China to extend defence cooperation
The Chinese military will continue its joint military exercise, dubbed Golden Dragon, with The Royal Cambodian Army next year, Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe told his Cambodian counterpart yesterday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50501958/china-to-extend-defence-cooperation/
UN-backed education policy ready for government approval
In a bid to improve the quality of vocational education in the country, the Ministry of Education and Unesco will submit a National Policy on Lifelong Learning to the Council of Ministers following multiple discussions on the matter. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505797/un-backed-education-policy-ready-for-government-approval/
Flooded mangrove forest filled in with sand from illegal dredging
At least 2 hectares of flooded mangrove forest in Koh Kong’s Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary have been filled in with sand from illegal dredging nearby, with local authorities and an NGO yesterday claiming an unidentified “powerful” tycoon was behind the environmental crimes. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flooded-mangrove-forest-filled-sand-illegal-dredging
Defendants not informed of rights in cambodian appeal court cases: study
Judges in Cambodia’s Court of Appeal fail to inform defendants of their rights and a high number of hearings do not even have the defendants or their lawyers present, according to a study by a local rights group. In addition, the quality of evidence presented at ...
Richard Finney
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/rights-06232014173104.html
Germany donates €5M to boost local services
The German government has committed €5 million (about $5.68 million) to a joint government and civil society programme to boost cooperation between local authorities, local service providers and The public to improve performance. The German Embassy announced The funding of The Implementation of Social Accountability ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/germany-donates-eu5m-boost-local-services
Cambodia welcomes $5b in investments in H1
The government approved $5.2 billion worth of investment in The first half of 2019, a 48.5 percent hike compared to The corresponding period last year, with officials claiming The figure reflects investors’ growing confidence in The country. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50629643/cambodia-welcomes-5b-in-investments-in-h1/
Committee inspects hundreds of projects
Provincial Hall spokesman Kheang Phearom recently revealed that Land Management Ministry and provincial officials have reviewed the permits and safety standards of nearly 300 construction projects in Preah Sihanouk. Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered for the creation of the Committee for the Inspection of Quality ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50635601/committee-inspects-hundreds-of-projects/
NGO, indigenous communities call for stronger conservation efforts
The NGO Forum on Cambodia and indigenous communities have called for stronger efforts on The conservation of indigenous languages and The development of indigenous peoples in The Kingdom. The request was made as more than 300 million indigenous people in over 90 countries around The world ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50642249/ngo-indigenous-communities-call-for-stronger-conservation-efforts/
Body of foreigner found in suitcase
The unidentified body of a male foreign national, stuffed into a suitcase with only The head sticking out, was found by local fishermen in Kep province yesterday morning after washing up on The side of a canal near a mangrove forest. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/body-foreigner-found-suitcase
Nuclear power plant planned
The Cambodian and Russian governments have signed several Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) to help build a nuclear power plant in The Kingdom, despite previous statements saying The opposite and with no timeline as to when such a plant would be built, according to The Ministry ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25333/nuclear-power-plant-planned/
Tonle Sap wetland on the brink of a crisis
In a statement last week, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature identified ongoing fires in flooded forests as a major threat to the Tonle Sap lake. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://m.phnompenhpost.com/national/tonle-sap-wetland-brink-crisis?utm_content=buffer27079&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Cambodia gets about 320 mln USD investment from ASEAN last year
Cambodia attracted the fixed asset investment of 319.4 million U.S. dollars from its ASEAN member states in 2015, up 56 percent from a year earlier, according to a government report on Tuesday. ...
Song Miou
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-02/02/c_135068319.htm
Environment officials target special economic zones
An environment-monitoring working group from the Environment Ministry and the Council for the Development of Cambodia plans to meet with the owners of nearly 50 special economic zones across the country to promote standards on environmental protection and liquid waste management. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50105456/environment-officials-target-special-economic-zones/
Japanese investment worth $1.6 billion in 2017
With over 130 registered projects in banking, manufacturing, agriculture, service and infrastructure, among other sectors, Japanese investment in the kingdom was valued at $1.6 billion in 2017, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50109243/japanese-investment-worth-1-6-billion-2017/
Cambodia Daily slapped with huge tax bill
Government-aligned media outlet Fresh News has published a leaked letter from the Taxation Department to the Cambodia Daily claiming that it owes $6.3 million in back taxes, a disclosure accompanied by scathing anonymous “letters” attacking the English-language newspaper and prominent NGOs. ...
Phak Seangly and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-daily-slapped-huge-tax-bill
Northeast new focus for tourism
The Ministry of Tourism will shift its focus to ecotourism development in The Kingdom’s norTheast after efforts to promote travel to Cambodia’s coastline proved successful. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050956045/Business/northeast-new-focus-for-tourism.html
Russians concerned on coast
Concerned Russians in Sihanoukville are passing around a petition urging the Russian Embassy to do more for its citizens amid a recent crime wave in the coastal town. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/russians-concerned-coast
The Sihanoukville MAKEOVER?
Aiming to attract investors to broaden the Kingdom’s manufacturing base and to boost the country’s industrial development, the government is alledgedly preparing a master plan to turn Sihanoukville province into a new special economic zone, said an official.the advisor to the Cambodian government, Dr Sok ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/sihanoukville-makeover
Arsenic in well water poisoning the most vulnerable
Villagers in Preak Russey have learned that red means arsenic. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15002//
Projects worth millions agreed
The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) yesterday approved six development projects worth in total $677 million. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50695073/projects-worth-millions-agreed