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Minister of Education vows to reduce COVID-19 impact on education system

The Minister of Education, Youth and Sports has stated that Cambodia is working to reduce the impact of Covid-19 on the education system by shifting to a multidisciplinary approach in the education system. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501012722/minister-of-education-vows-to-reduce-covid-19-on-education-system/

Interior ministry suggests seven anti-hacking tricks

The Ministry of Interior’s Department of Information Technology has presented seven tips to protect the security of computers and computer systems across the Kingdom to prevent hackers from trespassing and committing cybercrime.   ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-ministry-suggests-seven-anti-hacking-tricks

China talks for ‘pra’ fish exports kick off

The process to open market access for exporting Cambodian “pra” varieties of shark catfishes to China has begun in earnest, after officials from the two countries kicked off formal phytosanitary talks, far earlier than expected. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-talks-pra-fish-exports-kick

Retail fuel rates back on the rise

Retail fuel prices are ticking back up following a sorely needed moderation witnessed in November-December, as filling station owners report sharp declines in sales.   ...

Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/retail-fuel-rates-back-rise

E-commerce VAT from April 1: GDT

The government will start implementing the e-commerce value-added tax (VAT) from April 1, as the General Department of Taxation (GDT) updates a variety of technology systems for taxpayers.   ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/e-commerce-vat-april-1-gdt

The effects of the USD interest rate hike on Cambodian economy

Anticipation of the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike in March is putting developing economies on edge, a recent blog post by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated.   ...

https://www.phnompenhpost.com/special-reports/effects-usd-interest-rate-hike-cambodian-economy

Ministry of Agriculture and private partners sign MoU to build 10,000 green houses over next decade

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries continues to enact measures to develop Cambodia’s agricultural sector. The ministry and private partners announced the signing of the MoU for the construction of more green houses in the country. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501011542/ministry-of-agriculture-and-private-partners-sign-mou-to-build-10000-green-houses-over-next-decade/

JICA assesses infrastructure aid for CMAC in two provinces

The government of Japan, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has assessed the construction of buildings and infrastructure in Siem Reap and Kampong Chhnang provinces to serve the demining sector. ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501011964/jica-assesses-infrastructure-aid-for-cmac-in-two-provinces/

CDC okays $1.3 b multipurpose port in Kampot province

The Council for the Development of Cambodia has approved a massive investment project worth $1.3 billion to develop a logistics and multi-purpose port in Kampot, one of southern Cambodia’s coastal provinces. ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501010691/cdc-okays-1-3-b-multipurpose-port-in-kampot-province/

Cambodia and Vietnam clock trade volume of nearly $10 billion

The trade volume between Cambodia and Vietnam have touched nearly $10 billion last year despite the Covid fallout. This topic was figured during a recent meeting between Prime Minister Hun Sen and visiting Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son with both sides committing to cross ...

Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501011866/cambodia-and-vietnam-clock-trade-volume-of-nearly-10-billion/

Round 8 for gov’t cash handout programme

The government will extend a cash handout programme from January-March for an eighth round, to provide cash assistance for poor and vulnerable households that have been significantly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/round-8-govt-cash-handout-programme

Access to clean water ticks up 11.8%

The number of households nationwide with access to clean water reached 1,091,869 last year, up by 11.80 per cent from 976,621 in 2020, according to the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation. ...

Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/access-clean-water-ticks-118

S Rieng achieves sanitation, hygeine goals

Svay Rieng has become the first province to stop open defecation due to the commitment of the provincial and local authorities in raising awareness among the populace, according to the provincial Department of Rural Development.​​ ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/s-rieng-achieves-sanitation-hygeine-goals

CHRC, French envoys talk rights

The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) and the French embassy in Phnom Penh have pledged to deepen and improve relations between the two countries, especially on human rights cooperation, with both sides agreeing that this is an area that requires attention. ...

Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chrc-french-envoys-talk-rights

Use app to report road damage: ministry

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport on January 21 reiterated a call to the public to report road damage via the ministry’s “Road Care” app, to ensure prompt repair. ...

Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/use-app-report-road-damage-ministry

Mango exports surge 146% to 265K tonnes in 2021

The Kingdom exported nearly 265,230 tonnes of fresh mangoes and mango products in 2021, up by 146.3 per cent year-on-year, of which the Vietnamese market absorbed just under 199,636.7 tonnes, according to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries data. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mango-exports-surge-146-265k-tonnes-2021

Kep-Koh Tonsay Tourism Port open

The Kep-Koh Tonsay Tourism Port, a pier on mainland Kep town replacing an old one, was inaugurated on January 19, and is expected to greatly benefit the provincial economy, and go a long way to support the local tourism, agriculture and fisheries sectors. ...

Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kep-koh-tonsay-tourism-port-open

Kingdom-Japan trade groups to step up cooperation

he Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) and Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) in Cambodia have agreed in-principle to examine the possibility of signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the near future, to strengthen and deepen cooperation on investment and trade between the two nations. ...

Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-japan-trade-groups-step-cooperation

China buying frenzy bolsters fresh banana exports in 2021

Cambodia exported 423,168.97 tonnes of fresh bananas last year, up by 27.02 per cent over 2020, valued at $4,323,719,300, according to preliminary data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ General Directorate of Agriculture (GDA). ...

Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-buying-frenzy-bolsters-fresh-banana-exports-2021

Gov’t beefs up campaign to address malnutrition

The Ministry of Health will beef up its campaign on behaviour changes in the area of nutrition for mothers, babies and children, as 14 per cent of women at reproductive age are underweight while another 45 per cent are anaemic. ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-beefs-campaign-address-malnutrition

Illegal wildlife snares pose big challenges

The Ministry of Environment remain committed to enforcing laws against the illegal wildlife trade in Cambodia. It said that in 2021, rangers and partner NGO officials removed a total of 61,611 snares installed in natural protected areas. The ministry said the number of snares found ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-wildlife-snares-pose-big-challenges

Cambodia, Thailand say ‘no easy fix’ for Myanmar crisis

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has expressed serious concerns over the intense clashes in Loikaw – the capital of Myanmar’s Kayah State – between the military and armed opposition forces including the state’s largest ethnic minority militia. ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cambodia-thailand-say-no-easy-fix-myanmar-crisis

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