Hanoi briefed on quashed CNRP border efforts
During a closed-door meeting on Monday, Defense Minister Tea Banh told a Vietnamese counterpart of the CPP’s success in suppressing an opposition campaign to highlight border incursions by Vietnam and urged Hanoi to help ensure that the issue does not re-emerge. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hanoi-briefed-on-quashed-cnrp-border-efforts-97739/
Justice minister wants Battambang land dispute resolved
Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vattana has weighed in on a prolonged land dispute at the Battambang Provincial Court that has seen three protestors shot and another imprisoned. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/justice-minister-wants-battambang-land-dispute-resolved
Government calls rally against ACU an act of ‘rebellion’
The government on Sunday warned of a crackdown on activists and advocacy groups set to protest today against the recent arrests of four rights workers and an election official, calling the planned demonstration an act of “urban rebellion.” ...
Zsombor Peter and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-calls-rally-against-acu-an-act-of-rebellion-112316/
Exchange of notes for Japan’s grant assistance
On Friday 23 September 2016, in response to a request from the Royal Government of Cambodia and the World Food Programme (hereinafter referred as “WFP”), the Government of Japan has agreed to extend a Grant Assistance of two hundred and twenty million Japanese Yen (¥220,000,000), ...
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
Hun Sen pledges $250 civil servant salary by 2018
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Sunday that civil servants and members of the armed forces will receive a minimum monthly salary of about $250 by 2018, the next year a national election is scheduled to be held. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-pledges-250-civil-servant-salary-by-2018-98954/
After Paris attacks, Cambodian authorities strengthen security
Authorities have bolstered security across Cambodia in response to last week’s coordinated terror attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead, according to a statement posted to the National Police’s website on Tuesday. ...
Emerald back on ASX after turning to gold
Emerald Resources NL, an Australian mining firm with interests in Cambodia, will relist on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Tuesday following the company’s compliance with chapters 1 and 2 of the exchange’s listing rules and rule 11.1.3, the company said in a filing yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/emerald-back-asx-after-turning-gold
PPSP begins trading on stock exchange
Shares in Phnom Penh SEZ debuted on Cambodia’s nascent stock exchange yesterday morning, ending the day at 2,890 riel ($0.71), down slightly more than 3 per cent from its opening price of 2,980 riel after an underwhelming level of trading. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppsp-begins-trading-stock-exchange
Measles not back in Cambodia, health minister says
Three weeks after the Health Ministry announced that measles had reappeared in Cambodia, a ministry official said Thursday that the highly contagious disease had in fact not been found. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/measles-not-back-in-cambodia-health-minister-says-98798/
Snack tailored to prevent malnutrition
After years of research and testing, a nutritional snack meant to halt rampant malnourishment and stunting among Cambodian children has been developed in the form of a fish paste-filled wafer, which will be released on the market by 2017. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/snack-tailored-to-prevent-malnutrition-99682/
Petanque star promoted in military, given $40k
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday promoted Ke Leng, who recently won her second world championship in petanque, from the rank of captain to major in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces and promised her $40,000 for her victory. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/petanque-star-promoted-in-military-given-40k-100662/
HIV infection rate down but gov’t can do more: experts
The rate of HIV infection in Cambodia has decreased in the past year, according to new figures from the National AIDS Authority, but experts say further work is needed to prevent new infections and increase access to medical treatment. ...
Khuon Narim and Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hiv-infection-rate-down-but-govt-can-do-more-experts-101698/
Wheelchair accessible tuk-tuk debuts
The maker of a new tuk-tuk prototype retrofitted with a wheelchair ramp hopes to usher in a new era of wheelchair-friendly travel in Phnom Penh. ...
Brent Crane
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wheelchair-accessible-tuk-tuk-debuts
Access to clean water in rural areas hits 50%
Cambodia passed a key Millennium Development Goal milestone last year with half of rural areas now having access to clean drinking water, according to a Ministry of Rural Development annual report released yesterday. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/access-clean-water-rural-areas-hits-50
Koh Kong locals seek land’s return
Representatives of 526 Koh Kong families hopped on their motos on Friday morning to deliver petitions to their district town halls calling for the return of land taken from them by a 2006 economic land concession (ELC), as well as compensation for lost crops. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-locals-seek-lands-return
UN agency to give $36 million for rural market access
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide $36 million to the Commerce Ministry to help improve market access for poor farmers and small entrepreneurs. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24087/un-agency-to-give--36-million-for-rural-market-access/
MoU signed with China
The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote business interaction and enhance trade and investment between China and the Kingdom. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29595/mou-signed-with-china/
MoU to help poor families get housing
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction and Habitat for Humanity Cambodia (HFHC) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that supports a national housing policy to address housing for low-income families. The MoU aims to support implementation of the national housing policy, which ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31041/mou-to-help-poor-families-get-housing/
Results of plenary session of Council of Ministers on Friday, 17 February 2017
On 17 February 2017, Prime Minister of Kingdom of Cambodia, Hun Sen, has presided over a plenary session of Council of Ministers at Peace Palace. The result of the discussion including:Two projects: a 230-kilowatt transit grid development project from the Stung Tatai hydropower dam in ...
Press and Quick Reaction Unit
Higher skills for a busy aviation sector
In its first two months of regular operation Cambodia’s first civil aviation training centre has provided certificates to dozens of aviation officials and airport staff, helping to raise the skill level of personnel in the Kingdom’s fast-expanding aviation sector. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/higher-skills-busy-aviation-sector