PM appeals for the end of lax standards
While offering no concrete solutions to the issue, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday appealed for graduating engineers to be aware of generally lax building standards that could have a long-term impact on public safety. Much of Cambodia’s infrastructure was redeveloped after the civil war, and ...
May Titthara
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-appeals-end-lax-standards
Cambodian gets Covid-19
The government has ordered the closure of all public and private schools and several vocational training centres in Siem Reap town after a 38-year-old Cambodian man was confirmed Covid-19 positive on Saturday. ...
Niem Chheng
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-gets-covid-19
City Bus prepares steps to resume services
Japan International Coopera- tion Agency (JICA), in cooperation with Phnom Penh City Bus (PPCB) Administration and PPCB Authority, said yesterday they are implementing virus prevention measures and training staff to minimise the risk of virus infections for bus drivers and passengers once operations resume. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727685/city-bus-prepares-steps-to-resume-services/
Ministry, Cambodian journalists strengthen links to China
Information Ministry officials and state-affiliated Cambodian journalists will receive training from and pay visits to their Chinese counterparts under a new agreement signed by the two countries on Monday. The announcement follows a forum hosted in October by a senior propaganda officer for the Communist ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-cambodian-journalists-strengthen-links-to-china-127863/
Over 5,000 test negative
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has wrapped up health examination for workers who took time off and left for their hometowns during Khmer New Year despite the holidays being postponed to prevent Covid-19 spreading in communities. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-5000-test-negative
Workshop addresses accidents involving commuting workers
A road safety training workshop being held from January 25-28 in Phnom Penh is seeking to raise awareness of the toll taken by traffic accidents every year and implement steps for their prevention. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workshop-addresses-accidents-involving-commuting-workers
Some 1.2 million of workers bear the brunt of Covid-19
An estimated 1.2 million factory workers have been affected by the government’s lockdown of Phnom Penh and adjacent Takmao town in Kandal province, which will now be extended to May 5, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training spokesperson Heng Sour. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/some-12-million-workers-bear-brunt-covid-19
Covid rapid testing underway after Pchum Ben festival
With the October 5-7 Pchum Ben public holiday finished, all public and private institutions have begun testing staff and officials for COVID-19 in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training to prevent large-scale transmission of COVID-19. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-rapid-testing-underway-after-pchum-ben-festival
Kampot proposes live fire grounds
The Kampot Provincial Administration is preparing a proposal to the Ministry of National Defence through the Army Command to register nearly 30ha of land in Koh Touch commune’s Prek Ampil Village of Bokor town as a live fire training ground for the Kampot military operational ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampot-proposes-live-fire-grounds
City hall says NagaWorld protesters not cooperative
A spokesman for the Phnom Penh Municipal Administration expressed regret that former and current employees of the NagaWorld integrate resort continued to hold public demonstrations, while little progress appeared to have been made at the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training brokered talks between the ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-hall-says-nagaworld-protesters-not-cooperative
Minimum wage negotiations for factory workers continue
The Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training (MLVT) and the National Council of Minimum Wage launched their second round of negotiations on Monday to review the monthly minimum wage for workers in the garment, footwear, and travel goods (GFT) sector for 2024. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-minimum-wage-negotiations-for-factory-workers-continue
US-Cambodia Friendship Week held in Siem Reap
About 200 people attended the “2023 American-Cambodian Friendship Week”in Siem Reap on Wednesday to boost social development, promote youth education and vocational training, human resources, healthcare, and development of the tourism sector. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501364496/us-cambodia-friendship-week-held-in-siem-reap/
Cambodia remittances to reach $2.7 billion this year
Remittances from Cambodian migrant workers have continued to rise, totalling $2,630 million in 2021, an increase of 11.4 percent compared to 2018, figures from the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training showed yesterday. The remittances are set to increase this year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501167410/cambodia-remittances-to-reach-2-7-billion-this-year/
Workshop tackles labour rows
Ensuring harmony in industrial relations is a priority set out in the Strategic Plan for Employment Development and Vocational Training 2019-2023 to contribute to the successful implementation of the government’s Rectangular Strategy Phase IV. ...
Neang Kunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workshop-tackles-labour-rows
Railway resurgence post-Covid continues
There are now many exciting ways to travel around Cambodia. Car and motorcycle ownership has grown exponentially, there are many coach and minibus services operating, and even domestic flights are available. One major form of transport has perhaps been overlooked – the train. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/railway-resurgence-post-covid-continues
Phnom Penh job fair offers 4,500 openings
The National Employment Agency (NEA) under the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, in collaboration with the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC), organised a two-day job fair and career guide, with a total of 4,500 job opportunities from 25 companies. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-job-fair-offers-4500-openings
Support sought to increase investments from Malaysia
Khuon Sudary, President of the National Assembly on Monday requested the Malaysian ambassador to Cambodia to help boost bilateral cooperation between the two parliaments and boost investment, trade and human resource training. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501516302/support-sought-to-increase-investments-from-malaysia/
Environment Minister Defends Concessions
Environment Minister Mok Mareth yesterday defended the recent surge of economic land concessions granted by his ministry inside the country’s enviornmental conservation areas, saying that they would do more to help the areas than hurt them. Mr Mareth’s comments came while responding to questions at ...
Families Seek Missing Relatives in Malaysia
Ten months after the government suspended sending Cambodian women to work as maids in Malaysia, following numerous reports of abuse by employers and recruitment companies, families say they have completely lost contact with their loved ones who continue to work in Malaysian households. Local rights group Adhoc has recorded ...
Anti-corruption bonus yet to be seen
Customs and Excise Department officials are complaining that a promised salary bonus meant to serve as an incentive to avoid corruption has yet to be doled out, even though the program began last June. The initiative, managed by the Ministry of Economics and Finance, was supposed ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013011160738/National/anti-corruption-bonus-yet-to-be-seen.html