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$9.6 billion 2023 national budget approved
The Council of Ministers has approved a draft budget for 2023 of 39,206,205 million riels, or $9.6 billion, a 13 percent increase on 2022. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/96-billion-2023-national-budget-approved
Capital-Sihanoukville expressway tolls discounted 20% for first year
The Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway will open as a toll road from November 1, with the company administering the highway – China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) – declaring a 20 per cent discount on all tolls for the first year of operations. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-sihanoukville-expressway-tolls-discounted-20-first-year
Nearly 100 indigenous peoples in Mondulkiri province protest against authorities who taken their land
Nearly 100 indigenous people in Sen Monorom commune, Oreang district, Mondulkiri province, protested in front of the commune hall on Wednesday against authorities cutting their 255 hectares of land to Oknha. ...
Financial Technology exhibit on way
The Ministry of Economy and Finance will organize its first ever ‘Fintech Stage’ exhibition in Cambodia to promote the digital economy. The Fintech Stage will join the Cambodia Tech Expo 2022, to be held from November 11-13 at the Koh Pich Convention and Exhibition Centre. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/financial-technology-exhibit-way
New Tonle Sap eco-tourism network to be established soon
The “Tonle Sap Eco-Tourism Network” will be established on the occasion of the 3rd National Ecotourism Forum on November 21 and 22 2023, said Minister of Tourism Thong Khon, on October 27, at the closing ceremony for a workshop on the establishment of the forum, ...
Keo Kereya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-tonle-sap-eco-tourism-network-be-established-soon
Energy minister: 98.5 per cent of homes connected to national grid
Minister of Mines and Energy Suy Sem said electricity now reaches 98.5 per cent of Cambodia’s over 14,000 villages; with only a small percentage of isolated households remaining off the national grid. ...
Keo Kereya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/energy-minister-985-cent-homes-connected-national-grid
Kampong Speu factory workers get day-care centres
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport on October 27 formally inaugurated four day-care centres for the children of factory workers in Kampong Speu province. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-factory-workers-get-day-care-centres
GMAC mobilising support for mine clearance
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has pledged to mobilise support from around 700 of its member companies for demining work in Cambodia, with a fund-raising event scheduled for November 17. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gmac-mobilising-support-mine-clearance
Interior ministry issues reminder to renew expired ID cards
Around 1.7 million national identification cards had expired by July this year, prompting the Ministry of Interior to call for those holding expired ID cards to renew them within the next 90 days to ensure their validity, especially for use in the next year’s general ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-ministry-issues-reminder-renew-expired-id-cards
Preah Vihear irrigation pond project promising
The Sansom Mlup Prey Organisation (SMP) has dug a total of three ponds as part of its pilot project on wildlife-friendly community irrigation ponds in the Kulen Prom Tep protected area in Preah Vihear province, where most residents depend on agriculture and often face water ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-irrigation-pond-project-promising
Major expressway accord inked ‘Nov 9’
The government plans to sign a framework agreement with Beijing on November 9 on concessional financing for the construction of the Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway, the second of its kind in the Kingdom, after the first high-speed thoroughfare connecting the capital to the coastal Sihanoukville. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/major-expressway-accord-inked-nov-9
Survey finds VAT issues as major concern
The Majority of participants in a survey conducted by the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (EuroCham) have reported that they experienced issues with regard to Value Added Tax (VAT) that included non-issuance of refunds. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175671/survey-finds-vat-issues-as-major-concern/
GDT’s tax collection target for 2023 up by $750M
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has been given a stiff tax collection target of $3.5 billion for next year, $750 million more than the current year’s budget target, said Kong Vibol, Minister attached to the Prime Minister and Delegate of the Royal Government in ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175487/gdts-tax-collection-target-for-2023-up-by-750m/
India provides four mine-detection dogs to Cambodia
The Government of India has donated four mine-detection dogs and materials to the National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces, Mines and Explosive Remnants of War Clearance (NPMEC) for its humanitarian activities. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501176543/india-provides-four-mine-detection-dogs-to-cambodia/
Cambodian NA President: APPF plays key role in maintaining peace and stability
The Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) has been playing a key role contributing to maintain peace, stability, progress and prosperity for the people in the region and around the world. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501176529/cambodian-na-president-appf-plays-key-role-in-maintaining-peace-and-stability/
Minister reaffirms government’s commitment to promote press freedom
Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith said the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) is always committed to improving the respect of press freedom and freedom of expression as enshrined in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501176536/minister-reaffirms-governments-commitment-to-promote-press-freedom/
Prey Veng an open defecation-free province after Svay Rieng
Prey Veng became an open defecation-free province yesterday following Svay Rieng province. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175608/prey-veng-an-open-defecation-free-province-after-svay-rieng/
GDT’s tax collection target for 2023 up by $750M
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has been given a stiff tax collection target of $3.5 billion for next year, $750 million more than the current year’s budget target, said Kong Vibol, Minister attached to the Prime Minister and Delegate of the Royal Government in ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175487/gdts-tax-collection-target-for-2023-up-by-750m/
Cambodia, South Korea trade up 14 percent
The bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea reached $818 million in the first nine months of this year, up 13.8 percent compared with the same period last year, according to a report of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) issued this week. ...
Chea Vanyuth
http://khmertimeskh.com/501175675/cambodia-south-korea-trade-up-14-percent/
Ministry of Interior finalising draft law on cybercrime
The draft law on cybercrime is in its final stages and in the process of being discussed with all stakeholders involved, including experts from US, said Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, on Tuesday. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175483/ministry-of-interior-finalising-draft-law-on-cybercrime/
Online media literacy forum gives youths digital savvy
The establishment of the Media & Information Literacy Network Cambodia (MIL-KH) is an important step towards providing problem-solving and critical thinking skills to young Cambodians to help them safely use digital communications, according to Oung Chanthol, executive director of the Women’s Media Centre of Cambodia ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/online-media-literacy-forum-gives-youths-digital-savvy
UNESCO enlists ministry’s help on digital training project
UNESCO in Cambodia is seeking support from Minister of Interior Sar Kheng for a digital project in the education sector. ...
Vann Sak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unesco-enlists-ministrys-help-digital-training-project
Sea tourism sports recreation site to be established in Sihanoukville
A company branded Le Soleil Meilan International Travel Co., Ltd. is interested in establishing sea tourism sports recreation site in Sihanoukville. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175896/sea-tourism-sports-recreation-site-to-be-established-in-sihanoukville/
2.2 million Cambodian children exposed to high heatwave frequency
Cambodia is one of the countries currently affected, with 2.2 million children – or 37.1 percent of the total child population – exposed to high heatwave frequency, pointed out a UNICEF’s press release issued yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175840/2-2-million-cambodian-children-exposed-to-high-heatwave-frequency/