Cambodian farmers could benefit from new Thai rice prices
The Thai government’s plan to implement a minimum price for Thailand’s rice growers next month is expected to push up paddy prices for Cambodian farmers during the upcoming harvest, agriculture experts said yesterday Agriculture experts said rice paddy prices in Cambodia would likely increase due to ...
Cambodian experts say Chinese FM’s SEA visit injects fresh impetus into China-ASEAN ties
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s four-day visit to three Southeast Asian countries has given new momentum to the strategic relations between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Cambodian experts said on Sunday, reported Xinhua. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501343016/cambodian-experts-say-chinese-fms-sea-visit-injects-fresh-impetus-into-china-asean-ties/
Infrastructure needed for new towns, districts: experts
Real estate specialists and the residents of newly-established towns and neighbourhoods have urged the government to focus on developing the infrastructure of these areas, to ensure their rapid development. ...
Sem Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/infrastructure-needed-new-towns-districts-experts
Database will assist farmers
Rural farmers will soon be able to access farming information via experts under an initiative of the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD). The project, with Bangladesh-based Grameen-Intel, encourages local entrepreneurs to first reach out to small farmers and collect data about crops. This is then ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/database-will-assist-farmers
Japanese follow-up team arrives in Cambodia
A group of Japanese experts arrived in Cambodia Tuesday for a two-day visit as a follow-up team regarding the needs survey implemented last May for electoral reform assistance to Cambodia. The team was led by Mr. Tadayuki MIYASHITA, Director, Country Assistance Planning Division I, International ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/japanese-follow-up-team-arrives-in-cambodia-7516
Slow outlook for 2012 rice exports
Rapidly increasing logistics costs and low regional rice prices would hinder Cambodia’s rice-export target this year, with one expert saying that milled-rice exports could fall to half of last year’s shipments. The cost of shipping rice to Europe climbed by more than 50 per cent between ...
Floods are ‘Natural’, PM says, but experts note changes to lakes, climate
With more heavy rainfall expected this weekend and ongoing flooding that has killed at least 21 people this month, Prime Minister Hun Sen cast doubt that the in-filling of capital lakes had contributed to severe flooding in Phnom Penh. ...
Matt Surrusco
https://vodenglish.news/floods-are-natural-pm-says-but-experts-note-changes-to-lakes-climate/
Gov’t confident while labour unions warn against EBA exit
Withdrawal of Everything But Arms (EBA) from Cambodia has evoked mixed reaction from economic experts and labour unions in the country. While economic experts claimed it would not affect badly, labour unions have raised concerns and urged the government to deal with European Union (EU) ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501071988/govt-confident-while-labour-unions-warn-against-eba-exit/
Competition puts pressure on mortgage rates
Mortgage rates are set to continue their decline, driven by strong bank competition, say banks and home lending experts. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13633/competition-puts-pressure-on-mortgage-rates/
Calls to protect work of citizen journalists
Media experts are asking the government to consider granting citizen journalists the same safeguards as professional journalists under Cambodia’s Press Law. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/calls-protect-work-citizen-journalists
Cambodia’s salt output down 15% this season
Climate change was named as the reason for Cambodian salt production this year declining about 15 per cent, experts said yesterday. ...
Rann Reuy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia%E2%80%99s-salt-output-down-15-season
For speech and swallowing disorders, a lack of attention
About one in 25 Cambodians have speech and swallowing disorders, with tens of thousands dying each year due to related complications, according to experts. ...
Maria Paula Brito and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/for-speech-and-swallowing-disorders-a-lack-of-attention-88346/
Audit backs airport improvements
International Civil Aviation Organisation experts have wrapped up a five-day review of Cambodia’s airports after an audit last year recommended areas for improvement. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39021/audit-backs-airport-improvements/
Thailand bombing effect on Cambodia tourism
The bombing that shook Thailand this week will have a mixed impact on Cambodia, where about half of all tourists come through Thai airports, industry experts said yesterday. ...
Pav Suy and Naomi Collett Ritz
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14693/thailand-bombing-effect-on-cambodia-tourism/
New study reveals ancient site treasures
Experts have discovered more than 120 archaeological sites and three ancient locations in the Royal Academy of Cambodia Techo Sen Russey Trep Park in Preah Vihear province. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50507846/new-study-reveals-ancient-site-treasures/
Gov’t tackles Social Media
Social networks are a double-edged sword when it comes to the dissemination of news and information according to experts at a social network ethics and morality workshop yesterday. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15954/gov---t-tackles-social-media/
World bank loans prompt credibility questions
The World Bank’s decision earlier this month to resume lending to Cambodia after a five-year moratorium has drawn criticism from development experts. ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/world-bank-loans-prompt-credibility-questions/3347308.html
26 millers pass China test
Two rice millers, which had passed initial inspections, were deemed ineligible to export rice to China after failing quality and food hygiene tests applied by Chinese experts. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34060/26-millers-pass-china-test/
Government set to pardon more pregnant women
Following last month’s release of 16 incarcerated women, the government has assembled a team of experts to continue releasing women who are pregnant or have recently given birth. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-set-to-pardon-more-pregnant-women-79988/
Building 2 economic corridors with China crucial to enhance Cambodia’s development capacity: experts
Establishing “Industrial Development Corridor” and “Fish and Rice Corridor” with China is essential to enhance Cambodia’s capacity for independent development, contributing to boosting the kingdom’s socioeconomic development at a faster pace, experts said on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359232/building-2-economic-corridors-with-china-crucial-to-enhance-cambodias-development-capacity-experts/