Xu Qiliang visits Chinese doctors working in Cambodian military hospital
Xu Qiliang, visiting vice- chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, on Thursday visited a group of 10 Chinese doctors working at the Preah Ketomelea Hospital, known as the Military Hospital, in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. Xu was accompanied by Chay Saing Yun, secretary href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/xu-qiliang-visits-chinese-doctors-working-in-cambodian-military-hospital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Asean-China-Center News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-05/09/c_133322029.htm
Government urges NGOs to support migrant workers from Thailand
Relevant organizations have been actively cooperating with the government in providing transportation service for illegal migrant workers to return to their home after they were sent back by the junta in Thailand. The temporary estimation for the aid so far amounts to nearly 200,000$. The government href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-urges-ngos-to-support-migrant-workers-from-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NDUzNzQxYjI3N2R
India’s rice dump may impact local exports
With the Indian government set to inject five million tonnes of rice in to its domestic market, Cambodia’s rice producers fear that any spillover into the global rice trade may impact local exports. David Van, acting secretary-general of a newly established Cambodia Rice Federation, said href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indias-rice-dump-may-impact-local-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/india%E2%80%99s-rice-dump-may-impact-local-exports
Italy millers slam ‘unfair’ EBA
Cambodia duty-free rice exports to the European Union have this week come under fresh attack from producers in Italy, who say the beneficial treatment is restricting the potential of Italian rice exports. An Italian agriculture collective of farmers, which includes representatives from the Italian Association of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/italy-millers-slam-unfair-eba/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/italy-millers-slam-%E2%80%98unfair%E2%80%99-eba
Hundreds threatened by erosion of Mekong banks
Erosion along the banks of the Mekong River in Kompong Cham province’s Srei Santhor district has caused 16 families to move their homes and is threatening hundreds more, officials warned Sunday. Koh Andet commune chief Yan Yet said at least 16 homes have been dismantled since href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hundreds-threatened-by-erosion-of-mekong-banks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hundreds-threatened-by-erosion-of-mekong-banks-65069/
Cambodia needs more actions to curb bird flu: PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday that the country needed to prepare more measures to curb the spread of H5N1 strain of avian influenza, which broke out the worst last year and this year. “We have done a lot to control the spread of the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-needs-more-actions-to-curb-bird-flu-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-03/28/c_133220954.htm
B Meanchey Court chief moved to Phnom Penh
Ang Mealatey, the former president of Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court, was appointed president of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday, ending the eight-year tenure of Chiv Keng. Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana and Supreme Court President Dith Munty presided over the ceremony of around 100 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/b-meanchey-court-chief-moved-to-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Eang Mengleng and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/b-meanchey-court-chief-moved-to-phnom-penh-56905/
Villagers accuse Mondolkiri company of major deforestation
Mondolkiri provincial villagers on Tuesday accused authorities there of colluding with a development company involved in serious deforestation. The Phnong minority villagers say the wife of the deputy provincial governor owns the company, Villas Development, which is allegedly involved in illegal logging. The activists spoke Tuesday href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-accuse-mondolkiri-company-of-major-deforestation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/villagers-accuse-mondolkiri-company-of-major-deforestation/1948555.html
New deadlock but old tactics, analysts say
Ahead of today’s hearing on Cambodia’s record at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, opposition figures and analysts said the ruling Cambodian People’s Party has reverted to familiar tactics of post-election suppression. Analysts yesterday said that the breaking up of Cambodia National Rescue Party-led protests href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-deadlock-but-old-tactics-analysts-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-deadlock-old-tactics-analysts-say
City Hall backtracks amid White Building outcry
With momentum gathering behind a movement to renovate rather than raze Phnom Penh’s famous White Building, City Hall on Thursday backtracked on its assertion earlier this week that the building was destined for demolition. On Tuesday, Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong said the iconic apartment block href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-backtracks-amid-white-building-outcry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey and Chan Cheuk Yin
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-backtracks-amid-white-building-outcry-67556/
Turkish investors eye electronics, electricity production in Kingdom
Turkish investors have expressed interest in seeking investment partners in Cambodia in the electricity production and electronics sectors. Guven Uckan, the head of the Electrical Electronics and Services Exporters’ Association (EESEA), said Cambodia had great potential for investment, with a number of Turkish investors currently doing href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/turkish-investors-eye-electronics-electricity-production-in-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Bilateral trade with South Korea tops $657M
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea has topped more than $657 million for the first nine months of this year. According to Ministry of Commerce data obtained by The Post on Monday, the figure is a little more than $100 million shy of the $769 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bilateral-trade-with-south-korea-tops-657m/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bilateral-trade-south-korea-tops-657m
Ministry highlights work to register indigenous lands
The Land Management Ministry has announced it has officially registered thousands of hectares of land for scores of ethnic minority communities across the Kingdom. In a statement issued after the meeting, the ministry said so far it has registered 28,522 hectares of indigenous land to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-highlights-work-to-register-indigenous-lands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50674242/ministry-highlights-work-to-register-indigenous-lands
Council approves Aeon 3 project
Japan’s Aeon Mall Co is to spend more than $200 million building its third shopping mall in Phnom Penh as the firm eyes the Kingdom’s burgeoning middle-class. Construction on Aeon Mall 3 in the capital’s Meanchey district is to begin early next year as a result href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/council-approves-aeon-3-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/council-approves-aeon-3-project
More than 400 endangered turtle eggs found in Kratie
Conservationists have found more than 400 eggs of the Asian Giant Softshell Turtle along the Mekong River in Kratie province since the beginning of November. A Wildlife Conservation Society statement yesterday said that the conservationists from Community Fisheries, Fisheries Administration and WCS found 13 nests href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-than-400-endangered-turtle-eggs-found-in-kratie/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50680487/more-than-400-endangered-turtle-eggs-found-in-kratie
Courts charge S Treng men for transporting illegal timber
Stung Treng provincial police on Sunday sent one of seven men detained over the transportation of illegal timber to court. Provincial police chief Mao Dara said the Vietnamese man was sent to the provincial court after being accused of transporting nearly 200 pieces of beng timber href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/courts-charge-s-treng-men-for-transporting-illegal-timber/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/courts-charge-s-treng-men-transporting-illegal-timber
Jica seeks to turn PP, towns into smart cities
Japanese International Cooperation Agency (Jica) representatives have sought support from Siem Reap’s Apsara National Authority (ANA) to transform the ancient capital into a smart city. The call was made in February last year after the government approved three cities to join the Asean Smart Cities href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/jica-seeks-to-turn-pp-towns-into-smart-cities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jica-seeks-turn-pp-towns-smart-cities
Lawsuit filed against local Mondulkiri leaders
Two separate complaints were filed at the Mondulkiri Provincial Court against four people including the first deputy chief of Bou Sra commune, in Pech Chreada district, and a provincial deputy governor. The case concerned the issuance of land titles on forest land and secretly digging href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lawsuit-filed-against-local-mondulkiri-leaders/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lawsuit-filed-against-local-mondulkiri-leaders
Cambodia bans all citizens of country from travelling to EU, US, and Iran in move to curb COVID-19 spread
After imposing a ban on arrivals of citizens from US, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Iran Saturday, Prime Minister Hun Sen has issued an order late yesterday, urging Cambodians to refrain from travelling to Europe, the United States, and Iran to avoid Covid-19 pandemic. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-bans-all-citizens-of-country-from-travelling-to-eu-us-and-iran-in-move-to-curb-covid-19-spread/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Time Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50702181/cambodia-bans-all-citizens-of-country-from-travelling-to-eu-us-and-iran-in-move-to-curb-covid-19-spread/
Announcement on the result of the new mandate meeting of the Permanent Council of Ministers dated on 31 March 2020
On Monday, March 31, 2020, at the Peace Palace of the Council of Ministers, a new mandate meeting of the Permanent Council of Ministers was presided over by Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia to review href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-on-the-result-of-the-new-mandate-meeting-of-the-permanent-council-of-ministers-dated-on-31-march-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Office of the Council of Ministers