A watery problem and solution
<p>According to a 2013 United Nations Environmental protection report, a water hyacinth plant releases more than 3,000 seeds every year and, because its roots are floating, it does not need to be in shallow water to survive. Water hyacinth has moved rapidly across South America, ...p>
Khmer Time Stuff
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26219/a-watery-problem-and-solution/
Announcement on Archiving Open Development Cambodia 's old site
<p>Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is in the progress of archiving the old website “opendevelopmentcambodia.net” by moving it to the new address at “archive.opendevelopmentcambodia.net”. Once the process is entirely completed, the address “www.opendevelopmentcambodia.net” will be re-used to replace “https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/” as the only official website address of ...p>
Hanoi decries online posts slamming prime minister
<p>The Vietnamese government distanced itself on Wednesday from angry posts its citizens made on prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook page, saying the platform should not be used to inflame tensions between “good neighbors.” The statement from the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stopped short, however, ...p>
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hanoi-decries-online-posts-slamming-prime-minister-117434/
Election reporting banned
<p>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 ...p>
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29216/election-reporting-banned/
UN, CPP spar on political climate
<p>In an open letter to the leaders of Asean member states and the rest of the world, the ruling Cambodian people’s party (Cpp) yesterday attacked the opposition for allegedly “undermining democracy, political stability and the image of Cambodia in the international arena.” On Monday, the government ...p>
Taing Vida and Jonathan Greig
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29505/un--cpp-spar-on-political-climate/
How politics is killing Cambodia's forests
<p>Cambodian forests, some of the most biologically diverse areas in the world, are vanishing fast as a result of the Vietnamese, Chinese and Cambodian political interests. Cambodia has one of the largest deforestation rates in the world. Forest Trends, an influential organization with a mission to conserve ...p>
Abu SMG Kibria
http://thediplomat.com/2016/09/how-politics-is-killing-cambodias-forests/
Two new power plants planned
<p>Two new power plants are being planned for Cambodia, a $167 million garbage-fueled plant for phnom penh, and an $89 million solar plant for Siem Reap province, the tourism ministry announced. In a statement on the ministry’s Facebook page yesterday, the ministry unveiled plans for the ...p>
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29970/two-new-power-plants-planned/
World Bank projects 7% Cambodian growth rate
<p>The World Bank has projected the Kingdom’s economic growth will reach seven percent this year, slightly up from its 6.9 percent projection in April, due to solid garment exports and a resilient construction sector. The World Bank’s “Cambodia Economic Update October 2016” highlighted solid garment export ...p>
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30444/world-bank-projects----7--cambodian-growth-rate/
Heavy rain, flooding expected till monday
<p>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 ...p>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30821/heavy-rain--flooding-expected-till-monday/
MoU to help poor families get housing
<p>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 ...p>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31041/mou-to-help-poor-families-get-housing/
Border land to be exchanged
<p>Cambodia and Vietnam have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to exchange parcels of land in provinces along the border in both countries after Joint Border Committee meetings in Ho Chi Minh City in July and last Thursday. The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry released information on its ...p>
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31213/border-land-to-be-exchanged/
Committee for work safety created
<p>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, ...p>
Mom kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32302/committee-for-work-safety-created/
Red carpet for Chinese investors
<p>The high-profile investment conference, held under the tagline “Cambodia: The Kingdom of Opportunity Along The ‘One Belt, One Road”, saw representatives of more than 200 Chinese companies gather at a hotel conference centre on the outskirts of the capital. The full-day event was jointly organised ...p>
Joey Chua Xue Ting and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/red-carpet-chinese-investors
Villagers seek help with their dispute
<p>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 ...p>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33387/villagers-seek-help-with-their-dispute/
Sok An’s top job filled, but many still vacant
<p>Though some of that control had slipped away in recent years, there are still plenty of state bodies, official roles and chairmanships up for grabs after Sok An died on Wednesday at the age of 66. The most high-profile of those positions, minister in charge ...p>
George Wright and Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second/sok-ans-top-job-filled-many-still-vacant-126697/
Hun Sen gives AIM a reprieve after CEO apologises for ‘hurt’ caused by CNN report
<p>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 ...p>
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
<p>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 ...p>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Croc-toberfest
<p>provincial and border police in Banteay Meanchey province caught a crocodile on Wednesday night while on flood patrol along the river, prompting officials to warn people living in flood zones along rivers to be on the lookout for the toothy interlopers. Officials are looking into ...p>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/croc-toberfest
Chinese PM wraps up Cambodia visit, promising huge aid package
<p>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 ...p>
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
<p>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 ...p>
Zhang Yue
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2018-01/12/content_35487594.htm
