The Phnom Penh Post
Five ex-NagaWorld staffers take severance
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced that five more of the nearly 400 former NagaWorld employees who were laid off had willingly accepted severance pay. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/five-ex-nagaworld-staffers-take-severance
Koh Kong ‘plastic-free’ campaign underway
Koh Kong provincial authorities have chosen four key locations where they will erect billboards explaining the idea of “Plastic-free Zones” to educate the public on the prevention and reduction of plastic use. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-plastic-free-campaign-underway
Chinese firm set to invest $300M into S’ville SEZ’s largest tyre plant
Chinese company “Jiangsu General Science Technology Co Ltd” has invested nearly $300 million to build the largest tyre factory in the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ), according to Beijing’s embassy in Phnom Penh. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firm-set-invest-300m-sville-sezs-largest-tyre-plant
Kingdom eyes int’l co-op for socio-economic revival process
Cambodia has declared its readiness to join relevant development partners to restore the socio-economic situation and promote prosperity at the 78th UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) session in the Thai capital Bangkok. ...
Hun Sen gives factory workers 2-day break for June elections
The government will give all factory workers two days off to participate in the June 5 commune council elections. Owners of factories and manufacturing enterprises will be required to pay wages and other benefits as normal. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-gives-factory-workers-2-day-break-june-elections
10 parties sign anti-alcohol pledges
Ten of the 17 political parties which are contesting the June 5 commune council elections signed a joint letter on May 24, promising to curb the effects of alcohol use – and promote young women entrepreneurs – if they are elected. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/10-parties-sign-anti-alcohol-pledges
Tax revenue reaches 29% of 2022 goal by end-April
Cambodia earned more than $1.502 billion from tax collection in the first four months of 2022, an increase of over $340 million or 29.36 per cent year-on-year, a feat observers believe reflects recovery and encouraging results from the government’s push started in early November towards ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-revenue-reaches-29-2022-goal-end-april
CMAC funded for mine-free B’bang
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has laid out long-term plans to demine 8,000ha of afflicted land in Battambang province. The project is expected to run from April 1 this year until December 31, 2025, at a cost of more than $12 million. Funding will ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-funded-mine-free-bbang
2nd rescued giant stingray returned to river’s depths
The Mekong River Wonder project – in collaboration with the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute (IFREDI) – released a gigantic freshwater stingray back into the river, after it was caught by fishermen on May 22 in Koh Preah commune of Stung Treng province’s Siem ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/2nd-rescued-giant-stingray-returned-rivers-depths
PPSP revenue grows 153%, net loss narrows 26% in Q1
Public-listed special economic zone (SEZ) developer Phnom Penh SEZ Plc (PPSP) has reported a sharp increase in total revenue and lower net loss in the first quarter of 2022, a filing with Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) showed. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppsp-revenue-grows-153-net-loss-narrows-26-q1
ACLEDA, ABA to facilitate Port EDI payment service
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ACLEDA Bank and ABA Bank to facilitate the payment of public service fees via Port EDI, an electronic data exchange system. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acleda-aba-facilitate-port-edi-payment-service
Fortified rice sector investments aim to meet growing needs
Rice fortification is a key step in addressing nutritional issues in Cambodia, where a majority of the population eats a large portion of rice on a daily basis, said a senior official of the Council for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD). ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fortified-rice-sector-investments-aim-meet-growing-needs
Covid jab making delayed on lack of gov’t purchasing deal, Hun Sen says
Prime Minister Hun Sen said the “sluggishness” of the establishment of a Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing facility in Cambodia was due to the government not yet signing an agreement to purchase vaccines produced by the factory. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-jab-making-delayed-lack-govt-purchasing-deal-hun-sen-says
Verdicts, sentences upheld in Adhoc ‘witness bribery’ case
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court of Appeal on May 23 delivered a ruling in the cases of four ADHOC officials and one former official of the local rights group, upholding the lower court’s guilty verdict in all of their cases. ...
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/verdicts-sentences-upheld-adhoc-witness-bribery-case
Thirty critically endangered sea turtles hatch
Wildlife conservationists expressed joy to see 30 royal turtle eggs hatch at an artificial sand bank at the Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Centre (KKRCC) last week. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thirty-critically-endangered-sea-turtles-hatch
Health ministry, Seoul discuss maternal, child health projects in northeast Cambodia
The health ministry and Seoul’s international development arm co-hosted the 2nd National Coordination Committee Meeting on May 20 to discuss “The Project for Strengthening Maternal and Child Health in North-Eastern Regions of Cambodia”. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-seoul-discuss-maternal-child-health-projects-northeast-cambodia
Kingdom joins int’l transport forum
Cambodia has joined the International Transport Forum (ITF) as the organisation’s 64th member country. Ministers of transport from the 63 current member states agreed to admit the Kingdom to the ITF on May 19 at their Summit in Leipzig, Germany. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-joins-intl-transport-forum
VN, Kingdom agree major border line segments: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen has revealed that Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed on six per cent of the remaining undemarcated borders between the two countries, in a varied speech to members of the Cambodian diaspora in Europe, in which he also discussed the upcoming commune ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vn-kingdom-agree-major-border-line-segments-pm
Cambodia, Singapore vow to ramp up cooperation
Cambodia and Singapore have pledged to step up cooperation to bolster bilateral trade, after registering more than $5.2 billion last year, marking a nearly 50 per cent jump over 2020. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-singapore-vow-ramp-cooperation
Cambodia, Myanmar expedite trade deals
Cambodia and Myanmar are in the process of expediting negotiations on two important draft agreements in a bid to swiftly increase trade cooperation with each other, citing low bilateral trade volume. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-myanmar-expedite-trade-deals
Malaysia trade surges by over one-third in Jan-Apr
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Malaysia was worth $205.2 million in the first four months of 2022, surging by over one-third from nearly $152.9 million from the corresponding period last year, according to Customs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/malaysia-trade-surges-over-one-third-jan-apr
Over 300 converge for fifth annual crane festival
More than 300 people took part in the fifth annual Crane Festival in Anlung Pring Protected Landscape in southeastern Kampot province on May 19, to build public support for the conservation of the “venerable” sarus crane and in observation of World Migratory Bird Day five ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-300-converge-fifth-annual-crane-festival
ASEAN agrees to vaccines travel deal
The 15th ASEAN Health Ministers’ Meeting was held in Bali, Indonesia, for five days with the theme of “Advancing the Achievements of ASEAN Health Development”. There were five primary outcomes from the meeting, which included an agreement on the mechanism for mutual recognition of digital ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-agrees-vaccines-travel-deal
PM to talk post-Covid ASEAN plans at WEF meet
Prime Minister Hun Sen is set to deliver a speech on the Strategic Outlook on ASEAN during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Switzerland. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-talk-post-covid-asean-plans-wef-meet