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Sihanoukville wastewater facility nearly complete

The Ministry of Public Works said on Saturday that the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Sihanoukville is 93 percent complete. Minister of Public Works Sun Chanthol said during an inspection visit that the wastewater treatment plant will enhance the image of the coastal ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50811473/sihanoukville-wastewater-facility-nearly-complete/

Cambodian exports to US show strength in 2020

Cambodia’s 2020 exports to the US remained strong despite the COVID-19 pandemic crisis as the Kingdom’s exports to its other primary trading partners declined. Figures from the US Census Bureau showed that Cambodia exported $6.577 billion of goods to the world’s largest economy, a year-on-year ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50811365/cambodian-exports-to-us-show-strength-in-2020/

More aerial bombs found within 35 days

The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has stumbled onto more aerial bombs since early this year, despite clearing many over the years. ...

Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810891/more-aerial-bombs-found-within-35-days/

PM orders alert against virus spread from Vietnam

Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered all authorities and armed forces to tighten the COVID-19 prevention along the border with Vietnam. ...

Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810752/pm-orders-alert-against-virus-spread-from-vietnam/

US ambassador meets with justice, foreign ministers to further cooperation

United States Ambassador Patrick Murphy met with Minister of Justice Keut Rith yesterday to discuss anti-human trafficking efforts, law enforcement cooperation and protecting freedoms granted in the Cambodian constitution. ...

Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810754/us-ambassador-meets-with-justice-foreign-ministers-to-further-cooperation/

All parties seek speedy solution to decade-long land dispute in Koh Kong

A decade-long land dispute between about 130 families and the provincial agriculture department is being urged to be resolved quickly. ...

Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810819/all-parties-seek-speedy-solution-to-decade-long-land-dispute-in-koh-kong/

Three mango farms qualify for Chinese SPS checks

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries plans to submit a list of three mango farms to experts at China’s General Administration of Customs for a check of their meeting sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS).   ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810884/three-mango-farms-qualify-for-chinese-sps-checks/

Forum to promote ‘Access to Finance for Women Entrepreneurs in COVID-19 Era’

The National Bank of Cambodia has collaborated with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through Pact Cambodia, Khmer Enterprise, Swisscontact and Good Return to organise the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Forum on “Access to Finance for Women Entrepreneurs in COVID-19 Era”. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810949/forum-to-promote-access-to-finance-for-women-entrepreneurs-in-covid-19-era/

Helping SMEs to stand on their own two feet

Following the successful completion of two rounds of assistance packages to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups during the COVID-19 pandemic, Khmer Enterprise will implement a third this year. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810982/helping-smes-to-stand-on-their-own-two-feet/

Western thoughts on benefits of Cambodian BRI initiatives evolving

The success of China’s Belt and Road Initiatives (BRIs) in Cambodia will depend on what the project is and how productive it will be, according to experts who have analysed China’s white paper on foreign aid and development. ...

Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810941/western-thoughts-on-benefits-of-cambodian-bri-initiatives-evolving/

SCG reports healthy annual revenue despite 2020’s trials

The Siam Cement Group in Cambodia (SCG) reported sales revenue of $252 million in the Kingdom last year, according to the company’s annual report. SCG is the largest and oldest cement and building material company in Thailand and Southeast Asia. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810439/scg-reports-healthy-annual-revenue-despite-2020s-trials/

Young innovators pitch ideas

Seven dynamic startups run by young entrepreneurs pitched their innovative ventures to business leaders and investors from Cambodia and around the world, at the culmination of the Bluetribe initiative, a unique and intensive six-month startup incubation scheme. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810579/young-innovators-pitch-ideas/

Visa: Cambodia’s 2021 transaction trends

A desire for increased security and an acute awareness of current health guidelines has generated an uptick in the use of non-cash payments, according to US multinational financial services corp Visa, as measured in its latest Consumer Payments Attitudes survey. ...

Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810543/visa-cambodias-2021-transaction-trends/

Oil revenue no short-term fix to economic growth: PM

Prime Minister Hun Sen has said that oil revenues will have less of an impact in the short term on the country’s overall economy than other traditional business sectors. His statement was made during a joint ceremony for the inauguration of  the Chamkar Mon Water ...

Tom Starkey
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809405/oil-revenue-no-short-term-fix-to-economic-growth-pm/

Developing recruitment processes key amid digital adoption: Experts

Recruitment has come a long way since its humble beginnings as printed box adverts in the local newspaper. According to global niche technology staffing company Next Venture, technology has and will continue to have the biggest impact on recruitment. ...

Tom Starkey
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809632/developing-recruitment-processes-key-amid-digital-adoption-experts/

Social land concessions for 153 veterans’ families

Kampong Thom provincial authorities will hand over around 2,000 hectares of social land concessions to 153 families of veterans in the province, according to the governor.​ ...

Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810400/social-land-concessions-for-153-veterans-families/

Tonle Sap fishermen claim a decline in fishing yield due to environmental factors

Some fishermen living in core areas of the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve in Kampong Thom province claim that fishing yields have been declining over the last three years due to low water levels in the wet season, forest fires in the dry season and climate ...

Rhea Mae Soco
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810402/tonle-sap-fishermen-claim-a-decline-in-fishing-yield-due-to-environmental-factors/

34 roads in Preah Sihanouk to open in April

Thirty-four roads in Sihanoukville are set to open in April ahead of the Khmer New Year holiday, as provincial officials urge contracted construction firms to accelerate their work to be completed as planned. ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810348/34-roads-in-preah-sihanouk-to-open-in-april/

‘Incitement’ law in the digital age: Rong Chhun’s case continues

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday continued the trial for union chief Rong Chhun and two of his supporters who were charged with “incitement” in connection with a statement he made claiming Cambodia had ceded land to Vietnam along their shared border in Tboung Khmum ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810401/incitement-law-in-the-digital-age-rong-chhuns-case-continues/

First batch of Chinese vaccine due to arrive this weekend

The Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian said today 600,000 doses of Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine, the first batch of one million doses promised to Cambodia by China, will be delivered to Cambodia this weekend. ...

Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810252/first-batch-of-chinese-vaccine-due-to-arrive-this-weekend/

Prudential and PPCBank insurance partnership

Prudential Cambodia Life Insurance (Prudential Cambodia) and PPCBank have announced a joint collaboration, Bancassurance, to serve the financial protection needs of Cambodians. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809583/prudential-and-ppcbank-insurance-partnership/

ACLEDA expanding its digitalisation strategy in 2021

ACLEDA Bank Plc, one of the largest commercial banks in Cambodia, announced that it is boosting and expanding its self-automation post banking services as part of its focus on digitalisation in the Kingdom. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809406/acleda-expanding-its-digitalisation-strategy-in-2021/

Buy Now, Pay Later model could supplant credit cards

According to technology business site Tech In Asia, the once-obscure Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) trend is getting new legs, which could see the option spreading in an increasingly digital Asia-Pacific. ...

Tom Starkey
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810014/buy-now-pay-later-model-could-supplant-credit-cards/

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