The Phnom Penh Post
Bountiful prahok season, say fishermen
The primary prahok fishing season may have passed, but fishermen are continuing to haul in respectable catches, say residents of the Phnnom Penh and Kandal province. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bountiful-prahok-season-say-fishermen
South Korean firm donates 200 new buses
Booyoung Group has donated 200 new buses to the Phnom Penh administration to help improve public transport services in the city. ...
Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/south-korean-firm-donates-200-new-buses
300 army, police families at border get new homes
Officials from the Departments of Land Management, Urban Planning, Construction and Cadastral Affairs of Tbong Khmum and Svay Rieng provinces have begun to prepare over 300 plots of social land concessions for members of the police and armed forces stationed along the Cambodia-Vietnam border, and ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/300-army-police-families-border-get-new-homes
Central bank, CMA roll out local-level ‘safe finance’ plan
The Kingdom’s central bank and the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) have jointly launched a project aimed at promoting financial literacy, consumer empowerment and consumer protections at the community level. ...
Yuth Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/central-bank-cma-roll-out-local-level-safe-finance-plan
US-ASEAN Business Council pledges more investment in Kingdom
Six major American corporations have committed to attracting US investment in Cambodia’s public infrastructure and transportation sectors to keep pace with the Kingdom’s socio-economic growth. The promise was made during a February 27 working meeting between a delegation from the US-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC) and Minister ...
Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/us-asean-business-council-pledges-more-investment-kingdom
CDC unveils 27 projects in Jan-Feb
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) notices issued year-to-February 28 reveal that it has greenlit 27 new private investment projects – 19 in textile-related sectors – worth a cumulative $198.2 million, which are expected to generate a total of 39,914 jobs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-unveils-27-projects-jan-feb
Sovannaphum Life CSR project reaches micro-entrepreneurial ventures through Lady Saving Group
Sovannaphum Life Assurance Plc, with its financial strength and trust, is making women’s economic empowerment its top corporate social responsibility (CSR) priority this year by financing small-scale businesswomen. ...
Stricter rules for Mekong river dolphin sanctuaries
The government has issued a sub-decree designating Mekong River Dolphin Management Areas in Stung Treng and Kratie provinces to protect and conserve the freshwater dolphins, while environmental and civil society officials said the sub-decree will make law enforcement more effective and may help increase their ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stricter-rules-mekong-river-dolphin-sanctuaries
PM urges wildlife protection law change after peacock row
Prime Minister Hun Sen on February 28 suggested an amendment to the law governing wildlife protection that would pave the way for citizens to raise “rare” species following heated debates about a peacock confiscation case in Kampong Chhnang province. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-urges-wildlife-protection-law-change-after-peacock-row
PM calls for green development as major driver of tourism, economy
Prime Minister Hun Sen urged the public to pay more attention to enhancing green development in order to attract tourists for the benefit of the national economy, according to a letter from Honorary Chairman of the National Committee for Clean City Assessment Prime Minister Hun ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-green-development-major-driver-tourism-economy
Cambodia needs tech skill labour: PM
More quality, effective technical education and skills development are needed to deliver the talented workforce sought after by industrial investors, Prime Minister Hun Sen stated on February 27, as pundits asked the government to increase and enhance job-aligned vocational training options while improving the labour-market ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-needs-tech-skill-labour-pm
Preah Sihanouk warns of land scammers
The Preah Sihanouk provincial administration has warned several families not to be fooled by the claims of land brokers who sold them land which belongs to Canadia Bank Plc. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-warns-land-scammers
Final cash support for Siem Reap tourism workers
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training will make the final cash support payment to 129 tourism workers in Siem Reap province whose employment contracts were suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/final-cash-support-siem-reap-tourism-workers
Preah Sihanouk province officially declared landmine-free
Preah Sihanouk province was officially declared landmine free on February 24, making it the sixth province to be declared free of landmines. Authorities are committed to clearing 12 more provinces of landmines by the end of the year. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-province-officially-declared-landmine-free
Cambodia, China to expand cooperation in education sector
China’s ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian said China and Cambodia will push for closer cooperation in the education sector as the two countries observe the “China-Cambodia Friendship Year” in 2023. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-china-expand-cooperation-education-sector
Foreign ministry set for Mar annual conference
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is set to hold its annual conference in early March to evaluate its achievements and develop an action plan for the coming year. The ministry will evaluate its diplomatic accomplishments at the global and regional level, and ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/foreign-ministry-set-mar-annual-conference
Borey VIP, 373 families in mediation
The Preah Sihanouk provincial administration has scheduled March 3 as the next date for mediation between real estate developer Borey VIP, its creditors and more than 350 families who say they have paid for homes which have not been built. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/borey-vip-373-families-mediation
Tina urges dairy farm-farmer venture
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina aims to promote cooperation between local farmers in northern Takeo province’s Bati district and the owners of Kirisu Dairy Farm, saying he foresees great potential in such a venture. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tina-urges-dairy-farm-farmer-venture
Transport ministry rules that all cargo carriers must register with Port EDI system
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has decided that all cargo ships unloading or picking up goods in Cambodia must register through the Port Electronic Data Interchange (Port EDI) system, an electronic data exchange system which manages large-scale inbound and outbound cargo traffic at ...
Over $960M spent on cash transfer scheme
The government has spent more than $960 million on the cash transfer programme for poor and vulnerable families affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, benefiting nearly 2.8 million people. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-960m-spent-cash-transfer-scheme
Sixth ‘Crane Day’ set for February 28 as population declines
Birdlife International Cambodia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, is preparing to observe the Kingdom’s sixth “Crane Day” to promote public awareness and encourage local communities and stakeholders to participate in the conservation of the dwindling sarus crane population. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sixth-crane-day-set-february-28-population-declines
France’s AFD pledge $0.1B annually for project funds
Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked the French Development Agency (AFD) to continue to help Cambodia develop its human resources, water treatment and transport infrastructure. AFD has committed $100 million in funding for projects in the coming year. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/frances-afd-pledge-01b-annually-project-funds
NSSF plans expansion of benefits into agricultural sector
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the French Development Agency (AFD) and GRET Cambodia, aiming to strengthen its capacity and expand the potential of the social protection system towards sustainable growth that will also benefit agricultural workers. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nssf-plans-expansion-benefits-agricultural-sector
Sar Kheng: Crime rate down in 2022 thanks to government policy
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said that the implementation of the safe village-commune policy in 2022 had reduced the crime rate by nine per cent, while the nationwide rate of conviction for those arrested for criminal offences was at 92 per cent. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-crime-rate-down-2022-thanks-government-policy