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Unions looking for place within SEZ boundaries
Since just before the pandemic started, Chhoum Phen has changed his job more than five times within Hi-Tech Apparel, the garment factory he has worked at for more than five years. ...
Danielle Keeton-Olsen and Yon Sineat
https://vodenglish.news/unions-looking-for-place-within-sez-boundaries/
Cambodia studies impacts of undersea fiber optic cables
The Kingdom is studying the environmental impacts from the construction of undersea fiber optic cables connecting Hong Kong to Preah Sihanouk province at a distance of over 300km. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-studies-impacts-undersea-fiber-optic-cables
NEC announces validity of voter list
The National Election Committee (NEC) officially announced the validity of the 2021 voter list, which consists of 9,205,690 voters, or 87.98 per cent of all eligible citizens aged 18 years and over, including 4,904,832 woman. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-announces-validity-voter-list
PM suggests move for Korean peace
Prime Minister Hun Sen has said pressure alone will not address the deeply rooted causes of conflict between the two Koreas. In order to seek peace on the Korean Peninsula, he proposed the “Two States Towards One Nation: One Peninsula, One People, One Culture” initiative ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-suggests-move-korean-peace
PM shares insights on peace process at South Korean summit
Prime Minister Hun Sen shared Cambodia’s lessons on peacemaking and national reconciliation at the World Summit in Seoul, marking the end of a four-day trip to South Korea where he clinches a peace prize. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-shares-insights-peace-process-south-korean-summit
Fully vaccinated patients can go free after recovery: ministry
Fully vaccinated Covid-19 patients who have been treated at home and test negative are allowed to return to daily activities, while those without the primary course of jabs are required to complete an additional seven days of quarantine, the Ministry of Health has announced. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fully-vaccinated-patients-can-go-free-after-recovery-ministry
Ministry of Education issues new directive on strengthening Standard Operating Principles for Health and Safety in Educational Establishments
In response to the growing wave of Omicron cases in Cambodia, the Ministry of Education has issued a new directive on strengthening Standard Operating Principles for Health and Safety in Educational Establishments ...
Cambodia commits to halve deforestation by 2030
Cambodia is all set to reduce deforestation by half by the year 2030 and achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions in its forestry sector by 2040. ...
Son Minea
http://khmertimeskh.com/501024424/cambodia-commits-to-halve-deforestation-by-2030/
2021 Voter list validated and put into official use
The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday announced to validate and put into official use the 2021 voter list. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501024137/2021-voter-list-validated-and-put-into-official-use/
Kep to become first Mine-free province this year
Kep will become the first Cambodian province without mine by this year, according to the provincial administration. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501024152/kep-to-become-first-mine-free-province-this-year/
Customs revenues reaches $2.295 billion in 2021
Approximately $2.295 billion was collected as customs revenue in 2021, about 97.1 percent of the yearly plan, according to the data from the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501023830/customs-revenues-reaches-2-295-billion-in-2021/
Cambodia’s garment, footwear, travel goods exports up 15.2 pct in 2021
Cambodia’s garment, footwear and travel goods industry has seen a 15.2 percent rise in exports in 2021, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise on Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501024109/cambodias-garment-footwear-travel-goods-exports-up-15-2-pct-in-2021/
Local residents fear losing it all as portions of Boeung Ta Mok lake become development land
The Cambodian authorities as of Dec. 2021 have granted for development more than 2,000 of Boeung Ta Mok lake’s 3,239.7 hectares in response to 43 requests from public and private institutions, leaving the future of the lake uncertain. ...
Teng Yalirozy
https://cambodianess.com/article/local-residents-fear-losing-it-all-as-portions-of-boeung-ta-mok-lake-become-development-land
Botum Sakor residents defiant as authorities threaten to clear shelters
Koh Kong authorities have threatened to tear down shelters built by residents of Botum Sakor district on land the locals say was taken from them by sugarcane plantations run by CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat. ...
Khut Sokun
https://vodenglish.news/botum-sakor-residents-defiant-as-authorities-threaten-to-clear-shelters/
Siphan: Access to Information law will oblige spokespersons to face press
The Government Spokesperson Unit recently held its annual press conference offering journalists an opportunity to query the challenges and achievements of government ministries and institutions, in line with the Access to Information law. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siphan-access-information-law-will-oblige-spokespersons-face-press
Monks turning forest into Buddhist hotspot
Monks protecting the Sorng Rukahvorn Community Forest in Oddar Meanchey province are committed to turn the area into a Buddhist-style natural tourist attraction for Cambodians and foreigners. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monks-turning-forest-buddhist-hotspot
New traffic legislation on the way
A complete new set of road traffic laws is expected to be introduced to the parliament later this year after passing through many working groups and reaching Minister of Interior Sar Kheng for final review. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-traffic-legislation-way
Cambodia shoots for ‘green ASEAN’: CDC
The Kingdom will strive to increase environmental sustainability and address climate change issues to build a “green ASEAN” and ensure a more resilient and inclusive future, according to Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) secretary-general Sok Chenda Sophea. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-shoots-green-asean-cdc
Capital’s airport records 28% cargo rise
Phnom Penh International Airport handled 55,000 tonnes of air freight in 2021, surging by about 28 per cent from a year earlier, according to a State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) report. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/capitals-airport-records-28-cargo-rise
‘Digital link’ between post, customs launched
Swisscontact, on behalf of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF), on February 8 launched a new e-trade portal project in partnership with two Cambodian government institutions – the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) and Cambodia Post. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/digital-link-between-post-customs-launched
Capital, businesses find ways to move factories to suburbs
The Phnom Penh Municipal Hall has been holding discussions with the Cambodia Trucking Association (CAMTA) and major businesses to find an efficient way of relocating factories and warehouses to the outskirts of Phnom Penh. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-businesses-find-ways-move-factories-suburbs
Vietnam’s Tourism ministry seeks resumption of pre-pandemic visa waiver policy for tourists, Cambodians eligible for 30 days stay
The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has proposed the Government resumes pre-pandemic waivers of visas for tourists from 24 countries when the country restarts international tourism. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501023361/vietnams-tourism-ministry-seeks-resumption-of-pre-pandemic-visa-waiver-policy-for-tourists-cambodians-eligible-for-30-days-stay/
Cambodia tightens pandemic prevention measures as Omicron rages
Authorities of Phnom Penh capital city has just issued a regulation to deal with the growing number of Omicron variant infections in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501023368/cambodia-tightens-pandemic-prevention-measures-as-omicron-rages/
Ministry of Labour reminds factory owners to ensure all their workers are vaccinated against COVID-19
The Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notice to all owners or directors of factories to immediately contact the local authorities to prepare vaccines and to encourage workers in any location to get vaccinated soonest possible. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501023333/ministry-of-labour-reminds-factory-owners-to-ensure-all-their-workers-are-vaccinated-against-covod-19/