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Royal Railway Plc gets approval for issuance of bond
Train operator Royal Railway Plc, a subsidiary of local conglomerate Royal Group of Companies Ltd, has received “approval in principle” from the Council of the Non-Banking Financial Services Authority (NBFSA) to issue a bond worth about $10 million on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), which ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/royal-railway-plc-gets-approval-issuance-bond
Ministry plants 17K saplings in M’kiri natural protected area
The Ministry of Environment is planting 17,000 acacia and other kinds of saplings on a 6.5ha area in the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province to improve forest cover. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-plants-17k-saplings-mkiri-natural-protected-area
Mondulkiri officials probe Bunong logging allegations
Mondulkiri provincial environment officials are working to identify loggers who a Bunong indigenous community accused of clearing nearly 100ha of community forest in Koh Nhek district’s Rayum commune. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-officials-probe-bunong-logging-allegations
Covid advisories to stay: official
While scientists have devised tools and strategies which have helped protect the Kingdom from a serious outbreak of Covid-19 – including vaccines, medication and preventive measures – Ministry of Health spokeswoman Or Vandine said it is important to remain cautious as the virus has now ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-advisories-stay-official
Health ministry signs cataract MoU with China’s GX Foundation
The Cambodian Ministry of Health and the GX Foundation of China signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on September 19 on a project to help eliminate cataract blindness in Cambodia by providing treatment to people in Prey Veng province. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-signs-cataract-mou-chinas-gx-foundation
National Assembly approves $43M budget
The Standing Committee of the National Assembly (NA) on September 19 approved the NA budget for 2023 of 171 billion riel ($43 million). ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-assembly-approves-43m-budget
Run Ta Ek residents say life is better there than in Angkor Archaeological Park
Residents who were willing to leave their homes in Angkor Archaeological Park and relocate to Run Ta Ek eco-village five years ago are saying their lives have improved in the interim, and now Prime Minister Hun Sen has recently announced that Run Ta Ek area ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/run-ta-ek-residents-say-life-better-there-angkor-archaeological-park
Microfinance association claims NGO statement “biased”
The Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) regarded the commentary by NGOs and civil society organizations on the industry as “biased, incomplete, and cherry-picked”, taking just the negative parts of a report produced by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) into account while ignoring ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/microfinance-association-claims-ngo-statement-biased
Four parties’ requests for improved political atmosphere reviewed
The Ministry of Interior is reviewing a seven-point proposal made by four political parties – Candlelight (CP), Khmer Will (KWP), Cambodia Reform (CRP) and Grassroots Democratic (GDP) – for authorities to create a favourable atmosphere in the lead-up to elections. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/four-parties-requests-improved-political-atmosphere-reviewed
Plastic clean-up event set for Kratie
“One Step No Plastic” — an environmental campaign initiated by All Dream Cambodia and TosYerng aiming for a plastic waste-free Cambodia — will kick off in Kratie province on September 17. ...
The Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/plastic-clean-event-set-kratie
SSEZ imports, exports surpass $1.7B in January-August
The volume of imports and exports handled at the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) clocked in at $1.749 billion in the first eight months of 2022, marking a 27.39 per cent rise year-on-year from $1.373 billion, according to the operator. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ssez-imports-exports-surpass-17b-january-august
Construction on Covid jab plant starts in Nov
A senior Ministry of Health official has said construction on Cambodia’s first Covid-19 vaccine packaging plant is to start in November. Set on an area of around 5ha, the facility is to meet the vaccine needs of everyone living in the Kingdom. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-covid-jab-plant-starts-nov
Ministry opens third public EV charger – in central Siem Reap
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport on September 14 inaugurated its third public electric vehicle (EV) charging kiosk, this time in central Siem Reap town, raising hopes for the wide adoption of the alternative fuel vehicles going forward. A ministry statement issued in conjunction ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-opens-third-public-ev-charger-central-siem-reap
Ministry trials sewage monitor robot
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has embraced modern technology and launched the Kingdom’s first robotic drain monitoring device. The machine will be used to investigate the insides of sewers and drains. ...
Lay Samean and Fin Frida
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-trials-sewage-monitor-robot
Sokhonn, ADB meet to discuss inclusive, ‘sustainable’ growth
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn on September 13 met with newly appointed Asian Development Bank (ADB) representative to Cambodia Jyotsana Varma for discussions. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sokhonn-adb-meet-discuss-inclusive-sustainable-growth
Ministry, FAO agree to build delta aquifier sustainability
The Ministry of Environment and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on September 12 signed an agreement on “Enhancing the sustainability of the Trans-boundary Cambodia-Mekong River Delta Aquifer and the Mekong Delta of Vietnam”. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-fao-agree-build-delta-aquifier-sustainability
Elderly call for cash payment health support
Nearly 200 representatives of the elderly in Cambodia called on the government to consider prioritising the provision of cash allowances to the elderly to help address their health-related concerns post-pandemic. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elderly-call-cash-payment-health-support
World Food Programme drive aims to fix kids’ diets
The World Food Programme (WFP) – in collaboration with the School Health Department at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport – is launching an innovative social and behavioural change communication campaign to improve the diets of primary school children. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-food-programme-drive-aims-fix-kids-diets
Jan-Aug Japan trade surges 17%
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Japan in the first eight months of 2022 rose by more than one-sixth on-year, in a trend expected to carry into the foreseeable future, largely driven by agricultural exports from the Kingdom. Still, the business community is calling for greater ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jan-aug-japan-trade-surges-17
NEC to recruit voter registration officials on short-term contract
The National Election Committee (NEC) announced the recruitment of 3,300 election registration officials as short-contract employees to serve in communes in the capital and province. Each commune needs one voter registration clerk and one computer operator. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-recruit-voter-registration-officials-short-term-contract
Mekong project vows to invest in aquaculture
Cambodia’s natural fisheries resources have declined so significantly that they fail to meet consumers’ daily needs, according to a Wonders of the Mekong project statement on September 12. ...
Keo Kereya and Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mekong-project-vows-invest-aquaculture
H2 inflation to fall below 5%: NBC boss
Average year-on-year inflation for the second half (H2) of 2022 will fall below five per cent, on the back of improvements in economic activity, as gross domestic product (GDP) grows around five per cent over the period, National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) governor Chea Chanto ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/h2-inflation-fall-below-5-nbc-boss
EU lending arm plans expansion in Kingdom
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to expand its presence in Cambodia, especially in green projects, with the EU’s lending arm currently investing in three main projects worth a total of €245 million ($249 million). ...
Voun Dara and Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-lending-arm-plans-expansion-kingdom
Covid boom in staff seen at capital’s SEZ
Public-listed industrial-park operator Phnom Penh SEZ Plc (PPSP) revealed that employment among the 120 tenants of its Royal Group Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (RGPPSEZ) southwest of the capital’s airport has increased by over 85 percent since 2019, despite the Covid-19 crisis and resulting job ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/covid-boom-staff-seen-capitals-sez