Two firms to buy over 66,000 tonnes of paddy rice and cassava from Preah Vihear province
Two firms – Amru Rice (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. and Cambodian Agriculture Cooperative Corporation Plc. (CACC) – have renewed their agreement on contract farming with farmers in Preah Vihear province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501143624/two-firms-to-buy-over-66000-tonnes-of-paddy-rice-and-cassava-from-preah-vihear-province/
500 Kandal families petition authorities to halt evictions for airport development
Hundreds of families facing displacement from a $1.5 billion airport project in Kandal province petitioned the provincial governor Monday, requesting authorities grant them land titles and allow them to continue living on the land. ...
Sorn Sarath and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/500-kandal-families-petition-authorities-to-halt-evictions-for-airport-development/
First bird flu death since 2014
The Ministry of Health said yesterday it has discovered for the first time in nearly 10 years a fatal case caused by Avian influenza H5N1, also known as bird flu. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501244561/first-bird-flu-death-since-2014/
Cambodia blocks 17 media websites before vote
The government blocked access to independent media websites just hours before polling in the country’s controversial national election begins. ...
Erin Handley
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/7/28/cambodia-blocks-17-media-websites-before-vote
Phnom Penh’s new Techo International Airport scheduled to commence operations by early 2025
The Techo International Airport (TIA), whose construction is about 50 percent complete now, is scheduled to commence in early 2025. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501299512/techo-international-airport-scheduled-to-commence-operations-by-early-2025/
National Assembly approves draft green resources code
The National Assembly approved the Draft Environmental and Natural Resources Code to enhance conservation and development in Cambodia on Tuesday. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501300047/national-assembly-approves-draft-green-resources-code/
Former Cambodian premier asks Japan to continue supporting Cambodia’s demining efforts
Former Prime Minister of Cambodian, Hun Sen continued to call on Japan to further support the demining activities in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501422038/former-cambodian-premier-asks-japan-to-continue-supporting-cambodias-demining-efforts/
Cambodia to have five more vehicle assembly factories
According to the Ministry of Commerce, five automobile manufacturers are reportedly building production facilities in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501481029/cambodia-to-have-five-more-vehicle-assembly-factories/
Cambodia, US to strengthen trade, investment cooperation
Cambodia and the United States have reaffirmed their commitment to bolster cooperation in trade and investment. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501495143/cambodia-us-to-strengthen-trade-investment-cooperation/
PM says MSMEs a top priority for government
Prime Minister Hun Manet Thursday lauded the role played by the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises in the country. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501513569/pm-says-msmes-a-top-priority-for-government/
Villagers wary of Pheapimex olive branch
A deadly land dispute in Pursat province ended over the weekend with a victory for the villagers, but they said yesterday this might have more to do with the upcoming commune elections than a change of heart within the company owned by the wife of ...
Mother, son charged with stealing millions
A well-known Battambang businesswoman is on the run and her 18-year-old son is sitting in jail after the pair were charged with stealing millons from customers of their money exchange shop. “She had stolen moneys from many people who had transferred their moneys via her ...
ASEAN forums divide
Cambodian NGOs were drawing battle lines and choosing sides in the run-up to the ASEAN summit, activists said yesterday. Two separate “ASEAN People’s Forums” are being organised by local NGOs. The first, from March 28 to 30, is expected to draw more than 2,000 groups. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012031955107/National-news/asean-forums-divide.html
Ministry says Japan’s concerns misplaced
Following a meeting in which a Japanese emissary urged the government to open negotiations with the now-dissolved opposition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggested Japan’s concerns were based on a “misunderstanding” and said Cambodia is too small to fight against an alleged “strong propaganda machine”. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-says-japans-concerns-misplaced
Ministries team up to boost silk industry
Two government agencies got together to sign an agreement to boost and develop the silk sector in Cambodia. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed this month by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) seeks to boost local raw ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50302968/ministries-team-up-to-boost-silk-industry/
Rain cuts Banteay Meanchey drought
While 600 hectares of farmland has dried up in Banteay Meanchey province’s Thmar Puok district, as the region’s nearly month-long drought took its toll, local officials on Monday were optimistic that Sunday evening’s rainfall will spare the rest of the district’s fields. ...
Oung Dane
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rain-cuts-banteay-meanchey-drought
Friends with benefits
For a more than 25 years, the West has helped rebuild Cambodia as it recovered from the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. The United States and Europe sent billions of dollars in aid to help transform Cambodia into a liberal democracy, an effort that has largely failed. ...
Neou Vannarin
https://projects.voanews.com/cambodia-election-2018/english/feature/chinese-influence.html
‘Unity’ urged by King as West ‘boycotts’ opening
King Norodom Sihamoni used the opening of parliament on Wednesday morning to call for “strong national solidarity based on the spirit of national unity” as he inaugurated the sixth mandate of the National Assembly in a ceremony that was devoid of representatives from major Western ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unity-urged-king-west-boycotts-opening
ANZ mulling payout to sugar project victims
The victims of Ly Yong Phat’s Phnom Penh Sugar Company development project in Kampong Speu province’s Oral district said they are “happy” to hear that ANZ Bank had declared to the Australian Parliamentary Committee that it would consider compensating those affected by the project. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anz-mulling-payout-sugar-project-victims
Bird conservation meeting held
The Asean Network on Wetlands and Migratory Water Birds Conservation (Asean Flyway Network) held a second meeting earlier this month to share input which is vital to implement Phase II of the Improving Biodiversity Conservation of Wetlands and Migratory Water Birds in the Asean Region ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bird-conservation-meeting-held