Government
1,000 luxury trees planted to mark the 70th anniversary of Cambodia-U.S. relations
Some 1,000 luxury tree saplings have been planted along National Road 6A from Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar roundabout to the boundary of Kandal province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718837/1000-luxury-trees-planted-to-mark-the-70th-anniversary-of-cambodia-u-s-relations/
Boosting ties between Kingdom and Timor-Leste
Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn received a courtesy call from Ermenegildo Kupa Lopes, the newly appointed Ambassador of Timor-Leste to the Kingdom of Cambodia yesterday in a bid to boost ties and relations between the two nations. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718684/boosting-ties-between-kingdom-and-timor-leste/
Cambodian sanctuaries home to critically endangered species
Environment Minister Say Samal on Tuesday said upon inspection on the conservation work in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, authorities reported the sanctuary is home to 60 species of rare and critically endangered animals and 25 species of carnivorous animals. The place was also recognised for ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718562/cambodian-sanctuaries-home-to-critically-endangered-species/
Eastern gate of Ta Prohm temple under renovation
APSARA Authority has approved the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to start the process of renovating the eastern gate of Ta Prohm Temple in Siem Reap province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718834/eastern-gate-of-ta-prohm-temple-under-renovation/
Carbon credits up in forests
Minister of Environment Say Sam Al has urged relevant stakeholders to take part in protecting and conserving natural resources in wildlife sanctuaries. This, he said, will facilitate carbon credit sales to raise money to support local communities. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/carbon-credits-forests
Further gold production on horizon for Cambodia
Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Ltd, a subsidiary of Australia-listed Emerald Resources NL, said it has raised more funds during the first quarter of the year, with more development activities towards gold production next year. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718690/further-gold-production-on-horizon-for-cambodia/
Ministry issues action projects for wastewater
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, has issued an action plan for wastewater management. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-issues-action-projects-wastewater
Officials deny forest-cutting claims
Forest activists conducted a 10-day forest crimes investigation in the Prey Lang region and claimed to have found more than 200 workers camping in five different locations cutting down about 2,000 trees. Authorities have denied the claim. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-deny-forest-cutting-claims
Lemongrass from Cambodia to the pots of the world
The update was provided by Veng Sakhon, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, who said that Cambodia can now export its lemongrass. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718292/lemongrass-from-cambodia-to-the-pots-of-the-world/
Draft law reviewed to curb money laundering
Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday held a meeting to review a draft law on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) in a bid to curb money laundering in the Kingdom. The move is motivated by the global money-laundering watchdog Financial Action ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718096/draft-law-reviewed-to-curb-money-laundering/
China seeks higher-level ties after pandemic ends
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called for higher level China-Cambodia relations after the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718093/china-seeks-higher-level-ties-after-pandemic-ends/
Chinese and Cambodian Armed Forces Joined Hands in Fighting COVID-19
On April 25, 2020, the Chinese Air Force transport plane, loaded with anti-pandemic materials, landed at Phnom Penh Airport again, bringing deep affection and good wishes from the 1.4 billion Chinese people and 2 million Chinese People’s Liberation Army officers and soldiers. ...
Li Jingfeng
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718168/chinese-and-cambodian-armed-forces-joined-hands-in-fighting-covid-19/
Leasing Industry registers 63 percent surge in 2019
The Central Bank has reported that the total value in the leasing industry was recorded at 1,169 billion KHR ($287million), an increase of about 63 percent in 2019 compared with the year before. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718028/leasing-industry-registers-63-percent-surge-in-2019/
Real estate boosted last year but likely to suffer this year
The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the real estate sector in Cambodia was estimated at more than $437.3 million in 2019, according to data from the just-issued National Bank of Cambodia’s (NBC) Annual Banking Supervision Report 2019. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718100/real-estate-boosted-last-year-but-likely-to-suffer-this-year/
Free-trade talks continue despite the pandemic
Cambodia is closer to inking trade deals with developed economies despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Seang Thay, a spokesperson at the Ministry of Commerce, told Khmer Times yesterday that the free-trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between Cambodia, South Korea, China and ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50717809/free-trade-talks-continue-despite-the-pandemic/
US training for rangers postponed
The Ministry of Environment said a standardised training programme for Cambodian rangers in collaboration with the US Department of State, US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US Forest Service (USFS) has been postponed amid the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-training-rangers-postponed
Government makes push for organic veggies
The government introduced an organic agriculture policy to boost production and export, according to a prakas from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Sunday. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-makes-push-organic-veggies
Minister urges China telecoms to build digital infrastructure
Newly appointed Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth urged two Chinese telecom giants – China Communication Construction Co Ltd (CCCC) and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd – to further invest in the Kingdom’s telecommunications infrastructure in a move to bring Cambodia into the full realm ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/minister-urges-china-telecoms-build-digital-infrastructure
Kandal police chief moved amid allegations of corruption
Kandal provincial police chief Eav Chamroeun has been moved to a new position amid allegations that he took bribes and engaged in other forms of corruption and immoral behaviour. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-police-chief-moved-amid-allegations-corruption
Kol: Political will needed to fight ‘graft’ in the Kingdom
Before former Transparency International Cambodia (TI Cambodia) executive director Preap Kol stepped down earlier this month, he delivered a 17-minute speech sharing his views on the fight against corruption in the Kingdom. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kol-political-will-needed-fight-graft-kingdom
China delivers plane-load of aid
China’s Ministry of Defence on Saturday donated 16 tonnes of medical supplies to Cambodia’s Ministry of Defence, consisting of 11 types of items worth some $1 million. ...
Niem Chheng
https://bit.ly/2VIXFhb
Forest community pilot projects to be launched
The Ministry of Environment is preparing to create a community fair to contribute to improving the living standards of communities and efficiently conserve natural resources. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-community-pilot-projects-be-launched
New NBC guidelines on financial institutions
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has requested financial institutions to reduce credit-related fees and lift fines until the end of December 2020, according to a letter it wrote. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50717330/new-nbc-guidelines-on-financial-institutions/
Six detained over forest clearing in Mondulkiri
Mondulkiri provincial court sent six people in pre-trial detention on Friday and Saturday on separate charges of deforestation and encroachment on natural protected areas, the provincial department of environment revealed. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50717269/six-detained-over-forest-clearing-in-mondulkiri/