Cambodia-Laos trade
Laos has asked Cambodia to increase trade and investment in its northern neighbor as bilateral trade between the two countries is small and has plenty of room to expand. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26568/cambodia-laos-trade/
Kingdom to feel typhoon’s effects
After wreaking havoc in Taiwan and mainland China this weekend, Typhoon Nepartak will bring heavy rain to the Kingdom today, according to the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27060/kingdom-to-feel-typhoon---s-effects/
Commune chief accused of clearing state forestland
A Forestry Administration official said yesterday that authorities have filed a court complaint accusing a commune chief in Kampong Thom province of clearing protected state forestland for private sale. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-chief-accused-clearing-state-forestland
Rubber exports stable
While international rubber prices rebounded late last year, Cambodia’s exports in 2016, however, remained relatively unchanged compared with 2015, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34466/rubber-exports-stable/
Utility bills slashed for many
The government is to standardize water and electricity rates for factory workers and students in a bid to stop them being ripped off by unscrupulous landlords. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37293/utility-bills-slashed-for-many/
Number of overloaded trucks fall after fines
The Ministry of Transport collected more than three hundred million riel ($75,000) last month in the form of fines on more than 140 overloaded trucks. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37286/number-of-overloaded-trucks-fall-after-fines/
Government unveils portal for trademark registration
The Ministry of Commerce launched an online trademark registration gateway yesterday, allowing local and foreign individuals and firms to register their trademarks in Cambodia to protect them against infringement. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-unveils-portal-trademark-registration
Dam resettlement site gets electricity
According to the Stung Treng Provincial Electricity Authority’s announcement yesterday, an electrical line was connected from the dam to a transmission network at the new site in Srekor. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dam-resettlement-site-gets-electricity
Pork fears grip the capital
The meat section in Phnom Penh’s O’Russei Market on most mornings is crowded with housewives selecting the best pork cuts – from shoulders, loins and fillets – for dinner. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39838/pork-fears-grip-the-capital/
King calls for forest protection
King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday oversaw a tree planting ceremony in Kandal province to mark the 27th Arbor Day, pleading for all citizens to protect the country’s forests. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40129/king-calls-for-forest-protection/
Push on for farm insurance
Insurance industry Insiders are urging the government and development partners to set up and support a policy of subsidising Insurance in the agricultural sector. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079418/push-farm-insurance/
Minister of commerce meets with Chinese
The minister of commerce, Pan Sorasak, met with officials from the Chinese-based Jilin Provincial Investment Group Co Ltd yesterday to discuss strengthening rice-processing infrastructure in the Kingdom. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/minister-commerce-meets-chinese
Vietnam-bound ferrets rescued
Custom officials seized 35 live ferrets weighing about 80 kilograms in Kandal province after a group of smugglers prepared to transport them to Vietnam by boat, authorities said yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31112/vietnam-bound-ferrets-rescued/
Singapore could face legal action over sand importation
Environmental NGO Mother Nature has hired a Singaporean law firm to investigate alleged irregularities in the country’s importation of Cambodian sand, the organization’s founder said on Wednesday. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/singapore-could-face-legal-action-over-sand-importation-122978/
Fishery management body planned
Cambodia and Laos have agreed to set up a joint fisheries management body by the end of 2018 and reaffirmed their commitment to improved fisheries management in border provinces. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34706/fishery-management-body-planned/
Election campaigners told to watch tongues
Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng has urged political parties, politicians and activists to refrain from making controversial comments in the run-up to the commune elections. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37237/election-campaigners-told-to-watch-tongues/
Study on how to boost rice storage
A feasibility study into the possibility of establishing a series of warehouses and kiln for rice farmers is exploring how to improve the quality of storage in the industry. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39870/study-on-how-to-boost-rice-storage/
Plan to cut rabies fatalities by half
The Institut Pasteur du Cambodge and Sipar have launched a five-year action plan in collaboration with the government to reduce the death rate from rabies by 50 percent. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083652/plan-cut-rabies-fatalities-half/
Factory workers protest against contract offers
Workers from the Pou Yuen Cambodia garment factory in Sen Sok district yesterday protested outside the premises after the management decided to offer them only three-month contract extensions. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-workers-protest-against-contract-offers
Sausage case producer raided
Authorities shut down a large sausage casing manufacturer in Kampong Speu province after discovering its owners had been operating illegally for two years and were using forbidden chemical substances. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sausage-case-producer-raided