Cambodia’s int’l trade value up 9 percent
The value of Cambodia’s international trade increased by about 9 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year, according to the latest data from the Commerce Ministry. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodias-intl-trade-value-up-9-percent-91908/
Cambodia dam’s benefits exclude people in its vicinity
The construction of the Kamchay Dam in Cambodia, though beneficial to urban areas, has not been so good for those who live close to the dam site in Kampot province, according to a study. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Madhukara Putty
http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/energy/news/cambodia-dam-s-benefits-exclude-people-in-its-vicinity.html
Cambodia’s 'no cheating in exams' policy is working
Cambodia’s education minister says this year’s effort to prevent final-year students from cheating on their exams worked well, and he is confident results will be better than they were for the class of 2014. Many pupils will be hoping the same, given that 60 percent ss='cambodia-color'>...
Robert Carmichael
http://www.voanews.com/content/education-minister-says-cambodia-no-cheatig-in-exams-policy-is-working/2932876.html
New report shows huge loss of Cambodia’s forest
Economic land concessions are having a huge impact on Cambodia’s northeastern forests, a new reports shows. still, those who attended Wednesday’s seminar urged the government to do more to stop the practice. Based on calculations of the number of logging trucks counted leaving the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/new-report-shows-huge-loss-of-cambodia-forest/2933337.html
New report shows huge loss of Cambodia’s forest
Economic land concessions are having a huge impact on Cambodia’s northeastern forests, a new reports shows. still, those who attended Wednesday’s seminar urged the government to do more to stop the practice. Based on calculations of the number of logging trucks counted leaving the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/new-report-shows-huge-loss-of-cambodia-forest/2933337.html
100,000 Expected to Welcome King Father’s Body
Authorities in Phnom Penh are expecting at least 100,000 people to line the city’s streets today as the body of King Father Norodom sihanouk arrives back in Cambodia and embarks on a 10-km procession from the airport to the Royal Palace. The return of the retired King—who died ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/sihanouk/100000-expected-to-welcome-king-fathers-body-4095/
New factory home for workers in brawl’s wake
Hundreds of Cambodian workers who refused to work at a Thai seafood factory after the deaths of two men in a violent brawl on Monday have been offered employment at another factory, their spokesman said yesterday. “The manager told us that in three more days, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Training to hone workforce’s skill
For the Cambodian workforce to emerge stronger amidst the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, UNEsCO has called for accelerated investments in the lifelong learning efforts to enable them to “skill, re-skill, and up-skill” to maintain the Kingdom’s impressive economic growth. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50896638/training-to-hone-workforces-skill/
Cambodia’s attractiveness in investment governance
The significance of investment governance for inclusive, sustainable development is often overlooked, including by stakeholders who work on natural resource governance and social and environmental issues. And yet, investment governance plays a major part in shaping the outcomes of their efforts. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501069662/cambodias-attractiveness-in-investment-governance/
Japan funds S Reap water upgrades
The Japanese government has provided more than $200,000 in grant aid for the installation of a water supply system in siem Reap province as part of its KUsANONE Grassroots Human security Projects. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-funds-s-reap-water-upgrades
Cambodia’s adult literacy increases significantly
Literacy rate for the citizens aged 15 years old and above in Cambodia has seen a significant rise, reflecting the government’s successful efforts in eradicating illiteracy rate, said a senior official of the Ministry of Education, Youth, and sports. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501133550/cambodias-adult-literacy-increases-significantly/
Government reviews S’ville master plan
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee (IMCC) Tuesday reviewed the final draft of the master plan to transform Preah sihanouk province into a massive Multi-Purpose special Economic Zone (MP-sEZ), before summiting to the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) for ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501521018/government-reviews-sville-master-plan/
Cambodia’s environmental conservation efforts praised
The Pakistani Ambassador to Cambodia, Zaheeruddin Babar Thaheem, has commended the Cambodian Government for its remarkable achievements in environmental conservation, particularly in the fight against plastic pollution. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501553330/cambodias-environmental-conservation-efforts-praised/
Replacement for Toll’s Kerr has arrived in Phnom Penh
Toll Royal Railways chief executive David Kerr is on track to leave Cambodia by the end of the month, according to his expected replacement. Bobby Luow, a 40-year veteran of the rail industry, mainly in south Africa, told the Post he had been brought in to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Duch, Chief of Khmer Rouge’s S-21 prison dies
Duch, the former director of the Khmer Rouge’s s-21 interrogation center in Phnom Penh’s Tuol sleng, has passed away due to illness at 00:51 a.m on 2 september 2020, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia spokesman Neth Pheaktra. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50759743/duch-chief-of-khmer-rouges-s-21-prison-dies/
ASEAN’s first Maritime Outlook highlights region’s blue economy
ASEAN haS launched itS inaugural ASEAN Maritime Outlook (AMO) at the 13th ASEAN Maritime Forum, held in the IndoneSia reSort iSland of Bali on AuguSt 1. ThiS publication iS Set to be a cornerStone in managing variouS maritime iSSueS, with a Special focuS on Streamlining SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/aseans-first-maritime-outlook-highlights-regions-blue-economy
Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security’s delegation visits Cambodia
Minister of Public security General To Lam led a delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Public security to pay an official visit to Cambodia from January 22-24 at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior sar sokha. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501428840/vietnams-ministry-of-public-securitys-delegation-visits-cambodia/
Eld’s deer spotted in Kratie’s Sambor Wildlife Sanctuary
Four Eld’s deer, an endangered species, were photographed for the first time in five years by camera traps in sambor Wildlife sanctuary in Kratie province. The species is listed as endangered in both Cambodia’s Forestry Law and on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50766444/elds-deer-spotted-in-kraties-sambor-wildlife-sanctuary/
China’s contribution to Cambodia’s mine action lauded
Cambodia has applauded the Government of China for its active contribution to humanitarian mine action in the Kingdom, enabling safe land for farmers and reducing mine and ERW risks. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501418657/chinas-contribution-to-cambodias-mine-action-lauded/