Khmer Times

Even though Cambodia and Thailand recognise that the Overlapping Claims Area (OCA) holds a huge quantity of natural gas and resources for both countries, the negotiation of sharing benefits has not crossed their minds since the dispute started over three decades ago, according to a ...

The General Secretariat of Commercial Gambling Management Commission of Cambodia (CGMC) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has renewed the validity of 70 licenses to casino and game of chance companies nationwide in the second quarter of this year, according to a release ...

Visiting President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid on Monday praised Cambodia for its key contribution to keeping peace in the world, according to a senior Cambodian official. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has encouraged the United Kingdom to open schools, especially universities in Cambodia, after noting a growing trend of Cambodian students pursuing their studies in the UK. ...

Energy experts say Thailand and Cambodia will resume talks to settle their dispute on an overlapping claim area (OCA) in order to jointly benefit from a new petroleum source and relieve the impact of energy price fluctuations. ...

Continuous rains have posed a problem for residents of several provinces and the capital of the Kingdom, as floods inundate homes and streets. ...

From July 2018 to June 2022, One Window Service Office (OWSO) earned over $15 million from its provision of 185,482 services to the public. The update was shared by Mr Huot Hay, Deputy Governor of Phnom Penh in a meeting here in Phnom Penh early ...

The number of road fatalities in Cambodia declined to 942 people in the first half of 2022, a decrease of 9 percent from 1,033 over the same period last year, Ministry of Public Works and Transport secretary of state Min Manavy said here on Thursday. ...

Covid-19 vaccines have helped boost Cambodia’s economic recovery and growth since last November, the country’s Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and China was amounted to $6,971 million in the first seven months of 2022, up 15.6 percent compared to the same period last year. ...

Siem Reap province, home to the famous Angkor temples, welcomed 1,242,854 tourists in the first seven months of this year, an increase by 890.17 percent compared to the same period of 2021. ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the United Nations Capital Development Fund signed here on Thursday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the extension of agreement between the two parties. ...

Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has laid stress on the need for more attention and efforts to manage the Covid-19 pandemic as it is not gone yet. ...

Tax authorities have collected approximately $2.21 billion of tax revenue — 78.39 percent of the budget law in the first seven months of the year, which soared by 28.62 percent or about $491.29 million compared to the same period last year, said a release by ...

Cambodia’s urban population will rise to 7.92 million by 2030, accounting for 44 percent of the total population from 6.13 million or 39.5 percent in 2019, said Pen Sophal, secretary of state at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction, recently. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the US was amounted to $5.892 billion in the first seven months of 2022, up 45 percent compared to the same period last year. ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said here on Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic in the last two years has sped up digital transformation in the Southeast Asian country. ...

Literacy rate for the citizens aged 15 years old and above in Cambodia has seen a significant rise, reflecting the government’s successful efforts in eradicating illiteracy rate, said a senior official of the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports. ...

Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Hang Chuon Naron issued a proclamation on November 22, 2021, to establish the Institute of International Studies and Public Policy of RUPP where students can study in the Vietnamese Language Department and obtain a bachelor’s in Vietnamese studies, Vietnamese ...

Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has called on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and UN Special Rapporteur to make an accurate, practical, transparent and balanced report on human rights situation in Cambodia. ...

The Agriculture and Rural Development Bank of the Ministry of Economy and Finance has signed the $30 million subsidiary loan agreement with three banks and micro-financial institutions to help financial access to the agricultural sector. ...

Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia Plc (SME Bank) has released nearly $234 million to 1,981 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in various sectors across the country through SME Co-Financing Scheme II (SCFS II) from mid-August last year to July this year, according to ...

Unions representing garment workers in Cambodia are seeking a monthly wage hike of between $20 and $50 for their members in talks with the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) that started yesterday. ...

A team of officers conducted an operation to implement measures to prevent illegal fishing and a crackdown on a large-scale illegal fishing operation in Tonle Sap. ...