Election reporting banned
The Information Ministry has banned journalists from publishing any information about the results of the next elections before the ministry does to avoid what they claim would cause “confusion to the public.” Information Minister Khieu Kanharith told a seminar on Tuesday that the ministry was ordering ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29216/election-reporting-banned/
Heavy rain, flooding expected till monday
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has appealed again to residents and local authorities to be careful in the event of flooding from heavy rain expected throughout the country from today until Monday. The ministry said yesterday that a low pressure system will cause ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30821/heavy-rain--flooding-expected-till-monday/
MoU to help poor families get housing
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction and Habitat for Humanity Cambodia (HFHC) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that supports a national housing policy to address housing for low-income families. The MoU aims to support implementation of the national housing policy, which ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31041/mou-to-help-poor-families-get-housing/
Committee for work safety created
The government has established the National Committee for Health and Work Safety, to comprise in part officials from relevant ministries to review, give counsel and spread information related to health and work safety. According to a sub-decree dated Monday and signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, ...
Mom kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32302/committee-for-work-safety-created/
Villagers seek help with their dispute
About 100 people representing 162 families from Koh Kong province came to Phnom Penh yesterday to resubmit a petition to the National Assembly and some state institutions asking for intervention in a decade-old land dispute with three sugar companies. Phav Nherng, a representative of the families ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33387/villagers-seek-help-with-their-dispute/
Sihanoukville multipurpose port planned
The government plans to spend about $300 million to build a new multipurpose seaport in Preah Sihanouk province, which promises to receive larger cargo ships and reduce logistics costs.The new port will increase the capacity of the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) to handle cargo shipments, ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33740/sihanoukville-multipurpose-port-planned/
Call to stop child labor
Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng yesterday called on officials to take stricter action in preventing child labor and asked civil society organizations to help monitor and report abuses immediately, but without doing so publicly.The call was made during a ceremony at the Labor Ministry to ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33786/call-to-stop-child-labor/
Vietnam to upgrade border warehouses
Vietnam is seeking to reverse their decline in trade with Cambodia and Laos, jump-starting plans yesterday to build 116 warehouses near border gates they share with their neighbors.According to a Vietnamese online news outlet, Vietnam’s Industry and Trade Ministry agreed to the plan to build ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35458/vietnam-to-upgrade-border-warehouses/
Hun Sen gives AIM a reprieve after CEO apologises for ‘hurt’ caused by CNN report
Prime Minister Hun Sen has decided not to shut down a Christian anti-trafficking charity after its founder issued a “heartfelt apology” yesterday. The apology from Agape International Missions (AIM) CEO Don Brewster is the first public comment he has made since the social media fracas sparked ...
Erin Handley, Kong Meta and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-gives-aim-reprieve-after-ceo-apologises-hurt-caused-cnn-report
Outcomes of the general debate during 72nd session of the United Nations general assembly and other Meetings from 19-25 September 2017, New York, USA
H.E. Senior Minister Prak Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia led a Cambodian delegation to attend the General Debate of 72nd Session of the United Nation General Assembly, under the theme: “Focusing on people: striving for peace and ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Chinese PM wraps up Cambodia visit, promising huge aid package
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has announced a series of large aid packages to Cambodia at the end of his first visit to the country this week as Cambodia turns further away from Western donors. A total of 19 agreements were signed to fund large-scale ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/chinese-pm-wraps-up-cambodia-visit-promising-huge-aid-package/4203509.html
Li says China willing to work with Cambodia on Belt, Road
China is willing to better synergize its development plan with Cambodia and jointly build the Belt and Road Initiative to further consolidate cooperation on key projects of industrial capacity and investment, Premier Li Keqiang said. Li spoke as he met with his Cambodian counterpart Hun ...
Zhang Yue
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2018-01/12/content_35487594.htm
Brace for storm next week
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said that some areas in the Kingdom would be hit by a storm next week, especially the coastal provinces. Water Resources Minister Lim Kean Hor said that a high pressure system would have a weak influence on Cambodia and ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32426/brace-for-storm-next-week/
Yellow vine factory closed
Officials from Koh Kong province’s environment department have confirmed that the construction of a yellow vine processing plant has been halted after a directive from the Environment Ministry. Department chief Morn Phalla said that while the plant’s construction had ceased, factory equipment was on the site ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32688/yellow-vine-factory-closed/
Governor pledges sanctuary action
The Kampong Chhnang provincial governor has vowed to ramp up action to protect the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary in Kampong Chhnang province, which he said is rife with illegal logging and kilns.“We are stopping people from getting into the sanctuary and cutting down trees with ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33515/governor-pledges-sanctuary-action/
Motorcycle registrations streamlined countrywide
Motorcycle license registrations can now only be renewed at one-window service offices nationwide in a bid to streamline services.The announcement, issued by the Transport Ministry on Wednesday, ordered provincial transport departments and ministry delegates to stop issuing motorcycle ownership cards, license plates or ownership transfer ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37379/motorcycle-registrations-streamlined-countrywide/
Chosen by angel for bumper crop, banana prices rise for new year
Khmer New Year could bring a fruitful financial harvest for sellers of bananas—this year’s divinely selected crop—but some vendors say their sales have not yet ripened.Bananas were selected as this year’s official product by the angel Kemera Devi, who brings in the new year, so ...
Chhorn Phearun And Danielle Keeton-olsen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chosen-by-angel-for-bumper-crop-banana-prices-rise-for-new-year-127962/
Working group created to study fainting phenomenon
The Labour Ministry has created a technical working group to study and investigate what causes fainting in an attempt to reduce episodes of fainting at factories nationwide. Labour Minister Ith Samheng, who is also chairman of the National Committee for Health and Work Safety, said the ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50111447/working-group-created-study-fainting-phenomenon/
Group aims to construct world’s longest wood boat
Cambodia is preparing to construct the longest wooden boat to break a world record currently held by China by making a boat about 85 metres long that can hold nearly 200 people. Sar Sokha, vice president of the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia, said ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114121/group-aims-to-construct-worlds-longest-wood-boat/
Flood warning until October 31
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology warned on Saturday of potential flooding from the remnants of tropical storm Haima, which killed at least 13 people in the Philippines and battered southeast China last week. Water Resources Minister Lim Kean Hor told the public and authorities ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31162/flood-warning-until-october-31/