Land Titles Needed to Drive Investment in Agriculture
The issue of using land titles to encourage banks to boost their lending to the agriculture sector was raised at the “Empower Your Business: Riding on Cambodia’s Growth” seminar in Phnom Penh on July 21. “Seventy percent of the population is undertaking agriculture as their
Banks spared flooding woes
Cambodia’s banks should be largely spared the heavy damages already seen in many parts of the Kingdom’s economy, officials said yesterday, though microfinance lenders will feel some impact.
Minister of Economy and Finance Keat Chhon last week revised downward the government’s gross domestic products for 2011
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011101952199/Business/banks-spared-flooding-woes.html
Protesters try new tactics
Rocks were hurled, fires lit, hostages taken and the message delivered in no uncertain terms last week: Cambodians are increasingly willing to use violence against companies that intimidate them or ignore their demands.
Twice – in Svay Rieng and Kampong Cham provinces – garment workers pelted
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012022754739/National-news/protesters-try-new-tactics.html
Borei Keila residents herald pledge of aid
Borei Keila evictees who have been sleeping in stairwells near where their houses once stood said yesterday the Phnom Penh municipal authority had promised to help them find homes.
Ka Rohanny, 35, a representative of the evicted residents, told the Post Kiet Chhe, deputy administrative president
City Accepts Boeng Kak Land Title Applications
Municipal officials began accepting applications for land titles from Boeng Kak lake residents yesterday, but the exact location of the 12.44 hectares granted to the residents remains unclear, community respresentatives said yesterday. Boenk Kak community representatives met with Srah Chak commune chief Chhay Thirith and
Rights group urges halt to Boeng Kak evictions
Amnesty International has called on the government to halt forced evictions at Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak lake, and urged the authorities to punish the police officials responsible for the beating of an opposition Sam Rainsy Party member and Boeng Kak residents during a protest at
Floods abate, but villagers still isolated
Although floodwaters are receding, an unknown number of villages in several provinces remain accessible only by boat, and the extent of the damage has yet to be fully assessed, according to aid workers and the latest “situation update” from the United Nations Disaster Management Team.
“In
Good ties boost investment, trade, tourism between Cambodia, China
The bilateral relations between Cambodia and China in terms of investment, trade and tourism have become stronger in the past year thanks to the two countries’ good relations, said officials Friday.
Cambodia attracted China’s investments of 1.19 billion U.S. dollars in 2011, up 71 percent from
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-02/17/c_131416641.htm
Net Vegetable Yields Still Miss Demand
Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun said yesterday that Cambodia currently produces only half as many vegetables as it needs to meet demand and that more needs to be done to remedy the situation.
“Cambodia only produces 40 to 60 perent of its needs and imports, the
Nike Visits Over Recent Faintings at Factory
Representatives from US sports brand Nike will arrive today to investigate last week’s mass faintings at their supplier factory in Kompong Speu province, officials from the Labor Ministry and an International Labor Organization (ILO) representative said yesterday.
Pok Vanthath, deputy director of vocational safety for the
Joint Statement on the EU’s decision to start the process of suspending Cambodia’s access to its preferential Everything But Arms (EBA) agreement
On 19 March 2019, the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association called “ADHOC” issued a joint statement, supported by 71 Non-Governmental Organisations, Associations, Trade Unions, Members of the Cambodian Civil Society, and citizens, expressed their deep concerns about the launch of the European Union (EU) Commission’s
ADHOC
Press release on Flooding Situation in Preah Sihanouk Province
On 09 August 2019, the Sihanoukville provincial government issued a press release informing the public of the flood situation in Sihanoukville, which has been affected by the southwest monsoon and low pressure systems (ITCZ) causing unusually heavy rainfall. At 2 pm on 09 August, the floodwater
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration
Press release on identifying land owners in land disputes
On 18 May 2018 Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction set up a working group cooperated with Koh Kong province authority in order to identify the land owners and land plots related with land disputes from 21 May 2018. The land disputes happened
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction
Illegal logging threatens Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, says CYN report
The Cambodian Youth Network (CYN) released a report on Tuesday noting the loss and deforestation of some 3,000ha of forest land in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary because of logging since last year. The report was based on investigative research into illegal logging in the said
China to finance Preah Sihanouk development
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has agreed to a request from Cambodia to provide financial support for the development of Preah Sihanouk province. The request was made on Sunday by Prime Minister Hun Sen on the sidelines of the 35th Asean Summit and Related Summits
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50657174/china-to-finance-preah-sihanouk-development/
‘Illegal’ Pursat settlers given ultimatum
Pursat provincial authorities have given an ultimatum to 31 families who illegally settled on 100ha of land in Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in Veal Veng district’s Stung Thmey village. According to a provincial Department of Environment notice dated November 8 and obtained by The Post,
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-pursat-settlers-given-ultimatum
Notice on the publication of cadastral documents
On 05 July 2017, Pursat Provincial Government, through the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, published a notice on the publication of cadastral documents, including cadastral maps and lists of title holders, which are derived from the land valuation and data collection conducted
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Cambodia
Press release on the outcome of the official visit to the Republic of Indonesia of H.E. Senior Minister Prak Sokhonn
On 06 February 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has released a press release on outcomes of the official visit to the Republic of Indonesia of H.E. Senior Minister Prak Sokhonn from 01-03 February 2018. The official visit aims to foster the friendly
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Extractive industry to become new economic driver – Ministry
The government last week said the extractive industry is on course to become a main economic pillar. Cambodia’s economic development is mostly driven by the construction, real estate, tourism, garments and agricultural sectors, but the government is working to diversify, with the extractive industry set
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50663802/extractive-industry-to-become-new-economic-driver-ministry/
Kampong Chhnang governor denies Vietnamese land rumours
Kampong Chhnang provincial Governor Chhour Chandoeun yesterday dismissed rumours that the government is giving land concessions to Vietnamese people from a floating village on Tonle Sap lake. He said that the provincial authorities are in the process of resettling Cambodians and Vietnamese from the floating
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50664367/kampong-chhnang-governor-denies-vietnamese-land-rumours/
