New regulations focus on healthy workplace, foreign workforce and labor identification documents
The deadline for submitting applications for foreign employee quotas is fast approaching. Employers must apply for the foreign labor quota before the end of November 2014 in order to employ foreigners in 2015. The Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training has recently issued a number ...
Max Howlett and Yun Sophal
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/new-regulations-focus-on-healthy-workplace-foreign-workforce-and-labor-identification-documents-7578
Six labor unions to hold public forum on minimum wage this weekend
At least six labor unions to be led by Pav Sina, president of the Collective Union of Movement of Workers, will hold public forum at the Freedom Park on October 12 to discuss minimum wage demand for footwear and garment workers. A plan to hold the ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/six-labor-unions-to-hold-public-forum-on-minimum-wage-this-weekend-7464
Vietnamese in Mekong Delta object to Lao dam on Cambodia border: report
Vietnamese living in the Mekong Delta have raised objections to a proposed Lao dam on the mainstream of the river next to Cambodia, Thanh Nien News reported. The report Monday said the objections followed a two-week survey in five delta provinces by the Hanoi-based Green Innovation ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/vietnamese-in-mekong-delta-object-to-lao-dam-on-cambodia-border:-report-7765
Cambodia's treatment of Montagnard refugees focuses critics on Australia's asylum seeker deal
Cambodian authorities are hunting more than a dozen ethnic minority hill people from Vietnam, drawing international criticism and raising further doubts about Australia’s controversial agreement to send refugees to Phnom Penh. Babar Baloch, a spokesman for the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), warned ...
Lindsay Murdoch
http://www.smh.com.au/world/cambodias-treatment-of-montagnard-refugees-focuses-critics-on-australias-asylum-seeker-deal-20141203-11z808.html
Cambodia government spends US$7 million on HIV/AIDS drugs every year
Cambodia spent around US$7 million on drugs for people living with HIV/AIDS every year, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reports citing Cambodian media. The drug costs between US$157 and US$500 per person. ...
Bernama News Staff
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1098275
NGOs slam Cambodian political parties over workshop on electoral reform draft law
Representatives of more than 60 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and an electoral reform group on Monday boycotted a national workshop held Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties on the electoral reform draft law, saying they did not have enough time to review the documents. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/ngos-boycott-workshop-on-electoral-reform-03092015171323.html
Ruling party MP slammed for blocking press briefing on Cambodia NGO law
A rights group and journalist organization on Thursday slammed a lawmaker from Cambodia’s ruling party for barring an opposition MP from addressing the media with his concerns over a controversial draft law on nongovernmental organizations currently under review by parliament. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/lawmaker-07022015153933.html
EAS officials meet in Cambodia to exchange views on regional security architecture
Officials from the East Asia Summit (EAS) countries met here Monday to exchange views on regional security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=293404
Cambodian government takes umbrage at US congressman’s comments on land grabs
Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management is acting in accordance with the country’s laws and making an effort to respect citizens’ rights, a ministry official said Tuesday, rejecting comments by a U.S. congressman that people in the Southeast Asian country are denied basic protection from land ...
Black gold on the horizon
The Ministry of Mines and Energy signed a petroleum agreement with Cambodia Resources Energy Development Co on exploration of the offshore Block D oilfield. “Signing the agreement allows the company to conduct studies and search for oil in Block D,” Cheap Sour, director-general of Petroleum ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50690818/black-gold-on-the-horizon
Natural resources crime on the rise
Natural Resources crime in Cambodia is on the rise by 34.42 percent as compared with last year, the Ministry of Environment said today. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50799245/natural-resources-crime-on-the-rise/
WHO confirms C-19 transmission unlikely on food
Controversy over seized buffalo meat from India continues as the World Health Organization (WHO) said Covid-19 could not be contracted through contact with food or food packaging while the Health Ministry is staying keeping mum on the subject. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50903506/who-confirms-c-19-transmission-unlikely-on-food/
Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway construction works on schedule
According to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport of Cambodia, the construction of the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway is progressing smoothly and to date, the project has achieved 63% in terms of overall completion. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50905822/phnom-penh-sihanoukville-expressway-construction-works-on-schedule/
Preah Sihanouk authorities warn of clampdown on employee abuse
The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration has warned of legal action against any employers of establishments in the province, such as hotels or casinos, who force force their employees to work overtime or try to detain them against their will for any reason. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-authorities-warn-clampdown-employee-abuse
KE, AmCham join forces on SME ecosystem
The government-funded Khmer Enterprise (KE) and the American Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (AmCham) have forged a partnership that will centre on building and promoting a sustainable and workable ecosystem for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and entrepreneurs in the Kingdom. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ke-amcham-join-forces-sme-ecosystem
Thunderstorms on the way for Cambodia
After last night’s unseasonal thunder and rain in Phnom Penh, The Ministry of Water Resources says to expect more thunderstorms and rain from 16-22 February 2022. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501025458/thunderstorms-on-the-way-for-cambodia-2/
Sar Kheng: Focus on land row settlement
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng urged sub-national administrations to increase monitoring and control of illegal land encroachment in protected areas to further prevent these crimes. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-focus-land-row-settlement
Italy urged to lower tariffs on Cambodian rice exports
Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Prak Sokhon has urged Italy to reconsider raising tariffs on rice imports. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501064736/italy-urged-to-lower-tariffs-on-cambodian-rice-exports/
Social education platform focuses on learning for Cambodian youth
The homegrown Reachsa app aims to build a community of lifelong learners and inspire young Cambodians to read and share more knowledge online. ...
Sours Thida
https://kiripost.com/stories/social-education-platform-focuses-on-learning-for-cambodian-youth
Wildlife Alliance appreciates government’s decision on Phnom Tamao
Wildlife Alliance has expressed its appreciation for the decision of the Royal Government of Cambodia to cancel development projects at Phnom Tamao Widlife Rescue Center’s forest area in Bati district, Takeo province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501128696/wildlife-alliance-appreciates-governments-decision-on-phnom-tamao/