Young urged to learn more tech skills
Labour Minister Ith Samheng yesterday urged young people to take up technical training to address severe shortages in the jobs market. He said there are 113 institutes for technical skills training nationwide, which could accommodate 50,000 students per year. However, there is a lack of interest from ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39941/young-urged-to-learn-more-tech-skills/
Apsara gets new partner
The Apsara Authority announced yesterday that it will begin sharing preservation knowledge and collaborating in restorations with the city officials behind Beijing’s ancient Imperial City. Officials from Cambodia’s heritage preservation authority met with Du Jingxin, an official from Beijing’s Xicheng district, to discuss ways the ...
Danielle Keeton-Olsen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/apsara-gets-new-partner
Farmers seek government help
A group of farmers and NGOs asked the government to help small-scale farmers at the 7th National Farmer Forum held at Chenla Theatre in Phnom Penh yesterday. The main issues raised were that of water supplies, capital funding, and export of products. The farmers also said ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5096164/farmers-seek-government-help/
MoU to boost cashew output to 1 million tonnes
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Vietnam Cashew Association this week signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that aims to bolster the production of cashews nuts in Cambodia to reach 1 million tonnes a year. The MoU was signed by Minister of ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103113/mou-to-boost-cashew-output-to-1-million-tonnes/
New terminal planned at poipet border gate
A new customs and immigration terminal is planned at the Poipet International Border Gate in Banteay Meanchey province, on the Cambodian side of the common border with Thailand, to cater to an expected increase of foreign tourists when the railway linking both countries is completed ...
Chea vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31657/new-terminal-planned-at-poipet-border-gate/
Tourist price rises curbed
The Ministry of Tourism on Thursday issued a prakas or order to curb price rises during big festivities in a bid to promote local tourism. The prakas, signed by Tourism Minister Thong Khon and released on Thursday said the ministry has told tourism operators to manage ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36934/tourist-price-rises-curbed/
PM: More roads, bridges
Prime Minister Hun Sen has highlighted his government’s achievements in building new infrastructure as part of a message to commemorate Khmer New Year.He said 15,376 kilometers of national roads and bridges have been built over the past year, including 12,100km of asphalt roads. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37520/pm--more-roads--bridges/
Lightning claims 39th victim of year
A farmer died after being struck by lightning on Sunday evening while herding his cattle home in Kandal province’s Khsach Kandal district. According to a report by the National Committee for Disaster Management, the number of deaths caused by lightning this year has risen to ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lightning-claims-39th-victim-year
Hundreds of foreigners granted citizenship
Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday called on the government to amend the law on nationalisation and immigration, while a report from the general department of identification revealed 1,518 foreigners were granted Cambodian nationality from 2014 to 2017. Presiding over the department’s annual meeting, Mr Kheng ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103717/hundreds-of-foreigners-granted-citizenship/
Rainsy under fire over new movement
The Commander of the Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia and the Cambodian Nationality Party have condemned Sam Rainsy, who created the Cambodia National Rescue Movement, accusing the former opposition leader of terrorist activities and calling on the armed forces and citizens not to join the movement, ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103785/rainsy-under-fire-over-new-movement/
Road sign plan seeks to boost safety
Transport Minister Sun Chanthol is to order all road construction companies to install signs at their worksites in an effort to avoid traffic accidents.Speaking at the closing ceremony of the National Road Safety Committee’s annual meeting yesterday, Mr Chanthol said he would order companies working ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50104210/road-sign-plan-seeks-to-boost-safety/
Voter ink can be washed off, NEC admits
Less than a month before Cambodia goes to the polls, the country’s top election body on Wednesday acknowledged it had paid nearly $800,000 for indelible ink that its own tests showed could be removed using hair care products, an issue one opposition leader called a ...
Ouch Sony and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/voter-ink-can-be-washed-off-nec-admits-129469/
Non-aligned? Cambodia is neutral: Sokhonn
The minister of foreign affairs maintained yesterday that Cambodia is not allied with China, stating that the Kingdom is “neutral”, despite an apparent diplomatic shift towards the nascent superpower and away from the West. Minister Prak Sokhonn told a crowd of over 200 students at the ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/non-aligned-cambodia-neutral-sokhonn
Heng Pov asks for fast appeal
Disgraced former Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief Heng Pov yesterday called for a speedy appeal trial before the Supreme Court in two of his cases – which relate to the possession of fake currency and to the illegal detention of a suspect – despite lamenting ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/heng-pov-asks-fast-appeal
Cambodia negotiates reopening of informal Vietnam border crossings
Ratankkiri provincial authorities are trying to resolve a border dispute with Vietnam, urging the Vietnamese to reopen four recently blocked border crossings, according to National Police spokesman Kirth Chantharith. The conflict originated when Cambodia rejected Vietnam’s proposal to build four new, formal border checkpoints, only accepting ...
New centre for agricultural research to help expand markets
China-based Digital Agriculture Exchange has revealed plans to build an agricultural research centre in the kingdom to improve production and packaging standards of local fruit and vegetables. Officially dubbed a “multifunctional centre”, its aim is to up quality standards to make Cambodian produce more desirable abroad, ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102796/new-centre-for-agricultural-research-to-help-expand-markets/
More than 300 RCAF officers promoted, including 178 new generals
The King has signed off on promotions for more than 300 Royal Cambodian Armed Forces officers in December and January, including at least six generals who recently joined the ruling CPP’s Central Committee. The mass military promotion – the second so far this year – brings ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-300-rcaf-officers-promoted-including-178-new-generals
Experts address urbanisation planning
Cambodia should prioritise managed urban development to maximise economic growth and cope with the increase in population, industry insiders said yesterday. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50664638/experts-address-urbanisation-planning/
Cambodia, Vietnam agree to details of cross-border fisheries project
Cambodian and Vietnamese officials agreed Thursday to details of a proposed cross-border project to improve fisheries management between Prey Veng Province and Dong Thap Province in Vietnam. The agreement came during a two-day meeting chaired by So Sophort, deputy secretary general of the Cambodian National Mekong ...
New unit stops 23 on Thai border
Units of a newly deployed, 100-strong military police force stationed around Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town after Pchum Ben snared 23 workers seeking to illegally cross the border into Thailand for work on Tuesday. Twenty mobile, five-man units were patrolling in rotating day and night shifts ...