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SEZ operator to fully own construction JV
Stock-listed industrial-park operator Phnom Penh SEZ Plc (PPSP) will acquire the remaining 40 per cent of construction company Sahas E&C Co Ltd’s (Sahas) shares from its joint venture (JV) partner LCH for $1,172,514.82 after approval from the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) on ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sez-operator-fully-own-construction-jv
Financial leniency urged for buyers of boreys, condos
The government on March 22 issued a plea to developers of borey gated-communities and condominiums in Cambodia to ease some of the financial pressure facing customers to pay monthly installments until the end of March 2022, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/financial-leniency-urged-buyers-boreys-condos
60MW solar station in Battambang hooked to grid
A 60MW solar power station in northern Battambang province was commissioned and connected to the national grid last week. The solar farm is located in southwestern Thma Koul district’s Anlong Run commune and is invested by Shenzhen-listed Risen Energy Co Ltd. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/60mw-solar-station-battambang-hooked-grid
WWF Cambodia, ministry set to celebrate Earth Hour on Mar 27
The Ministry of Environment and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Cambodia) will this year take to social media to celebrate Earth Hour under the theme “Love Nature”. Environment ministry spokesperson Neth Pheaktra said the ministry would not hold a public gathering to celebrate the event ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wwf-cambodia-ministry-set-celebrate-earth-hour-mar-27
Warship on track for April salvage
If nothing changes, the team searching for unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the warship which was sunk in the Mekong River in Meanchey commune’s Veal village of Kampong Cham province’s Srei Santhor district during the Cambodian civil war in the 1970s, would be completed in late ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/warship-track-april-salvage
300,000 Sinopharm vaccine doses to arrive March 31
China is donating an additional 300,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine to the Cambodian military, Minister of Defence General Tea Banh said yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50829113/300000-sinopharm-vaccine-doses-to-arrive-march-31/
Ministry to launch new jobsite to boost employment
The Ministry of Labour will launch a new job website – WORKNET – on employment services and labour market information in Cambodia on April 8, to help Cambodians find jobs during the pandemic. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50829112/ministry-to-launch-new-jobsite-to-boost-employment/
Eight new community areas to be protected
Cambodia is to register eight new Community Protected Areas (CPAs) in order to protect and conserve natural resources in the country, according to the Ministry of Environment. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50829160/eight-new-community-areas-to-be-protected/
130 storks die due to suspected pesticides
Around 130 storks in Boeng Sne Tuol Porntaley, Prey Veng province, in Ba Phnom district’s Theay commune, have died between March 17 and Sunday, due to suspected poisoning by pesticides. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50828740/130-storks-die-due-to-suspected-pesticides/
Elderly to receive AstraZeneca vaccinations in Phnom Penh tomorrow
The Ministry of Health has announced that AstraZeneca vaccinations will be given to people aged over 60 across Phnom Penh’s 14 districts tomorrow. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50828536/elderly-to-receive-astrazeneca-vaccinations-in-phnom-penh-tomorrow/
Government preparing for garment workers’ vaccination
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MoLVT) has called for preparation for vaccination of garment workers, as the government prioritised them in the list of people to be vaccinated against the COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50829140/government-preparing-for-garment-workers-vaccination/
Koh Kong demands sanctuary creek fix
Koh Kong provincial officials have ordered local developer Leang Him to remove soil she used to illegally fill in a creek and mangrove forest in Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondul Seima district. Local authorities said the instructions were followed after Leang received an administrative ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-demands-sanctuary-creek-fix
Garlic becoming potential cash crop in Mondulkiri
Garlic is becoming another potential cash crop for Cambodia’s north-eastern province of Mondulkiri – thanks to the remarkable success of a pioneer farmer. The good news was shared recently in a Facebook post by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50827814/garlic-becoming-potential-cash-crop-in-mondulkiri/
Inclusion guide to aid 1.7M poor
The much-anticipated Inclusive Business Enabling Environment for Cambodia (IbeeC) strategy will be adopted soon to meet the needs of 1.7 million poor and low-income Cambodians by 2023, a wide-ranging virtual meeting conducted by the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation heard on March 18. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/inclusion-guide-aid-17m-poor
SME gets in-principle nod for IPO
The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) approved in principle the listing eligibility of a privately-owned small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) on its Growth Board, CSX vice-chairman Ha Jong-weon told The Post on March 22. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sme-gets-principle-nod-ipo
Bovine use in farm work falls
The increasing adoption of machinery in Cambodia drove down the use of bovines as draught power in the agricultural sector to below one per cent last year, a trend a senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries believes will extend into the ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bovine-use-farm-work-falls
ARDB seeks $30M more for SME loans
Agriculture and Rural Development Bank of Cambodia (ARDB) expects to receive an additional $30 million from the government for special-purpose loans to keep the Kingdom’s smaller businesses afloat amid the ongoing economic duress of Covid-19, according to the state-owned bank’s director-general Kao Thach. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ardb-seeks-30m-more-sme-loans
Officials probe death of wild birds at Prey Veng sanctuary
Experts from the Prey Veng provincial Department of Environment are searching for and collecting dead wild birds in the Tuol Porn Taley Boeung Sne conservation area to determine the cause of death after villagers and local authorities reported that hundreds of birds had died for ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-probe-death-wild-birds-prey-veng-sanctuary
Centuries-old trees to be preserved
After the discovery of about 100 large, centuries-old trees in Keo Seima wildlife sanctuary in Mondulkiri province, Ministry of Environment officials and rangers have set up protection and conservation measures to protect. ...
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/centuries-old-trees-be-preserved
Report reveals snags for women, youth on path to leadership roles
Transparency International (TI) Cambodia on March 19 released a survey report on the challenges of women and youth in leadership roles in Cambodia. The report recommended the government, NGOs, relevant ministries and institutions to promote women and youth in decision-making positions. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-reveals-snags-women-youth-path-leadership-roles
‘Allied action required for digital shift’
Cambodia continues to face a multitude of challenges as digital payments and solutions graduate from a niche business to a key segment in the Kingdom’s development strategy, according to National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) assistant governor Chea Serey on March 17. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/allied-action-required-digital-shift
Worldbridge, Singapore’s Union Gas set to form joint venture, supply LPG in Kingdom
Singapore-listed Union Gas Holdings Ltd has signed a non-binding letter of intent (LoI) with Worldbridge Industrial Developments Co Ltd (WBID) to form a joint venture company (JVCo) to supply and distribute liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the Kingdom. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/worldbridge-singapores-union-gas-set-form-joint-venture-supply-lpg-kingdom
PPAP to reorganise LM17 terminal, sets new container rules
The stock-listed Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) is set to give the LM17 container terminal just east of the capital a much-needed layout overhaul to relieve congestion. The river-port operator said this in a March 3 statement signed by director-general Hey Bavy and released to ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppap-reorganise-lm17-terminal-sets-new-container-rules
Environment ministry, CYN launch ‘Forest Restoration' campaign
The Ministry of Environment, relevant institutions and the Cambodian Youth Network (CYN) on March 21 launched an online Cambodian forest projection campaign to celebrate World Forest Day under the theme “Forest Restoration” to show the public the importance of forests for mankind. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-ministry-cyn-launch-forest-restoration-campaign