Chartered carrier takes off
Newly established Wat Phnom Airlines completed its maiden flight to Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport on July 10. But its predecessor, grounded Tonlesap Airlines, is said to owe the same airport more than $50,000 in landing fees.
The local chartered carrier “is officially in business after it
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Teacher raises made public
In the middle of an election campaign in which wages have been a prominent issue, the Ministry of Education did something out of the ordinary Monday: It made public the official pay scale it uses to remunerate its teachers.
The list contains figures that are somewhat
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Cambodia's per capita GDP to reach 1,036 USD this year: PM
Cambodia’s per capita GDP was projected to hit 1,036 U.S. dollars in 2013, up from nearly 1,000 U.S. dollars in a year earlier, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Saturday.
The premier said the country has enjoyed full peace and political stability in the last 15
Xinhuanet News Staff
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HPAI in Cambodia Affects Backyard Poultry
The Cambodian veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Battambang affecting backyard poultry.
An immediate notification was sent to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) reporting that the causal agent has been identified as the HPAI virus, serotype H5N1.
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Cambodia, Vietnam look to enhance legislative ties
There should be stronger legislative co-operation between Vietnam and Cambodia, agreed Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Tong Thi Phong and the second Vice President of the Senate of Cambodia Tep Ngorn.
During a meeting on Saturday during the 34th General Assembly of the ASEAN
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Officials demanded bribes, teacher say
A teacher at Tea Chamrath High School in Pursat town has accused school director Bou Sovannarith and deputy director Chhub Buntha of forcing students to pay bribes in the form of, among other things, enrolment fees for matriculation into the 2013-2014 academic year.
Phat Malin, the
Mom Kunthear
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Mondulkiri elephant row continues
An Eco-tourism initiative in Mondulkiri province will remain open for daytime visits only for the time being, after authorities heard from officials at the Elephant Valley Project (EVP) and locals who complain the NGO siphons tourism money.
EVP officials met with people who filed complaints with
Sean Teehan and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
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Activists seek UN monitors
Anti-logging activists wrote to the United Nations yesterday to call for the monitoring of a lawsuit in which they accuse hundreds of officials in Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary of illegal deforestation.
The Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organization (NRWPO) listed 241 officials it
Phak Seangly
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Cambodia flood death toll climbs to 122
The death toll from Mekong River and flash floods in Cambodia has risen to 122 in the past four weeks, a senior disaster control official said Monday.
“To date, the floods have killed 122 people and affected some 1.5 million people,” Nhim Vanda, vice-president of the
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French offer forensics 101
In the past two years, the French embassy in Phnom Penh has been drawn into at least two high-profile cases in which their nationals have died in suspicious circumstances in Cambodia.
In an attempt to improve forensic investigations in the Kingdom, the French embassy announced
Shane Worrell
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Profits peeled at new centre
A pilot cashew-peeling factory in Kampong Thom province aims to make business easier for farmers who have traditionally relied upon sending their raw harvest elsewhere for processing.
With $130,000 from the Asia Development Bank, the building went up in May on 3,600 square metres in Kampong
Hor Kimsay
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Landmine casualties in Cambodia down 36 pct in 7 months
Cambodia reported 74 landmine casualties in the first seven months of this year, down 36 percent from the 115 casualties over the same period last year, the figures of the Cambodia Mine Action Center (CMAC) said Tuesday.
During the January-July period this year, 12 people were
Xinhuanet News Staff
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Cambodia's rice exports up 107 pct in 8 months
Cambodia has seen a remarkable rise in the exports of milled rice in the first eight months of the year due to increasing demand on international markets, official figures showed Wednesday.
The data, from the single window secretariat for facilitating milled rice exports, recorded that the
Xinhuanet News Staf
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Cambodia sees 15 pct drop in new business registration in 8 months
Cambodian Ministry of Commerce said Friday that it had issued operating licenses to 1,952 new companies in the first eight months of the year, down 15 percent compared with the 2,300 firms over the same period last year.
During the January-August period this year, the ministry
Xinhuanet News Staff
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Border beat goes on for opposition
Returning to a long-time party priority, opposition lawmakers yesterday said they will travel to Kampong Cham’s Memot district today to investigate claims that Vietnamese troops were forcing farmers off land that rightfully belongs to Cambodia.
Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker-elect Mao Monyvan, who ran in Kampong
Meas Sokchea
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Women’s health gets $14m boost
Taking strides to curb Cambodia’s high maternal and child mortality rates, health officials yesterday launched a $14 million initiative to improve women’s limited access to reproductive health care.
During the three-year Partnering to Save Lives campaign, funded by AusAid, NGOs Care Cambodia, Marie Stopes and Save
Laignee Barron
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Cambodia to attend CLV united front meeting in Laos
Heads of the national united fronts from three Indochina countries will meet in Vientiane on Wednesday for the Second Summit Meeting.
The Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) President, Dr Phanduangchit Vongsa, informed the media about the planned agenda last week.
President of the Solidarity Front for
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Vietnam’s investment skyrockets
Political instability has done little to dampen Vietnam’s appetite for investment in Cambodia, the latest figures revealed yesterday by Prime Minister Hun Sen show.
Last year, Vietnamese investment reached $302 million, up 250 per cent from $86 million in 2012, according to the prime minister, who
Hor Kimsay and Daniel de Carteret
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Cambodia's rice export to reach 1 mln tons in 2015: commerce minister
Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce Sun Chanthol said Tuesday that the country is expected to achieve its goal of exporting one million tons of milled rice in 2015.
“The country had exported more than 400,000 tons in 2013 and there is two years more toward the goal,
Xinhuanet News Staff
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Minister calls for construction of plastic recycle plants in Bavet, Sihanoukville
Say Sam Al, Minister of Environment, on Thursday called for construction of plastic recycle plants in Bavet and Sihanoukville.
Speaking at the meeting, the minister said that in the last 20 years Ministry of Environment as well as Cambodian government didn’t allow trash recycle in
The Cambodia Herlad
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