City hall says NagaWorld protesters not cooperative
A spokesman for the Phnom Penh Municipal Administration expressed regret that former and current employees of the NagaWorld integrate resort continued to hold public demonstrations, while little progress appeared to have been made at the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training brokered talks between the
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-hall-says-nagaworld-protesters-not-cooperative
USAID provides $15 million to boost skilled digital workforce in Cambodia
USAID and University of California, Berkeley, yesterday launched a “Digital Workforce Development project” from USAID-funded initiative of $15 million that will give young Cambodians the skills to compete in the digital economy for five years.
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501030664/usaid-provides-15-million-to-boost-skilled-digital-workforce-in-cambodia/
Projects to improve sub-national mediation, judicial services
The Ministry of Justice is set to sign memorandums of understanding (MoU) with Oxfam Cambodia and the Women Peace Makers on projects that would strengthen its mechanisms and implement sub-national mediation to reduce a backlog of court cases and improve access to judicial services.
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/projects-improve-sub-national-mediation-judicial-services
Group preaches money laundering law
A working group from the Ministry of Justice is disseminating the contents of the laws on “Combatting the Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction” and “Anti-Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism” to bring Cambodia into compliance with the conditions set forth in the
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/group-preaches-money-laundering-law
CMAC secures US support for operations through 2025
The US, through the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), on March 9 signed a cooperative agreement to provide $6,355,720 in grants for the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) to support the clearance of cluster munitions-affected areas for 45 months from March until November 2025.
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-secures-us-support-operations-through-2025
Half of capital’s public land dwellers accept relocation
Speaking at a press conference on the progress and future direction of Phnom Penh on March 1, Deputy governor Keut Che said that from 2019 through 2021, the administration has solved the problems of 150 out of the 300 poor communities living on state public
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/half-capitals-public-land-dwellers-accept-relocation
ANA fells 100 trees too close to ancient sites
The Apsara National Authority (ANA) will fell and remove more than 100 trees from three important temple sites and some other areas in Prasat Bakong district and Siem Reap town, as they have a high risk of damaging temple grounds and important sites in the
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ana-fells-100-trees-too-close-ancient-sites
Strategic National Road 21 stretch opens
A nearly 64km stretch of National Road 21 connecting the Takhmao roundabout in Kandal province’s Takhmao town to the Cambodian-Vietnamese international border checkpoint between Chrey Thom and Vietnam’s Long Binh was formally inaugurated on March 23.
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/strategic-national-road-21-stretch-opens
Apsara National Authority preserves Khmer architecture in Angkor park
In the first quarter of 2022, the Apsara National Authority (ANA) – a state body tasked with managing the Angkor Archaeological Park – approved 314 of the 439 renovation and construction requests it received from residents of its managed area.
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/apsara-national-authority-preserves-khmer-architecture-angkor-park
Tonle Sap Area in rezoning
Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a sub-decree on May 27 reassigning more than 34sq km of land in Zone 3 of the protected area surrounding Tonle Sap Lake to Zone 2. The rezoning will allow restricted use of the land for the 1,658 households in
Lay Samean and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tonle-sap-area-rezoning
Soybean, mung bean exports double on-year
Cambodia exported a total of 64,660 tonnes of soybeans and mung beans in the first four months of this year, roughly doubling from the same period in 2021, with more than 96.5 per cent bought by Vietnam, according to the agriculture ministry.
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/soybean-mung-bean-exports-double-year
January-May rubber exports bounce up 3% on-year
Cambodia exported more than 100,000 tonnes of natural rubber latex in the first five months of 2022, an increase of three per cent year-on-year, amid a four per cent drop in the wholesale going-rate for the milky-white exudate at top-quality, according to the General Directorate
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/january-may-rubber-exports-bounce-3-year
Cambodia, US biz leaders set to meet at US-Asean summit
A business delegation, who are members of the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC), will fly to two cities in the US from May 8 to 15 along with Prime Minister Hun Sen to meet the American businesspeople during the US-Asean Summit in Washington.
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501072222/cambodia-us-biz-leaders-set-to-meet-at-us-asean-summit/
Jan-May footwear exports run past $700M
Cambodian exports of footwear and related items topped $700 million in the first five months of 2022, representing gains of more than a third from the same period last year, in an upswing expected to continue as international tourism flows return to pre-Covid-19 levels.
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jan-may-footwear-exports-run-past-700m
NEC wrapping up elections training
The National Election Committee (NEC) provided a three-day training on “election, ballot counting and result declaration” on May 2-4 to officials of the municipal and provincial election commissions, representatives from political parties and NGOs.
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-wrapping-elections-training
Candlelight Party congress issues official policy plans
The Candlelight Party has decided to adopt a seven-point policy plan in the run-up to the June 5 commune council elections. The decision came at the May 15 extraordinary congress of the party in Khmuonh commune’s Anlong Kgan village of the capital’s Sen Sok district.
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/candlelight-party-congress-issues-official-policy-plans
Koh Sdach’s rubbish campaign aiming for big sea-coast clean-up
Authorities in Koh Kong province’s Kiri Sakor district – in collaboration with partner organisations – have carried out patrols and educated people and tourists on Koh Sdach, or King Island, on why they should not dispose of rubbish on the beach or in the sea,
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-sdachs-rubbish-campaign-aiming-big-sea-coast-clean
Court returns disputed land to firm in Preah Vihear
A joint force, acting on the Preah Vihear Provincial Court order, on May 13 confiscated 23.4ha of state land from an individual and returned it to Mekong Rubber Plantation Co Ltd after he was judged to have illegally occupied the land – which had been
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-returns-disputed-land-firm-preah-vihear
SR hotel reopenings still sluggish after C-19 closures
Only 20% of hotels in Siem Reap province have reopened after the Covid-19 outbreak in the province subsided, most other hotels have either shut down or are temporarily closed, while others will reopen at a later date when tourist numbers increase.
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501078675/sr-hotel-reopenings-still-sluggish-after-c-19-closures/
Cambodia Green Future sponsors ‘Stop Littering’ contest for youths
The Cambodia Green Future Project (CGFP), with funding from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), announced the recruitment of candidates to participate in a competition to find innovative approaches to promoting environmental clean-up with the theme “Stop Littering”.
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-green-future-sponsors-stop-littering-contest-youths
