CCHR and CIVICUS condemn the Cambodian government’s rejection of key recommendations during its 2nd Universal Periodic Review
Today, 26 June 2014, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) and CIVICUs, the global civil society alliance, condemn the Royal Government of Cambodia’s (the “RGC”) decision to reject key recommendations on the human rights situation in the Kingdom of Cambodia put forward by United ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian center for Human Rights (CCHR)
Hun Sen: Kingdom’s economy to grow 7.1%
Cambodia’s economic growth is projected at 7.1 per cent this year or about $24 billion thanks to the good performance of the industrial sector that is creating strong domestic revenue. speaking at the graduation ceremony of Cambodia University of specialties on Wednesday, Prime Minister Hun ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hun-sen-kingdoms-economy-grow-71
Kingdom’s fuel prices fixed despite US-Iran row
Increase tensions between the Us and Iran, one of the world’s largest oil producers, could cause prices to fluctuate, the Ministry of Commerce warned on Thursday. However, the ministry said fuel prices in the Kingdom will stick to those announced every 15 days, which are ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-fuel-prices-fixed-despite-us-iran-row
Ministry: 5G essential for Cambodia’s digitalisation
Minister of Post and Telecommunications Tram Iv Tek on Thursday lauded leading mobile operator CamGsM Co Ltd for its progress in rolling out a 5G network in Cambodia. speaking at an event organised by CamGsM to showcase its 5G capabilities, he said the technology is essential ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-5g-essential-cambodias-digitalisation
Financial institutions give their support to NBC’s liquidity plan
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Wednesday announced the release of two more policies to increase liquidity in the local economy. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/financial-institutions-give-their-support-nbcs-liquidity-plan
Energy Lab’s stimulus plan for clean energy investment
The Cambodian government is close to signing a deal with the local subsidiary of French-owned, singapore-based renewable power producer The Blue Circle to construct the energy-lacking country’s first wind power farm in Kampot. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yeshi Dema
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50714011/energy-labs-stimulus-plan-for-clean-energy-investment/
Farming’s primacy ‘hinders’
Cambodia’s economic productivity is in trouble, struggling with an inability to turn a youthful population into a skilled workforce and stunted by an over-reliance on agriculture, according to a new World Bank report. In Cambodia and Vietnam, diversification of labour from the farming sector contributed to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/farming%E2%80%99s-primacy-%E2%80%98hinders%E2%80%99
CNRP mulls Rainsy’s next move
Speculation continueS over if and when Cambodia National ReScue Party preSident Sam RainSy will return to Cambodia, where he now faceS a two-year priSon term, aS graSSrootS oppoSition memberS yeSterday expreSSed “diSappointment” at their leader&rSquo;S continued abSence.CNRP officialS will meet today in Phnom Penh to SS='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-mulls-rainsys-next-move
Cambodia to delay school opening till year’s end
Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and sport will delay school openings and high school graduation examinations until the end of the year to prevent a second wave of COVID-19. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50737447/cambodia-to-delay-school-opening-till-years-end/
Cambodia’s economy stagnant in first half
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said the Kingdom’s economic growth stagnated in the first half of the year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and forecast that the country’s GDP would contract 1.9 percent this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50744787/cambodias-economy-stagnant-in-first-half/
Cambodia’s industrial progress is well on track
Cambodia is moving to reach its industrial development policy (IDP) goal by 2025 with progress well on track, according to a report. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50757052/cambodias-industrial-progress-is-well-on-track/
Foreign investors complain about the Kingdom’s business strictures
Foreign investors have asked the Cambodia government to reduce the cost of a certificate of origin (CO), which is currently far more expensive than other countries in AsEAN. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50762873/foreign-investors-complain-about-the-kingdoms-business-strictures/
Kingdom’s rubber exports up in 2020
A senior official from the General Directorate of Rubber at the Ministry of Agriculture has said Cambodia’s rubber exports are expected to reach 340,000 tonnes by end of the year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50795539/kingdoms-rubber-exports-up-in-2020/
Kirivong’s Police Force burns illegal marijuana crops
The Kirivong Police Force seized and destroyed illegal marijuana crops. The operation took place on July 25. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50901214/kirivongs-police-force-burns-illegal-marijuana-crops/
Gov’t rebuffs Human Rights Watch’s criticism about impact from Lower Sesan 2 Dam
The government yesterday refuted claims made by Human Rights Watch in a report which said: “The Lower sesan 2 dam washed away the livelihoods of Indigenous and ethnic minority communities who previously lived communally and mostly self-sufficiently from fishing, forest-gathering, and agriculture.” ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhun Sun Ly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/913179/govt-rebuffs-human-rights-watchs-criticism-about-impact-from-lower-sesan-2-dam/
Cambodia’s Education for Sustainable Development 2030
The Ministry of Education, Youth and sports in collaboration with UNEsCO has organised a consultation workshop on Education for sustainable Development 2030 in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50888630/cambodias-education-for-sustainable-development-2030/
IMF lauds Kingdom’s early-Covid moves
International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident representative for Cambodia Yasuhisa Ojima is optimistic that Cambodia’s economy will see a quick recovery that reflects the “proactive measures” taken by the government to blunt the socio-economic impacts of Covid-19. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/imf-lauds-kingdoms-early-covid-moves
Tourism ministry, Khmer Enterprise sign MoU to boost Cambodia’s tourism
The Ministry of Tourism and Khmer Enterprise have reached an agreement for a project on “Enhancing Internal Tourism Movement and Promoting Tourism Activities in Communities in the context of COVID-19”. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50924724/tourism-ministry-khmer-enterprise-sign-mou-to-boost-cambodias-tourism/
S’ville set to turn into ‘second Shenzhen’
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has awarded a master plan consultancy contract to top Chinese institute for the development and transformation of Preah sihanouk province into a “Model Multi-Purpose special Economic Zone”, southeast Asia’s next logistics and resort hub and innovation centre. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sville-set-turn-second-shenzhen
U.S. companies confirm business expansion in Cambodia
U.S. companieS will expand their buSineSSeS and inject more inveStment in Cambodia contributing to the economic recovery of the Kingdom. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50964563/u-s-companies-confirm-business-expansion-in-cambodia/