Tina, ADB discuss farmer loans
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are discussing low-interest rate loans for farmers to fund the use of net houses for growing vegetables as well as improved irrigation technology. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tina-adb-discuss-farmer-loans
National assembly votes in two new measures; CNRP absent
Lawmakers at a CPP-only session of the National Assembly voted yesterday to approve a new law on commune elections and an updated set of internal rules for the Assembly. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-assembly-votes-in-two-new-measures-cnrp-absent-98917/
Uni students urge protection for prey lang forest
A recent forum highlighted a growing concern of Cambodian youth about Cambodia’s largest lowland evergreen forest, Prey Lang, and the impacts of deforestation caused by illegal logging. ...
Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20942/uni-students-urge-protection-for-prey-lang-forest/
Exploitation up, trafficking down
In 2016, the ministry reported 52 cases of sexual exploitation involving 87 victims who were rescued and 64 perpetrators who were arrested, of which 27 were foreign nationals. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35768/exploitation-up--trafficking-down/
Survery finds fishermen in Thailand ‘trafficked, abused’
Trafficking in the Thai fishing industry remains rampant, with fishermen from Cambodia and Myanmar often experiencing horrifying work conditions, according to the results of a survey of workers. ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/survery-finds-fishermen-thailand-trafficked-abused
TB diagnoses lag: study
A lack of diagnostic equipment in Cambodia is causing cases of tuberculosis to be both over- and under-reported in children, a new study finds. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tb-diagnoses-lag-study
Wildlife seized in Prey Veng
Prey Veng province military police and the Wildlife Alliance on Friday night conducted a raid upon a truck transporting hundreds of kilograms of illegal wildlife destined for Vietnam. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5087201/wildlife-seized-prey-veng/
CPP, CNRP to discuss public forum preparation next week
Members of the CPP and CNRP’s Joint Committee for Election Reform will meet on Monday next week to resume election reform talk, according to senior official of ruling CPP. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=MWFkZTFhYTYyMjY
Cambodian parliament chief satisfied with ties with China
Heng Samrin, president of the National Assembly of Cambodia, said Friday that he was pleased with the good relations between Cambodia and China, which he believes would benefit both countries. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-01/02/c_133892779.htm
Myanmar, Cambodia strengthen bilateral ties
Phnom Penh: Myanmar president U Thein Sien today began his state visit in Cambodia for bilateral cooperation. Thein Sien’s visit this year will boost the trade exchange between two countries and also under the framework of ACMECS, and ASEAN integration. ...
Angkor Wat temple graffiti causes stir
The foreign letters written on the stones of the Angkor Wat temple were written during the 17th century and before the 1990s and there are no recent letters written by foreigners, the Apsara Authority has said. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50504376/angkor-wat-temple-graffiti-causes-stir/
NEC warns press on elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) has reminded media outlets to abide by the Code of Conduct for Media during the coming campaign season for July’s national elections, and called on reporters to remain professional, fair and transparent. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-warns-press-elections
North Korea cements ties with Siem Reap museum
After five years of building and delays, the $24 million Angkor Panorama Museum in Siem Reap was opened on Friday by Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, cementing growing ties between the Kingdom and North Korea, especially in Siem Reap. ...
Ek Madra
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18406/north-korea-cements-ties-with-siem-reap-museum/
Startups discuss local challenges
Cambodian startups currently face several regulatory challenges in pursuing growth and profitability, according to three of the Kingdom’s most successful startup founders who shared their experiences over the weekend with the hope to inspire increased innovation and entrepreneurship. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/startups-discuss-local-challenges
Productive outcome to bilateral talks
Cambodia and Vietnam yesterday agreed in principle to work together in a range of commercial activities following two-hour talks at Peace Palace between Prime Minister Hun Sen and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phu. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37775/productive-outcome-to-bilateral-talks/
Trade with China to grow
Hundreds of leading Chinese companies will come together with hundreds more local companies today at the first Cambodia-China Business Forum and Financial Development Forum in Phnom Penh, aimed at expanding trade and investment between the two countries. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32646/trade-with-china-to-grow/
PM says veterans will get their land
Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked Land Minister Chea Sophara and the Cambodia Veterans Association to make a success of the social land concession scheme for men and women who have served the nation. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38295/pm-says-veterans-will-get-their-land/
Hun Sen tells jailed opposition figures not to expect pardons
Prime Minister Hun Sen rejected the possibility of negotiating with the former CNRP yesterday, maintaining that jailed opposition figures Kem Sokha and Um Sam An will not be pardoned, and that there would “be no second Paris peace agreement”. ...
Mech Dara and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-tells-jailed-opposition-figures-not-expect-pardons
UN Secretary-General encourages bilateral talks over border
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been following developments on the Cambodia-Vietnam border and “welcomes the agreement of both countries to establish a Joint Working Group to examine and clarify recent incidents,” his spokeswoman, Eri Kaneko, told VOA Khmer. ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/un-secretary-general-encourages-bilateral-talks-over-border/2847792.html
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/