Cambodia Orders Halt to Anti-Vietnamese Protests After Flag Burning Incident
suspend protests against Vietnam over a territorial dispute as Phnom Penh expressed “regret” to Hanoi over the burning of a Vietnamese flag during the demonstrations last week. Horn Nam Hong met at his office with the head of the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation, Thach Setha, who agreed ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/protests-08192014163708.html
Cambodia’s high school exam kicks off after pandemic brought under control
A total of 114,183 Cambodian candidates are taking a national high school graduation exam on Monday after the situation of COVID-19 pandemic had been brought under control. ...
Khmer Times Staff
http://khmertimeskh.com/50996230/cambodias-high-school-exam-kicks-off-after-pandemic-brought-under-control/
Relocation fears for Siem Reap families
About 90 Siem Reap families have rejected what they say is a preliminary move by the provincial authority to have them moved off land declared part of Kulen Mountain National Park in 2002. The families, in Banteay Srei district’s Tbeng commune, said yesterday they had rejected ...
Business Registrations Up 34% This Year
The number of businesses that registered at the Ministry of Commerce during the first seven months of this year increased 34 percent compared to the same period last year, according to ministry figures released yesterday. According to the data, in the first seven months of ...
Shops unfazed by annual bootleg DVD crush
The Ministry of Culture steamrolled 300,000 bootlegged DVDs Monday in its annual celebration of efforts to stamp out piracy. But at DVD shops across Phnom Penh, where pirated movies are sold for $1.50 or less, owners said they see little threat to their businesses. ...
Sek Odom and Alex Consiglio
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/shops-unfazed-by-annual-bootleg-dvd-crush-60424/
Entrepreneurship to be taught in the classroom
Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron has unveiled a plan to add coursework on entrepreneurship to the school and university curricula starting in the next academic year, state news agency AKP said yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/entrepreneurship-be-taught-classroom
Hun Sen unveils new roadmap for foreign trade policy
Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over a ceremony at his Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on Tuesday to unveil a new report that assesses the government’s foreign trade policies over the past seven years and lays out a policy roadmap for the next five. The report, ...
Khy Sovuthy and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-unveils-new-roadmap-for-foreign-trade-policy-52600/
Official says resettlement sites are good for development
Widely different interpretations of the government’s land policy were voiced at a conference on Land Security and Housing Rights on Thursday in Phnom Penh, with civil servants defending mass relocations, while rural evictees spoke of being forced into poverty due to loss of their land. ...
Ministries eye budget bumps for next year
The Ministry of Economy and Finance finished month-long consultations with key ministries on Thursday in preparation for the drafting of Cambodia’s budget for 2017. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-eye-budget-bumps-next-year
Minimum wage law edges closer
A Labour Ministry official has said the law on the minimum wage will come into force in the first quarter of 2018, provided there are no more objections from stakeholders. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5095662/minimum-wage-law-edges-closer/
Officials at border call for better info sharing
Authorities in Svay Rieng province have slammed the minister in charge of negotiating border issues with Vietnam, saying he has not kept the military and governor’s office in the loop regarding the ongoing dispute with Cambodia’s neighbour. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-border-call-better-info-sharing
No new resettlement at Angkor park
Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Say Samal instructed the relevant parties to protect former village land in the Angkor archaeological park. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501375698/no-new-resettlement-at-angkor-park/
Project aims to build latrines in rural areas
A new US$10.9 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund a three-year project by international development NGO East Meets West (EMW) to improve sanitation and hygiene among the poor in rural Cambodia and Vietnam. According to EMW, the program seeks to combat the negative effects of ...
Tourism stronger than predicted
The Kingdom’s tourism industry this year will perform much better than the government expects thanks in part to Cambodia’s growing popularity as a vacation destination, investment firm Cambodia Capital has said. Total tourist arrivals to Cambodia for 2011 will reach 2.85 million, while total revenues ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011090151407/Business/tourism-stronger-than-predicted.html
Furniture Business On The Rise
More people are buying furniture thanks to a growing construction sector and solid economic growth. Cambodia’s economy grew by 6.9 percent in 2011 and is expected to grow by 6.5 percent for the next two years, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Meanwhile, the ...
Three groups sign deal to help migrants in Thailand
The Manpower Association of Cambodia and the Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Thai-Cambodian Relation Association to protect migrant workers in Thailand. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50548323/three-groups-sign-deal-to-help-migrants-in-thailand/
Food safety draft law under study
The draft Law on Food Safety is now being studied by the Council of Ministers and is expected to be approved before the end of the year, government officials said. Tech Seak Ngon, general department of customs and excise deputy director, yesterday told a press ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50600367/food-safety-draft-law-under-study/
Bunong families petition PM
Four villagers representing more than 1,800 Bunong ethnic families who are embroiled in a territorial spat in Mondulkiri province petitioned two ministries and Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday.They want the authorities to push the local authority to revoke the private ownership of a portion ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bunong-families-petition-pm
Latest malaria drug resistance sparks fears
A new study by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has confirmed that resistance is growing to one of the key drugs being used to fight malaria in Cambodia, a situation likely to worsen and which could lead to a growing caseload in the ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/latest-malaria-drug-resistance-sparks-fears-104930/
Construction standards on the way
The International Business Chamber of Cambodia (IBS) on Friday took a step to formulate industry-wide construction standards by signing a memorandum of understanding with the UK’s Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), an accreditation agency that monitors quality and safety across the property market. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15449/construction-standards-on-the-way/