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ARDB loans set for rice sector
The state-owned Agricultural and Rural Development Bank of Cambodia (ARDB) announced that it has reserved a large number of financial packages of working capital loans for rice millers and exporters to buy paddy from farmers during the upcoming harvest season, in a bid to push ...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/ardb-loans-set-rice-sector
Road tax can now be paid through GDT app
Vehicle owners can now pay road tax on their mobile devices through the GDT Taxpayer App, after the latest update, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Taxation (GDT) on July 30. ...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/road-tax-can-now-be-paid-through-gdt-app
NBC and NSSF joining hands in investment management
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) have entered into a partnership on social security planning, investment management and human resource development. ...
May Kunmakara
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-and-nssf-joining-hands-investment-management
Ministry deploys 50 waste incinerators
The Ministry of Environment has asked people to cooperate in the proper sorting and packaging of solid waste to avoid rubbish being discarded in public places which affects people’s health and the environment. ...
Voun Dara
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-deploys-50-waste-incinerators
Sokhonn, Blinken to co-chair summit
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will co-chair the second Mekong-US Partnership Ministerial Meeting, which will be held on August 3 via video conference. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/sokhonn-blinken-co-chair-summit
50 solid waste incinerators ‘equipped’ in 21 provinces
The Ministry of Environment is onto providing skills training on best practices for solid waste management to relevant provincial authorities besides giving additional equipment to achieve sustainable waste management. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907242/50-solid-waste-incinerators-equipped-in-21-provinces/
Government considering reducing public investment projects
The Cambodian government is considering reducing the number of approved public investment projects in a budgetary move to preserve funds for use fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907215/government-considering-reducing-public-investment-projects/
China committed to provide medical aid to end the pandemic
On Sunday, the Chinese Embassy announced that China is committed to be a solid backbone for providing vaccines for the campaign drives in Cambodia and firmly supports the Cambodian government in its fight against Covid-19. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907260/china-committed-to-provide-medical-aid-to-end-the-pandemic/
Kingdom produces 137kg of gold dore bars
Australian miner Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Ltd has produced 137kg dore bars with 90 per cent gold solution, in just over a month since it kicked off commercial operations of its flagship gold mine in northeastern Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen on ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-produces-137kg-gold-dore-bars
GFX spurns meeting set with gov’t and victims
Embattled derivatives brokerage GoldFX Investment Co Ltd (GFX) was a no show at a tripartite meeting with victims that had been scheduled for Friday. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907147/gfx-spurns-meeting-set-with-govt-and-victims/
CDC approves $71 million in new investments to create 9,500 jobs
Eight new projects worth $71.4 million have been approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). The new projects will create over 9,500 jobs at a critical juncture in the Kingdom’s economic recovery. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50906237/cdc-approves-71-million-in-new-investments-to-create-9500-jobs/
Rice exports plunge 27 percent but demand from China and Vietnam rises
Cambodia’s overseas rice shipments tumbled 27.3 percent Jan-July, compared with a year earlier. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907302/rice-exports-plunge-27-percent-but-demand-from-china-and-vietnam-rises/
Focus shifts to onshore oil and gold mining as offshore exploration stumbles
The Kingdom has a golden future in spite of the crude reality that there may be no more oil extracted from its waters in the near term, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907152/focus-shifts-to-onshore-oil-and-gold-mining-as-offshore-exploration-stumbles/
Three dogs successfully trained to sniff C-19
Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) director-general Heng Ratana told Khmer Times yesterday that three sniffer dogs were successfully trained to detect the Covid-19 virus. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907243/three-dogs-successfully-trained-to-sniff-c-19/
Cambodia marks World Ranger Day
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Cambodia) regards the Ministry of Environment rangers as the guardians of healthy forests that help mitigate the risk of future zoonotic diseases infecting humans in the same manner that Covid-19 likely did. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-marks-world-ranger-day-0
More US-made Johnson & Johnson Covid jabs arrive
The second batch of 609,600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine donated by the US touched down in Phnom Penh in the early hours of August 2. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-us-made-johnson-johnson-covid-jabs-arrive
AZ Covid shot to be used as booster for China jabs
Prime Minister Hun Sen has decided to use the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines as the booster dose for the Chinese-manufactured Sinopharm and Sinonac vaccines, while the US-donated Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be used for ethnic minority groups and migrant workers. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/az-covid-shot-be-used-booster-china-jabs
Cambodia’s first ever crude oil venture a failure but opportunities remain, says Hun Sen
Prime Minister Hun Sen has stated that Cambodia’s first oil and gas industry, announced on December 29 failed to meet expected volume and thus failed. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50906565/cambodias-first-ever-crude-oil-venture-a-failure-but-opportunities-remain-says-hun-sen/
Kingdom’s cattle suffer outbreak of skin disease
Since the outbreak of lumpy skin disease (LSD) among cattle in early June, 6,804 cases have been recorded with the first detected infections in Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey provinces followed by more cases in other provinces bordering Thailand. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdoms-cattle-suffer-outbreak-skin-disease
S-21 marks UNESCO listing
July 31 marked the 12th anniversary of the listing of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archive in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme. This year, it was observed virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-kr-tribunal/s-21-marks-unesco-listing
Siem Reap plans to to move homeless people and beggars into ‘community forest’
Nak Neron, Deputy Governor of Siem Reap, yesterday detailed plans to move homeless people and beggars to a ‘community forest’ in the province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50905543/siem-reap-plans-to-to-move-homeless-people-and-beggars-into-community-forest/
US orders seizure of illegal oil tanker bound for North Korea that was detained by Cambodia
The United States Department of Justice has ordered the confiscation of a Singaporean oil tanker that it alleges was used for illegal oil shipments to North Korea, which is currently being held in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50905550/us-orders-seizure-of-illegal-oil-tanker-bound-for-north-korea-that-was-detained-by-cambodia/
Water rises at Tonle Sap River in Kampong Chhnang due to heavy rain
With heavy rain in the last three days, the water level had risen at the Tonle Sap River at Phsar Krom Station in Kampong Chhnang province but thankfully it has not affected the crops of farmers along the river side. ...
Trade body, MFI hatching plans to fund rice sector
The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) and AMK Microfinance Institution Plc are brainstorming plausible approaches to jointly channel finance into the rice sector. ...
May Kunmakara
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-body-mfi-hatching-plans-fund-rice-sector