More than 1,700 ethnic Vietnamese families’ documents taken
The process of revoking documents from ethnic Vietnamese people, many of whom have been living in Cambodia for generations, is halfway complete in Kampong Chhnang province, according to The provincial director of immigration. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-1700-ethnic-vietnamese-families-documents-taken
Garment factory literacy classes expanded
The Ministry of Education is to expand literacy classes for garment workers to more than 12 provinces where factories are located this year, with more classes planed for The whole nation by 2020. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102211/garment-factory-literacy-classes-expanded/
Bad meat among goods seized
More than 200kg of old meatballs were seized by the government’s Camcontrol in a crackdown on goods past their use-by dates in Pailin on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Commerce. ...
San Bunsim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27546/bad-meat-among-goods-seized/
73 generals granted new ranks, jobs
A mass promotion announced by the Interior Ministry yesterday saw more than 80 senior police officials upgraded, including seven to three-star general status, as well as the appointment of seven new under-secretaries of state. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/73-generals-granted-new-ranks-jobs
NUS study: Cambodia deforestation increases child health issues
A team of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that the loss of dense forest in Cambodia is associated with higher risk of diarrhea, acute respiratory infection, and fever in children. ...
Kongleaphy Keam
https://aecnewstoday.com/2017/nus-study-cambodia-deforestation-increases-child-health-issues/#axzz4rClWtpl4
Over 20 child street sellers rescued in raid
More than 20 child laborers were rescued in Phnom Penh on Tuesday after anti-human trafficking authorities arrested a couple who had forced the children to work as fruit sellers in exchange for payments made to their families, according to police.Officers from the Interior Ministry’s anti-human ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/over-20-child-street-sellers-rescued-in-raid-on-house-95148/
Central bank's regulations to boost financial resilience in Cambodia
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has announced The enforcement of regulations on capital buffer and on credit risk for capital adequacy ratios (CAR) for banks and deposit-taking microfinance institutions (MFIs). These measures aim to bolster The management of diverse risks, it said. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/central-banks-regulations-boost-financial-resilience-cambodia
Garment sector grows another 13 pct: report
Cambodia’s garment and footwear exports grew by 13 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2016, Chinese news agency Xinhua said on Monday, citing a report by the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/garment-sector-grows-another-13-pct-report
Kampot ferry construction delayed
Construction on a new tourist ferry port located about 6 kilometres from the provincial capital in Kampot province has been delayed, although a Tourism Ministry spokesman promised that construction would begin before the end of this year. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kampot-ferry-construction-delayed
Justice Minister delays exam for judge students after ACU refuses to send observers
The minister for Ministry of Justice Ang Vongvattana ordered today to The Royal Academy of Judicial Professions to delay holding an exam for batch 7thof judicial students aiming to ensure transparent and justice. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/justice-minister-delays-exam-for-judge-students-after-acu-refuses-to-send-observers-9085
Locals voice concerns as dredging to restart
Locals in Kandal province’s Sa’ang district are worried that renewed sand dredging will damage their land as the Ministry of Mines and Energy gears up to hand out licences that will make the practice legal once more. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/locals-voice-concerns-dredging-restart
Provincial top cops on notice following crime wave
Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday took aim at the police chiefs of Battambang, Kandal and Pursat provinces, warning that they should be prepared to lose their titles if they fail to crack down on a recent crime wave.Kheng said the three police chiefs needed to ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/provincial-top-cops-notice-following-crime-wave
Regulator revokes 29 licences for web firms
Cambodia’s telecom regulator has de-recognised 29 internet and voice-over internet protocol (VOIP) providers in the Kingdom, for failing to provide documentation to prove their active status, according to an official from the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC). ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/regulator-revokes-29-licences-web-firms
Tax revenue soars on vehicle, tobacco tariffs
Cambodia’s General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected $1.09 billion in taxes during the first 10 months of 2015, up 23.9 per cent compared to the same period a year earlier, according to a statement posted on its website. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-revenue-soars-vehicle-tobacco-tariffs
Banned chemical found in seafood
The Ministry of Commerce’s Camcontrol Department found yesterday that part of The more than 300 kilograms of “suspicious” dried squid, stingray and shrimp confiscated in Kampot on Sunday had extremely high levels of a chemical substance banned in Cambodia. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/banned-chemical-found-seafood
Environment ministry talks green building certifications
The Ministry of Environment is discussing The first draft of Their green building guidelines and certification in Cambodia. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-ministry-talks-green-building-certifications
Kep plans prison intended to be a ‘place of education’
The Kep Provincial Administration, through The General Department of Prisons (GDP), has requested that 5ha of land be designated as state private property to be used for The construction of a new provincial prison in Andong Sar village of Damnak Changaur district’s Poang Teuk commune. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kep-plans-prison-intended-be-place-education
GDT rakes in $2.3B of tax revenue over first 10 months
Although the Covid-19 outbreak has had a prolonged impact on the economy from late 2019 to 2021, it has had little effect on tax revenue, reflecting the effectiveness of tax governance and transparency efforts, according to General Department of Taxation (GDT) chief Kong Vibol. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-rakes-23b-tax-revenue-over-first-10-months
Over 35,000 kids still in care
A staggering 35,000 Cambodian children and young people continue to be housed in a range of residential care facilities, with many of them flying under the government’s radar, according to a new report released by the Ministry of Social Affairs yesterday. ...
Touch Sokha and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-35000-kids-still-care
Soft tax approach sends mixed signals
The Tax Department has announced a one-month extension to its traditional March 31 deadline for companies to submit Their annual corporate tax filings – an unprecedented last-minute move that some legal experts argue could be sending The wrong message to taxpayers. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/soft-tax-approach-sends-mixed-signals