Cambodia collects $3B in tax revenue in H1
The government generated $2,909 million in revenue from tax and customs in the first half of 2024, representing 46 percent of the target set for 2024, a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance showed on Monday.
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501540290/cambodia-collects-3b-in-tax-revenue-in-h1/
Top diplomat to take part in MLC Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sok Chenda Sophea will lead a delegation to the 9th Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand on August 16 at the invitation of his Thai counterpart Maris Sangiampongsa.
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/top-diplomat-to-take-part-in-mlc-foreign-ministers-meeting
PM expects new dams to irrigate over 120,000 hectares in K Thom
Prime Minister Hun Manet has expressed optimism that the ongoing construction of the Kampong Kor Dam and water diversion Stung Slap Dam will give a major boost to agricultural productivity in Kampong Thom province.
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501539807/pm-expects-new-dams-to-irrigate-over-120000-hectares-in-k-thom/
FAO, Cambodia sign $19.5M grant for pandemic preparedness
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries signed the “Cambodia Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response Project”, supported by the Pandemic Fund with a $19.5 million grant.
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fao-cambodia-sign-19-5m-grant-for-pandemic-preparedness
Water shortages, floods impact rice crops in Kampong Cham, Kampong Thom
More than 300 hectares of dry season rice in Kampong Cham’s Cheung Prey and Batheay districts have been affected by a lack of water, while the flash floods in Kampong Thom province have begun to recede, reducing some of the damage to affected crops.
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/water-shortages-floods-impact-rice-crops-in-kampong-cham-kampong-thom
Official urges women’s economic empowerment to combat human trafficking
A senior official at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs has urged for human trafficking prevention by promoting women’s economic empowerment and identifying the needs and opportunities for women working in the informal economy.
Brighton Mining Group to acquire Cambodian gold mining assets
Brighton Mining Group (ASX: BTN) has completed negotiations for the acquisition of a major interest in gold mining assets held directly or indirectly by Brighton Mining Limited (BML), boosting its concession holdings in Cambodia.
These include the interest of BML in the Cambodian concessions held by
Constitutional Council Pivotal in Election Stalemate
Since the July 28 national election, the two parties that took seats in the National Assembly can agree on very little.
The ruling CPP claims it won 68 seats to the opposition’s 55, giving it a majority in the 123-seat National Assembly, while the opposition CNRP
Simon Lewis and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/constitutional-council-pivotal-in-election-stalemate-38528/
Sugar Firm Files Defense in Cambodian Lawsuit
British sugar firm Tate & Lyle has denied knowing of the alleged abuses at two Cambodian plantations accused of illegally driving hundreds of families off their farms and says that the families have no right to ask the company for compensation, according to the firm’s
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/uk-sugar-firm-files-defense-in-cambodian-lawsuit-21913/
CPP Says ‘Too Late’ for Joint Investigation Into Election
CPP lawmaker and de facto party spokesman Cheam Yeap said yesterday it was now “too late” to form an independent committee to investigate alleged irregularities during last month’s national election and that the opposition CNRP needs to be “more flexible” in its relationship with the
Khy Sovuthy and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cpp-says-too-late-for-joint-investigation-into-election-41033/
New Lao dam does not breach Mekong agreement: official
Developing the Don Sahong dam on the Hou Sahong channel of the Mekong River in Champassak province does not breach the 1995 Mekong Agreement, a senior government official has told local media.
Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines, Mr Viraphonh Viravong, made the comment on Thursday,
Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZWRmZDI3MWU5ODE
Government Drops Challenge to Official Forest Cover Figure
The Forestry Administration on Thursday said it could not comment on the accuracy of new, satellite-generated maps that suggest the government has been vastly overstating the country’s forest cover.
Open Development Cambodia, an open data website, on Wednesday published a series of maps using U.S. satellite
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-drops-challenge-to-official-forest-cover-figure-49264/
As Strikers Return to Work, Factories Sue Garment Unions
As garment workers continued to return to their factories Wednesday after several days of strikes that turned deadly last week, some of their employers have wasted no time in suing the unions behind the strikes, demanding compensation.
Phnom Penh Municipal Court chief clerk Prak Savouth said
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-strikers-return-to-work-factories-sue-garment-unions-50360/
Debts rise along with water level
With pant legs rolled up to his knees, Hoeuy Mon trudges through a brown and green patchwork of rice fields.
His four hectares are in Tkov village, Prey Veng province, about 300 metres from his home. On most of the journey, walkways enclosing each square plot
Hor Kimsay and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/debts-rise-along-water-level
Laos seeks to soothe neighbors over Mekong dam
Laos is taking steps to convince neighboring countries of the merits of the planned Don Sahong hydropower project over Mekong River.
Lao government officials organized a site visit on Sunday and Monday so that interested parties could see the site first-hand and get a sense of
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-11/10/c_132876218.htm
Finance Ministry Defends Ambiguity in 2014 Budget Bill
The Finance Ministry on Wednesday defended itself against recent reports that some 45 percent of the government’s $3.4 billion draft budget for 2014 remains unallocated, issuing a statement explaining that the money will pay for loans, subsidies and other vital expenses.
According to the statement,
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/finance-ministry-defends-ambiguity-in-2014-budget-bill-47530/
GMAC Urges Factories to Resist New Monitoring
Following the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) announcement that its Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program will from January name and shame firms that contravene Cambodian labor laws, the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has urged factory operators to refuse entry to ILO monitors, unless they
Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/gmac-urges-factories-to-resist-new-monitoring-44006/
NGO: Data shows ‘wholesale sell-off’
Cambodia should urgently disclose all information about land ownership and rethink its “wholesale sell-off” of the country’s natural resources, a local rights group said yesterday.
The call to release information about Cambodia’s land sector, including a declaration of revenues, came as Licadho released an analysis of
Daniel Pye and Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ngo-data-shows-wholesale-sell
Lake set for development
The government is set to hand over 38ha of Boeung Tamok Lake for development, according to two sub-decrees dated September 1 and seen by The Post on Sunday. The first sub-decree says 15ha of the lake will be given to the National Committee for Disaster Management,
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lake-set-development
Five parties urge changes to the electoral laws
Five opposition parties that have been pushing for a change in the electoral law called for a constitutional amendment to reform membership of the National Election Committee.
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/five-parties-urge-changes-to-the-electoral-laws/
