Hun Sen Warns CNRP Will Lose Seats if Assembly Boycotted
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday warned that he will give the CNRP parliamentary seats away if they refuse to take their seats at the National Assembly, German Ambassador Wolfgang Moser said. Ambassador Moser said Mr. Hun Sen asked him to pass that message along to ...
Mekong Dams a Long-Term Risk to Food Security
The momentum toward large-scale dams on the Mekong River may be unstoppable, but governments must work fast to mitigate their effects on fisheries and biodiversity or risk long-term food insecurity for millions of people whose lives depend on the river and its tributaries, leading academics ...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-dams-a-long-term%E2%80%88risk-to-food-security-48415/
Cambodia’s Economic Opportunity
While significant obstacles remain, the success of the rice sector is a potentially crucial driver in Cambodia’s prosperous and equitable development. Cambodia announced two major bilateral trade agreements recently, with the Philippines and Thailand, that are expected to further expand the country’s rice export sector. ...
http://thediplomat.com/2013/05/09/cambodias-economic-opportunity/
Press release on the development of Poy Kampenh area
On 23 September 2018, National Committee for the Management and Development of Coastal Zone issued a press release on the construction of roads, drainage systems, and the rocky beach transformation into sandy beach provides benefits for the public and is in line with the development of ...
National Committee for the Management and Development of Coastal Zone
Launching ceremony of the National Secretariat of Cambodia for Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (NSC-MLC)
On 10 October 2017, H.E. Prak Sokhonn, Senior Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, will preside over the launching ceremony of the National Secretariat of Cambodia for Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (NSC-MLC), at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Hun Sen Son Tapped for Land Dispute Role
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s June order that land be cut from economic land concessions and returned to displaced villagers – a move that has alternately inspired gratitude and scepticism – now has a high-profile public face: one of his sons. Hun Manith, deputy chief of Hun ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012062857077/National-news/hun-sen-son-land-dispute.html
Cambodia kicks off national election
Since early morning Cambodian voters go to the polling stations to cast their ballots in the fifth parliamentary election. 9.67 million people were registered for this election, which is seen a tough completion between the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodia ...
The Cambodia Herald
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=YzNiODU2N2I0Njk
Gamblers ready for kick-off
With the World Cup set to kick off in Brazil today, gamblers in Phnom Penh are preparing to place their bets, while city authorities are warning that unauthorised wagers will not be tolerated. Dara*, a seasoned gambler who regularly bets on football matches, told the Post ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gamblers-ready-kick
New BKK1 condo development shoots for 2017 completion
Nine floors of the 32-storey BKK1 condominium project, Platinum Bay, are now completed and construction is slated to be completed by mid-2017. Platinum Bay is located on Street 282, not far from the soon-to-be-completed De Castle Royal, a part of town that property insiders see as ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/new-bkk1-condo-development-shoots-2017-completion
Cambodia’s Opposition MPs Take Parliamentary Oath
Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni swore in opposition leader Sam Rainsy and 54 others from his party as lawmakers Tuesday, bringing to an end their 10-month boycott of parliament following disputed national elections. The ceremony at the Royal Palace in the capital Phnom Penh came two weeks ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/oath-08052014172933.html
Officials plant 2,000 tree saplings at Angkor area
More than 200 officials from the Apsara Authority and the Royal Academy of Cambodia have planted 2,000 tree saplings at the Prasat Prei temple in Siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park to further restore forest cover, as trees play an important role in the preservation ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746698/officials-plant-2000-tree-saplings-at-angkor-area/
Agriculture share of Kingdom’s GDP on track to hit 32 per cent
The agricultural industry is on track to account for 32 per cent of Cambodia’s gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of the year as more of the Kingdom’s workforce moves into the sector, Royal Academy of Cambodia economics researcher Ky Sereyvath has said. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agriculture-share-kingdoms-gdp-track-hit-32-cent
Joint press announcement: The Royal Government of Cambodia and the United States Government signed an agreement adding US $6.25 million to the development objective agreement grants between the two countries
On 08 September 2020, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) issued a joint press announcement on the signing of a US $ 6.25 million adding on the agreement of the Development Objective Agreement Grants between the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Government ...
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Announcement on the provision of allowances to garment and tourism workers whose employment contracts have been suspended
On 11 March 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training released an announcement on the provision of allowances to 3,905 workers of factories in garment and tourism sectors whose employment contracts have been suspended in line with the third round of the Royal Government’s ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Announcement on the inclusion of Cambodia in the list of countries with new strain of COVID-19
On 25 February 2021, the Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Japan released an announcement on the inclusion of Cambodia in the list of countries with the new strain of COVID-19 after Cambodia discovered 3 cases of this new strain disease on foreign passengers. ...
Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Japan
Cambodia, Malaysia to enhance trade and economic ties
Cambodia and Malaysia are looking forward to enhancing the cooperation in trade and economic ties. Prime Minister of Malaysia Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, who is in capital on a two-day official visit, is scheduled to have a royal audience with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501030560/cambodia-malaysia-to-enhance-trade-and-economic-ties/
Ministry of Finance says the issuance of $300 million in securities is scheduled for June
The Royal Government of Cambodia plans to officially issue $300 million in securities this month. This is according to Mang Sopheara, Deputy Director General of the General Department of International Cooperation and Debt Management of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and a member of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501085891/ministry-of-finance-says-the-issuance-of-300-million-in-securities-is-scheduled-for-june/
FAO hands over equipment to strengthen Cambodia’s capacity for transparency on nationally determined contributions reporting
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has handed over a set of server database stations and information technology equipment including software, to the General Directorate of Natural Protected Areas (GDNPA) of the Royal Government of Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501353578/fao-hands-over-equipment-to-strengthen-cambodias-capacity-for-transparency-on-nationally-determined-contributions-reporting/
PM and his spouse leave Phnom Penh to attend the “United Nations 78th General Assembly
Dr. Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and his spouse Dr. Pech Chanmony, led a high-level delegation of the Royal Government of Cambodia to attend the “United Nations for the 78thGeneral Assembly” in New York, USA from September 21 to 25, 2023. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501364301/pm-and-his-spouse-leave-phnom-penh-to-attend-the-united-nations-78th-general-assembly/
GDT’s tax collection target for 2023 up by $750M
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has been given a stiff tax collection target of $3.5 billion for next year, $750 million more than the current year’s budget target, said Kong Vibol, Minister attached to the Prime Minister and Delegate of the Royal Government in ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175487/gdts-tax-collection-target-for-2023-up-by-750m/