VN President confident in prospect for VN-Cambodia ties
Vietnam and Cambodia have plenty of rooms to further their ties, President Truong Tan Sang told Rasmei Kampuchea, the largest daily in Khmer language in Cambodia ahead of his visit to the country on December 23-24. The front page of the daily published on December 21 ...
VietnamNet News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/119334/vn-president-confident-in-prospect-for-vn-cambodia-ties.html
PM decides to end ‘Campaign to strengthen measures to prevent and prevent the spread of COVID-19’
Prime Minister Hun Sen has just issued a directive announcing the end of the 21 day ‘Campaign to strengthen measures to prevent and prevent the spread of COVID-19’. However, the directive stresses that individual provinces may still continue to impose restrictions depending on their individual ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50919433/pm-decides-to-end-campaign-to-strengthen-measures-to-prevent-and-prevent-the-spread-of-covid-19/
Clean Energy Week arrives as China slams brakes on coal plants
EnergyLab Cambodia has launched its Clean Energy Week online campaign to showcase the opportunities clean energy can bring to Cambodia, running from October 21-28. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/clean-energy-week-arrives-china-slams-brakes-coal-plants
Wildlife Alliance rescues more than 72,000 species of wildlife from perpetrators
During its 21 years of mission in Cambodia, Wildlife Alliance has helped conserve wildlife and rescued more than 70,000 species of wildlife, some of which are extinct animals. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501030662/wildlife-alliance-rescues-more-than-72000-species-of-wildlife-from-perpetrators/
ERW victims increase by 67% in first six months of 2024
In the first six months of 2024, there have been 35 casualties from mines, unexploded ordnance (UXOs), and explosive remnants of war (ERWs), an increase of 67% compared to the same period in 2023 when there were 21 victims. ...
Som Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501517980/erw-victims-increase-by-67-in-first-six-months-of-2024/
Increasing prices drive Kingdom’s rubber
Rubber production in early 2012 increased 21 per cent when compared to the end of 2011, according to Mak Kim Hong, president of the Cambodian Rubber Association. He said yesterday that the price of one tonne of good-quality rubber rose to US$3,800 in early 2012, ...
Cambodia, N Korea Look to Forge Trade Ties
North Korea and Cambodia have attempting to increase trade between the two nations with Cambodia exporting rice and North Korea exporting knowledge. North Korea is set to share its knowledge of small scale hydropower and mining expertise in exchange for rice, beans and corn imports. ...
Villagers find nearly 40 UXOs in Battambang
Villagers in Battambang province on Wednesday found nearly 40 unexploded ordnances left over from war while they were clearing land in Kors Kralor district’s Chhnal Moan commune. Colonel Chhang Vanchhai, district police chief, yesterday said that 39 unexploded ordnances, including one DK rocket, 21 B rockets, ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/576121/villagers-find-nearly-40-uxos-in-battambang/
Joint visa for Thailand and Cambodia in limbo
Despite the fact that the Chairman’s Statement of the recently wrapped 21st ASEAN Summit welcomed progress on regional “connectivity”, a long-awaited joint visa for Thailand and Cambodia remains stalled. Koy Kuong, spokesman at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday that there is still no progress ...
Thailand, Cambodia ready to launch joint visa scheme
Thailand and Cambodia are ready to implement a single visa agreement, which would enable tourists to use only one visa for both countries from Nov 21, an immigration bureau chief says. The project comes under the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (Acmecs). Acmecs, which was initiated by ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/320478/thailand-cambodia-ready-to-launch-joint-visa-scheme
Death toll from landmines in Cambodia down 43 pct in 9 months
Landmines had killed 21 people in Cambodia in the first nine months of 2013, a 43 percent drop compared with the 37 deaths over the same period last year, a report of the Cambodian Mine Action Authority showed Saturday. From January to September this year, 57 ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/26/c_132832440.htm
One million Cambodian children received new measles, rubella vaccine
The total number of Cambodian children immunized in the nationwide campaign with measles and rubella vaccines has already reached one million, the Ministry of Health announced Tuesday. Health Minister Mam Bunheng launched the campaign against these two children’s diseases on Oct. 21, aiming to vaccinate all ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2013-11/05/c_132860339.htm
CNRP denied access to suspects
Phnom Penh Municipality has rejected a request from the Cambodia National Rescue Party to visit the 23 detainees held in Kampong Cham province’s Tropaing Phlong prison, also known as Correctional Centre 3. In a letter sent to the CNRP dated January 21, Phnom Penh Municipal Court ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-denied-access-suspects
South Korea and Japan provide aid
The Japanese and South Korean governments yesterday announced millions of dollars in aid to Cambodia for a scholarship program and a number of rural development projects. Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong and Japanese Ambassador Kumamaru Yuji signed for a $2.85 million grant yesterday to fund ...
Vong Sokheng and Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/south-korea-and-japan-provide-aid
Cassava farmers plead for gov’t help
Cassava farmers are calling on the government to standardise prices and help stabilise demand as the market for the root crop continues to prove risky for growers. Cassava exports totalled 226,000 tonnes in the first six months of the year, down 21 per cent from a ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cassava-farmers-plead-gov%E2%80%99t-help
Palm sugar exports see 138pct rise
Kampong Speu palm sugar exports with geographical indication (GI) status have increased in the past year, as international buyers begin to appreciate the Cambodia-specific product. Export volumes of the sugar reached 50 tonnes in 2014, according to Kampong Speu Palm Sugar Promotion Association’s (KSPSPA) president, Sam ...
Chan Muyhong
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/palm-sugar-exports-see-138pct-rise
Cambodia rice exports rise to $516 million in four months
Cambodia exported 221,138 tonnes of milled rice and 1,648,474 tonnes of un-milled rice, with a total value of $516.21 million in the first four months of 2022, according to a release from the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501071306/cambodia-rice-exports-rise-to-516-million-in-four-months/
Villagers protest after sand dumped on land
About 30 villagers in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district staged a protest Tuesday morning against tycoon Sok Kong, whom they accuse of piping dredged sand into their farmland and fishing ponds. Fourteen families occupying 21 hectares of land in Prek Pra commune have been locked in a ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-protest-after-sand-dumped-on-land-57736/
Svay Rieng shooting victims get their say
The three young women wounded in last month’s factory shooting in Svay Rieng province will meet with provincial prosecutor Hing Bunchea today to give their account of the February 20 incident that has yet to produce an arrest warrant. Bun Chinda, 21, Nuth Sokhorn, 23, and ...
Cambodia to host first ‘IT Camp’ in Kingdom
Cambodia’s first ever computing camp is due to be held in Siem Reap this month to promote literacy on cyber security, open-source software, social innovation and the benefits of open data, according to its organizers.The five-day ICT Camp 2018, organized by Open Development Cambodia (ODC), ...
Sok Sopheakpanha
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodia-to-host-first-it-camp-in-kingdom/4691502.html