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Cambodia, China conclude bilateral FTA negotiations
Negotiations on the establishment of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the People’s Republic of China were officially concluded on July 20, 2020, after half a year of negotiations. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747200/cambodia-china-conclude-bilateral-fta-negotiations/
Sino-Cambodia FTA talks wrap up, signing to follow
Cambodia and China wrapped up free trade agreement (FTA) talks on Monday, the Ministry of Commerce said. The announcement was made during a video conference between Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak and his Chinese counterpart Zhong Shan. The deal is expected to propel bilateral trade ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sino-cambodia-fta-talks-wrap-signing-follow
Course on boosting hospitality skills
The Ministry of Tourism has launched the second phase of a skills development programme to promote human resource abilities in the Kingdom’s tourism sector. Pak Sokhom, the Ministry of Tourism’s secretary of state, said that the programme will provide young people with vocational skills, create ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747286/course-on-boosting-hospitality-skills/
IDPoor cardholder list grows to 610,000, budget hits $28M
The fund to support poor families during Covid-19 increased to $28 million in July and 50,000 more poor people were added to the list, Prime Minister Hun Sen said while visiting farmers in Takeo province on Tuesday. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/idpoor-cardholder-list-grows-610000-budget-hits-28m
Cambodia’s economy – Rapid development and COVID-19
Future Forum has partnered with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung to produce a series of edited volumes examining a number of different areas of socio-economic development, ranging from fiscal policy to the fourth industrial revolution to healthcare. There are three thematic scopes that the series cover: ...
Pamela Corda
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747261/cambodias-economy-rapid-development-and-covid-19/
Electricity price cut for farmers
To encourage farmers to increase agricultural production, Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) has cut the price of electricity used for irrigation at night to 480 riel (12 US cents) per kWh. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/electricity-price-cut-farmers
Huawei pledges to support digital development in Cambodia
Chinese-owned giant telecom and technology company Huawei has pledged to support Cambodia’s digital development and bring new technology, according to its Cambodia’s country director. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747254/huawei-pledges-to-support-digital-development-in-cambodia/
Top rice exporter gets more hi-tech
Amru Rice (Cambodia), one of the country’s leading rice exporters, has scaled up its BlocRice technology project to 500 households in two communities in Preah Vihear province. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747088/top-rice-exporter-gets-more-hi-tech/
Cambodia’s rubber export up 18 percent in H1
Cambodia exported 123,151 tons of dry rubber in the first half of 2020, up 18 percent compared to the same period last year, said a General Directorate of Rubber report on Monday. ...
Xinhua
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746839/cambodias-rubber-export-up-18-percent-in-h1/
Cambodia records 14.8 million mobile internet subscribers as of May, down 2.36 percent
Cambodia recorded 14.8 million mobile internet subscribers, accounting for 90 percent of the population, by May 2020, down 2.36 percent compared to May last year, according to a Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) report on Monday. In contrast, the number of fixed internet subscribers increased by ...
Cambodia’s imported COVID-19 positive cases increase by 26 to 197
The Ministry of Health this morning reported that 26 more Cambodian people tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number to 197. ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746998/cambodias-imported-covid-19-positive-cases-increase-by-26-to-197/
GDI approves guidelines for residence registration
The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Identification (GDI) has approved a guideline to pave the way for easier and faster residence registration and management. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746697/gdi-approves-guidelines-for-residence-registration/
IDPoor cards revoked from 6,000 families over discovery of fraud
Over 6,000 families from the first two rounds of IDPoor registration were found to have manipulated their socio-economic status to benefit from the government-funded cash aid scheme, the Ministry of Planning said yesterday. ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746782/idpoor-cards-revoked-from-6000-families-over-discovery-of-fraud/
Tuberculosis infects 13,000 Cambodians within first half of 2020
Thirteen thousand tuberculosis cases have been recorded during the first half of this year, the National Center for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control (CENAT) said yesterday. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746780/tuberculosis-infects-13000-cambodians-within-first-half-of-2020/
Officials plant 2,000 tree saplings at Angkor area
More than 200 officials from the Apsara Authority and the Royal Academy of Cambodia have planted 2,000 tree saplings at the Prasat Prei temple in Siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park to further restore forest cover, as trees play an important role in the preservation ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746698/officials-plant-2000-tree-saplings-at-angkor-area/
Hotel fees to rise during holiday
The upcoming national holidays will increase accommodation fees and prices of other tourism services after so many businesses lost money for a half year after closing because of COVID-19. More people are expected to travel nationwide. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746693/hotel-fees-to-rise-during-holiday/
Survey on garment workers’ lives
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) is conducting a survey on garment and other workers’ living conditions and the impact of COVID-19 until July 31. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746694/survey-on-garment-workers-lives/
Three new recoveries bring total to 136
Cambodia reported three more recoveries of COVID-19 patients, bringing the total to 136. ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746297/three-new-recoveries-bring-total-to-136/
Banana exports drop amid pandemic
Cambodia’s exports of yellow bananas experienced a slight decline during the first half of this year compared with the corresponding period last year due to the coronavirus pandemic which is affecting global supply and demand. ...
Court charges two over wildlife poaching in Ratanakiri
Two men were charged and detained by the Ratanakiri Provincial Court on Saturday, a day after they were caught poaching wild animals using illegal hunting weapons. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746392/court-charges-two-over-wildlife-poaching-in-ratanakiri/
New expressway, Capital to Bavet city
The Cambodian government has plans to build an expressway from Phnom Penh to Svay Rieng province’s Bavet city, said the Office of the Council of Ministers in a statement released today. ...
Va Sonyka
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746113/new-expressway-capital-to-bavet-city/
Prey Veng’s potential as a Wetland Zone mulled as Protected Natural Area
The Ministry of Environment is planning to include parts of a potential multi-purpose wetland area locally called “Boeungsne-Tuolporn Talei” in Prey Veng province as a protected natural area. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746197/prey-vengs-potential-as-a-wetland-zone-mulled-as-protected-natural-area/
King appoints three new provincial court directors
King Norodom Sihamoni issued a Royal decree on July 18 appointing three new directors to courts in Prey Veng, Preah Sihanouk and Kratie provinces. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746294/king-appoints-three-new-provincial-court-directors/
Cambodia collects $2.95 billion as fiscal revenue in first half of 2020
The Royal Government of Cambodia collected $2,956 billion as revenue from all sources of taxes, a slight decrease of 0.7 percent compared to the same period last year. ...
Chea Vannak/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746069/cambodia-collects-2-95-billion-as-fiscal-revenue-in-first-half-of-2020/