NGOs ask king not to sign NGO law
A group of 26 local NGOs submitted a letter to King Norodom Sihamoni on Thursday calling on him to refuse to sign off on a controversial law regulating non-governmental groups in the country. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-ask-king-not-to-sign-ngo-law-90398/
Immigration police arrests 30 illegal Vietnamese
The Immigration police from the Ministry of Interior arrested 30 Vietnamese nationals today for alleged illegal work at a workplace in Chbar Ampove Khan’s Prek Pra commune. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/immigration-police-arrests-30-illegal-vietnamese-8794
Cambodia will set a tourism marketing strategy 2015-2020
Cambodia Tourism Marketing Strategy 2015-2020 has been finalized and will soon set in order to achieve the 8 million foreign visitors gold by 2020, said an official. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-will-set-a-tourism-marketing-strategy-2015-2020-8809
Thailand asks cambodia to repatriate prisoners
A spokesman for the Justice Ministry said Tuesday that the government was considering a request made by the new Thai ambassador to repatriate seven of the country’s nationals serving prison sentences in Cambodia. ...
Mech Dara
https://cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net/wp-admin/post-new.php
Union law could cost CPP the next election, labor leader warns
Draft legislation on trade unions will undermine the hard-won progress of labor unions here as well as violate fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution, labor law and UN conventions, labor leaders said yesterday. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14396/union-law-could-cost-cpp-the-next-election--labor-leader-warns/
China rice deal gets more urgent
Cambodia’s need to secure China as a rice export destination is becoming increasingly urgent, with China’s multiple pending agreements with other countries in Southeast and South Asia, said industry insider David Van. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14389/china-rice-deal-gets-more-urgent/
Hun Sen thanks UN for maps; opposition CNRP not satisfied
Prime Minister Hun Sen thanked the U.N. on Sunday for providing maps that he said prove that the government had upheld the law in its work demarcating the country’s border with Vietnam. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-thanks-un-for-maps-opposition-cnrp-not-satisfied-92386/
Unlicensed clinics prove a tough issue to treat
Operating from a modest tin shack he shares with his wife and children near the Mekong River in Kandal province, 34-year-old Seurn Sokheang treats his neighbors for a wide range of ailments. ...
George Wright and Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unlicensed-clinics-prove-a-tough-issue-to-treat-93040/
Unpaid workers ready to ‘burn down factory’
More than 150 garment workers at the Tien Tien factory in Kandal province have threatened to burn down their workplace after its Chinese owner disappeared without paying them almost a month ago. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unpaid-workers-ready-burn-down-factory
Office properties show tepid growth
Commercial occupancy rates stayed almost flat in the first half of this year, with vacancy rates seeing only a marginal decline, according to a new semi-annual report from property consultancy firm Knight Frank. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15288/office-properties-show-tepid-growth/
PM: border affairs to continue gently, but seriously
Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed the officials in charge of border affairs to continue working on border delimitation and demarcation, according to the State News Agency-AKP. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/pm:-border-affairs-to-continue-gently-but-seriously-8923
Angkor Wat tourists bring Cambodia nearly $40m
Cambodia has earned nearly US$40 million from foreign tourists who visited Angkor Wat in the first eight months of this year, according to a report released Friday. ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/681476/angkor-wat-tourists-bring-cambodia-nearly-40m
Ministry launches digital literacy training for tourism sector
The Ministry of Tourism has officially kick-started a digital literacy training programme for stakeholders in the sector, especially toward the COVID-19 tourism recovery. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50969617/ministry-launches-digital-literacy-training-for-tourism-sector/
India vows close cooperation with Kingdom as ASEAN chair
India has pledged to work closely with Cambodia, the 2022 chair of ASEAN, in addressing issues of common concerns including the Myanmar crisis. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/india-vows-close-cooperation-kingdom-asean-chair
Cambodia announces COVID-free state
Cambodia has become COVID-19-free as the last patient has recovered, the country’s Ministry of Health has announced in a statement. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501091004/cambodia-announces-covid-free-state/
IPTP: No sign of intimidation, coercion and violence during local election
There is no sign of intimidation, coercion and violence during the 5th Mandate Commune/Sangkat Council Election in Cambodia Sunday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089457/iptp-no-sign-of-intimidation-coercion-and-violence-during-local-election/
PR firm Qorvis Communications pledges to bring true information about Cambodia to the world
PR Firm Qorvis Communications has pledged to continue helping Cambodia in bringing true information about the Kingdom’s progress to the world. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1074777/pr-firm-qorvis-communications-pledges-to-bring-true-information-about-cambodia-to-the-world/
Oil refinery to be built
Construction on a US$2 billion oil refining plant, the Kingdom’s first, will start in April, according to officials close to the project. The plant, which will be built on 365 hectares across Kampot and Sihanoukville provinces and is expected to be completed in 2014, is a ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011120553135/Business/oil-refinery-to-be-built.html
MobiTel, Smart Fight It Out Over Prices
With competition rife in Cambodia’s telecommunication market, two of the country’s largest mobile phone operators have engaged in a battle over prices and are at odds over the tactics being used to gain market share. On Friday, the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) ordered all mobile ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mobitel-smart-fight-it-out-over-prices-21085/
Cambodia Misses Deadline to Submit UN Human Rights Report
Cambodia failed Monday to make its deadline to submit a key human rights report—known as the universal period review (UPR)—to the U.N., said Mak Sambath, deputy chairman of the government’s Human Rights Committee. Having missed the submission deadline, the government is now hoping to get its ...
Kuch Naren and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-misses-deadline-to-submit-un-human-rights-report-46138/