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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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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Solar power for communes
The offices of commune officials along the Tonle Sap basin will soon be solar-powered as part of a poverty-reduction project backed by the Asian Development Bank.
Some 123 off-the-grid commune council offices in Banteay Meanchey, Siem Reap, Kampong Thom and Kampong Cham provinces will be fitted
Daniel de Carteret
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Cambodia among best performers in cutting numbers of children out of school
Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam are among the world’s top ten performers in reducing the proportion of children out of school, according to a recent UNESCO report.
The report, released in January and launched in Phnom Penh on Thursday, also showed that Thailand was among the world’s
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CPP official calls on authorities to seize MPs’ number plates from CNRP lawmakers
Senior official from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party called on authorities to take action against CNRP senior member whose vehicles still use fourth mandate number plates, which are invalid.
The National Assembly was ready to deliver the new number plates to the CNRP’s elected lawmakers
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Cambodian PM orders troops along border with Thailand to stay calm
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday advised armed forces and local authorities along border with Thailand to keep calm.
Cambodia and Thailand has had a bitter border dispute since July 2008 when the UNESCO added the Cambodia’s Preah Vihear temple to its World Heritage
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Government spending, foreign aid up in 2013
Government spending increased 32 per cent last year, while increases in both domestic revenue and foreign aid helped stabilise Cambodia’s budget deficit, according to budget statements from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF).
The consolidated financial records, which were released on May 8, show Cambodia’s
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Brands, international unions press Cambodian government on labor issues
Representatives from some of the world’s largest fashion brands and the leader of one of the world’s biggest union organizations met this week with Cambodian officials and local clothing manufacturers to demand better treatment and improve workplace safety for the country’s estimated 600,000 garment workers.
Garment
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UN Envoy to Gauge Progress of Rights, Reforms in Cambodia
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya Subedi, will visit the country next week to assess the government’s progress in improving human rights and democratic and land reforms, his office said Wednesday.
During the 10-day fact-finding mission, beginning June
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Planned dams threaten Cambodia’s food security
The planned construction of 88 hydroelectric dams in the lower Mekong basin by 2030 will cause food security challenges in Cambodia, experts say.
“Cambodia is going to pay the highest price for dam development basin-wide, to the point of affecting the food security of its 80
Gant Daily News Staff
http://gantdaily.com/2014/07/28/planned-dams-threaten-cambodias-food-security/
Amnesty idea floated during talks: report
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy and Prime Minister Hun Sen discussed the possibility of offering amnesty to senior government officials in order to allow for “an honourable exit of the leaders”, Rainsy was quoted as saying to the French newspaper La Libération last week.
Rainsy reportedly said in the
Stuart White
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Union leader violates protest law: Phnom Penh official
Phnom Penh official on Wednesday said that union leader Chea Mony violated the protest law and protest ban which was imposed by the government recently for the security concern.
The Deputy Governor made the comment after Chea led march along the streets to mark the
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