Environment officials target special economic zones
An environment-monitoring working group from the Environment Ministry and the Council for the Development of Cambodia plans to meet with the owners of nearly 50 special economic zones across the country to promote standards on environmental protection and liquid waste management. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50105456/environment-officials-target-special-economic-zones/
PM pulls no punches on US arrival
In a wide-ranging speech to ruling Cambodian People’s Party supporters in California yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen slammed the US government as well as the opposition, and said his presence at the US-ASEAN Summit at Rancho Mirage was no different than that of US President ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21430/pm-pulls-no-punches-on-us-arrival/
Cambodian Muslims see opportunities in ASEAN integration
The government wants Cambodia’s Muslim community to start its own bank to cater to the 600,000 Muslims living here, Labor and Vocational Training Ministry’s secretary of state Datuk Othsman Hassan said yesterday. ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14055/cambodian-muslims-see-opportunities-in-asean-integration/
Cambodia must seek new trade partners
Cambodia will no doubt look to partners other than the US and the European Union to bolster its economic growth as those key export markets continue to struggle, a senior International Monetary Fund official says. One way in which Cambodia would forge new and growing relationships with higher-income ...
SSEZ imports, exports pass $1.9B in Jan-Sep amid investment rise
Growth momentum in foreign inbound investment and orders have driven up the value of imports and exports handled at the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in the first three quarters of this year, reported at $1.904 billion, up 21.27 per cent from the $1.57 billion ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ssez-imports-exports-pass-19b-jan-sep-amid-investment-rise
Hun Sen pushes for malaria-free Kingdom
The government has called on all relevant institutes and local authorities, as well as international development partners, to help make Cambodia a malaria-free country. Prime Minister Hun Sen released a letter this week to celebrate World Malaria Day today under the theme Ready to Beat ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50483342/hun-sen-pushes-for-malaria-free-kingdom-2/
Safety standards for high buildings questioned
While skyscrapers are ceaselessly filling up Phnom Penh’s skyline, many construction and property experts, as well as ordinary citizens, are questioning whether the government’s measures to ensure safety in high buildings within the capital go far enough. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/amid-turmoil-eu-calls-for-review-of-aid-to-cambodia-113900/
Swiss commit to hospitality training plans
Cambodia and Switzerland have discussed increasing the provision of vocational training for the tourism industry. Through the wider implementation of the Skills Development Programme Phase II 2024-2028, they aim to bring the quality of services in line with national and ASEAN standards, ensuring that the ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/swiss-commit-to-hospitality-training-plans
Cambodia-Thailand trade surpasses $1.7 billion in first five months
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand crossed $1.7 billion in the first five months, an increase of 1.73 percent compared to the same period last year, said a report of the General Department of Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501511502/cambodia-thailand-trade-surpasses-1-7-billion-in-first-five-months/
Sihanoukville highway due by 2023
The Preah Sihanouk provincial administration said a highway from Phnom Penh to Preah Sihanouk province will commence construction by next year. The decision was made after a study of the 190-kilometre highway was recently completed, setting in motion a $1.7 billion infrastructure project with a Chinese ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114710/sihanoukville-highway-due-by-2023/
Hun Sen: Gov’t will never sacrifice national interest
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday defended his rule against detractors who claim that the government often acts to please certain foreign powers. The prime minister said all his decisions have been for the benefit of the Kingdom and urged countries to support Cambodia’s development ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-govt-will-never-sacrifice-national-interest
S. Korean-funded roads opens to traffic in Cambodia
Roads built with low-interest policy loans from South Korea have opened to traffic in Cambodia, the finance ministry said Monday. The roads near the Vietnamese border in the Southern part of Cambodia, are part of a broader infrastructure project undertaken by Phnom Penh to meet ...
Yonhap News Agency Staff
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2015/06/29/0503000000AEN20150629005200320.html
Sihanoukville SEZ H1 trade surges 38%
The value of imports and exports passing through the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in the country registered a 38 percent year-on-year increase, according to reports. ...
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501115794/sihanoukville-sez-h1-trade-surges-38/
Obama Presses Hun Sen on Human Rights
U.S. President Barack Obama pressed Prime Minister Hun Sen on the government’s human rights record during a closed-door meeting between the two leaders in Phnom Penh yesterday, calling for fair elections and the release of all political prisoners. In the first visit to Cambodia by a ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/obama-presses-hun-sen-on-human-rights-record-6174/
Ministry defends pro-CPP speech at university
The Education Ministry on Monday defended a pro-CPP speech delivered to some 1,500 students at a university in Phnom Penh on Sunday, reasoning that the school did not breach the ministry’s new directive against political activity at academic institutions because classes had finished for the ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-defends-pro-cpp-speech-at-university-93048/
Kingdom narrows healthcare gap for mothers in last two decades
Cambodia has managed to provide quality maternal care for all women, rich and poor, in the last two decades, said a World Bank report. Data shows the gap in access to maternal health care between the richest and poorest has narrowed. ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501483294/kingdom-narrows-healthcare-gap-for-mothers-in-last-two-decades/
Minister Of Information meets with Director General of Administration of Radio and Television of Yunnan Province, China
Cambodia’s Minister of Information reaffirmed the position of the Ministry to continue promoting cooperation with the Administration of Yunnan Provincial Radio and Television CDTV China in the field of broadcasting and information. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501406886/minister-of-information-meets-with-director-general-of-administration-of-radio-and-television-of-yunnan-province-china/
National Strategy for Informal Economic Development to achieve three goals at once
The launch of the National Strategy for Informal Economic Development 2023-2028 will achieve three goals at the same time, i.e. alleviating poverty and social inequality, strengthening social and economic resilience, and boosting economic growth. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501374642/national-strategy-for-informal-economic-development-to-achieve-three-goals-at-once/
Judicial laws put independence of courts in jeopardy
Three constitutionally mandated judicial laws would adversely affect the independence of the courts if they are passed in their current draft state, legal experts warned on Friday. Draft versions of the Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Supreme Council of the Magistracy, the Law ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/judicial-laws-put-independence-of-courts-in-jeopardy-58942/
Cambodia’s economic freedom down slightly last year: report
Cambodia’s economic freedom score dropped seven ranks in the annual Economic Freedom Index released by the Heritage Foundation, a US-based, conservative-leaning think tank. The 0.8 point dip in the score from last year put Cambodia’s economy in the “Mostly Unfree” category, ranking 101 out of ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-economic-freedom-down-slightly-last-year-report