Khmer Times

ASEAN-India Tourism Ministers have set a joint plan to find ways to better use digital technology for the development of ASEAN tourism and to continue to strengthen cooperation to restore ASEAN-India tourism. ...

The Kingdom of Cambodia and the Kingdom of Thailand have reaffirmed their readiness to support Myanmar to solve its ongoing crisis. ...

The Universal Peace Federation and  Cambodia have announced the upcoming World Summit 2022 (Summit for Peace on the Korean Peninsula), which brings together Keynote Speakers and participants from 157 nations to explore the prospects for peaceful reconciliation of the Korean Peninsula. ...

Vietnam’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with leaders of the Khmer-Vietnam Association and presented gifts to needy Cambodians of Vietnamese origin in Cambodia on January 19 as part of his two-day official visit to the neighbouring country. ...

Cambodia and France have reached an agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation under the framework of Hubert Currien “Tonle Sap” Partnerships. ...

Cambodia recorded another jump in local and imported Omicron cases today. ...

Even as more investments from Chinese companies pour into Cambodia and cooperation in the field of agriculture increases, Cambodian agricultural products are expected to be promoted in more international markets, especially the Chinese market. ...

The World Bank and International Development Association yesterday approved US $69.25 million to help Cambodia improve equitable access to basic education and respond rapidly to crises affecting the education system. ...

Park rangers from the Ministry of Environment, together with conservation partners and communities in protected areas, have removed 61,611 traps from protected areas. ...

The World Bank has approved financing, along with a grant from the Global Partnership for Education, will provide $69.25 million in new funding to help Cambodia improve equitable access to basic education and respond rapidly to crises affecting the education system. ...

The Labour Ministry decided to end the $40 allowance per month for garment, footwear, and travel products workers whose contracts were suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the ministry will still continue to provide this allowance to workers in the field of tourism. ...

Japan has agreed to provide $728,501 for three recipient organisations under the framework, The Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects, to enhance the medical system to practice pediatric surgery, strengthen community care and support network for children, and improve the learning environment through primary school ...

During the pandemic, children have been among the most affected by Covid-19 with school closures and worsening mental health, while those who are infected face discrimination at school and from their neighbours, even when they are fully recovered, experts have mentioned. ...

In order to boost the vaccination rate to achieve the goal of herd immunity against Covid-19 especially the Omicron variant of concern, the Health Ministry will arrange a vaccination space directly at schools specifically for students and at factories for workers. It will also speed ...

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has embarked on his official two-day visit to Cambodia in a bid to further boost the two nations’ ties. ...

Cambodia begins the new year as the first nation in Southeast Asia to publish a plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The roadmap, known officially as a “Long-term strategy for Carbon Neutrality (LTS4CN)”, was submitted to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ...

With the EU rolling back import tariffs on long grain white rice from Cambodia and Myanmar, market participants expect a rise in shipments from Cambodian exporters who were however still skeptical due to continued high freight rates. ...

During the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2022 in Sihanoukville, Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism of Cambodia and Sandiaga Salahudin Uno, Minister of Tourism and Innovation of Indonesia inked a memorandum of understanding on tourism cooperation, especially to promote direct flight connections between the two countries. ...

Cambodia is hosting the 40th ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF 2022) from January 16 to 22 in Preah Sihanouk province under the theme “ASEAN – A community of peace and shared future.” ...

The Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club (World-Bays Club) has voiced its support for the reopening of ASEAN tourism. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen who is also ASEAN Chair 2022, has shared some thoughts to continue to strengthen ASEAN relations, as well as supporting and encouraging efforts to develop regional tourism towards a common future and prosperity in line with the theme “ASEAN – A ...

Chinese firm JIN YU TANG (CAMBODIA) FISHERY CO., LTD, has unveiled its feasibility progress of marine fish farming investment project in Preah Sihanouk province and sought support from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on January 17, 2022 announced the approval of 10 investment projects with a total capital of nearly $1.9 billion dollars. ...

Japan’s assistance to Cambodia in the decade’s long battle to clear vast areas of landmines in the country would perhaps be close to taking yet another step forward, going by the words of Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hayashi Yoshimasa. ...