Youth forum discusses ‘responsible’ social media use
More than 100 young people gathered yesterday in Phnom Penh to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of social media in Cambodia.At the youth forum, which focused on “Politics in the Digital Age”, youths, monks, politicians and NGO leaders spoke about the increasing importance of social ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-forum-discusses-responsible-social-media-use
Cluster model to entice SEZ investors
Kerry WorldBridge Logistics SEZ, which is developing a 63-hectare industrial park and free trade zone 17 kilometres south of the capital in Kandal province, has taken on a new partner to design and create an “industry and technology cluster” aimed at attracting non-garment manufacturing investment ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cluster-model-entice-sez-investors
Nontariff barriers continue to hinder regional trade
While tariffs across the Asia-Pacific region have dropped over the last 20 years as a result of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, nontariff barriers such as red tape and quotas continue to hinder the economic growth of Cambodia and other countries in the region, the ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nontariff-barriers-continue-hinder-regional-trade
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on Animals
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Animals” under Environment and natural resources in both Khmer and English.=>Please click here to get into Animals topic page. ...
New food security laboratory comes online in Svay Rieng
A new laboratory to monitor food products and ensure their safety opened on Tuesday in Svay Rieng province, near the border with Vietnam. It is the third such facility to open in the kingdom in the last few years, after other labs came online in Banteay ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106878/new-food-security-laboratory-comes-online-svay-rieng/
Cambodia, states clash at UN session
Cambodia traded shots with the international community in a heated exchange at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday evening, with states condemning the Kingdom’s ongoing crackdown on the political opposition and civil society, and an increasingly agitated Cambodia accusing member states of ...
Leonie Kijewski
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-states-clash-un-session
Cambodia, Vietnam build ties
Cambodia and Vietnam have vowed to build closer ties and improve border trade after three days of closed-door meetings. Chum Sounry, the spokesman for the Foreign Affairs Ministry, said officials from the two countries spent time discussing how to work together on agriculture, education, culture, energy, ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36532/cambodia--vietnam-build-ties/
Rise in meth use, trafficking spur cross-border drug plan
Faced with an ongoing rise in drug trafficking and use, especially of methamphetamines, Cambodia and the other five Greater Mekong Subregion countries have joined forces to try and stem the narcotics tide. Cambodia was also among four countries where drug-making laboratories were found, Mr. Douglas ...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rise-in-meth-use-trafficking-spur-cross-border-drug-plan-129466/
City governor tackles illegal medication sales
The Phnom Penh governor said he would crack down on pharmacies who do not follow the laws of the Health Ministry. Governor Khuong Sreng vowed to ban practices such as the selling of medication without a license and the dissemination of illegal medications, and to search ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5098125/city-governor-tackles-illegal-medication-sales/
Museum at Preah Vihear Temple to open soon
Prime Minister Hun Sen and the United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation will officially inaugurate a museum at the Preah Vihear World Heritage Site on March 20. Nov Sokuna, the director of the provincial culture and fine arts department, said the museum has been named ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114700/museum-at-preah-vihear-temple-to-open-soon/
Ukraine considers military shipbuilding cooperation with Cambodia
Ukraine is considering plans to cooperate with Cambodia, Thailand and South Korea in the field of military shipbuilding, according to Interfax-Ukraine. A report late Wednesday quoted Ukroboronprom State Concern as saying that prospects for military and technical cooperation with Cambodia were discussed with Cambodian Navy officials ...
Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MTQ5MmUxYWEwZjB
Political parties charged not to use upcoming election campaign for protests
The National Election Committee on Monday has asked political parties not use campaign of upcoming municipal, provincial, city and district council election, and transform it into protest. The calls were made by Mean Sati, member of the National Election Committee, in a meeting with political parties ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=OTJjYjNhZjhiN2F
Political Negotiations Open With Agreement on Election Finance
Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties on Monday agreed to create a law governing the regulation of financing for political parties, as they opened negotiations to end the longstanding political deadlock and in hopes of reforming the election process. A joint statement by the ruling Cambodian People’s ...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/political-negotiations-open-with-agreemetn-on-election-finance/1863236.html
Heineken caught up in distributor rumble
Two Cambodian alcohol heavyweights, Attwood Import Export Co Limited and Cambodia Brewery Limited, are embroiled in a dispute over the rights to distribute Heineken beer in the Kingdom. Attwood owns the rights to distribute Johnnie Walker whiskey and Hennessy cognac, among others, while the most well-known ...
Chan Muyhong and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/heineken-caught-distributor-rumble
Anti-trafficking fight expands
Cambodia, a common source, transit and destination country for human trafficking, yesterday launched a far-reaching plan to combat the exploitative practice. The 2014 to 2018 National Plan of Action (NPA), which was launched yesterday afternoon at the Interior Ministry, was devised by the National Committee for ...
Alice Cuddy and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anti-trafficking-fight-expands
Drought highlights Int'l Water Day
As officials and development agencies marked International Water Day yesterday, thousands of families in Kampong Cham province went without a drop – some reportedly for the sixth day in a row. The local authorities and rights workers made desperate pleas for aid as reports emerged that ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/drought-highlights-intl-water-day
China, Cambodia vow to enhance cooperation on law enforcement, security
China and Cambodia have vowed to further enhance bilateral cooperation on law enforcement and security. During a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday, Guo Shengkun, Chinese state councilor and public security minister, said the China-Cambodia comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation has been deepening. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://bit.ly/1EifNRO
Paris Peace Agreements turn 30 as PM reflects
While commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Paris Peace Agreements on October 23, the government reaffirmed commitment to embracing and defending the country’s independence, sovereignty, neutrality and territorial integrity as stated in the accord and established in the nation’s Constitution. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/paris-peace-agreements-turn-30-pm-reflects
MoH launches National Omicron awareness drive to stop virus spread
The Ministry of Health yesterday launched a Covid-19 national campaign themed “Omicron spreads faster than previous variants and causes a great risk to you and your family” together with the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children Fund Cambodia (UNICEF). ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501045908/moh-launches-national-omicron-awareness-drive-to-stop-virus-spread/