Group to help NGOs navigate new legislation
An NGO umbrella group will start holding workshops around the country next month to help independent organizations prepare for the implementation of the new NGO law, which has been viewed as an attempt by the government to clamp down on dissent. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/group-to-help-ngos-navigate-new-legislation-92122/
Cambodia, Japan PMs discuss cooperation, vaccine gift
Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida have discussed the bilateral cooperation between both countries and exchanged views on regional issues of common interest. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50980968/cambodia-japan-pms-discuss-cooperation-vaccine-gift/
Cambodia, Brunei discuss bilateral agriculture cooperation
Cambodia and Brunei have exchanged views on promotion of bilateral cooperation, especially in agriculture. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501215167/cambodia-brunei-discuss-bilateral-agriculture-cooperation/
Disabled education lacking
In an internal report released this week, the Ministry of Education gave itself high marks for the access to education it offers disabled children, offering a rundown of successes in the field dotted with green checkmarks, not unlike a school report card. However, though the ministry ...
Rebecca Moss
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disabled-education-lacking
Cambodia, Japan discuss bilateral cooperation on agriculture sector
Cambodia and Japan have exchanged views on promotion of bilateral cooperation, especially in the field of agriculture. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501197241/cambodia-japan-discuss-bilateral-cooperation-on-agriculture-sector/
MobiTel, Smart Fight It Out Over Prices
With competition rife in Cambodia’s telecommunication market, two of the country’s largest mobile phone operators have engaged in a battle over prices and are at odds over the tactics being used to gain market share. On Friday, the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) ordered all mobile ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mobitel-smart-fight-it-out-over-prices-21085/
Radio Host Calls On Pupils to Denounce Teachers Talking Politics
The owner of the popular local ABC radio station on Thursday urged university students to call his station and inform listeners if their teachers discuss information that could be deemed critical of the government. An ABC radio employee who spoke on the condition of anonymity as ...
Hul Reaksmey and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/radio-host-calls-on-pupils-to-denounce-teachers-talking-politics-45899/
Royal Media Launches Digital ONE TV Service
Royal Media Entertainment Co. Ltd., a joint venture between local conglomerate Royal Group and Russian General Satellite Co., announced yesterday that it has launched the country’s first digital pay-television service, ONE TV. Offering promotional subscription rates between $3 and $12 a month, services will begin in Phnom ...
Insurance, banks join forces
Cambodia Life Insurance Company Plc plans to bundle services with banks to offer guarantees on mortgages, company representatives said. The service is hoped to make mortgages more accessible in a country where housing loans are still considered risky business. Collateral is usually required to take loans ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012080357789/Business/insurance-banks-join-forces.html
Failing to sew up support
Cambodian stockbrokers yesterday admitted to a disappointing level of investor interest in Grand Twins International’s (GTI) initial public offering. Garment industry unrest, distrust in the private sector and a lack of liquidity in the market were all said to be discouraging investors from buying into the ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/failing-sew-support
Central Bank to put focus on MFIs
“The Microfinance Sector in Cambodia: Opportunities and Risks” is an attempt to get a wider view and deeper insight from various researchers on fostering a robust, stable and sustainable microfinance sector, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said in a statement yesterday. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24373/central-bank-to-put-focus-on-mfis/
Firms ready to expand despite local skills gap
A Eurocham business confidence survey has revealed that 81 per cent of respondents – members of the business association – planned to increase investments and expand their operations in the Kingdom, but viewed transparency and the lack of skilled human resources as the major downsides ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firms-ready-expand-despite-local-skills-gap
Grab offers innovative carbon offset option to support Cambodian forest protection
Passengers using the Grab ride-hailing app are offered the option to travel carbon neutral, said a press release of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) issued this afternoon, adding that a voluntary contribution allows passengers’ rides to be offset via carbon credits from the Keo Seima Wildlife ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50900387/grab-offers-innovative-carbon-offset-option-to-support-cambodian-forest-protection/
Cambodia offers cash handouts worth $46 million to 360,000 families affected by inflation, floods
Cambodia on Saturday began to provide cash handouts to almost 360,000 households with about 1.3 million people affected by inflationary pressures and recent floods, a senior official said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501200349/cambodia-offers-cash-handouts-worth-46-million-to-360000-families-affected-by-inflation-floods/
Japan to offer grant aid in support of cadastral surveying and land registration in Cambodia
Japan will provide Cambodia for JPY 1,338 million ($9.7 million) for the implementation of the project for the Establishment of a Nationwide Continuously Operating Reference Station Network, according to Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation’s press release and obtained by AKP today. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501381543/japan-to-offer-grant-aid-in-support-of-cadastral-surveying-and-land-registration-in-cambodia/
Cambodian PM Hun Sen meets senior Chinese official on bilateral ties
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen met with Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe on Monday. Viewing China as a good and true friend, Hun Sen said the friendship between Cambodia and China has not only withstood the test of time but ...
Liangyu
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/18/c_137263198.htm
Two’s company at CSX
It may not have all the glitter, adrenaline or the iconic tolling bell of Wall Street, but today, the usually deserted Cambodian Stock Exchange (CSX) will be a hive of activity. After first hinting at an initial public offering more than two years ago, garment manufacturer ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/two%E2%80%99s-company-csx
Angkor temple dress code now in effect
At 8 a.m. on Thursday, Lin Sampho picked up an Australian tourist from a Siem Reap City hotel to take her to the Angkor Archaeological Park for a morning trek through the site’s ancient temples. ...
Phan Soumy and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/angkor-temple-dress-code-now-in-effect-116300/
Chinese Armed Police Force delegation visits Cambodia
Tea Banh, deputy prime minister and defense minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, met with Yu Jianwei, deputy political commissar of the Chinese Armed Police Force (APF), in Phnom Penh on Monday. The two sides exchanged views on issues of enhancing communication and cooperation between ...
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/military/2014/04-30/111844.shtml
Mixed reviews for ASEAN stance on maritime dispute
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is getting mixed reviews for its communique on the South China Sea issue. Many in the region view any communique as better than none at all, which happened in 2012 when Cambodia was ASEAN chair. ...
Steve Herman
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/mixed-reviews-for-asean-stance-on-maritime-dispute/2910062.html