Khmer Times

Cambodia will invest nearly $500 million to foster the country’s labour and vocational training from 2021 to 2025. ...

The list of registered voters must be distributed to all political parties, irrespective of whether they are recognised or not, as it a mandatory requirement for them to check it during an election.   ...

The Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) destroyed almost 40,000 landmines and unexploded ordnance last year as part of the Kingdom’s goal to become mine-free by 2030. ...

The Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CRDB/CDC) and Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA) have pledged to further enhance cooperation on trade and investment. ...

The Ministry of Tourism announced today that on New Year’s Eve there were 699,724 tourists throughout the country, with 697,066 being Cambodian nationals and 2,658 foreigners. ...

Natural Resources crime in Cambodia is on the rise by 34.42 percent as compared with last year, the Ministry of Environment said today. ...

Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone Plc (PPSP) and Marvel Garment Co Ltd signed a lease agreement over the weekend for additional land. The signing was made by PPSP Chairman Tan Kak Khun and Marvel Garment’s General Manager, Yan Delin. ...

The government has approved in principle the construction of a new domestic airport in Mondulkiri province under a public-private partnership (PPP). The approval was signed by the Council of Ministers’ Permanent Secretary of State Hing Thoraxy on New Year’s Eve. ...

Veng Sakhon, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, has announced the Kingdom’s rice paddy production and milled rice export totals for 2020. The minister revealed that of the nation’s approximate 3.4 million hectares of paddy fields, more than 3.26 million hectares were in harvest, yielding ...

A $500,000 investment will go towards 125 small and medium sized businesses set to gain grants and training in online commerce according to a joint press release by the Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) and the UN ...

The Royal Government of Cambodia collected $5.3 billion as tax and customs revenues in 2020, although the Kingdom’s economy is being hit by the COVID-19 crisis. ...

SINOMACH China Heavy Machinery Co Ltd, the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Cambodia and the Cambodian National Electric Power Co formally signed an implementation agreement, lease agreement and power purchase agreement for the build-operate-transfer (BOT) investment project of the Shangddai Hydropower Station to utilise ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has issued investment certificates to three companies to invest in the production of all kinds of cardboard boxes, light bulbs and their accessories, all kinds of packaging materials, and metal processing. ...

Local researchers and fishermen along the Tonle Sap and Bassac Rivers have shared their concern over plastic waste in the Kingdom’s rivers. Project manager of Wonders of the Mekong Chea Seila told Khmer Times on Monday, that she had found a dramatic amount of plastic waste this ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has outlined that the government needs to continue investing in its people through the widening of parameters for programmes such as ID Poor and upskilling workers transitioning into new sectors to achieve a post-pandemic economic recovery. ...

The seventh annual NBC Macroeconomic Conference 2020 commenced yesterday under the theme of  “Discussion of  Cambodia’s Economic Development Models”.  It is being held virtually and will conclude on the morning of Dec 29. ...

Mr Hun Sen considers Cambodia’s first drop of oil as a blessing to the Cambodian nation. The revenue raised from this oil production will be used for two priority areas: education and health. ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) has just issued a directive this morning through Prime Minister Hun Sen in his special statement broadcast live from his residence in Takhmao city, Kandal province by the TVK to allow private educational institutions to resume physical ...

The Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has urged capital-provincial governors to strengthen the identification process for IDPoor-eligible families, to make sure that only those who really need it, receive it. ...

Local conglomerate Overseas Cambodia Investment Corp (OCIC), the company behind the new Phnom Penh International Airport, has told Construction & Property Magazine that it will build an expressway (flyover) that will connect the city centre to the new airport. ...

The Ministry of Commerce has begun the review of the policy and strategy for Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to optimise its benefits both for Cambodia and concerned parties. ...

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon has requested the Japanese government, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), to consider projects to support Cambodia’s agricultural product processing. ...

The Entrepreneurship Development Fund  (EDF) Board of Trustees convened last week to review some of EDF’s notable achievements in 2020 in supporting Cambodia’s growing entrepreneurial ecosystem. ...

Tax cuts and exemptions will be extended to help companies and unemployed workers better weather the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according a statement issued last week by the government. ...