Cambodia, UK reaffirm ties as trade surges 44%
Cambodia and the UK have pledged to further boost trade cooperation after January-August bilateral trade soared more than two-fifths compared to the same period last year. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-uk-reaffirm-ties-trade-surges-44
Farmers to reap info flow: gov’t
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will roll out a new Agricultural Extension Policy that will look to boost the sector by making new knowledge and technology easily accessible to farmers and communities, in a bid to increase efficiency and productivity in the sector. ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/farmers-reap-info-flow-govt
Cambodia offers best practices against trafficking
Cambodia has provided examples of “best practices” in the fight against human trafficking for a forthcoming Asean convention against the trafficking of people, experts said Friday at the close of a two-day conference in Phnom Penh on irregular migration and human trafficking. The Asean region is ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-offers-best-practices-against-trafficking-53731/
IMF, ECB, global banks laud Chea Serey as NBC chief
A multitude of international financial institutions and central banks have congratulated and expressed confidence over Chea Serey’s appointment as governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), acknowledging her expertise and qualification to develop the Kingdom’s banking sector. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/imf-ecb-global-banks-laud-chea-serey-nbc-chief
GMAC calls for halt to ongoing protest in Bavet’s Special Economic Zone
Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) appealed to Labor Minister Ith Samheng, and relevant institutions to immediately stop ongoing protests at Tai Seng and Manhattan Special Economic Zone in Svay Rieng’s Bavet town. Workers led by Mr. Pav Sina, President of Collective Unions of Movement of ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NzcxYmUyMDJlMTl
On Eve of Visit, Obama Faces Asean Challenges, New China Leader
Newly re-elected US President Barack Obama will attend a series of top-level Asian meetings next week, with Cambodia hosting an Asean summit, and China in attendance with new leadership. The high-profile meetings will present challenges for the US president, whose administration has become more deeply ...
Civil servants given go-ahead to denounce lax bosses in media
A month after a call for civil servants to strike for higher pay, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday ordered government ministries to ensure that staff are paid on time, and said that otherwise workers could air their grievances in the press. The prime minister’s remarks, ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/civil-servants-given-go-ahead-to-denounce-lax-bosses-in-media-52463/
New Lango committee formed
The government has created a new interministerial committee to manage the activities of international NGOs, with an Interior Ministry official yesterday saying the body was intended to monitor organisations’ compliance with the controversial NGO Law. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-lango-committee-formed
Cambodia to get its first garment training institute
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has inked an agreement with French international development agency – Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), for obtaining a loan of US$ 3.5 million to set up [sic] first garment training institute in the country. As per the agreement the ...
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=118660
Workers vow to keep striking
More than 400 workers at the Hwa Sin Print factory, in the capital’s Choam Chao commune, had resumed their strike yesterday after management failed to meet their demands, a union official said. Khat Lot, vice-director of the Collective Union of Movement of Workers, said workers had ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012031655060/National-news/workers-vow-to-keep-striking.html
Cambodia's election committee releases code of conduct for electoral observers
Cambodia’s National Election Committee (NEC) on Monday released the code of conduct for national and international observers in the forthcoming national election. “The code of conduct of electoral observers aims to set out important measures for non-governmental organizations, associations, and electoral observers to fulfill their ...
Xinhua
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/21/c_137195723.htm
Budget boosts for health and education
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said the government will increase the budget for the health and education ministries in next year’s national budget to improve the welfare of people. ...
Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50523127/budget-boosts-for-health-and-education/
Working group to assess media freedom through local lenses
The Union of Journalist Federations of Cambodia has established a working group tasked with promoting media freedom and evaluating content to foster quality journalism in the Kingdom. The UJFC in a statement on Tuesday said the working group is dubbed the Cambodian Committee for Media Assessment ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50655949/working-group-to-assess-media-freedom-through-local-lenses/
Construction boom adding fuel to the fire
The government needs to further invest in fire disaster management as the Kingdom enjoys a multi-billion-dollar boom in the construction industry, a fire prevention expert said. As high-rises continue to mushroom in the capital, fire disaster management may not be properly equipped to respond to ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-boom-adding-fuel-fire
Relations with China to continue growing
A high-ranking Chinese official has vowed to boost ties with Cambodia to a new high, noting that the Kingdom has steady economic development during a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50545338/relations-with-china-to-continue-growing/
Workers to protest mass lay-off
Protests initially started almost two weeks ago over pay and conditions. The factory subsequently issued an ultimatum – supported by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court – that striking workers return to their jobs within 48 hours or they would be terminated. The workers responded to ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-protest-mass-lay
Court questions union leader over forgery
Prominent union leader Pav Sina was questioned in court on Thursday about a forgery and disinformation complaint filed against him by a garment factory, a charge he rejected as being an invention meant to stall attempts by workers to unionize. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-questions-union-leader-over-forgery-115476/
Unions seek sit-down with premier over draft law
Failing to receive a response to a letter submitted to Prime Minister Hun Sen via his Facebook page last week, a group of unions yesterday took their cause to the Council of Ministers, this time submitting a formal letter requesting a sit-down with the premier ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-seek-sit-down-premier-over-draft-law
Police sign cooperation deal with UK’s NCA
Cambodia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) to combat crimes including child and sexual trafficking. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35082/police-sign-cooperation-deal-with-uk---s-nca/
First marine national park is established for Koh Rong
Cambodia’s first marine national park was established yesterday, seemingly replacing and expanding upon a marine protection area established for the Koh Rong archipelago in 2016. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/first-marine-national-park-established-koh-rong