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SBIF all set to help businesses, investors in Cambodia
The Singapore Business and Investment Forum (SBIF), a young and vibrant organisation, aims to better serve the business and investment needs of Singaporean businesses and investors in Cambodia ...
Prakash Jha
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247132/sbif-all-set-to-help-businesses-investors-in-cambodia/
Cambodia backs ASEAN-Canada trade block initiative
A high-level delegation from the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) met officials from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Canada in Bandung, Indonesia, to form a new free trade agreement, said a release. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247131/cambodia-backs-asean-canada-trade-block-initiative/
Cambodia’s manufacturing output reaches $15 billion in 2022
Cambodia’s manufacturing output hit $15.8 billion in 2022, a remarkable increase of 83 percent year on year, the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI)’s report showed on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247369/cambodias-manufacturing-output-reaches-15-billion-in-2022/
South Korean firm donates 200 new buses
Booyoung Group has donated 200 new buses to the Phnom Penh administration to help improve public transport services in the city. ...
Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/south-korean-firm-donates-200-new-buses
Strengthening of Cambodia-Singapore air connectivity suggested to boost tourism
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked Singapore to strengthen connectivity, particularly air connectivity between the two ASEAN nations. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247417/strengthening-of-cambodia-singapore-air-connectivity-suggested-to-boost-tourism/
300 army, police families at border get new homes
Officials from the Departments of Land Management, Urban Planning, Construction and Cadastral Affairs of Tbong Khmum and Svay Rieng provinces have begun to prepare over 300 plots of social land concessions for members of the police and armed forces stationed along the Cambodia-Vietnam border, and ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/300-army-police-families-border-get-new-homes
Delegation of US-ABC eying trade and investment potential and opportunities in Cambodia
Delegation of US-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC), led by its Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director H.E. Michael Michalak, have been on a visit to Cambodia to study more potential and opportunities of trade and investment. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247354/delegation-of-us-abc-eying-trade-and-investment-potential-and-opportunities-in-cambodia/
Angkor Resources Advances Exploration at Andong Bor, Cambodia
Angkor Resources Corp. (TSXV:ANK) and (OTC:ANKOF) (“Angkor” or the “Company”) announces the commencement of the Company’s exploration on the Andong Bor copper gold porphyry property. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247409/angkor-resources-advances-exploration-at-andong-bor-cambodia/
Central bank, CMA roll out local-level ‘safe finance’ plan
The Kingdom’s central bank and the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) have jointly launched a project aimed at promoting financial literacy, consumer empowerment and consumer protections at the community level. ...
Yuth Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/central-bank-cma-roll-out-local-level-safe-finance-plan
US-ASEAN Business Council pledges more investment in Kingdom
Six major American corporations have committed to attracting US investment in Cambodia’s public infrastructure and transportation sectors to keep pace with the Kingdom’s socio-economic growth. The promise was made during a February 27 working meeting between a delegation from the US-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC) and Minister ...
Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/us-asean-business-council-pledges-more-investment-kingdom
CDC unveils 27 projects in Jan-Feb
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) notices issued year-to-February 28 reveal that it has greenlit 27 new private investment projects – 19 in textile-related sectors – worth a cumulative $198.2 million, which are expected to generate a total of 39,914 jobs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-unveils-27-projects-jan-feb
Sovannaphum Life CSR project reaches micro-entrepreneurial ventures through Lady Saving Group
Sovannaphum Life Assurance Plc, with its financial strength and trust, is making women’s economic empowerment its top corporate social responsibility (CSR) priority this year by financing small-scale businesswomen. ...
Stricter rules for Mekong river dolphin sanctuaries
The government has issued a sub-decree designating Mekong River Dolphin Management Areas in Stung Treng and Kratie provinces to protect and conserve the freshwater dolphins, while environmental and civil society officials said the sub-decree will make law enforcement more effective and may help increase their ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stricter-rules-mekong-river-dolphin-sanctuaries
Preah Sihanouk master plan reaches halfway mark
The work on the master plan to develop Preah Sihanouk province into a multi-purpose model Special Economic Zone has reached the halfway mark and has now entered the stage of review and recommendations at the technical level, according to Long Dimanche, the Deputy Governor of ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247134/preah-sihanouk-master-plan-reaches-halfway-mark/
Wildlife sanctuary chief dismissed for alleged misconduct
Minister of Environment Say Samal requested that the Mondulkiri provincial governor remove Han Sokhorn from his position as director of the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary office after determining that he was guilty of “professional misconduct”. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wildlife-sanctuary-chief-dismissed-alleged-misconduct
PM Hun Sen urges attention to boost tourism
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called on all stakeholders to pay high attention and do their best to boost the country’s tourism sector. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501246669/pm-hun-sen-urges-attention-to-boost-tourism/
SMEs continue to play an important role in the Cambodian economy
Small and medium enterprises (SME) contribute 98 percent of all businesses in Cambodian and contribute about 58 percent of the kingdom’s GDP. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501246777/smes-continue-to-play-an-important-role-in-the-cambodian-economy/
Cambodia seeks more cooperation with Singapore
Cambodia is seeking more cooperation on national security issues with Singapore. Prime Minister Hun Sen made the request when receiving Lau Peet Meng, Director of Security and Intelligence Division (SID) of Singapore, who paid a courtesy call on him at the Peace Palace yesterday. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247129/cambodia-seeks-more-cooperation-with-singapore/
Cambodia creates safe zones for rare Mekong River dolphins
Cambodia on Monday created Irrawaddy dolphin conservation and protection zones covering a 120-km-long stretch of the Mekong River in northeastern Stung Treng and Kratie provinces, according to a sub-decree. ...
Cambodianess staff
https://cambodianess.com/article/cambodia-creates-safe-zones-for-rare-mekong-river-dolphins
Forum tackles sexual harassment at work
Key stakeholders have gathered to discuss tackling the issue of sexual harassment and gender-based violence in the workplace ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-forum-tackles-sexual-harassment-at-work
Cambodia misses target of exporting 1m tons of rice
Hun Sen said on Monday Cambodia has not been successful in exporting one million tons of rice because of a lack of processing basics, including rice mills, dry ovens, and capital. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-misses-target-of-exporting-1m-tons-of-rice
Project aims to strengthen safe finance in communities
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) have rolled out a pilot campaign to promote financial literature, consumer empowerment and protection in Cambodian communities. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-project-aims-to-strengthen-safe-finance-in-communities
‘Cambodia to be main cashew exporter’
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Cambodia could become one of the main cashew nut producers and exporters in the world, and added the commodity has the potential but limitations of processing. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501246447/cambodia-to-be-main-cashew-exporter/
Nearly 2 million vehicles travel on Chinese-invested expressway in Cambodia in 5 months
Almost 1.9 million vehicles had travelled on the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway in the first five months since its opening to the public last October, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport said in a news release on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247347/nearly-2-million-vehicles-travel-on-chinese-invested-expressway-in-cambodia-in-5-months/