Single-visa initiative puts Myanmar flights on course
<p>Myanmar’s Ministry of Tourism is pushing forward with the implementation of a “two countries, one destination” campaign that hinges on establishing direct flights between the historic cities of Bagan and Siem Reap. The campaign’s single-visa programme would allow tourists holding either a Myanmar or Cambodia ...p>
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/single-visa-initiative-puts-myanmar-flights-course
RDB loans $30M to boost rice purchases
<p>The government has provided $30 million in loans to rice millers since September to facilitate the purchase of paddy rice, with the head of a state-run bank saying more money was available if necessary. The loans were issued to 38 rice millers by the state-owned ...p>
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rdb-loans-30m-boost-rice-purchases
Bird flu found in Phnom Penh
<p>Nearly 300 chickens and ducks were culled after a new case of H5N1, or bird flu, was found in phnom penh’s Sen Sok district last week, officials said. Seang Borin, director of the municipal agriculture department, said yesterday that 292 chickens and ducks were killed in ...p>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102046/bird-flu-found-in-phnom-penh/
Unifying brand name unveiled as Rice Federation addresses its flaws
<p>The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) today announced a new “Malys Angkor” brand to be used as the official moniker for four species of Cambodian fragrant rice. The first day of the two-day Cambodia Rice Forum also featured the release of a remarkably frank report on the ...p>
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/unifying-brand-name-unveiled-rice-federation-addresses-its-flaws-0
Selecting the best areas to grow cashews
<p>Following an agreement with Vietnam to boost cashew production in the kingdom, the Ministry of Agriculture has called on all provincial agricultural departments in the country to conduct studies on the areas that present the best conditions for growing the crop. On January 17, the ministry ...p>
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50104936/selecting-the-best-areas-to-grow-cashews/
Ponzi scheme victims seek Hun Sen’s help
<p>About 300 people from 11 provinces gathered at prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet near Wat Botum pagoda yesterday to ask for help in their ongoing dispute with Empire Big Capital Limited, an investment company that cheated thousands of victims out of nearly $60 million. In May ...p>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50109477/ponzi-scheme-victims-seek-hun-sens-help/
Village representative arrested in LYP dispute
<p>A villager representing 50 families in a long-running dispute with a company owned by ruling party Senator Ly Yong phat is in pre-trial detention after his Saturday arrest for allegedly installing boundary markers on disputed company land. Lay Tiro, deputy head of the felonies office at ...p>
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/village-representative-arrested-lyp-dispute
Thailand’s Amata eyes Cambodia
<p>Thailand’s Amata Corporation plc., which is the country’s largest listed conglomerate in the industrial estate sector, is keen to set up a special economic zone (SEZ) in Cambodia due to the Kingdom’s strategic geographical location in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. The plan was announced on Sunday ...p>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30602/thailand---s-amata-eyes-cambodia/
UN envoy offers help with surrogacy laws
<p>Visiting U.N. envoy Rhona Smith on Tuesday offered to help Cambodia draft its first laws on surrogacy, a ministry spokesman said. The special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, who arrived on Monday for a 10-day visit, met with Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana to discuss ...p>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-envoy-offers-help-surrogacy-laws-119167/
Cambodia-China tourism pact
<p>A tourism development agreement was signed last week between Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism and China’s Shanghai Spring International Travel Service Group to boost the influx of Chinese tourists to the Kingdom. In announcing the agreement on Saturday, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said: “The memorandum ...p>
Chea Vannak and Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30853/cambodia-china-tourism-pact/
NGO to target PM, ACU head
<p>The NGO preparing to file a complaint to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) against two opposition officials will also file complaints against prime Minister Hun Sen and the ACU president after voter registration is finished, he announced yesterday. Ros Sarom, the director of the Victory Intelligent Standard ...p>
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30980/ngo-to-target-pm--acu-head/
Rice harvest largely escapes flood damage
<p>The damage to the country’s rice crops from the recent heavy rains is likely to be small, according to provincial officials, as the Agriculture Ministry stressed that flood damage to rice crops was under control. As the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology continue to warn ...p>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30962/rice-harvest-largely-escapes-flood-damage/
Coke’s new $100 million plant
<p>Coca-Cola officially opened a new $100 million plant in phnom penh yesterday to expand its production capacity to meet increased demand for the Coke beverage in the Kingdom and Asean. The plant, situated on a 12.5-hectare land, in the phnom penh Special Economic Zone is able ...p>
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32783/coke---s-new--100-million-plant/
NGO: development hurting residents
<p>An NGO is taking aim at development companies in a new report detailing the troubling tactics of construction companies forcibly evicting residents of phnom penh. The study, released yesterday, showed that among 77 sites since 2011 throughout phnom penh where residents were evicted so their building ...p>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33111/ngo--development-hurting-residents/
Thailand gives train engine to Cambodia
<p>Thailand will provide a train engine to Cambodia for the transport of goods and tourists between the two countries, according to a government official. Thai prime Minister prayut Chan-o-cha made the promise to provide the train engine in response to efforts to increase trade and tourists ...p>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33101/thailand-gives-train-engine-to-cambodia/
WB: Cambodians still vulnerable
<p>While the World Bank commended Cambodia for its strong economic growth and efforts to reduce poverty over the past two decades, it, however, cautioned yesterday that the agriculture and garment sectors posed challenges which could make that growth unsustainable. “An overview of the past two decades, ...p>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33166/wb--cambodians-still-vulnerable/
Press release on the setting of interest rate cap
<p>On 13 March 2017, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) issued a press release on the setting of interest rate cap of 18 percent per annum for microfinance institutions, deposit-taking MFIs and licensed rural credit institutions to help the poor, curb over-indebtedness and reduce poverty, ...p>
National Bank of Cambodia
The temporary number of Cambodian's voter turnout in the commune election in the fourth legislature (4 June 2017)
<p>According to the public announcement released by National Election Committee dated on 4th June 2017, 85.74 percents of the total registered voters (7,865,033) went to vote for their constituency during the commune election 2017, equivalent to 6,743,329. Kampong Speu, preah Vihear, Stung Treng, Takeo, and ...p>
National Election Committee (NEC)
Stork nest discoveries celebrated
<p>Government officials and environmental groups yesterday celebrated the discovery of 121 lesser adjutant stork nests in preah Vihear province, chalking the success up to a joint programme to hire locals to guard the nests. Environment Ministry rangers and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) workers started counting ...p>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stork-nest-discoveries-celebrated
China Believes Cambodia's Election Will Be Fair, Confirms Support
<p>China believes a general election in Cambodia this year will be fair, a senior Chinese official said on Thursday, after the United States and the European Union withdrew support for the vote following the dissolution of the main opposition party. China is Cambodia’s biggest aid ...p>
Michael Martina and Robert Birsel
http://reut.rs/2DcCI6H
