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Paddy exports surge as milled rice sales falter
Cambodia earned over $685 million from rice exports to international markets in the first eight months of 2021, as the volume of paddy sold abroad nearly doubled year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/paddy-exports-surge-milled-rice-sales-falter
Digital tech deal to change the transport game: Loba
The top logistics industry body has struck a deal with a digital technology association that is tailored to better position the freight sector to drive growth and slash delivery times and operating costs, according to the former’s chief. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/digital-tech-deal-change-transport-game-loba
Business bodies to up Cambodia-Thai trade, investment
Cambodia Business Council in Thailand (CBC) and Thai Business Council in Cambodia (TBCC) entered into an official partnership to promote trade and investment between the two neighboring Southeast Asian nations. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/business-bodies-cambodia-thai-trade-investment
DBD becomes Growth Board’s first listing
DBD Engineering Plc, a local multi-purpose engineering and construction firm, went public via initial public offering (IPO) on the Cambodia Securities Exchange’s (CSX) Growth Board on September 6. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/dbd-becomes-growth-boards-first-listing
Cambodia’s top diplomat heads for official visit in the Republic of Korea
Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, left here last night to pay an official visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK) and co-chair the 11th Mekong-ROK Foreign Ministers Meeting. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930439/cambodias-top-diplomat-heads-for-official-visit-in-the-republic-of-korea/
ASEAN Secretary General expresses full support for Cambodia as ASEAN Chair 2022
The ASEAN General Secretariat has voiced its full support and will provide close cooperation for Cambodia as the Chair of ASEAN in 2022. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930432/asean-secretary-general-expresses-full-support-for-cambodia-as-asean-chair-2022/
Cambodian embassy to organise a webinar on “Connecting Digital Opportunities between Thailand and Cambodia”
The Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Bangkok will organise a Webinar on “Connecting Digital Opportunities between Thailand and Cambodia” this week, in cooperation with the Department of East Asian Affairs, Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Studies Centre (ISC). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930394/cambodian-embassy-to-organise-a-webinar-on-connecting-digital-opportunities-between-thailand-and-cambodia/
AFD provides $1.8m grant to protect rubber sector in Cambodia
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Cambodian General Directorate of Rubber on Friday signed an agreement for a $1.8 million (1.5 million euro) regional grant to anticipate the possible effects of climate change and agricultural labour scarcity within the rubber industry in Southeast ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930382/afd-provides-1-8m-grant-to-protect-rubber-sector-in-cambodia/
Construction of first deep port terminal at Sihanoukville rescheduled for 2022
The construction of the first phase of deep-water port terminal of listed Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) has been delayed till next year and is set to complete by 2025, according to the port’s senior official. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930380/construction-of-first-deep-port-terminal-at-sihanoukville-rescheduled-for-2022/
Sihanoukville to reopen five schools on September 13
Kouch Chamroeun, Governor of Preah Sihanouk Province, chaired a meeting to discuss the implementation of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports’ guidelines on teaching and learning in bulk for public educational institutions and Private in Preah Sihanouk Province, low risk, with the participation of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930508/sihanoukville-to-reopen-five-schools-on-september-13/
50,000 domestic tourists counted in first weekend of September
A total of 51,042 tourists were registered in the first weekend of September, according to Minister of Tourism Thong Khon. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930413/50000-domestic-tourists-counted-in-first-weekend-of-september/
More Cambodian farm produce enters Vietnam
Cambodia exported much bigger volumes of agricultural products to Vietnam in the first eight months of this year, said the Vietnam Trade Office in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930456/more-cambodian-farm-produce-enters-vietnam/
Is Cambodia on track to open for tourism in November?
With Phnom Penh becoming the most vaccinated city in Southeast Asia, moves are by the Ministry of Tourism and other related sub committees to formulate a workable plan within Cambodia’s tourism and investment sectors to work towards a possible reopening of borders for fully vaccinated ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930468/is-cambodia-on-track-to-open-for-tourism-in-november/
Right-hand drive vehicles no longer allowed after June 2022
A senior official at the Council of Ministers warned owners of right-hand drive vehicles that they must change their vehicles over to left-hand drive by June, 2022, or risk having them seized and destroyed. He also noted that beginning in 2021 all privately owned vehicles ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/right-hand-drive-vehicles-no-longer-allowed-after-june-2022
City Hall upgrading anti-flooding system
The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration is increasing the water capacity of Boeung Tompun pumping station and is rehabilitating certain canals to manage flooding in Meanchey, Tuol Kork, Sen Sok and Por Sen Chey districts. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-hall-upgrading-anti-flooding-system
Unions to request 11.6% raise to minimum wage
Seventeen union representatives from the Wage Negotiation Working Group have agreed to negotiate for a $22.20 increase in salaries for textile, garment and footwear workers for 2022. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-request-116-raise-minimum-wage
CMAC clearing Koh Ker temple complex
The National Authority for Preah Vihear (NAPV) will cooperate with the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) to begin a joint operation to clear mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in two areas located in the Koh Ker temple complex in Preah Vihear province. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-clearing-koh-ker-temple-complex
Schools set for reopening
Provincial and local authorities are occupied with preparations to reopen schools with many institutions expected to begin lessons, at least for a trial period, next week before a full-scale reopening. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/schools-set-reopening
RAC breeding buffalo at Preah Vihear park
The Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) is continuing its efforts at buffalo conservation in the Kingdom with a total of 120 buffaloes having now been donated to the academy to be raised at its Techo Sen Russey Treb Park in Preah Vihear province’s Chheb district. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rac-breeding-buffalo-preah-vihear-park
Kampot proposes live fire grounds
The Kampot Provincial Administration is preparing a proposal to the Ministry of National Defence through the Army Command to register nearly 30ha of land in Koh Touch commune’s Prek Ampil Village of Bokor town as a live fire training ground for the Kampot military operational ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampot-proposes-live-fire-grounds
Ministry issues instructions for safe Pchum Ben, Kathen
The Ministry of Cults and Religions has issued instructions for the upcoming Pchum Ben and Kathen festivals that adhere to pandemic health measures in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-issues-instructions-safe-pchum-ben-kathen
Journey to job-starved Thailand or brave financial pinch at home – migrant workers face up to Covid double bind
Due to the recent outbreak of Covid-19 in Thailand, tens of thousands of Cambodian migrant workers have returned home out of fear of the disease and in many cases due to the loss of their jobs. ...
Investing wisely in the securities market using Buffett’s time-tested techniques
Investing in the stock exchange can be a successful way of making money, whether as a source of additional cash to supplement income, generating “passive income” or even in achieving “financial freedom”. ...
Three thousand cattle now vaccinated for skin disease
The lumpy skin disease (LSD) vaccination working group has vaccinated about 3,000 cattle since the campaign started throughout the country in late August, according to Animal Health and Production director-general Tan Phannara. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-thousand-cattle-now-vaccinated-skin-disease