Thai mangosteen, durian supplies short of demand in Cambodia, Vietnam
Cambodia and Vietnam have urged Thailand to export more mangosteen and durian in response to the high demand in both neighbouring countries.
Sombat Juengtrakoon, deputy chairman of the Thai-Cambodian Border Trade and Tourism Association in Chanthaburi Province, told journalists Monday that Thailand export a lower volume
Pattaya Mail
http://www.pattayamail.com/business/thai-mangosteen-durian-supplies-short-of-demand-in-cambodia-vietnam-37980
Cambodia aiming for road connectivity in 2015
Cambodia says it hopes to have road connectivity to Vietnam and Thailand by 2015.
The connection would be part of Asean integration, a process where Cambodia lags behind its neighbors.
Six countries of the Mekong River delta have worked toward linking by road since 1998, in an
Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-aiming-for-road-connectivity-in-2015/1924443.html
City Hall orders 40 more buses
Phnom Penh City Hall has purchased 40 secondhand buses from South Korea for an expansion of the city’s fledgling public bus service, said a municipal official who declined to reveal the details of the order.
City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said the buses are slotted to
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-orders-40-more-buses-62352/
Mobile Food shops to become more popular
Mobile food shops, which are part of services provided by Neat Educational Information Center (NEIC), have first emerged in the middle of Phnom Penh Capital City. These mobile canteens are attracting a lot of customers and have helped create jobs for students who are facing
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=14&token=YjU4NDU1MWQ0MjU
More than 2,000 register to observe national exam
More than 2,000 volunteers will be deployed to observe students taking the national exam in August, the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) said Monday, with the deadline for registration expiring Tuesday.
More than 93,000 students are registered to sit the August 4 to 5 exam at 154 exam
Kuch Naren and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-than-2000-register-to-observe-national-exam-64052/
Apple to officially sell iPhones in Cambodia
Apple Inc. on Friday will officially launch the iPhone in Cambodia through its authorized reseller, iOne, giving customers—long used to gray market iPhones—access to Apple’s warranty.
“The sales launch will be July 18. iOne, which has the monopoly right to import Apple’s products to Cambodia’s market
Hul Reaksmey and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/apple-to-officially-sell-iphones-in-cambodia-64448/
New rules for proctors
In its continuing campaign to clean up the grade 12 national exam, the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has warned that anyone caught leaking copies of the test or selling answers could find themselves imprisoned.
Punishments for misbehaving exam observers are spelled out in an ACU statement released
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-rules-proctors
Tourists to Cambodia's Preah Vihear heritage site up 53 pct in first quarter
Cambodia’s world heritage Preah Vihear temple greeted 63,610 local and foreign visitors in the first half of 2014, up 53 percent over the same period last year, a report from the Preah Vihear provincial tourism department showed Tuesday.
The temple welcomed about 56,870 local visitors and
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-07/29/c_133518016.htm
China donates 600 sets of radio transmitters to Cambodian Army
The Chinese government on Wednesday donated 600 sets of radio transmitters to the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) in order to increase the capacity and efficiency in information communication among armed forces.
Speaking during a handover ceremony at the Headquarters of the Infantry on the outskirts
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-01/22/c_133066316.htm
Human Rights Watch Finds Widespread Anti-Union Practices
In a new report highlighting abuse in Cambodia’s garment industry, Human Rights Watch has called on the Cambodian government to cease “intimidation and threats” against workers.
The group interviewed nearly 200 factory workers from 55 different factories, and found that anti-union discrimination and poor workers conditions
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/human-rights-watch-finds-widespread-anti-union-practices/1843580.html
Sam Rainsy asks South Korea to protect rights of Cambodians workers
The opposition leader Sam Rainsy called on South Korea to protect the rights of Cambodian people during his visit earlier this month.
Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of Korea, Byung-Chul Hyun, said in a letter to Sam Rainsy that “I share your concerns for
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YjMxNzIwNWRkZmF
Cambodia ruling, opposition senior officials continue talks over electoral reforms
The Joint-Committee on Electoral Reforms, established during a meeting between senior officials of the ruling and opposition parties last month, convened its first meeting on Monday to discuss topics for electoral reforms toward free and fair elections in the future.
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP)’s
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-03/03/c_133157050.htm
Cambodian Red Cross building luxury hotel in Preah Vihear
The Cambodian Red Cross, which bills itself as the country’s largest humanitarian organization, is building a six-story luxury hotel in Preah Vihear City.
Government officials said Tuesday that the hotel would be used to generate revenue for the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC). The hotel is being
Khy Sovuthy and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodian-red-cross-building-luxury-hotel-in-preah-vihear-56147/
Nippon Express launches Japan service via Ho Chi Minh City
Nippon Express Co Ltd says its has launched a combined transport service from Phnom Penh to Japan which reduces shipping time by about six days.
The Japanese logistics company said the new service started on April 1, transporting cargo by truck from Phnom Penh to Ho
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MzY1YWNkYTY3ZmQ
Brands ‘violating contract rights’
Exclusive use of short-term contracts continues to impede progress in Cambodia’s garment sector, with major brands still sourcing from factories violating the statutory two-year limit on temporary employment, labour rights groups have warned.
According to a report released last week by the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC),
Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/brands-%E2%80%98violating-contract-rights%E2%80%99
Court officers shifted en masse by ministry
Nearly 80 judges and prosecutors will be transferred to new jurisdictions today in a move that the Justice Ministry maintained would curb corruption, despite more sceptical assessments yesterday from legal observers and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.
According to Sam Prachea Manith, chief of cabinet
Meas Sokchea and Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-officers-shifted-en-masse-ministry
Cambodia intends to sign asylum deal
A Senior Cambodian official has said his country has tentatively agreed to accept asylum-seekers who had been seeking to settle in Australia.
Foreign Ministry Secretary of State Ouch Borith told reporters there was an agreement in principle to take the asylum-seekers, who are being held in
The Australian News Staff
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/cambodia-intends-to-sign-asylum-deal/story-fn9hm1gu-1226900446176
Weather damage: Storms ruin dozens of lives, homes
At least 31 people were killed and 64 injured by storms during the first four months of this year, according to figures from the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM).
Keo Vy, cabinet director at the NCDM, said strong winds and rains led to three deaths
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/weather-damage-storms-ruin-dozens-lives-homes
Cambodia sees big jump in construction investment in first quarter
Cambodia’s construction sector received a total investment of 851 million U.S. dollars in the first three months of 2014, up 311 percent compared with 207 million U.S. dollars over the same period last year, the official figures showed Thursday.
During the January-March period this year, the
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=219820
Pupils blamed for illegal books
Education officials yesterday shifted the onus of pirated and illegally sold state textbooks onto students, faulting the teenage pupils for fuelling demand.
“If there are no buyers, there will be no sellers,” Lim Sotharith, director of the Education Ministry’s textbook department, said during a forum on
Laignee Barron and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pupils-blamed-illegal-books
