Cambodia, Japan agree to ensure full implementation of RCEP free trade deal
Cambodia and Japan on Sunday agreed to ensure the full implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement for the benefit of all, according to a Cambodia-Japan joint statement. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501044760/cambodia-japan-agree-to-ensure-full-implementation-of-rcep-free-trade-deal/
Food Safety Day sees focus on public health, sustainability
Cambodia marked World Food Safety Day on August 16, with all stakeholders calling for a focus on food safety for the good of public health and sustainable development. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/food-safety-day-sees-focus-public-health-sustainability
Kingdom makes EE labels must for electrical appliances
Cambodia has made energy efficiency (EE) labels issued by the Ministry of Mining and Energy (MME) mandatory for all electrical appliances manufactured, imported or sold in the country through a new regulation. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501343447/kingdom-makes-ee-labels-must-for-electrical-appliances/
Chinese official pledges more investment
A Chinese official with the Chinese embassy in Phnom Penh has pledged to increase bilateral trade between Cambodia and China by encouraging Chinese investors to invest in all sectors in the Kingdom. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-official-pledges-more-investment
Reshaping eco-friendly shopping
Entrepreneur Vantha Vichiekha has successfully managed to launch two eco-friendly focused businesses that are helping to save the planet and empower Cambodian women – all by the age of 29. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/reshaping-eco-friendly-shopping
Ministry urges stakeholders to heed the work of local village health support groups
Ministry of Health urged all relevant departments and institutions to pay attention to the work of local village health support groups, who improve village health and treat people with quality and efficiency. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501290936/ministry-urges-stakeholders-to-heed-the-work-of-local-village-health-support-groups/
Cabinet adopts draft law on Civil Registration and ID
The Council of Ministers on Friday passed the draft law on Civil Registration and Identification to further strengthen the protection of the right to improve the quality of all types of services for the people. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501294133/cabinet-adopts-draft-law-on-civil-registration-and-id/
MoH wants C-19 vaccines included in immunisation programme
The Ministry of Health recommended yesterday that COVID-19 vaccines be included in the National Immunisation Programme and that the vaccine be promoted in all priority groups. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501306876/moh-wants-c-19-vaccines-included-in-immunisation-programme/
NGOs and associations need to submit financial statements to Royal Government
All Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and associations need to summit their financial statements to the Royal Government routinely, if not they will be responsible before the law, said Prime Minister Hun Sen Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501301655/ngos-and-associations-need-to-submit-financial-statements-to-royal-government/
Fake social media post promises $1,000 for free
A social media post appeared recently promising all Cambodian citizens a cash donation from the government. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501424905/fake-social-media-post-promises-1000-for-free/
Tourism Ministry instructs to manage the fire system in adult entertainment centers
The Ministry of Tourism has instructed all the capital and provincial Tourism Departments to cooperate with relevant institutions to manage the fire system in adult entertainment centers such as karaoke, nightclubs, bar-discos, and beer gardens. ...
PM unveils 12-year plan for universal health coverage
In a significant stride towards ensuring equitable healthcare access for all citizens, Prime Minister Hun Manet has officially launched the Roadmap for Universal Healthcare Coverage in Cambodia 2024-2035. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501493939/pm-unveils-12-year-plan-for-universal-health-coverage/
Villagers to continue road block
About 700 villagers in Kratie province’s Kampong Damrei commune will continue their protests today to persuade provincial authorities to release one of their representatives, villagers said yesterday. Representative Bun Sithet said the villagers, who are involved in a land dispute with Kasotim company, would protest outside ...
UDG to pay for damaged crops
A total of 13 out of 14 families locked in a land dispute with the Union Development Group in Koh Kong province on Tuesday accepted a compensation offer over crops destroyed by the company in January. Negotiations are also under way with the one family ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50500685/udg-to-pay-for-damaged-crops/
Court in no hurry to charge timber traders
As the government prepares to start auctioning off the 70,000 cubic meters of illegal timber it has seized so far this year, not one of the companies on whose property it was found—nor anyone else—has been charged over the wood, following months of court procedures. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-in-no-hurry-to-charge-timber-traders-113838/
New rules suggested for public employees
A new government sub-decree addressing the regulation of working hours and attendance for civil servants and government contract employees was submitted to the Council of Ministers on Friday in an effort to increase productivity, but is still short on oversight and accountability, one observer said ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-rules-suggested-public-employees
Chinese firm begins construction at Boeng Kak
Eight years after CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin signed off on a 99-year lease of Boeng Kak lake in one of the most controversial real estate deals in Phnom Penh’s recent history, a Chinese firm has begun construction on the first major development project on ...
Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinese-firm-begins-construction-at-boeng-kak-96025/
Festival traffic death toll holds steady
The number of traffic fatalities during the 2015 Pchum Ben festival was nearly the same as last year’s, dropping just three percent.34 people were killed in road crashes between October 10 and 12, one fewer than the 35 killed during the three-day holiday in 2014. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/festival-traffic-death-toll-holds-steady
US weighs in on anti-Hun Sen protest
Amid fears of a potential reprise of anti-opposition violence that flared in October, a US Embassy spokesman yesterday called on the government “to ensure that no one is threatened, punished, or harmed in Cambodia” if a planned anti-Hun Sen rally takes place as scheduled next ...
Brent Crane
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-weighs-anti-hun-sen-protest
Japan’s vital role in Cambodia’s strategic reconfiguration
Since early this year, commentators and the public alike have spent a great deal of time and effort to analyze Cambodia-US relations against the backdrop of the recent US-ASEAN Summit. Less focus has been made on one of the most important bilateral relationships of Cambodia ...
Cheunboran Chanborey
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22736/japan---s-vital-role-in-cambodia---s-strategic-reconfiguration/