Khmer Times

Inter-ministries have started to boost the local animal feed industry to supply domestic demand, and thus to make the country self-reliant on animal feed.​ ...

The Ministry of Education yesterday issued the official standard operating procedure (SOP) for the anticipated reopening of select schools in the Kingdom to ensure the safety of students amid the pandemic. ...

Two people were killed in an explosion on Monday after they attempted to rid their farm of an uncovered UXO in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district, officials said yesterday. ...

Lower Sesan II Hydropower Station, which is operated and managed by the firm China Huaneng Group, is located on the mainstream of the Sanhe River in Cambodia’s northeastern Stung Treng province. ...

Cambodia could lose more than 15 percent of its international remittances in 2020 under the worst-case scenario because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). ...

The government is set to disburse $11 million to fight HIV/AIDS next year till 2023 so that the Kingdom will eradicate the disease by 2025. ...

Another COVID-19 patient was discharged from hospital yesterday, bringing the total number of recoveries to 197, the Ministry of Health said. ...

The Ministry of Interior’s new public order draft law which aims to strengthen peace and security by regulating public behaviour, including imposing a dress code, has drawn mixed reactions. ...

A senior official from the SME Bank of Cambodia said   it has approved around $22 million in loans under the SME Co-Financing Scheme for 175 clients as of Tuesday. ...

Local policymakers are driving Cambodia’s regional geography, young population and low labour costs to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) as the Kingdom releases its new five-year development plan for the garment industry. ...

The number of companies registered via the government’s new online business registration system was confirmed as 287 as of July 29, while 323 companies are pending approval, according to data from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). ...

The Cambodian government has announced two months more of tax exemptions for tourism-based businesses in the hope of easing the burden during the pandemic. The extension was announced during the fifth round of COVID-19 economic measures last week as the Ministry of Tourism begins developing ...

The government has announced it will continue to provide out-of-work allowances to garment, footwear and hospitality workers for the next two months, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

The government-funded cash scheme launched to assist IDPoor households will be extended to two more months to ease difficulties faced amid the coronavirus pandemic. ...

Chikungunya has spread to 12 provinces across the Kingdom, with over a thousand patients testing positive for the vector-borne disease between July 19 and 31, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday. ...

Cambodia and Singapore have convened a meeting to further boost bilateral collaboration on the intellectual property sector.​ ...

The People’s Court of the southern province of Tay Ninh handed a death penalty to a Cambodian drug trafficker during a trial on July 31. ...

Tighter security will be expected across the country in conjunction with the upcoming holidays, from August 17 to 21, which was set in lieu of the postponed Khmer New Year in April. ...

The South Korean government will provide $10 million for the Kingdom’s landmine clearing activities from 2021 to 2025. ...

The National Policy on Child Protection System will provide equal opportunity to all children to become qualified human resources contributing to the national development. ...

The government yesterday dismissed as being inccurate a joint report by three NGOs claiming that fundamental freedoms in the Kingdom continue to be restricted. ...

Chinese Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia, Wang Wentian has pledged to fully support the public administration reform programme of Cambodia, aiming at strengthening and promoting the close and effective cooperation between the two countries for the interests of the two governments and peoples. ...

Cambodia and France have discussed cooperation in combatting falsified and substandard medical products and counterfeit products which are seriously harmful to health and social safety and pose a risk to families, communities and society. ...

Tourism marketing plan 2020-2024 is on its way to transform the coastal Kep province into an attractive high-end leisure destination in Cambodia. The optimism was floated following a meeting held in the provincial city yesterday to review the long-term marketing plan chaired by Som Piseth, ...