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Cambodia’s Angkor $16 million in ticket sales for first five months
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archeological Park received 344,757 foreign tourists in the first five months of 2023, up 653 percent from 45,779 in the same period last year, said a press statement on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501303011/cambodias-angkor-16-million-in-ticket-sales-for-first-five-months/
Investment projects promise almost 80K new job opportunities
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) notices issued in the January-May period reveal that the government agency approved 61 new private investment projects – both inside and outside of special economic zones (SEZ) – totalling $516.64 million and set to deliver an estimated ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/investment-projects-promise-almost-80k-new-job-opportunities
Korean philanthropists build houses for the impoverished
South Korean philanthropists have constructed over 260 houses for residents in the Banteay Srei district of Siem Reap province. Working through the Cambofriend organisation, their efforts aimed to enhance local livelihoods while strengthening the friendship between the two nations. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/korean-philanthropists-build-houses-impoverished
‘CPP vow to strengthen national solidarity, will ensure peace’: Samrin
National Assembly President Heng Samrin, in his capacity as honorary president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), said his party remains dedicated to enhancing national unity, disregarding political affiliation, gender, religion, ethnicity, or social status. ...
Tith Reanu Pichet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-vow-strengthen-national-solidarity-will-ensure-peace-samrin
Rare wildlife species released at Angkor park attract tourists
The Apsara National Authority (ANA) has collaborated with the Forestry Administration and the Wildlife Alliance on a project aimed at reintroducing wildlife to the Angkor Archaeological Park. Since its inception in 2013, the project has successfully released over 40 animals, representing more than 10 rare ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rare-wildlife-species-released-angkor-park-attract-tourists
Public transport touted as congestion solution
Public transport has been proposed by several key ministries and institutions as the optimal solution to reduce environmental pollution, alleviate traffic congestion, and decrease costs. They suggest it will make bus and other public transport services more efficient and practical. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/public-transport-touted-congestion-solution
PM calling for labour rights, swift resolutions
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on provincial governors to safeguard workers’ rights and promptly address labour issues at the grassroots level, without waiting for intervention from the labour ministry. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calling-labour-rights-swift-resolutions
Cambodia, Vietnam sign trade enhancement pact
Cambodia and Vietnam signed a trade enhancement agreement to increase economic cooperation between the two countries. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501301992/cambodia-vietnam-sign-trade-enhancement-pact/
Cambodia’s 99.3% job rate among world’s best
Cambodia’s employment rate continued to be strong at 99.3 percent and remained one of the best in the world. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501301991/cambodias-99-3-job-rate-among-worlds-best/
Three-day leave for workers to vote in July 23 election
Authorities have ordered private businesses and employers to allow their staff a paid three-day leave to go to their home provinces and vote in the upcoming National Election. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501301998/three-day-leave-for-workers-to-vote-in-july-23-election/
In 7 months, Battambang province resolved 140 out-of-court disputes
Battambang Provincial Administration has mediated 140 cases of extrajudicial disputes in the last 7 months and confirmed commitment to resolve the issues. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2023-06-03-1024-250791.html
Cash transfers restart for suspended factory workers
The government, through the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, resumed cash transfer payments for factory workers whose contracts were suspended by their employers. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cash-transfers-restart-suspended-factory-workers
PM warns NGOS to submit financial reports or face closure
Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned that non-governmental organisations which fail to submit their financial statements, as required by law, would face being shut down. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-warns-ngos-submit-financial-reports-or-face-closure
Koh Kong families settle years-long land dispute involving U.K. sugar conglomerate
In Koh Kong province, 200 families embroiled in a conflict over land allegedly stolen by sugar producers in 2006 have finally reached a settlement in late 2022. The NGO Equitable Cambodia released a statement announcing the settlement this week. ...
Khuon Narim
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/koh-kong-families-settle-years-long-land-dispute-involving-u-k-sugar-conglomerate/
Indigenous peoples fear loss of lands after passage of new law
Bunong people in Mondulkiri’s Roya Leu community say they are gripped by the fear their customary lands will be taken from them. ...
Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/indigenous-peoples-fear-loss-of-lands-after-passage-of-new-law/
Kantha Bopha Hospital calls for $2.50 donations
Kantha Bopha Hospital has launched a campaign calling for donations of $2.50 per person to help sick and needy Cambodian children. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-phnom-penh-kuntha-bopha-hospital-calls-for-donations
NGOs and associations need to submit financial statements to Royal Government
All Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and associations need to summit their financial statements to the Royal Government routinely, if not they will be responsible before the law, said Prime Minister Hun Sen Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501301655/ngos-and-associations-need-to-submit-financial-statements-to-royal-government/
Cambodian wild aquatic products now get export permit to China
Cambodia’s wild aquatic products have been granted formal approval to be exported to China, the Chinese embassy in Cambodia said in a statement on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501301297/cambodian-wild-aquatic-products-now-get-export-permit-to-china/
Jan-Apr rubbers exports bounce up 38%: GDCE
Cambodia earned $206.728 million from the export of “rubber and articles thereof” in the first four months of 2023, up 38.0 per cent year-on-year from $149.808 million and up 22.7 per cent half-on-half (compared to July-October 2022) from $168.5 million, according to provisional Customs (GDCE) ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jan-apr-rubbers-exports-bounce-38-gdce
Financial experts promote digital literacy
The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) and Expert Leadership Innovation Exchange Organization (ELIX) are joining hands to promote digital literacy and capacity building, in support of the government’s policies on the Fourth Industrial Resolution (Industry 4.0) as well as the “Cambodia Digital Economy and ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/financial-experts-promote-digital-literacy
Tax agency asks Japan to fast-track DTA talks
The Cambodian tax chief on May 29 asked Tokyo to speed up talks on a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between the Kingdom and Japan, as Customs (GDCE) reported that their bilateral goods trade closed 2022 just shy of $1.95 billion, achieving a nearly one-eighth surge ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-agency-asks-japan-fast-track-dta-talks
Camera captures endangered serow
Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra displayed a photograph of a rare Sumatran serow (Capricornis sumatraensis sumatraensis), also known as the southern serow, that was captured by a camera trap in one of the Kingdom’s protected areas. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/camera-captures-endangered-serow
Annual Kantha Bopha fund drive underway
The Cambodia Kantha Bopha Foundation have announced the launch of its annual “10,000 riel, 10,000 donors” campaign on May 29. The campaign, which gives philanthropists of all levels the chance to support the foundation’s five hospitals, will run for 30 days. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/annual-kantha-bopha-fund-drive-underway
Ministry, nine schools join verification system
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with the Ministry of Environment and nine higher education institutions (HEIs). ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-nine-schools-join-verification-system