Son of PM appointed as CMAC’s board member
Hun Manith, the son of Prime Minister Hun sen, has been “promoted” as a board member and adviser of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) – a position equal to a cabinet minister. A royal decree, signed by the King on November 2 and obtained ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/son-pm-appointed-cmacs-board-member
Education Ministry urges the Kingdom’s youth to volunteer
The value of volunteering work is underestimated by Cambodia’s youth, according to sean Borat, secretary of state at the Ministry of Education, Youth and sport (MoEYs). More than 33 per cent of Cambodians are aged between 15 and 30 years old. However, only a small ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-ministry-urges-kingdoms-youth-volunteer
Kingdom seeks Vietnam’s help to curb timber trade
Cambodia is seeking Vietnam’s help to curb timber smuggling and crack down on forestry crimes along shared borders. National Assembly Foreign Affairs commission chairman Chheang Vun made the request to his Vietnamese counterpart during a two-day conference of parliamentarians from Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50635603/kingdom-seeks-vietnams-help-to-curb-timber-trade/
Experts call for women’s part in demining activity
Demining experts on Monday encouraged women to work in defusing unexploded ordnance to reduce the number of explosive remnants of war in Cambodia and some Asean countries. The statement was made at a regional workshop aimed to “enhance mine action knowledge” held from November 12 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/experts-call-womens-part-demining-activity
Cambodia’s agriculture sector must supply own raw materials
Agricultural sector insiders said relying on neighbouring markets to source raw materials for Cambodia’s agriculture products is a short-term strategy that needs to be managed. During a discussion, last week with Vu Quang Minh, Vietnamese ambassador to Cambodia, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-agriculture-sector-must-supply-own-raw-materials
China’s embassy mocks US over Lon Nol claims
The Chinese Embassy in Cambodia on Friday issued a statement singling out the Us’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), not the Us government itself, as the culprit in the 1970 Lon Nol coup d’etat, apparently mocking last week’s denial by the Us Embassy in Cambodia of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/chinas-embassy-mocks-us-over-lon-nol-claims
Nokor Tep women’s hospital launched in Phnom Penh
The Women’s Affairs Ministry last week launched the Nokor Tep hospital in Dangkor district in a bid to provide female reproductive services to those less fortunate. Women’s Affairs Minister Ing Kantha Phavi said the hospital’s first task is to secure equipment and human resources. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50589884/nokor-tep-womens-hospital-launched-in-phnom-penh/
Activists bemoan the delay in S Treng timber crackdown
Forest activists have welcomed the recent crackdown on 151 sawmills in stung Treng province but also slammed the relevant authorities for turning a blind eye to illegal timber processing facilities for a long time. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-bemoan-delay-s-treng-timber-crackdown
Hun Sen reviews Supreme Council’s year-long work
Prime Minister Hun sen and representatives from more than 10 political parties on Wednesday met with the supreme Council for Consultation and Recommendations to review the body’s work after one-year of operation. Writing on his official Facebook page, Hun sen said he criticised laziness and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-reviews-supreme-councils-year-long-work
Hun Sen praises Kingdom’s strong ties with China
Prime Minister Hun sen has praised the strong relationship Cambodia enjoys with China, saying the Asian giant plays a significant role in promoting peace, stability and development in the region and the world. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50644492/hun-sen-praises-kingdoms-strong-ties-with-china/
What’s in the New Thailand-Cambodia Border Checkpoint?
This week, more indications surfaced that Cambodia and Thailand were moving towards opening a new international border checkpoint. Though the development was largely overlooked, it bears watching within the broader context of a longstanding effort by both sides to jointly manage their shared border despite ss='cambodia-color'>...
Prashanth Parameswaran
https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/whats-in-the-new-thailand-cambodia-border-checkpoint/
New partnership to build Cambodia’s biggest data centre
A new joint venture of local and international companies will result in the creation of the biggest data centre in the country, boosting the Kingdom’s capabilities to provide digital and cloud services. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50504327/new-partnership-to-build-cambodias-biggest-data-centre/
Kingdom’s rubber exports bounce high in first half
Cambodian rubber exports surged 21 percent during the first half of the year, compared to the same period last year, the Ministry of Agriculture said on sunday. Local producers exported 84,419 tonnes of rubber during the first six months of this year, an increase of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-rubber-exports-bounce-high-first-half
Company undeterred by PM’s order to restore beach
A prviate company filling Preah Sihanouk province&rSquo;S Praek Treng beach with Soil iS reluctant to dredge it deSpite a direct order from Prime MiniSter Hun Sen. On September 18, the prime miniSter ordered MiniSter of Land Management, Urban Planning and ConStruction Chea Sophara to perSonally SS='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/company-undeterred-pms-order-restore-beach
Kingdom’s economy set to slow despite robust growth
The Cambodian economy is projected to slow slightly this year compared to last year, despite robust growth of around seven per cent, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on Wednesday said. ADB said economic expansion last year hit 7.3 per cent on the back ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-economy-set-slow-despite-robust-growth
What did Suu Kyi’s first Cambodia visit achieve?
Last week, Myanmar’s de facto leader and state Counselor Aung san suu Kyi paid her first visit to Cambodia in her current capacity. The trip spotlighted the ongoing state of ties between the two fellow southeast Asian states amid wider domestic and foreign policy developments. Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...
Prashanth Parameswaran
https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/what-did-suu-kyis-first-cambodia-visit-achieve/
Chinese lab promises help for Cambodia’s agriculture sector
A Chinese laboratory pledged this week to aid the development of Cambodia’s agricultural sector by sharing expertise, technology and human resources. Representatives of the Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Centre, located in China’s southern province of Hunan, made the pledge on sunday during an official visit ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50490139/chinese-lab-promises-help-for-cambodias-agriculture-sector/
PM seeks overseas markets for Kingdom’s agricultural products
Speaking at the cloSing ceremony of 2018-2019 Agriculture, ForeStry and FiSherieS Annual ReSult Review Meeting, Prime MiniSter Hun Sen Said Cambodia&rSquo;S agricultural Sector iS Showing progreSS, with it producing nearly Six million tonneS of paddy, which can be proceSSed into four million tonneS of milled SS='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-seeks-overseas-markets-kingdoms-agricultural-products
Negotiations to continue for next year’s minimum wage
Negotiations for next year’s minimum wage will continue this week as the parties work to reach an agreement that will impact about 800,000 workers in the textile, garment and footwear industries, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training said on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/negotiations-continue-next-years-minimum-wage
S’pore firm announces plans for local solar sector
Singapore-baSed Indochina Energy PartnerS iS focuSing on rooftop Solar inStallationS in three SoutheaSt ASian nationS, including Cambodia.&nbSp;According to a report by ScanASia releaSed Monday, IEP iS working on rooftop photovoltaic panel inStallationS in Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50644868/spore-firm-announces-plans-for-local-solar-sector/