deepen bilateral relation across all sectors with a special focus on reviving the two economies in the wake of pandemic-induced fiscal challenges. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/thai-diplomats-visit-focused-economy-plans
Non-gold goods trade exceeds $29B
Cambodia’s global non-gold goods trade topped $29 billion in the first three quarters of 2021, increasing by around a quarter year-on-year, the Ministry of Economy and Finance reported. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/non-gold-goods-trade-exceeds-29b
Kingdom, Vietnam hail progress, prep for 2022
Prime Minister Hun Sen and Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc praised the development of relations between the two countries over the past 55 years, while Vietnam reiterated its support and wished the Kingdom success in its role as ASEAN chair in 2022. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/kingdom-vietnam-hail-progress-prep-2022
South Korea trade nearly $870M in Jan-Nov
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea reached $869.735 million in the first 11 months of 2021, an 8.805 per cent surge from $799.354 million in the same period last year, according to data from the Korea International Trade Association (Kita) posted at the weekend. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korea-trade-nearly-870m-jan-nov
Working group on investment, economy set up with China
Cambodia and China have decided to set up an investment and economic cooperation working group to promote the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), as well as strengthen investment and prop up bilateral economic and trade ties. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/working-group-investment-economy-set-china
Ministry warns state forest land grabber of legal action
The Ministry of Environment has warned of legal action against a woman and her Australian husband for illegally occupying and selling 50ha of land in the protected area of Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in Pramuoy commune’s Stung Thmey village of Pursat province’s Veal Veng district. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-warns-state-forest-land-grabber-legal-action
Over 260K migrants return since Covid-19 outbreak
Over 260,000 Cambodian migrant workers have returned from abroad, mostly from Thailand, since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic through the end of 2021, according to the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT). ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-260k-migrants-return-covid-19-outbreak
Ministry gives greenlight to resume early education
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron has given the green light for early childhood education service providers to resume operations nationwide from January 10 through at least October 31, 2022. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-gives-greenlight-resume-early-education
PM working on S China Sea
Prime Minister Hun Sen has reiterated that Cambodia will work hard to achieve consensus on the Code of Conduct (COC) for the South China Sea while chairing the ASEAN Summit next year and urged claimants to actively negotiate. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-working-s-china-sea
Ministry does maintenance on Tonle Sap boundary posts to stop future land grabs
Officials from the Tonle Sap Authority and the Water Resources and Meteorology Departments in the six provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake have inspected 659 boundary posts demarcating Region 3 of the lake, which the government had preserved for fish spawning grounds until the region ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-does-maintenance-tonle-sap-boundary-posts-stop-future-land-grabs
Giant muntjac caught on camera in Virachey park
The Ministry of Environment released pictures of a large-antlered muntjac or Giant muntjac taken by a camera trap placed by Fauna & Flora International (FFI) Cambodia in March. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/giant-muntjac-caught-camera-virachey-park
Huge swathes of land returned to state by evicted encroachers
Kampong Thom provincial authorities have determined that over 10,000ha of flooded forestland located in three different areas near the province’s Tonle Sap Lake shoreline have been illegally encroached upon, with more than 200 families having already returned in excess of 2,000ha of misappropriated land back ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/huge-swathes-land-returned-state-evicted-encroachers
Not out of the woods yet: Kingdom spends more to help citizens
The pandemic has cost Cambodia $2.3 billion in expenses since it began, Prime Minister Hun Sen was quoted as saying last month. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/special-reports/not-out-woods-yet-kingdom-spends-more-help-citizens
Ministry, WHO: Be prepared for Omicron variant
The Ministry of Health called on the public to be vigilant and prepared for the arrival of the Omicron variant in Cambodia so that they will not have any regrets when it gets here. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-who-be-prepared-omicron-variant
Vehicle tax collections hit 174% of 2021 target
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected 385.3478 billion riel, or more than $93 million, in vehicle tax revenue for the taxable period in June-November – from 791,168 units – or 174.2 percent of the 2021 plan (just over 221 billion riel), according to GDT ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vehicle-tax-collections-hit-174-2021-target
‘Reserve cabinet’ set up with young leaders: PM
Days after endorsing his son Hun Manet as a candidate for the top office, Prime Minister Hun Sen hinted that a “reserve cabinet” had already been formed around a younger generation of leaders. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/reserve-cabinet-set-young-leaders-pm
Ministry, WHO: Be prepared for Omicron variant
The Ministry of Health called on the public to be vigilant and prepared for the arrival of the Omicron variant in Cambodia so that they will not have any regrets when it gets here. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-who-be-prepared-omicron-variant
Kin Phea: Kingdom needs to act as referee, maintain amity in international spats
With Cambodia set to take over the ASEAN chair and host the ASEAN Summit in 2022, there are a number of prominent issues the Kingdom will need to take the lead on, including the crisis in Myanmar, tensions over the South China Sea and the ...