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Japan, Cambodia agree to work together on China’s maritime activities in South China Sea
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen in Phnom Penh on Sunday and agreed to work together on China’s maritime activities in the South China Sea and North Korean issues. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501045419/japan-cambodia-agree-to-work-together-on-chinas-maritime-activities-in-south-china-sea/
EuroCham Cambodia and GMAC ink agreement to better support European brands sourcing from Cambodia
EuroCham Cambodia and GMAC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will remain in force for an indefinite duration and defines a clear set of joint actions by the two associations for the coming years. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501045339/eurocham-cambodia-and-gmac-ink-agreement-to-better-support-european-brands-sourcing-from-cambodia/
Tea Banh urges speedy progress on land disputes
Minister of National Defence Tea Banh has urged the Koh Kong Provincial Administration to speed up the resolution of land disputes for the affected families and to prevent the problem from becoming more complicated. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tea-banh-urges-speedy-progress-land-disputes
Cambodia launches National Programme For Sub-National Democratic Development Phase 2 (2021-2030)
The National Programme for Sub-National Democratic Development Phase 2 (2021-2030) was officially launched yesterday under the presidency of Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501045431/cambodia-launches-national-programme-for-sub-national-democratic-development-phase-2-2021-2030/
NEC bans candidates illiterate in Khmer
The National Election Committee (NEC) has disqualified from the upcoming commune council election 20 Candlelight Party candidates who were discovered to be illiterate, according to a notice dated March 18. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/nec-bans-candidates-illiterate-khmer
Red Cross gifts 328 houses to veterans
The Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) on March 18 handed over more than 300 houses to veterans in “Bun Rany Sen Chey Damnak Trayoeng village”, Prangil commune, Phnom Kravanh district of southeastern Pursat province. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-cross-gifts-328-houses-veterans
Chaom Chao interchange opened to ease congestion
The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration temporarily opened the Chaom Chao interchange in the capital’s Por Sen Chey district, just east of the airport, for public use to ease traffic congestion ahead of its official inauguration set for March 31. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chaom-chao-interchange-opened-ease-congestion
PM to Cambodia, Saudi: Step up cooperation
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for Cambodia and Saudi Arabia to step up cooperation in economic sectors and other areas in the Southeast Asian Kingdom with lucrative prospects. ...
Mom Kunthear and Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-cambodia-saudi-step-cooperation
Cambodia, Vietnam to boost military co-op
Prime Minister Hun Sen encouraged the Cambodian and Vietnamese militaries to continue cooperation in maintaining security and safety along the two countries’ border and to seek additional means of collaboration for this purpose. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cambodia-vietnam-boost-military-co-op
Cambodia gets $428 million in aid and 1.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines pledge from Japan
In a joint press statement released by Cambodia last night, Japan has pledged $428 million in aid and more COVID-19 vaccines to Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501044767/cambodia-gets-428-million-in-aid-and-1-3-million-doses-of-covid-19-vaccines-pledge-from-japan/
Cambodia, Japan agree to ensure full implementation of RCEP free trade deal
Cambodia and Japan on Sunday agreed to ensure the full implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement for the benefit of all, according to a Cambodia-Japan joint statement. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501044760/cambodia-japan-agree-to-ensure-full-implementation-of-rcep-free-trade-deal/
Japan grants $4.3 million to support two key projects in Cambodia
The Government of Japan has agreed to extend a total of $4.3 million in grant aid to support two projects to boost rural renewable energies and transparency in local administrations in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501044753/japan-grants-4-3-million-to-support-two-key-projects-in-cambodia/
Ministry of Education signs MoU with Asia Foundation on further enhancing education sector
Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Asia Foundation president David D. Arnold on “Cooperation in the field of education” at the Ministry of Education. ...
China commits to donate 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Cambodia
Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced that China will provide 20 more million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for Cambodia, according to Kao Kim Hourn, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501044116/china-commits-to-donate-20-million-doses-of-covid-19-vaccines-to-cambodia/
Cambodia garment, footwear and travel goods (GFT) Sector Development Strategy 2022-2027 to be launched Monday
The Cambodia Garment, Footwear and Travel Goods (GFT) Sector Development Strategy 2022-2027” will be officially launched on Mar. 21. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501044129/cambodia-garment-footwear-and-travel-goods-gft-sector-development-strategy-2022-2027-to-be-launched-monday/
Cambodia receives nearly 140,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine under COVID-19 ASEAN Response Fund
Cambodia has obtained 139,200 doses of Pfizer vaccine under the COVID-19 ASEAN Response Fund. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501044459/cambodia-receives-nearly-140000-doses-of-pfizer-vaccine-under-covid-19-asean-response-fund/
China highlights ties with Cambodia
President Xi Jinping underlined on Friday the importance of keeping up the momentum of cooperation within BRICS and formulating a more comprehensive, closer, pragmatic, inclusive and high-quality partnership. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501044520/china-highlights-ties-with-cambodia/
Cambodia sees gains begin flowing from RCEP agreement
Cambodian Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak said on Monday that the trade deal is a key driver for economic recovery in the participating countries both during and after the pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501044513/cambodia-sees-gains-begin-flowing-from-rcep-agreement/
Bunong block bulldozers, allege illegal land clearing
Fifty indigenous people in Mondulkiri province on March 15 stopped the clearing of forest land in Sokdom commune’s Laoka village, claiming that the site was reserved for collective land registration of the Bunong indigenous community. They said that clearing the land will result in the ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bunong-block-bulldozers-allege-illegal-land-clearing
‘Cultural Landscape of the Bunong People’ named to international conservation advocacy programme
The “Cultural Landscape of the Bunong People” has been named to the 2022 World Monuments Watch, as one of 25 heritage sites deemed to be of worldwide significance, critical for the local community, and in urgent need of preservation. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cultural-landscape-bunong-people-named-international-conservation-advocacy-programme
Tax man cometh, Cambodia’s annual compliance obligations
With the 2022 year well under way most enterprises in Cambodia are turning their attention to their annual compliance obligations. There have been some recent changes and updates with respect to the annual compliance obligations for most enterprises in Cambodia. We have included the recent ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501043519/tax-man-cometh-cambodias-annual-compliance-obligations/
Herd of eight elephants spotted in Sre Pok Wildlife Sanctuary
A herd of eight elephants were spotted by conservationists from the Mondulkiri Provincial Department of Environment and WWF researchers yesterday in Sre Pok Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Royal Academy president Sok Touch on his Tonle Sap wetlands investigation
In 2021, at the behest of the government, Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) president Sok Touch studied and investigated the challenges facing the Tonle Sap Lake, which covers an area of 640,000ha. ...
AMS agree on working plan toward expediting regional economic recovery
ASEAN economic ministers ended their virtual 28th AEM Retreat on Wednesday, agreeing to charter ASEAN’s regional work plan for 2022 in setting priorities towards expediting regional economic recovery. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501043526/ams-agree-on-working-plan-toward-expediting-regional-economic-recovery/