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Bar owners remain in the dark while some call quits
Hospitality groups continue to call on the government to provide an exit strategy from the lockdown of the Kingdom’s bars, clubs and KTV’s – so struggling owners can implement business plans, but some are deciding to quit. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50737482/bar-owners-remain-in-the-dark-while-some-call-quits/
Animal husbandry to rise
Animal husbandry in Cambodia is projected to enjoy a slight increase of 1.1 percent this year. The growth rate will rise to 1.6 percent in 2021, according a recent report from the government. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50737483/animal-husbandry-to-rise/
Cambodia and China set to sign Mekong-Lancang Fund agreement
Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn and Wang Wentian, Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia are scheduled to sign the 7.2-million agreement on the cooperation projects of the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Special Fund at the ministry today, according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry statement. ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736925/cambodia-and-china-set-to-sign-mekong-lancang-fund-agreement/
PM Hun Sen says ‘budget balanced’
PRIME Minister Hun Sen yesterday stated that the Kingdom has brought the budget into balance, with current savings standing at $3.5 billion. The statement was made in response to doubts about whether or not Cambodia is telling the truth when claiming to have up to ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736883/pm-hun-sen-says-budget-balanced/
Construction suffers from low growth
In the light of COVID-19, however, the sector is estimated to have suffered negative rate growth of 5.3 percent in 2020 and is expected to hit a growth rate of 3.3 per cent next year, according to an updated report by the Ministry of Economy ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736882/construction-suffers-from-low-growth/
New capital international airport to employ 20,000
Prime Minister Hun Sen confirmed yesterday that the current Phnom Penh International Airport will be used only for the head of state, heads of local governments and Cambodian senior leaders, as a military airbase, for domestic flights, private jets and for diplomatic officials and foreign ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736826/new-capital-international-airport-to-employ-20000/
Cambodia exports two million tonnes of agricultural products in first five months
A total of 1.9 million tonnes of agricultural products have been exported in the first five months of this year, a 7 percent increase compared to the same period last year. Of the total exported agricultural products, milled rice was accounted for about 350,000 tonnes, ...
Chea Vannak/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736330/cambodia-exports-two-million-tonnes-of-agricultural-products-in-first-five-months/
Cambodian vegetables stand to gain EU market
Cambodia will seize the opportunity to export vegetables to EU market, a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries senior official Ngin Chhay has said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736081/cambodian-vegetables-stand-to-gain-eu-market/
E-payments, key to promoting financial inclusion
Cambodia has seen recent and rapid growth in digital and electronic payment services, where the platform is regarded as a key to promote the Kingdom’s financial inclusion. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736465/e-payments-key-to-promoting-financial-inclusion/
New Zealand offers $3.8m in mine clearance
The government of New Zealand has provided about $3.8 million in aid to support mine clearance projects in Cambodia. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736524/new-zealand-offers-3-8m-in-mine-clearance/
Phnom Penh construction investment hits $1.3 billion
Construction investment projects in Phnom Penh were recorded at more than $1.3 billion from January to May, officials said yesterday. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734807/phnom-penh-construction-investment-hits-1-3-billion/
Non-garment sectors predicted to remain healthy next year
The Kingdom’s non-garment industry is predicted to remain healthy next year, supported by the agriculture and services sector, according to the government’s national strategic budget plan 2021-2023. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734782/non-garment-sectors-predicted-to-remain-healthy-next-year/
Dozens of officials in four ministries have to vacate posts
Advisors, assistants, secretaries and other officials with equivalent positions at four ministries will lose their positions, according to a sub-decree obtained by Khmer Times yesterday. ...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734717/dozens-of-officials-in-four-ministries-have-to-vacate-posts/
Ministry holds consultations on draft tech crime law with US experts
The Ministry of Interior on Monday held an online consultation with representatives from the US Embassy and US technology companies regarding Cambodia’s draft cybercrime law. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734633/ministry-holds-consultations-on-draft-tech-crime-law-with-us-experts/
Governor commits to seeing a greener and cleaner capital
Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng yesterday committed to solving the ongoing problems of the capital as the rainy season arrives, including floods and poor garbage collection. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734634/governor-commits-to-seeing-a-greener-and-cleaner-capital/
Pressure to export several food products to China simultaneously
Cambodia wants China to have a full fruit package deal in negotiations concerning sanitary and phytosanitary issues to export agricultural products to the Chinese market. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734350/pressure-to-export-several-food-products-to-china-simultaneously/
Ministry calls for cashew nut processing factory
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has urged a company that has been farming cashew nut trees in Siem Reap, to invest in a processing factory because the government is considering establishing a cashew nut research centre. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734356/ministry-calls-for-cashew-nut-processing-factory/
Trimmer 2021 budget: Government plans 50 percent drop in spending
Amid the outbreak of the coronavirus the government plans to trim the 2021 state budget to around $4 billion, accounting for about a 50 percent drop from this year’s state budget, including an 11.3 percent drop for social affairs and 6.4 percent for general administration. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734167/trimmer-2021-budget-government-plans-50-percent-drop-in-spending/
Cambodia FM to have talks with Russian counterpart
Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will participate in the Special ASEAN-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on COVID-19 via video-conference to be held on the 17th of June at 2:00 in the afternoon. ...
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734117/cambodia-fm-to-have-talks-with-russian-counterpart/
Fifth meeting of China-Cambodia Inter-government Coordination Committee to convene
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia Hor Namhong will co-host the fifth meeting of the China-Cambodia Inter-government Coordination Committee via video calls today, according to an announcement from the Chinese foreign ministry. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734123/fifth-meeting-of-china-cambodia-inter-government-coordination-committee-to-convene/
Cambodia and Timor-Leste to foster agricultural cooperation
Minister of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon has encouraged stronger bilateral agriculture cooperation between Cambodia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50733638/cambodia-and-timor-leste-to-foster-agricultural-cooperation/
Cambodia, RoK to sign FTA soon
The Republic of Korea has said that it has made further progress in fleshing out details for the planned free trade agreement (FTA) with Cambodia as Seoul seeks to broaden economic ties with Southeast Asian nations and diversify its export portfolio. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50733332/cambodia-rok-to-sign-fta-soon-2/
PM forecasts economic contraction of 1.9 percent this year
Prime Minister Hun Sen recently predicted that the country’s economy may contract 1.9 percent this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a circular on budget planning for 2021-2023, he said Cambodia has recorded a strong fall in demand from its trading partners. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50733913/pm-forecasts-economic-contraction-of-1-9-percent-this-year/
Population of vultures on the decline, census shows
The Ministry of Environment joined the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) on Wednesday to conduct an annual census of vultures in five areas in Stung Treng, Mondulkiri, Ratanakkiri and Preah Vihear provinces. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/population-vultures-decline-census-shows