Malnutrition comes at steep price
Malnutrition remains a challenge that threatens the lives of thousands of children and leads to annual economic losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars, senior government officials and experts said yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/malnutrition-comes-steep-price
Stalled interbank market clogging up liquidity
At least $1 billion in surplus liquidity is sitting idle in Cambodia’s banking system and could be unlocked if the central bank implemented a more effective interbank lending mechanism, experts say. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12776/stalled-interbank-market-clogging-up-liquidity/
China plays major role in global peace, health, development says Cambodian officials
China has been playing a major role in promoting global peace, public health and common development, Cambodian official and experts said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501008204/china-plays-major-role-in-global-peace-health-development-says-cambodian-officials/
Cambodia asks East Timor to import rice, sugar
Cambodia is seeking to export milled rice and sugar to East Timor, according to the Ministry of Commerce, with experts saying it will expand markets for the Kingdom’s agricultural products. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28511/cambodia-asks-east-timor-to-import-rice--sugar/
Failure to enforce jobs quota law shortchanges Cambodia’s disabled
If there is to be an end to the cycle of poverty that afflicts many Cambodians with disabilities, then most experts agree that stable employment will be one of the prerequisites. ...
David Hutt
http://sea-globe.com/lack-enforcement-cambodia-disabled-law/
Unicef: Not all maternal deaths in Cambodia are being recorded
Many maternal fatalities in Cambodia are not being officially recorded, experts have warned. According to Unicef Cambodia, government figures indicate that the country’s maternal death rate is falling, the Phnom Penh Post reports. ...
Paul Robertson
http://www.figo.org/news/unicef-not-all-maternal-deaths-cambodia-are-being-recorded-0012076
China helps Cambodia bring COVID under control
Cambodia’s cooperation with China has been vital for the Southeast Asian country in achieving its COVID-free status, officials and experts said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501094400/china-helps-cambodia-bring-covid-under-control/
Efforts to save fish highlighted
National and international environmental experts concluded discussions on migratory fish management and preservation in Cambodia on Wednesday through a workshop facilitated by the US Agency of International Development (USAID) in Phnom Penh. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/efforts-save-fish-highlighted
Gov’t urged to hasten work on alcohol law
Alcohol experts and victims of excessive drinking came together yesterday to urge the government to speedily adopt a law controlling the consumption and sale of booze that was first drafted in 2008. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-urged-hasten-work-alcohol-law
Bringing men into the fight against gender-based violence
Efforts are underway to recruit men and boys in the battle for gender equality in Cambodia, in an approach that experts hope will help prevent violence against women. ...
Ten Soksreinith, Aun Chhengpor
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/bringing-men-into-the-fight-against-gender-based-violence/3117244.html
Social Enterprises in Cabodia
Cambodia’s economic growth has been on the rise following the global downturn on 2008-2009 and experts say that the private sector is largely responsible for that growth. However, those same experts also acknowledge that the profits generated by companies operating in Cambodia aren’t trickling down ...
Government struggles to ease capital congestion
Experts warn that soaring population, vehicle use, condominium construction, minimal enforcement of parking and vehicle tax laws and lackluster public transit options could spell decades of gridlock if action is not taken soon. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-struggles-to-ease-capital-congestion-112568/
Kampong Speu authorities confiscate nearly 20 kilograms of wildlife
Kampong Speu Military Police, along with Wild-life Alliance experts, on Wednesday cracked down on a home in Chech village where they confiscated nearly 20 kilograms of live wild animals, officials said on Thursday. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-authorities-confiscate-nearly-20-kilograms-wildlife
Firms eye Kingdom as tariffs mount on factories in China
The Kingdom is becoming more attractive than ever for fashion companies that are looking to diversify their supply chains in response to the escalating trade war between the US and China, industry experts say. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firms-eye-kingdom-tariffs-mount-factories-china
Low-skilled workers left behind as job markets go online
Despite recent growth in online job postings, low-skilled workers in Cambodia are largely being omitted from the shifting market, leaving them with few avenues to find opportunities around the country, industry experts said. ...
Hang Sokunthea
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/low-skilled-workers-left-behind-as-job-markets-go-online-130368/
US companies eager to reap benefits of ASEAN integration
The rollout of the Asean Economic Community (AEC), beginning on December 31st this year, could propel significant growth for American companies in the Asia-Pacific region, according to experts. ...
Emma Cramer
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/us-companies-eager-to-reap-benefits-of-asean-integration/2887036.html
People power 'needed to sustain forests'
Asia has a unique opportunity to fight climate change and lift many more people out of poverty if it invests more in the communities living in its forests, experts said. ...
The Nation News Staff
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/People-power-needed-to-sustain-forests-30267420.html
Sustainable fishing tops ocean survey concerns
An international study of the health of the world’s oceans compiled by more than 65 experts this week ranked Cambodia 179 of 221 countries surveyed, confirming the fragility of the Kingdom’s marine environment. ...
Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sustainable-fishing-tops-ocean-survey-concerns
Traffic accidents are leading cause of death in Cambodia
Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death in Cambodia, destroying not only lives but national morale, dignity, property and development efforts, a road safety expert told the Hello VOA call-in program on Wednesday. ...
Khamboly Dy
http://www.voanews.com/content/traffic-accidents-are-leading-cause-of-death-in-cambodia/3403777.html
Cambodian deminers bring expertise to Cyprus
Half a world from home, Cambodian experts toil under a beating sun to demine the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, using skills they honed to help rid their own country of landmines. ...
Nadera Bouazza
http://news.yahoo.com/cambodian-deminers-bring-expertise-cyprus-112433166.html