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
Kingdom’s disease burden shifting
Cambodia is facing the double burden of infectious and noncommunicable diseases, experts say, but the country can still prevent the problem from becoming “catastrophic” by implementing adequate measures and funnelling appropriate funding to tackle chronic illnesses. ...
Yesenia Amaro and Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdoms-disease-burden-shifting
Cambodian silk market troubles
Despite steady sales of silk products in the Kingdom, the combination of a lack of skilled labor and cheap imports are adding extra stress to Cambodia’s already beleaguered domestic production, say officials and industry experts. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28745/cambodian-silk-market-troubles/
Cambodia set to benefit as India ‘acts East’
India is set to bring new development opportunities to Cambodia as it challenges China’s established influence in Southeast Asia, experts say. ...
Tej Parikh
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-set-to-benefit-as-india-acts-east-103619/
Magistracy meet calls for order in the court
Judge and prosecutors were called to a two-day workshop to address the sector’s pervasive ethics challenges, but legal experts said change could not occur until there were concrete rules, instead of vague moral guidelines. ...
Mech Dara and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/magistracy-meet-calls-order-court
Team finds fish deaths due to lack of oxygen
Experts from the Institute of Standards of Cambodia (ISC) inspected Chinese-owned Rui Feng sugar company’s factory this week after suspicions that its runoff had caused last month’s mass fish deaths in Preah Vihear. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/team-finds-fish-deaths-due-lack-oxygen
ICT sector progress in countryside still behind
While Cambodia’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector has seen progress, a huge gap between ICT development in urban and rural areas still exists, industry experts said in Phnom Penh yesterday. ...
Bridge closing for inspection
The Cambodian-Japanese Friendship Bridge – also known as the Chroy Changvar Bridge – will be closed until Friday starting today, to allow a team of Japanese experts to examine damage to support columns discovered last year, the city announced. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bridge-closing-inspection