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CMAC, APOPO sign cooperation agreement on landmine clearance
The Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) and APOPO, a non-profit organization that trains African giant pouched rats to save lives by detecting landmines, have reached a partnership and cooperation agreement on landmine clearance. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501083052/cmac-apopo-sign-cooperation-agreement-on-landmine-clearance/
Partners to produce hydrogen from hydropower in Cambodia and Malaysia
PESTECH International Berhad and Hydrogene De France SA have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on green hydrogen production from hydropower plants in Cambodia and Malaysia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501083121/partners-to-produce-hydrogen-from-hydropower-in-cambodia-and-malaysia/
Transport ministry holding second logistics workshop
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has been organising a second workshop to share knowledge on capacity building and institutional strengthening to develop a framework for monitoring and evaluation of the logistics sector and logistics data in Cambodia and in the context of Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/transport-ministry-holding-second-logistics-workshop
Four other investment projects worth more than $8 million approved by CDC
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved four new investment projects with a total capital of $8.4 million. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501083098/four-other-investment-projects-worth-more-than-8-million-approved-by-cdc/
Monkeypox deadly with lack of care, says Vandine
Ministry of Health spokeswoman Or Vandine said monkeypox could be deadly because the lesions can progress to cover a patient completely, leading to complications affecting the organs in the human body. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monkeypox-deadly-lack-care-says-vandine
Vietnam, Cambodia build common border of peace and friendship
The completion of land border demarcation and marker planting between Vietnam and Cambodia to build a common borderline of peace, friendship and sustainable development has long been the legitimate aspirations of the two countries’ people, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang affirmed on May ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501083138/vietnam-cambodia-build-common-border-of-peace-and-friendship/
Five ex-NagaWorld staffers take severance
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced that five more of the nearly 400 former NagaWorld employees who were laid off had willingly accepted severance pay. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/five-ex-nagaworld-staffers-take-severance
Koh Kong ‘plastic-free’ campaign underway
Koh Kong provincial authorities have chosen four key locations where they will erect billboards explaining the idea of “Plastic-free Zones” to educate the public on the prevention and reduction of plastic use. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-plastic-free-campaign-underway
Chinese firm set to invest $300M into S’ville SEZ’s largest tyre plant
Chinese company “Jiangsu General Science Technology Co Ltd” has invested nearly $300 million to build the largest tyre factory in the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ), according to Beijing’s embassy in Phnom Penh. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firm-set-invest-300m-sville-sezs-largest-tyre-plant
Kingdom eyes int’l co-op for socio-economic revival process
Cambodia has declared its readiness to join relevant development partners to restore the socio-economic situation and promote prosperity at the 78th UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) session in the Thai capital Bangkok. ...
Disaster prevention, risk reduction, critical to sustainable future: UN deputy chief
The world will experience 1.5 medium to large-scale disasters every day through the end of the decade, unless countries ramp up action on prevention and risk reduction, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said in Bali, Indonesia, on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082711/disaster-prevention-risk-reduction-critical-to-sustainable-future-un-deputy-chief/
Hun Sen gives factory workers 2-day break for June elections
The government will give all factory workers two days off to participate in the June 5 commune council elections. Owners of factories and manufacturing enterprises will be required to pay wages and other benefits as normal. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-gives-factory-workers-2-day-break-june-elections
10 parties sign anti-alcohol pledges
Ten of the 17 political parties which are contesting the June 5 commune council elections signed a joint letter on May 24, promising to curb the effects of alcohol use – and promote young women entrepreneurs – if they are elected. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/10-parties-sign-anti-alcohol-pledges
NEC allows ‘special guests’ to monitor local election
Cambodia National Election Committee (NEC) has officially permitted ‘special guests’ to join in monitoring the in-coming Commune/Sangkat Council Election. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082087/nec-allows-special-guests-to-monitor-local-election/
Tax revenue reaches 29% of 2022 goal by end-April
Cambodia earned more than $1.502 billion from tax collection in the first four months of 2022, an increase of over $340 million or 29.36 per cent year-on-year, a feat observers believe reflects recovery and encouraging results from the government’s push started in early November towards ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-revenue-reaches-29-2022-goal-end-april
NEC recruits polling station officials
The National Election Committee (NEC) has recruited 141,612 officials to work at 23,602 polling stations in the Commune Election, but will announce the final number in three days once the candidates have passed a screening test. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082209/nec-recruits-polling-station-officials/
Cambodian media plays important role in promoting ASEAN vision and goals
As Cambodia is going to host the ASEAN Summit in November this year, the media outlets – print media, electronic media and new media – are playing their important parts in the promotion of ASEAN awareness and its understanding to the public, said Khieu Kanharith, ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082451/cambodian-media-plays-important-role-in-promoting-asean-vision-and-goals/
PM praises smooth process of election campaign
Prime Minister Hun Sen has spoken highly of the smooth and non-violent process of the campaign for the 5th-mandate Commune/Sangkat Council Election since it was kicked off on May 21, 2022. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082414/pm-praises-smooth-process-of-election-campaign/
Cambodian PM warns of global food crisis in 2023
Prime Minister Hun Sen and Chair of ASEAN for 2022, has expressed his concern over the global food crisis next year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082465/cambodian-pm-warns-of-global-food-crisis-in-2023/
Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade Agreement: Increasing potential for downstream sectors
The Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade Agreement can help boost Cambodian exports of garments, textiles, and footwear to South Korea. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082487/cambodia-south-korea-free-trade-agreement-increasing-potential-for-downstream-sectors/
Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade Agreement: Increasing potential for downstream sectors
The Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade Agreement can help boost Cambodian exports of garments, textiles, and footwear to South Korea. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082487/cambodia-south-korea-free-trade-agreement-increasing-potential-for-downstream-sectors/
Students at Battambang orphanage granted scholarships
Students from the St. Anne Orphanage were granted scholarships to attend Don Bosco Vithayalai in Battambang, Cambodia, thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501081748/students-at-battambang-orphanage-granted-scholarships/
Siem Reap’s new roads to improve connectivity and tourism
A top official in Siem Reap has said the newly built roads in the province will improve connectivity with remote areas and help boost tourism. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501080679/siem-reaps-new-roads-to-improve-connectivity-and-tourism/
2 MoUs to make India silk products get wider market access in Cambodia
Indian silk items will now have a wider market in Cambodia as the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia and the Cambodian Women’s Entrepreneurs Association recently signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with a delegation of the Indian Silk Export Promotion Council (ISEPC) during the ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501081814/2-mous-to-make-india-silk-products-get-wider-market-access-in-cambodia/