Khmer Times

Cambodia Trade, an online marketplace for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), is scheduled to operate officially in weeks after 16 firms were approved by the Ministry of Commerce to display their products. ...

The Ministry of Commerce will host its first Asia-Europe Business and Economic Forum in November via virtual video conference, said Minister Pan Sorasak. ...

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Cambodia office will organise an online training programme on “Cambodia Court Administration Improvement (Cambodia)” from Sept. 6 to 17, said a KOICA’s press release AKP received this morning. ...

The 22nd Cambodia-Japan Joint Committee met via video conference with more than 130 members of the private sector in attendance this week. Discussions focused on minimum wage, taxes, logistics, energy supply, automobile imports, human resource development and organising workshops to better understand supply chains, according ...

Cambodia has crossed the 91 percent mark in its drive to vaccinate 10 million people above the age of 18 with a total of 9,175,478 being vaccinated with at least one dose of the vaccine.   ...

The campaign to vaccinated up to 1,966,931 adolescents aged between 12 and 17, which was kicked off by the Prime Minister on August 1, has reached 77.20 percent as of August 30. ...

With the Covid-19 pandemic expected to leave long-term impacts on global investment patterns and consumer behaviour, the CLMVT countries are counting on closer economic cooperation within Southeast Asia to help them benefit from each other’s strengths. ...

The overall Covid-19 situation in Cambodia, irrespective of the incomplete official figures announced by the Ministry of Health which does not include provincial figures, is certainly improving and with the vaccination campaign given added impetus by the Prime Minister, the country could achieve similar status ...

Demining agency has cleared a total of 64,562,539 square metres of landmines and explosive remnants of war (UXOs) contaminated land for the seven months of this year, an official said. ...

The restoration of the main drainage canal between the border of Por Senchey and Sen Sok districts in Phnom Penh is 70% complete as of yesterday. ...

The Industry Science Technology and Innovation, Tourism and the Post and Telecommunications ministries will join the newly launched Cambodia Data Exchange (CamDX) platform to exchange data with other ministries as well as with the private sector. ...

Minister of Public Works Sun Chanthol said Cambodia welcomes help from all “friend countries” to assist its infrastructure development projects, citing the Kingdom does not discriminate against any countries who wish to help Cambodia. ...

As the Ministry of Education permits the reopening of classes in low-risk areas, new guidelines were introduced to prevent the spread of Covid-19, especially the Delta Variant. The Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Hang Chuon Naron, released guidelines for in-person classes in public and ...

The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister, Veng Sakhon said Cambodia is launching a vaccination campaign against skin tumors to prevent transmission from cattle in one community to another. ...

The Ministry of Public Works will debut its first live show on Facebook today to allow people to air concerns over issues with the ministry’s competence. ...

Amid the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, Cambodia has agreed in principle to temporarily accept 300 Afghan refugees with some conditions before they are granted asylum in a third country, a move the government said is due to humanitarian reasons. ...

The Ministry of Culture is waiting for UNESCO to visit Koh Ker Temple to complete the registration to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ...

Vietnam’s overseas investment surged 74.1 percent year on year to $575 million in the first eight months of 2021, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. ...

Ly Thuch, Senior Minister and First Vice President of Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), has appealed to the development partners and donors to continue their support for Cambodia to realise its vision of mine-free country by 2025. ...

“If there had not been this project, we would have still been living in hardship, using kerosene-burning lamps or batteries,” Souy For, a 51-year-old father of two, said of a new power station in the country. ...

Cambodia cracked down on 198 human trafficking and sexual exploitation cases in the first six months of 2021, a remarkable rise from only 63 cases over the same period last year, a senior official said on Friday. ...

The Ministry of Tourism and Khmer Enterprise have reached an agreement for a project on “Enhancing Internal Tourism Movement and Promoting Tourism Activities in Communities in the context of COVID-19”. ...

Switch Garment, together with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) kicked off this month a series of energy audits which will take place in garment factories across Cambodia, according to a press release issued this week. ...

Preah Vihear has become the latest province to declare ‘Red Zones’ in response to the threat of ‘Delta’. ...