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France provides $1.7million for Cambodia’s tourism sector
The French government, through the French Agency for Development (AFD), has provided a grant of 1.5 million euro ($ 1.7 million) to help restore Cambodia’s post-Covid-19 tourism sector, according to the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50748433/france-provides-1-7million-for-cambodias-tourism-sector/
Survey sheds light on coronavirus-restricted SMBs
Cambodian small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have recorded lower sales during the pandemic while 39 per cent of them have trimmed down their staff, a Facebook survey found. Among the business owners in Cambodia who responded, the State of Small Businesses survey found that 52 per ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/survey-sheds-light-coronavirus-restricted-smbs
Local mobile applications expanding in all directions
The importance of apps in Cambodia is becoming more and more prevalent. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC) announced last week the news of them building a new distance education app in partnership with mobile ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50748317/local-mobile-applications-expanding-in-all-directions/
Growing the farming industry
The government has taken the opportunity of the COVID-19 crisis to develop agriculture, while the garment and tourism industries, which are the Kingdom’s economic pillars have been hit hard by the pandemic. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50748314/growing-the-farming-industry/
Credit guarantee system approved in principle
MINISTER of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth approved in principle the concept of strategic framework for establishing the Credit Guarantee Corp Cambodia, according to a statement from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50748173/credit-guarantee-system-approved-in-principle/
Cambodia-Japan trade increases to $885 million in first five months
Trade between Cambodia and Japan reached $884.9 million from January to May 2020, down 3.8 percent year-on-year. Statistics from Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) show that during the first five months of this year. ...
Chea Vannak/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50748228/cambodia-japan-trade-increases-to-885-million-in-first-five-months/
Quarantined man found dead in an isolation room in Tboung Khmum
A 21-year-old man who was placed in quarantine at an isolation room in Tboung Khmum province’s Krouch Chhmar district was found dead yesterday and the cause has yet to be determined. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747972/quarantined-man-found-dead-in-an-isolation-room-in-tboung-khmum/
Feasibility study on Waste-to-Energy plant in Siem Reap province proposed
A feasibility study on waste-to-energy plant has been proposed to be conducted in Siem Reap province, aiming to convert waste to energy and keep the city clean. Proposed by China’s MIZUDA firm, the 12-megawatt waste-to-energy plant needs at least 210,000 tonnes of waste a year ...
Chea Vannak/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747710/feasibility-study-on-waste-to-energy-plant-in-siem-reap-province-proposed/
Talks to resume on offshore oil and gas
Thailand’s outgoing Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong expects that there will be a resumption of talks to resolve the dispute of the offshore petroleum blocks in the overlapping maritime territories between Cambodia and Thailand after a delay of 20 years, according to a Bangkok Post report. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747626/talks-to-resume-on-offshore-oil-and-gas/
PESTECH approved for Cambodia stock market
PESTECH (Cambodia) Plc, a subsidiary of Malaysia-based PESTECH International Bhd, has been granted an approval to proceed with its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), the company announced. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747627/pestech-approved-for-cambodia-stock-market/
Promised sky train delayed over expense
The government’s sky train project from Phnom Penh city centre to the international airport has been delayed because the cost is higher than expected, according to an official from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT). ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747814/promised-sky-train-delayed-over-expense/
Thailand will gift 140km of rail to Cambodia for stronger link
Cambodia will soon welcome another 140km of northern railway to connect to the Thai border to better facilitate the transportation of goods between the two countries. Cambodia and Thailand officially launched rail reconnection link in late 2018. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thailand-will-gift-140km-rail-cambodia-stronger-link
MoU between three institutions to reinforce agriculture and environment
The Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC), the National University of Management (NUM) and the Prek Leap National Institute of Agriculture (PLNIA) signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday in a bid to reinforce research and development of agriculture and environment. ...
Cambodian government agrees in principle to waive $50,000 insurance policy and $3,000 deposit for incoming travelers
Prime Minister Hun Sen has approved in principle to eliminate the $3,000 deposit, and $50,000 insurance for investors, business people and experts. ...
Industrial waste management facility to be built in SSEZ
An industrial waste management facility will be built inside the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) providing industrial waste recycling service to enterprises located inside the zone. The facility will be invested by Chip Mong Insee Cement (CMIC) of Chip Mong Group. ...
Chea Vannak/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747229/industrial-waste-management-facility-to-be-built-in-ssez/
CDC approves $31.7M animal farm
As part of the government’s effort to secure private investments for food production, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) earlier this week approved a $31.7 million investment project by Kang Hwa E&C (Cambodia) Co Ltd to build a commercial animal farm in Kampong ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-approves-317m-animal-farm
Mondulkiri land-use committee established
A new land-use committee will register State and indigenous land, and tackle land disputes in Mondulkiri, Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Chea Sophara said. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-land-use-committee-established
Illness strikes 92 in Poipet, leaves 10 hospitalised
Ninety-two villagers have fallen ill in a mysterious outbreak in Poipet town, Banteay Meanchey provincial Department of Health director Le Chan Sangvat said on Tuesday. None of the cases are life-threatening, but 10 of the victims have been warded in hospital. ...
Long Kimmarita
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/illness-strikes-92-poipet-leaves-10-hospitalised
MoU signed over public administration reform
The Ministry of Civil Service (MoCS) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding on public administration reform and inclusive public service innovation. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747149/mou-signed-over-public-administration-reform/
Three investment projects worth $36.5 million approved, to create hundreds of jobs
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to three new investment projects with a total investment capital of $36.5 million. According to the council’s press release issued yesterday, the newly approved projects are expected to create some 615 jobs ...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747222/three-investment-projects-worth-36-5-million-approved-to-create-hundreds-of-jobs/
Passenger traffic slides down 67 percent while development of new airports boom
Cambodia’s three international airports handled 1.9 million air passengers in the first six months of this year, a 67.5 percent decrease from 6 million air passengers last year. ...
Chea Vannak /AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747225/passenger-traffic-slides-down-67-percent-while-development-of-new-airports-boom/
PM orders 2,000 rice sowing machines for farmers
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday that he has ordered 2,000 rice sowing machines from local processing firms to boost paddy rice production in the country. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747209/pm-orders-2000-rice-sowing-machines-for-farmers/
20 schools to reopen
The Council of Ministers has allowed the Ministry of Education to reopen 20 high-safety standard schools months after their closures amid COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747460/20-schools-to-reopen/
Fishermen without fish as Cambodia's river reversal runs late
Crucial water flows to the Tonle Sap, Southeast Asia’s largest lake, have been delayed for a second consecutive year according to river experts, severely disrupting fishing and threatening the food supply of more than a million people. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mekong-river-cambodia/fishermen-without-fish-as-cambodias-river-reversal-runs-late-idUSKCN24M1T3