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Asean Foreign Ministers discuss human rights
Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn said that the understanding and respect for human rights must be comprehensive, including no double standards and respect the national sovereignty of each country in accordance with the principle of non-interference in internal affairs. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907965/asean-foreign-ministers-discuss-human-rights/
EU and UNIDO to support fisheries sector
With support of the European Union (EU), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture’s Fisheries Administration (FiA) launched a Value Chain Investment Support (VCIS) programme yesterday aiming to support Cambodia’s small, medium and large enterprises in post-harvest fisheries. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908108/eu-and-unido-to-support-fisheries-sector/
Some respite: PP City Hall allows dine-ins at eateries again with strict conditions
In a bid to ease the burden faced by eateries in the capital, Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday revoked its ban on dine-ins with certain conditions. ...
NEC dismisses claims of unfair elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) has dismissed criticism by civil society organisations reported by local media on Monday. ...
Yin Soeum
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908070/nec-dismisses-claims-of-unfair-elections/
Cambodia to open doors for vaccinated tourists
The Ministry of Tourism is set to reopen its doors for international tourists who are vaccinated to visit the Kingdom next year with some new criteria, including making sure that they are not infected with the disease. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907964/cambodia-to-open-doors-for-vaccinated-tourists/
Enhancing early warning systems in Cambodia for climate change
Weather and climate conditions over the Indochina Peninsula, including Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), make it one of the most vulnerable regions on the planet. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907961/enhancing-early-warning-systems-in-cambodia-for-climate-change/
ASEAN ministers try to forge united front against Covid-19
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn called on ASEAN to help alleviate the plight of the poor, including Cambodians, who have been severely impacted economically by Covid-19. ...
Ry Sochan
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-ministers-try-forge-united-front-against-covid-19
Mekong and US to strengthen connectivity
Cambodia along with other Mekong nations will work together with the United States to strengthen connectivity, economic integration, good governance and narrowing the development gap in the sub-region. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907958/mekong-and-us-to-strengthen-connectivity/
Cambodia highlights need for collective efforts to maintain poverty reduction outcomes in region
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn has stressed the importance of ensuring sustainable economic recovery and growth for the region, including through the materialization of the ASEAN Travel Corridor Arrangement Framework and operationalisation of the ASEAN Centre ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907974/cambodia-highlights-need-for-collective-efforts-to-maintain-poverty-reduction-outcomes-in-region/
Search for suspected ‘Delta’ variant at Phnom Penh market
The COVID Research Subcommittee says that a search operation for suspected ‘Delta’ variant infection is currently underway in Deum Kor market, between Mao Tse Tong Boulevard (St. 245) and Monireth Boulevard (St. 217), in Khan Tuol Kork, Phnom Penh after after a Delta Kovid-19 virus-positive ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907691/search-for-suspected-delta-variant-at-phnom-penh-market/
Phnom Penh primary school teacher sentenced for $140,000 ‘tontine’ fraud
A primary school teacher was today sentenced to jail for embezzling more than $140,000 from colleagues. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907784/phnom-penh-primary-school-teacher-sentenced-for-140000-tontine-fraud/
ARDB loans set for rice sector
The state-owned Agricultural and Rural Development Bank of Cambodia (ARDB) announced that it has reserved a large number of financial packages of working capital loans for rice millers and exporters to buy paddy from farmers during the upcoming harvest season, in a bid to push ...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/ardb-loans-set-rice-sector
Road tax can now be paid through GDT app
Vehicle owners can now pay road tax on their mobile devices through the GDT Taxpayer App, after the latest update, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Taxation (GDT) on July 30. ...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/road-tax-can-now-be-paid-through-gdt-app
NBC and NSSF joining hands in investment management
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) have entered into a partnership on social security planning, investment management and human resource development. ...
May Kunmakara
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-and-nssf-joining-hands-investment-management
Ministry deploys 50 waste incinerators
The Ministry of Environment has asked people to cooperate in the proper sorting and packaging of solid waste to avoid rubbish being discarded in public places which affects people’s health and the environment. ...
Voun Dara
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-deploys-50-waste-incinerators
Sokhonn, Blinken to co-chair summit
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will co-chair the second Mekong-US Partnership Ministerial Meeting, which will be held on August 3 via video conference. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/sokhonn-blinken-co-chair-summit
50 solid waste incinerators ‘equipped’ in 21 provinces
The Ministry of Environment is onto providing skills training on best practices for solid waste management to relevant provincial authorities besides giving additional equipment to achieve sustainable waste management. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907242/50-solid-waste-incinerators-equipped-in-21-provinces/
Government considering reducing public investment projects
The Cambodian government is considering reducing the number of approved public investment projects in a budgetary move to preserve funds for use fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907215/government-considering-reducing-public-investment-projects/
China committed to provide medical aid to end the pandemic
On Sunday, the Chinese Embassy announced that China is committed to be a solid backbone for providing vaccines for the campaign drives in Cambodia and firmly supports the Cambodian government in its fight against Covid-19. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907260/china-committed-to-provide-medical-aid-to-end-the-pandemic/
Kingdom produces 137kg of gold dore bars
Australian miner Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Ltd has produced 137kg dore bars with 90 per cent gold solution, in just over a month since it kicked off commercial operations of its flagship gold mine in northeastern Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen on ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-produces-137kg-gold-dore-bars
GFX spurns meeting set with gov’t and victims
Embattled derivatives brokerage GoldFX Investment Co Ltd (GFX) was a no show at a tripartite meeting with victims that had been scheduled for Friday. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907147/gfx-spurns-meeting-set-with-govt-and-victims/
CDC approves $71 million in new investments to create 9,500 jobs
Eight new projects worth $71.4 million have been approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). The new projects will create over 9,500 jobs at a critical juncture in the Kingdom’s economic recovery. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50906237/cdc-approves-71-million-in-new-investments-to-create-9500-jobs/
Rice exports plunge 27 percent but demand from China and Vietnam rises
Cambodia’s overseas rice shipments tumbled 27.3 percent Jan-July, compared with a year earlier. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907302/rice-exports-plunge-27-percent-but-demand-from-china-and-vietnam-rises/
Focus shifts to onshore oil and gold mining as offshore exploration stumbles
The Kingdom has a golden future in spite of the crude reality that there may be no more oil extracted from its waters in the near term, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907152/focus-shifts-to-onshore-oil-and-gold-mining-as-offshore-exploration-stumbles/