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$800K dam deal inked to provide clean water
The Chinese-owned Sinohydro Kamchay Hydroelectric Project Co will start construction of an $800,000 overflow dam in Prek Kampong Bai, Kampot province. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700257/800k-dam-deal-inked-to-provide-clean-water
Cambodian firms urged to embrace e-commerce
The president of the Cambodian Investment Federation on Sunday highlighted the critical role of e-commerce in the local market as the government works to turn the Kingdom into a digital economy. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-firms-urged-embrace-e-commerce
Gov’t cuts taxes on rubber exports to aid ailing sector
The government has reduced taxes on rubber exports to minimise the impact of a fall in the international price of the commodity. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-cuts-taxes-rubber-exports-aid-ailing-sector
China funds more than 3,000 km of roads in Cambodia
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen said China has financed the construction of more than 3,000 kilometres of roads in the Kingdom. ...
Khmer Time Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700149/china-funds-more-than-3000-km-of-roads-in-cambodia
Banks support NBC proposal
The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) and the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) have expressed support for suggestions the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has given to financial institutions to reduce the impact of Covid-19 on the local economy. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banks-support-nbc-proposal
Labour Ministry urges implementation of suspension of employment contracts
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training on Friday issued a call for the implementation of the suspension of employment contracts for all garment and textile factories in the Kingdom affected by the shortage of raw materials, resulting from Covid-19. ...
Heatwave to hit before rainy season: Ministry
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology is expecting temperatures to hit highs in some parts of the country until early May as a health official warns against entailing ailments. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700020/heatwave-to-hit-before-rainy-season-ministry
Salary rise for civil servants despite need to save funds
The government will still increase the salaries of civil servants, military and police personnel and retired people next year even though it needs to save funds to fight COVID-19. ...
Sun Mesa
http://khmertimeskh.com/50700024/salary-rise-for-civil-servants-despite-need-to-save-funds
GMAC: Raw materials from China not enough to sustain factories
The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port revealed more than 200 containers of raw materials arrived from China yesterday, adding two more ships carrying raw materials are en route. The shipments are projected to fill the shortage in raw materials in the Kingdom that has paralysed production for ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700025/gmac-raw-materials-from-china-not-enough-to-sustain-factories
$400 million to fight COVID-19
The Finance Ministry today reported the government has accumulated approximately $400 million in savings to be used during COVID-19 emergency cases in the Kingdom. ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50699477/400-million-to-fight-covid-19
Education Ministry and partners launch #ReadEveryDay campaign
In the spirit of nurturing the love for reading, a nationwide campaign dubbed #ReadEveryDay was initiated by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, in collaboration with the Asia Foundation and other partners. ...
Anith Adilah Othman
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50699624/education-ministry-and-partners-launch-readeveryday-campaign
Cambodia to propose five natural areas as UNESCO World Heritage sites
Preparations by the Ministry of Environment and relevant ministries are underway for the submission of a list containing five natural sites in Cambodia, which are targeted to make UNESCO’s World Heritage List. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50699625/cambodia-to-propose-five-natural-areas-as-unesco-world-heritage-sites
New form to keep track of foreigners in Kingdom
An electronic application form has been launched this year by the Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Immigration, which aims to record data about foreigners living in and visiting Cambodia. However, the new measure has raised some concerns among some foreign residents. ...
Sun Mesa
http://khmertimeskh.com/50699629/new-form-to-keep-track-of-foreigners-in-kingdom
PM announces new National Road 10
Prime Minister Hun Sen has revealed plans for the construction of a new highway, National Road 10, from Battambang to Koh Kong province. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50699905/pm-announces-new-national-road-10
Monks reveal Sangke threat
The Battambang provincial governor has ordered the authorities to close sewers in the Sangke River after monks posted a video showing toxic wastewater flowing into it and allegedly affecting nearby residents’ health. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monks-reveal-sangke-threat
Hun Sen celebrates women's rights
On the occasion of the 109th International Women’s Day, Prime Minister Hun Sen called for more women in leadership positions, better law enforcement to speed up the trials involving them, and improved education for their next generation in the Kingdom. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-celebrates-womens-rights
NGO calls for climate budget transparency
NGO Forum on Cambodia issued a report on Wednesday which said that from 2000 to 2017, some one million houses were seriously affected by climate change disasters. Yet, government spending on the issue remained relatively limited. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-calls-climate-budget-transparency
Official accused of stealing land
People from two villages in Sen Monorom commune, O’Raing district, in Mondulkiri province urged the authorities to prioritise a land dispute involving a former district council official who bought some plots but then allegedly proceeded to grab others belonging to people from nearby villages. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/official-accused-stealing-land
Government grants approvals in principle for copper exploration
The Ministry of Mines and Energy on Sunday announced that two companies have been granted initial approval to carry out copper exploration in the Kingdom. ...
Thou Vireak
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/government-grants-approvals-principle-copper-exploration
Cambodian gets Covid-19
The government has ordered the closure of all public and private schools and several vocational training centres in Siem Reap town after a 38-year-old Cambodian man was confirmed Covid-19 positive on Saturday. ...
Niem Chheng
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-gets-covid-19
Jobs saved as factories obtain raw materials
The garment and footwear industries in the Kingdom have been given a new lease of life, thanks to the arrival of raw materials from China. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jobs-saved-factories-obtain-raw-materials
Rice association responds to stockpiling concerns
As fears of Covid-19 drive people to stockpile food, some fear supermarkets may run out of essential commodities like rice. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rice-association-responds-stockpiling-concerns
Poor families claim land concession sold to others
A group of 160 poor families from the Bunong indigenous community in Mondulkiri province’s Pech Chreada district have filed a complaint against their representative, accusing him of selling land earmarked for them as part of a social land concession. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poor-families-claim-land-concession-sold-others
Cambodia and Laos renew border cooperation
Cambodia and Laos yesterday renewed their commitment to cooperate on border security issues, including drug trafficking. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50698716/cambodia-and-laos-renew-border-cooperation
