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New Pursat governor vows to continue using out-of-court solutions
Pursat is the first successive province in using out of court solutions, and the new governor, Khoy Rida has vowed to apply mediation to resolve cases for the people. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501251768/new-pursat-governor-vows-to-continue-using-out-of-court-solutions/
$230M hydropower dam to start construction in Pursat province
The construction of $230 million Stung Pursat hydropower I dam with a capacity of 80 megawatt is set to break ground soon, after the ground preparation at the construction site has been made since last year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501251643/230m-hydropower-dam-to-start-construction-in-pursat-province/
Cambodia’s apparel exports to Japan grow further in 2022 to more than $1.2 billion
Cambodia’s apparel exports to Japan have continued to grow for the second consecutive year in 2022, despite a dip in shipments in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the shipment increased to $1,201.698 million after a recovery in 2021. Notably, the exports recorded ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501252053/cambodias-apparel-exports-to-japan-grow-further-in-2022-to-more-than-1-2-billion/
Salt off to a shaky start as weather disappoints
Less-than-ideal rainfall patterns in January and early February have kept salt production in Kampot province at a pretty low level this season, or below two kilotonnes by some approximations, whereas an estimated 70-100 kilotonnes per annum are required to meet domestic consumption demand. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/salt-shaky-start-weather-disappoints
Canada firms exploring Andong Bor copper-gold licence
Toronto-listed Angkor Resources Corp last week announced that it has begun exploring and developing the 100sq km Andong Bor copper-gold porphyry licence, which straddles the districts of Banteay Ampil and Chong Kal in Oddar Meanchey province’s southwest as well as Phnom Srok in northeastern Banteay ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/canada-firms-exploring-andong-bor-copper-gold-licence
Cambodia-Indonesia trade logs nearly two-fold on-year increase
Indonesia was perhaps the brightest spot in Cambodia’s merchandise trade over January, with formal imports from and exports to the archipelago nation collectively clocking in at $88.045 million, marking a 95.87 per cent increase over the same month in 2022, according to Customs (GDCE). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-indonesia-trade-logs-nearly-two-fold-year-increase
Siem Reap airport to close after new one opens
After the new Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI) opens in October, the existing complex serving the northwestern province will be “completely closed”, according to State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) spokesman Sin Chansereyvutha. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/siem-reap-airport-close-after-new-one-opens
Personalised plates rake in $28M
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport held an event marking the third anniversary of personalised number plates for vehicles being introduced to the Kingdom. In the past three years, the ministry has generated around $28 million from the sales of personalised plates and another ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/personalised-plates-rake-28m
Center to increase women journalists’ safety and access to legal aid to launch
The Women’s Media Center (WMC) will start this month after receiving funding from the British government via UNESCO for one year to improve and promote safety for female journalists in the country. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-center-to-increase-women-journalists-safety-access-to-legal-aid
Kids encouraged to read ahead of National Reading Day
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) Hang Chuon Naron on Monday urged parents to bring their kids to participate in reading events, read more at home rather than playing games as the National Reading Day approaches. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-kids-encouraged-to-read-ahead-of-national-reading-day
Suspended factory workers to receive allowances, says PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday that the government will provide allowances to 32,000 factory workers, including 26,000 women, who have lost their jobs due to factory suspensions amid declining orders. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-suspended-factory-workers-to-receive-allowances-says-pm
‘Colour revolution’ warning stems from bitter past: Eysan
Analysts are at odds over Prime Minister Hun Sen’s remarks regarding protecting the Kingdom’s hard-won peace and the government’s policy that there can be no forgiveness for those who threaten peace through “revolutionary acts”. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/colour-revolution-warning-stems-bitter-past-eysan
Transport minister backs Siem Reap electric bus study
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has expressed its support a pre-feasibility study on the use of electric buses in Siem Reap town and province. The case study, which was prepared by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), will be used as model for ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/transport-minister-backs-siem-reap-electric-bus-study
Cambodia promotes tourism at world’s leading travel trade show
BERLIN, GERMANY: A delegation from Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism is at one of the world’s largest travel trade shows, ITB Berlin, to drive business from Europe into the country. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-promotes-tourism-at-worlds-leading-travel-trade-show
Kampong Speu needs factory workers, unemployed told
Kampong Speu Provincial Governor Vei Samnang yesterday called on workers who have lost their jobs to work in factories in Kampong Speu province, which are short of manpower. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501251049/kampong-speu-needs-factory-workers-unemployed-told/
Cambodia, Vietnam interior ministries sign ‘23 co-op plan
The Cambodian Ministry of Interior and Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security have signed an agreement that will see them strengthen their bilateral cooperation, according to the state-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA). ...
June target for trial operation of Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport
The construction of Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport has been now 86 percent complete, and the new airport in Siem Reap province is expected to be put into trial use in June this year and into official operation by October. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501250489/june-target-for-trial-operation-of-siem-reap-angkor-international-airport/
China-Cambodia joint construction of Belt and Road, a new paradigm of international relations
In February, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen paid an official visit to China. He braved adverse conditions to visit the country three years ago and stood firmly with the Chinese in their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic shortly after its outbreak. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501250529/china-cambodia-joint-construction-of-belt-and-road-a-new-paradigm-of-international-relations/
Japan gifts primary schools, prosthetic limbs in grants
Japan has signed an agreement to provide over $300,000 in grants for the construction of primary school buildings and the procurement of prosthetic limbs and physiotherapy equipment in Oddar Meanchey, Kratie and Phnom Penh. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-gifts-primary-schools-prosthetic-limbs-grants
Bassac-Kampot waterway study to be completed soon
Goods transportation via the Tonle Bassac river to Kampot province’s seaport will boost Cambodia’s inland waterway transport sector on the international stage and bring greater benefits to the national economy as a feasibility study on the project will be soon completed. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501249576/bassac-kampot-waterway-study-to-be-completed-soon/
Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority to meet clean water demand
The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, under the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation, is expanding the capacity of water supplies and building new water treatment plants to meet the increasing demand for pipe water as urbanisation development and business activities rise. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501249575/phnom-penh-water-supply-authority-to-meet-clean-water-demand/
Ecotourism gives ethic community new hope
Ecotourism has turned a struggling community into one with higher incomes, an upgraded road and new school and health services. ...
Sok Haingkheang
https://cambodianess.com/article/ecotourism-gives-ethic-community-new-hope
Environmental activists align with government, launch new mother nature NGO
A former member of the prominent environmental group Mother Nature apologized to the government, denounced his former organization and announced he would start a new NGO with the same name in a video on February 28. ...
Khuon Narim and Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/environmental-activists-align-with-government-launch-new-mother-nature-ngo/
Cambodia’s indigenous peoples struggle with digital literacy on eve of elections
Lek Karry has been using a smartphone for nearly two years but the grade 12 student admits she still struggles to distinguish between real and fake information online. ...