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Interior ministry holds workshop on anti-WMD financing law
The virtual workshop was led by interior ministry secretary of state Bun Honn and attended by 377 officials and participants from 147 NGOs, according to the ministry’s press statement about the results of the workshop. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-ministry-holds-workshop-anti-wmd-financing-law
India promises military support, requests attache
Indian ambassador to Cambodia Devyani Khobragade has reiterated that her government is always ready to respond to the needs of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF). ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/india-promises-military-support-requests-attache
India to aid in temple restoration
A senior official of the Sambor Prei Kuk National Authority (SPKNA) said they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian government on a restoration project for Prison Temple – or Asram Moha Russei. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/india-aid-temple-restoration
France, Japan pledge 10-year support to ICC-Angkor
The governments of France and Japan – both co-chairs of the International Coordinating Committee for Safeguarding and Development of the Historic Site of Angkor (ICC-Angkor) – committed to continuing their support of conservation and sustainable development of the Angkor Archaeological Park for another 10 years. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/france-japan-pledge-10-year-support-icc-angkor
Cambodia, Pakistan to strengthen peacekeeping ties
Cambodia and Pakistan have committed to bring bilateral relations closer through the strengthening of cooperation in the peacekeeping sector. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cambodia-pakistan-strengthen-peacekeeping-ties
Japan and France, as Co-Chairs Of ICC-Angkor to continue support for another 10 years
Co-chairs of the International Coordinating Committee for the Safeguarding and Development of the Historic Site of Angkor (ICC-Angkor), France and Japan, have announced to continue supporting the conservation and sustainable development work for another ten years. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501048406/japan-and-france-as-co-chairs-of-icc-angkor-to-continue-support-for-another-10-years/
Longan exports to China soon
The agriculture ministry has urged longan growers and relevant private sector companies to register their plantations and packaging plants “as soon as possible” to be able to export the fruit to China, as negotiations on the export process reach their final stages. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/longan-exports-china-soon
Rubber latex, wood exports worth over $77M in Jan-Feb
Cambodia netted more than $77 million from rubber latex and wood exports in the first two months of 2022, according to data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery’s General Directorate of Rubber. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-latex-wood-exports-worth-over-77m-jan-feb
Mondulkiri wild honey earns protected GI status
The protected Geographical Indication (GI) of Mondulkiri wild honey will be officially celebrated on March 27 at the Sen Monorom Park in Moldulkiri province’s Sen Monorom town, according to the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mondulkiri-wild-honey-earns-protected-gi-status
Cambodia nets $611 million in rubber and rubberwood exports in 2021
Cambodia earned more than $77 million from the export of rubber and rubberwood in the first two months of this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501048075/cambodia-nets-611-million-in-rubber-and-rubberwood-exports-in-2021/
Chinese-built road facilitating travel flow, goods transport in SW Cambodia
Connecting Kampong Speu and Kandal provinces in southwest Cambodia, the Chinese-built National Road No. 51 is playing an important role in facilitating travel flow and transport of goods. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501048083/chinese-built-road-facilitating-travel-flow-goods-transport-in-sw-cambodia/
Cambodia, EU discuss Eurocodes for construction design standards
Cambodia and EU have discussed the Eurocodes which facilitate the harmonisation of the service market in the construction sector, eliminating technical obstacles to trade. ...
Bun Youdy reflects on three years at the National Commercial Arbitration Centre
Established by the 2006 Law on Commercial Arbitration, the National Commercial Arbitration Centre of Cambodia (NCAC) is an independent not-for-profit institution that aims to offer impartial and effective alternative dispute resolution. There are currently more than 60 arbitrators on the NCAC panel. ...
Personalised plates net more than $70 million
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport netted over $70 million from selling special and personalised vehicle licence plates from September 2016 to February this year. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/personalised-plates-net-more-70-million
Kingdom to have ‘at least 10’ EV stations by December
Cambodia aims to have “at least 10” operational electric vehicle (EV) charging stations nationwide by end-2022, in the capital and “key provinces”, according to the public works minister on March 22. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-have-least-10-ev-stations-december
Education ministry set to host ASEAN socio-cultural community meetings
The Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, which represents the the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) this year, will organise three key virtual meetings on March 28-30. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-ministry-set-host-asean-socio-cultural-community-meetings
Rubber market bouncing back up
Cambodia exported more than 48,000 tonnes of rubber to international markets in the first two months of the year, an increase of six per cent compared to the same period last year, netting more than $76 million, according to data released by the Ministry of ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-market-bouncing-back
1.4GW Stung Treng hydropower dam okayed in principle
The government has agreed in principle to a 1,400MW hydropower dam in Stung Treng province to be built jointly by local conglomerate Royal Group of Companies Ltd and China (Cambodia) Rich International Co Ltd. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/14gw-stung-treng-hydropower-dam-okayed-principle
Cambodia rubber exports revenue rises to $77m
Cambodia earned more than $77 million from the export of rubber and rubberwood in the first two months of this year, according to the General Directorate of Rubber. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501047328/cambodia-rubber-exports-revenue-rises-to-77m/
More that 800 forest crimes, land grabs and illegal wildlife hunting reported last year
There were 811 cases of forest crimes, land grabs, and illegal hunting of wildlife reported last year, and of the number 320 involved in forest crimes were fined while another 491 were taken to court. ...
Bilateral FTA, RCEP to boost Cambodia-Korea trade and investment
The Cambodia-Korea free trade agreement (CKFTA) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will boost trade and investment between Cambodia and South Korea. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501046838/bilateral-fta-rcep-to-boost-cambodia-korea-trade-and-investment/
Cambodia, EuroCham discuss mine action cooperation
Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and the European Chamber of Commerce of Cambodia (EuroCham Cambodia) have discussed a cooperation on mine clearance in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501047244/cambodia-eurocham-discuss-mine-action-cooperation/
69 mobile payment services spearhead Cambodia’s mobile payment transactions to $113.67 billion
The number of mobile payment users in Cambodia saw an increase by 42 percent to 13.6 million in 2021, according to the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), explaining that COVID-19 situation has encouraged more people to use electronic payments. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501047230/69-mobile-payment-services-spearhead-cambodias-mobile-payment-transactions-to-113-67-billion/
Authorities clamp down on illegal fishing on Tonle Sap lake
Authorities in provinces surrounding the Tonle Sap lake have stepped up clamping down on illegal fishing believed to have gone unchecked a day after Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered them to do so. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501047101/authorities-clamp-down-on-illegal-fishing-on-tonle-sap-lake/