Khmer Times

The Ministry of Tourism has instructed all tour guides and interpreters to continue strengthening professional practices to improve the quality of reliable and friendly services for tourists. ...

The visit of Dr Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, to France next week will further strengthen the relations and cooperation between the two countries, according to his letter dated Jan. 8 to Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic. ...

At an annual growth rate of 14.34 percent, the fastest growth in electricity generation in the Kingdom will be in the solar sector in the coming years, a latest study by the Economic Research Institute for Asean and East Asia has revealed. ...

Cambodia exported $837 million worth of raw cashew nuts in 2023, a year-on-year decrease of 16.9 percent, according to the Cashew Nut Association of Cambodia’s report on Monday. ...

The Ministry of Justice has established a Strategic, Policy Research and Analysis Group to reform and amend laws and regulations in the field of justice in Cambodia. A decision by the Ministry on Friday stated that a strategic, policy research and analysis team in the ...

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has registered 100,304 self-employed people and 11,589 dependents for healthcare yesterday, according to Kata Orn, Spokesman of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training. ...

Kampong Chhnang and Pursat provinces have told farmers to suspend rice cultivation during the forthcoming dry season due to the lack of water to irrigate the rice fields. ...

A group of 13 young environmental activists – including a German youth – with Mother Nature Cambodia were detained and accused of illegal acts following a public display on Sunday at the Phnom Penh riverside exercise park. ...

Cambodia exported 8.4 million tonnes of agricultural products last year, earning around $4.3 billion in revenue, said a report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...

Cambodia has seen a spike in the number of people arrested in drug involvements despite a drop in the amount of narcotics seized in 2023, according to an Anti-Drug Police Department (ADP) report on Friday. ...

Cambodia has applauded the Government of China for its active contribution to humanitarian mine action in the Kingdom, enabling safe land for farmers and reducing mine and ERW risks. ...

Tetra Tech has secured a contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development to support conservation efforts in Cambodia. ...

Public security organs across China solved 391,000 cases of telecom or online fraud in the first 11 months of last year and captured numerous suspects, the Ministry of Public Security said. ...

International rice prices climbed 21 percent last year amid climate concerns and the fallout from Indian export curbs, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says. ...

The 18-month project will add capacity for 3.5 million units of semi-steel radial passenger car tires and 750,000 all-steel truck bus tires per year at the plant, inaugurated in April last year. ...

Cambodia extracted 9,500 kilograms of gold ore, a semi-finished product, since commercial mining began in June 2021, a report by the Ministry of Mines and Energy showed. ...

The Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia Plc. (SME Bank), loan terms for tourism vendors in Siem Reap Province will be loosened from the beginning of 2024 to encourage more uptake of funds exclusively by Siem Reap-based entities to bolster the sector’s return to ...

The government announced last Thursday that from this month, contract officials in all ministries and institutions across the country will receive a salary rise. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet will pay a one-day official visit to Thailand next month to strengthen the bilateral ties, according to an informed diplomatic source. ...

Around 50% of cyber-crime complaints received on the national cyber crime helpline every day have their origin in China and pockets of Cambodia and Myanmar, Rajesh Kumar, chief executive officer of Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Wednesday. ...

India is now Vietnam’s fastest growing tourism market with the number of visitors last year from that country increasing by 231% from 2019, the year before Covid broke out. ...

Local and global firms made 8,513 trademark registrations with the Ministry of Commerce in 2023, an increase of 3.87 percent when compared to the previous year. ...

The Ministry of Inspection is dedicated to carefully examining all sectors, both national and sub-national, to prevent and adopt various actions to combat corruption, said Minister Huot Hak. ...

Sixteen (16) Cambodian sports athletes, coaches, arbitrators, and athletes will attend the Southeast Asia Fencing Federation (SEAFF) Championships to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Jan. 6 to 11, 2024. ...