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COVID-19 pandemic not to affect ASEAN Summit and national development
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday morning said that even though Covid-19 new cases are still found in Cambodia, the pandemic will neither affect the ASEAN Summit in November nor the national development. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501167092/covid-19-pandemic-not-to-affect-asean-summit-and-national-development/
2027 extension for ‘Better Factories’ inspection regime
The government and the US-based International Labour Organisation (ILO) have agreed to continue their cooperation and renew their MOU that will extend the “Better Factories Cambodia” (BFC) 2023-2027 programme. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/2027-extension-better-factories-inspection-regime
NEC chair asks voters to check list
National Election Committee (NEC) chairman Prach Chan, in a video clip on the NEC’s official YouTube channel, has called on everyone eligible to ensure they are able to vote in next year’s national election. Verifying details and registering for this year’s voter list can at done ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-chair-asks-voters-check-list
Seventy families want titles on land claimed by Apsara authority
Around 70 Siem Reap families want local authorities to give them titles to land they say has been occupied by generations and more recently claimed by the military. ...
Khut Sokun
https://vodenglish.news/seventy-families-want-titles-on-land-claimed-by-apsara-authority/
AI and e-governance key to access information in digital world
UNESCO and Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology (CADT) are slated to hold talks on Access to Information 2022 on Friday, when panelists will discuss Artificial Intelligence (AI) and e-Governance, which they say can play an important role in improving access to information in the digital ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/ai-and-e-governance-key-to-access-information-in-digital-world
Kampot Int’l Tourism Port’s waterway set to be deepened: officials
The government is set to begin deepening of the Kampot International Tourism Port’s waterway and additional improvements “soon” to enable safer access for larger vessels, after the main construction work on the 4.25ha site was completed on June 30, according to Kampot provincial deputy governor ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kampot-intl-tourism-ports-waterway-set-be-deepened-officials
Conservation team detects 97 bird species in Cardamoms
A biodiversity research team from Conservation International (CI) Cambodia, in collaboration with Ministry of Environment specialists, is identifying bird calls recorded in the field by analysing the data collected from nearly 100 bird species. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/conservation-team-detects-97-bird-species-cardamoms
Cambodia imports oil, gas products worth $2.84 billion in first 9 months
Cambodia imported oil and gas products worth $2.84 billion in the first nine months of 2022, up 66 percent from $1.71 billion in the same period last year, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501166331/cambodia-imports-oil-gas-products-worth-2-84-billion-in-first-9-months/
Rangers crack down on 4,250 forestry crimes in eight months
Park rangers have cracked down on 4,250 cases, including land encroachments, in the first eight months of the year across the nation, according to officials. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501165926/rangers-crack-down-on-4250-forestry-crimes-in-eight-months/
Cambodia’s trade reach $41 billion, increase of 18 percent in first 9 months
Cambodia’s foreign trade volume reached $41 billion in the first nine months of 2022, up 18 percent from $34.76 billion in the same period last year, an official report showed on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501166339/cambodias-trade-reach-41-billion-increase-of-18-percent-in-first-9-months/
Investment framework key for SME sector's Covid-19 recovery
Khmer Enterprise must continue implementing co-investment frameworks and priority sectors for investment to grow the country’s SME sector in the wake of the pandemic, according to the Entrepreneurship Development Fund. ...
Bun Tharum
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-edf-khmer-enterprise-for-startup-sme
Average small business loan amount rises by 250%
Small business loans are dominating banks’ loan balances, with the average borrower in Cambodia lending between $2,800 and $9,600 – a 250 percent increase. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/average-small-business-loan-amount-rises-by-250
Cash scheme to decrease inflation burden
The government will launch a social protection scheme to give cash to those impacted by rising inflation. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cash-scheme-to-decrease-inflation-burden
Residents volunteering to move out of Angkor area receive level 1 IDPoor with urban rate
Households volunteering to move out of Angkor Archaeological Park to live in Run Ta Ek and Peak Sneng areas in Siem Reap province will receive each Level 1 IDPoor and the same allowance rate as in urban areas. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501165655/residents-volunteering-to-move-out-of-angkor-area-receive-level-1-idpoor-with-urban-rate/
Government asks residents in Preah Dak commune to block new construction and new entrants despite no demolition
The government has told residents in Preah Dak commune, Banteay Srei district, Siem Reap province, to help prevent new construction and newcomers, as well as to avoid using the land next to the Angkor sites as property or buying and selling, while claiming that there ...
Pa Sokheng
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/07/govt-asks-residents-in-preah-dak-commune-to-block-new-construction/
Residents of Angkor remain concerned about evictions despite government insistence on demolition and relocation in place
Some residents of the Angkor area in Siem Reap remain concerned about forced evictions, despite the government reaffirming that there will be no demolition and relocating them. ...
Prek Ta Kong villagers ask authorities to issue land titles due to rear of eviction
Sixty-five families in Prek Ta Kong village, Chak Angre Leu commune, Meanchey district, Phnom Penh, ask the authorities issue them land titles as soon as possible, as they have lived on the land for many years and fear “eviction” for further development reasons from seeing ...
Hun Sen asks Angkor protesters to ‘be calm’
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday denied plans to relocate thousands of residents from one area of the Angkor Archaeological Park following protests. ...
Pa Sokheng
https://vodenglish.news/hun-sen-asks-angkor-protesters-to-be-calm/
NagaCorp chief CEO’s son smashes casino striker’s phone, union says
A son of casino firm NagaCorp’s billionaire senior CEO has been accused by unionists of snatching and throwing to the ground a phone belonging to a striking employee of the company’s NagaWorld casino, with video also showing the identified executive lobbing a traffic cone at ...
Sovann Sreypich and Jack Brook
https://cambojanews.com/nagacorp-chief-ceos-son-smashes-casino-strikers-phone-union-says/
Son Chhay found guilty for defamation, ordered to pay CPP $750,000
The Phnom Penh court on Friday ordered opposition Candlelight Party vice president Son Chhay to pay the ruling CPP 3 billion riel ($750,000) in damages, finding him guilty of defamation for saying that voting fraud occurred during the June commune elections. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/son-chhay-found-guilty-for-defamation-ordered-to-pay-cpp-750000/
Electric gear, linked exports record shocking 64% jump
Cambodia exported $1.090 billion worth of electrical machinery and equipment and related products in the first eight months of 2022, up 64.18 per cent from the $663.585 million recorded over the same time in 2021, according to Customs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/electric-gear-linked-exports-record-shocking-64-jump
$20M collected as deadline looms for right-hand-drive tax payments
The General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) has collected $19.73 million in levies on previously-untaxed right-hand-drive (RHD) vehicles in the 90 days to October 4, in Phase II of its campaign to get owners of such vehicles to comply with their tax ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/20m-collected-deadline-looms-right-hand-drive-tax-payments
Canadian firm granted oil, gas exploration, production licence
The government has given the nod to EnerCam Resources Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Toronto-listed Angkor Resources Corp, for oil and gas exploration, development and production on southwestern Cambodia’s roughly 7,300sq km onshore Block VIII in the Kampong-Som Basin, the parent company reported on October ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/canadian-firm-granted-oil-gas-exploration-production-licence
Agriculture minister Veng Sakhon removed from office
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon was removed from his position on October 8, with immediate effect, according to a Royal Decree. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/agriculture-minister-veng-sakhon-removed-office