WEF ranking upgrade boosts tourism
Cambodia has improved its ranking in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index. The nation was ranked 101 of 136 countries in the 2017 report, thanks to performance improvements that drove an overall score increase from 3.2 points in 2015 to 3.3 ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37636/wef-ranking-upgrade-boosts-tourism/
Vertiv announces rebranding
Vertiv, formerly known as Emerson Network Power, officially announced its new branding on Wednesday in Cambodia to tap more markets in the country’s fast developing economy.Vertiv is a global provider of infrastructure technologies for vital applications in data centres, communication networks, and commercial and industrial ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38734/vertiv-announces-rebranding/
Villagers displaced by Lower Sesan II Dam will get facilities: government
In an apparent reversal, Stung Treng province authorities on Friday said they would build public infrastructure for the 83 households from Srekor and Kbal Romeas villages who were displaced by flooding from the reservoir of the controversial Lower Sesan II Dam but declined to move ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-displaced-lower-sesan-ii-dam-will-get-facilities-government
Officers raid wood workshops
Anti-economic crime officers from Kampong Speu provincial police and Thporng district forces have uncovered eight unlicensed wood workshops as part of an effort to clamp down on forestry crime. District police chief Hun Sok Hon said the crackdown would be ongoing throughout his district until all ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50108950/officers-raid-woodwork-shops/
Maybank offers share trading platform
Maybank Cambodia recently purchased an online stock and share trading platform to allow its premier wealth customers access regional and global markets. Cythia Liaw, Maybank Cambodia CEO, said Friday that the trading platform – KE Trade – was developed by Singapore-based Maybank Kim Eng, the fully ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31414/maybank-offers-share-trading-platform/
NEC head deflects blame on migrant voters
National Election Committee (NEC) Chairman Sik Bun Hok yesterday attempted to quell criticism of the electoral body for failing to register migrant voters, insisting that the law did not empower the body to allow overseas voting or registration, and instead passing the buck to political ...
Ananth Baliga and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-head-deflects-blame-migrant-voters
CPP officials’ violent rhetoric concerns UN envoy
UN Special Rapporteur Rhona Smith kicked off an official visit to the Kingdom yesterday by raising concerns over ruling party officials’ increased use of violent rhetoric, singling out Social Affairs Minister Vong Soth’s recent threats to bludgeon protesters with bamboo rods, during a meeting with ...
Ananth Baliga and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-officials-violent-rhetoric-concerns-un-envoy
Single visa with Cambodia to be discussed
Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul and his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong will co-chair the meeting in Bangkok on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss several issues, including the single-visa initiative. The idea of a joint visa for visitors to both Thailand and Cambodia has been mooted as a ...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Single-visa-with-Cambodia-to-be-discussed-30196550.html
Residents seek compensation as homes fall into Tonle Sap
Nineteen families from Svay Pak commune in Russey Keo district protested for a second day Wednesday after their homes fell into the Tonle Sap River. Twenty-four houses along the river have been affected, they said. Although five have already left, the other 19 refuse to accept ...
Evictees to reject offer
Twenty-one families whose houses were demolished during an eviction on Tuesday said yesterday that they planned to refuse an offer of houses, land and cash from the tycoon who now possesses their land. Villagers, however, will continue to discuss the offer in another meeting scheduled ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030861830/National/evictees-to-reject-offer.html
Court calls Bandith to ‘clarify’ Bavet shooting
There’s still no arrest warrant, but Svay Rieng provincial court has issued a summons to former Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith, asking him to come to court on May 27 to clarify the circumstances surrounding charges related to the shooting of three protesters, an official ...
Coffee production in Mondulkiri province increases
Coffee production in Mondulkiri province in 2012 will be higher than in 2011, according to farmers and producers. Coffee farmer Bou Sopheap told the Post that he just finished the harvest in December. In 2012, his two-hectare plantation provided about four tonnes of coffee beans, compared to ...
Dolphin found dead
A wounded female Irrawaddy dolphin was found dead in the Mekong River in Kampong Cham on Saturday. The 130-kilogram dolphin was discovered by residents in Kampong Siem town, significantly south of the species’ protected area, according to fishery administration officials. ...
Sen David and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dolphin-found-dead
Families claim intimidation in land dispute
Twelve families locked in a land dispute in Kampot province blocked a construction company on Wednesday from dumping earth onto fields they maintain are theirs, villagers and a rights worker said Thursday. The villagers say the company began encroaching on their land in 2011, when they ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-claim-intimidation-in-land-dispute-60595/
No end in sight for chronic Phnom Penh flooding
Phnom Penh residents should continue to brace for more flooding during this rainy season with no imminent fix in sight, officials said Tuesday. Flooding impacted much of the city as heavy rains fell Tuesday afternoon, causing traffic jams as motorists flocked to major thoroughfares in order ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-end-in-sight-for-chronic-phnom-penh-flooding-64718/
Cambodia, Argentina look to strengthen ties
Cambodian and Argentine senior officials met here on Monday to discuss ways to promote ties and cooperation for mutual benefits. The meeting was made between Cambodia’s Foreign Secretary of State Ouch Borith and Argentina’s deputy State Secretary for Foreign Ministry Carolina Perez Colman. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-08/25/c_133582443.htm
'No Decision' made yet on Cambodia loans: World Bank
The World Bank has not yet reached a decision on whether to lift a ban on loans to Cambodia, a Bank official has said, contradicting local media reports that the international financing institution would resume loans suspended three years ago over allegations of violent land ...
Richard Finney
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/loans-10222014170636.html
Alleged dissident in hiding seeks passage abroad
A man who claims to be hiding from authorities in the jungle after being linked to the Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF), a dissident political group that saw 10 of its members charged with plotting to incite violence on Saturday, said Tuesday he was seeking ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/alleged-dissident-in-hiding-seeks-passage-abroad-71200/
Chinese VP underlines cooperation with Cambodia
China will keep deepening comprehensive strategic partnership with Cambodia, Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao said here Friday. China is willing to maintain the tradition of high-level contact, carry forward pragmatic cooperation in various areas and share governance experience with Cambodia, Li told Cambodian Prime Minister Hun ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-11/07/c_133773473.htm
Global road safety ambassador encourages Cambodian passengers to use helmet
Actress and Global Road Safety Ambassador Michelle Yeoh joined Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng to donate 6,652 helmets to students and teachers here on Tuesday, encouraging passengers to wear helmets while traveling on motorcycles. Yeoh also instructed students on the proper use of helmets and ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=257486