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Demining remains priority, says PM

Prime Minister Hun Sen instructed local authorities, demining operators and citizens to cooperate to safely eliminate the scourge of landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW). ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/demining-remains-priority-says-pm

Planning ministry to release 2021 agricultural survey findings early 2023

The Ministry of Planning will announce the results of the Cambodia Agricultural Survey 2021 (CAS2021) early next year, while a working group will begin the 2022 agricultural survey in early October. The CAS 2020 report showed that 57 per cent of household agricultural holdings are ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/planning-ministry-release-2021-agricultural-survey-findings-early-2023

Hun Sen requests UNDP support for mine-free goal

Prime Minister Hun Sen has requested that the UN Development Progamme (UNDP) continue its support for mine action in Cambodia so the Kingdom can achieve its goal of becoming mine-free by 2025. ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-requests-undp-support-mine-free-goal

NEC begins voter list check for 2022

The National Election Committee (NEC) began distributing invitations to the more than nine million people on the 2021 official voter list on September 20. From October 20, they will have one month to make sure their details are correct so they can participate in next ...

Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-begins-voter-list-check-2022

NCDM holds training seminar on IT tech in disaster management

The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) and the World Food Programme (WFP) – in collaboration with the Department of Geography and Land Management at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) – launched a three-day basic training course on use of remote sensing (RS) ...

Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ncdm-holds-training-seminar-it-tech-disaster-management

Jan-Jun investment capital hike raises trade, production hopes

The nearly 160 per cent surge in investment capital behind a slew of new large-scale investment projects outside of Cambodia’s special economic zones (SEZ) reported for the first half of 2022 has fanned optimism for a boom in production and exports – underpinned by favourable ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jan-jun-investment-capital-hike-raises-trade-production-hopes

South Korean investor body explores local opportunities

Cambodia is looking to drum up interest among Korean investors in the production of goods in the Kingdom for export to their home market, and push bilateral trade beyond current levels – $549.930 million in the first eight months of 2022, up by 6.42 over ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korean-investor-body-explores-local-opportunities

Sar Kheng: Investigations show trafficking complaints ‘95% true’

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said the government has spent more than $200 million building infrastructure in Preah Sihanouk province in order to attract investment and increase tax revenues – not to let it slide into a morass of illegal gambling and, even worse, crimes. ...

Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-investigations-show-trafficking-complaints-95-true

Royal Railway Plc gets approval for issuance of bond

Train operator Royal Railway Plc, a subsidiary of local conglomerate Royal Group of Companies Ltd, has received “approval in principle” from the Council of the Non-Banking Financial Services Authority (NBFSA) to issue a bond worth about $10 million on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), which ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/royal-railway-plc-gets-approval-issuance-bond

Ministry plants 17K saplings in M’kiri natural protected area

The Ministry of Environment is planting 17,000 acacia and other kinds of saplings on a 6.5ha area in the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province to improve forest cover. ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-plants-17k-saplings-mkiri-natural-protected-area

Mondulkiri officials probe Bunong logging allegations

Mondulkiri provincial environment officials are working to identify loggers who a Bunong indigenous community accused of clearing nearly 100ha of community forest in Koh Nhek district’s Rayum commune. ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-officials-probe-bunong-logging-allegations

Covid advisories to stay: official

While scientists have devised tools and strategies which have helped protect the Kingdom from a serious outbreak of Covid-19 – including vaccines, medication and preventive measures – Ministry of Health spokeswoman Or Vandine said it is important to remain cautious as the virus has now ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-advisories-stay-official

Health ministry signs cataract MoU with China’s GX Foundation

The Cambodian Ministry of Health and the GX Foundation of China signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on September 19 on a project to help eliminate cataract blindness in Cambodia by providing treatment to people in Prey Veng province. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-signs-cataract-mou-chinas-gx-foundation

National Assembly approves $43M budget

The Standing Committee of the National Assembly (NA) on September 19 approved the NA budget for 2023 of 171 billion riel ($43 million). ...

Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-assembly-approves-43m-budget

Run Ta Ek residents say life is better there than in Angkor Archaeological Park

Residents who were willing to leave their homes in Angkor Archaeological Park and relocate to Run Ta Ek eco-village five years ago are saying their lives have improved in the interim, and now Prime Minister Hun Sen has recently announced that Run Ta Ek area ...

Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/run-ta-ek-residents-say-life-better-there-angkor-archaeological-park

Microfinance association claims NGO statement “biased”

The Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) regarded the commentary by NGOs and civil society organizations on the industry as “biased, incomplete, and cherry-picked”, taking just the negative parts of a report produced by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) into account while ignoring ...

Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/microfinance-association-claims-ngo-statement-biased

Four parties’ requests for improved political atmosphere reviewed

The Ministry of Interior is reviewing a seven-point proposal made by four political parties – Candlelight (CP), Khmer Will (KWP), Cambodia Reform (CRP) and Grassroots Democratic (GDP) – for authorities to create a favourable atmosphere in the lead-up to elections. ...

Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/four-parties-requests-improved-political-atmosphere-reviewed

Plastic clean-up event set for Kratie

“One Step No Plastic” — an environmental campaign initiated by All Dream Cambodia and TosYerng aiming for a plastic waste-free Cambodia — will kick off in Kratie province on September 17. ...

The Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/plastic-clean-event-set-kratie

SSEZ imports, exports surpass $1.7B in January-August

The volume of imports and exports handled at the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) clocked in at $1.749 billion in the first eight months of 2022, marking a 27.39 per cent rise year-on-year from $1.373 billion, according to the operator. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ssez-imports-exports-surpass-17b-january-august

Construction on Covid jab plant starts in Nov

A senior Ministry of Health official has said construction on Cambodia’s first Covid-19 vaccine packaging plant is to start in November. Set on an area of around 5ha, the facility is to meet the vaccine needs of everyone living in the Kingdom.​ ...

Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-covid-jab-plant-starts-nov

Ministry opens third public EV charger – in central Siem Reap

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport on September 14 inaugurated its third public electric vehicle (EV) charging kiosk, this time in central Siem Reap town, raising hopes for the wide adoption of the alternative fuel vehicles going forward. A ministry statement issued in conjunction ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-opens-third-public-ev-charger-central-siem-reap

Ministry trials sewage monitor robot

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has embraced modern technology and launched the Kingdom’s first robotic drain monitoring device. The machine will be used to investigate the insides of sewers and drains. ...

Lay Samean and Fin Frida
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-trials-sewage-monitor-robot

Sokhonn, ADB meet to discuss inclusive, ‘sustainable’ growth

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn on September 13 met with newly appointed Asian Development Bank (ADB) representative to Cambodia Jyotsana Varma for discussions.​​ ...

Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sokhonn-adb-meet-discuss-inclusive-sustainable-growth

Ministry, FAO agree to build delta aquifier sustainability

The Ministry of Environment and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on September 12 signed an agreement on “Enhancing the sustainability of the Trans-boundary Cambodia-Mekong River Delta Aquifer and the Mekong Delta of Vietnam”. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-fao-agree-build-delta-aquifier-sustainability

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