Border cards close to vest, says Hun Manet
Hun Manet, eldest son of Prime Minister Hun Sen and a senior military official, took to Facebook yesterday to defend his father’s handling of the demarcation of the Cambodia-Vietnam border. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/border-cards-close-vest-says-hun-manet
Health care reform urgently needed, study finds
Cambodia’s health regulation system is in need of deep reform, not just minor adjustments, as it is failing to meet its national needs and ASEAN obligations, according to a new report. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-care-reform-urgently-needed-study-finds
Tourist numbers surge nationwide over new year
The number of tourists visiting provinces during the four days of Khmer New Year jumped 7.6 percent from last year as infrastructure, transport links and the number of nature resorts rise. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23912/tourist-numbers-surge-nationwide-over-new-year/
Clean water delivered to drought-stricken provinces
The Kampot provincial authority started distributing clean water yesterday to drought-stricken villagers in several districts who do not have enough water for drinking and their basic daily needs such as cooking. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24033/clean-water-delivered-to-drought-stricken-provinces/
China gives $2.5 million in military equipment
China on has handed over medical equipment worth $2.5 million to Cambodia’s Preah Ket Melea military hospital, underpinning China’s growing role as the country’s major military donor and defense partner. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18906/china-gives--2-5-million-in-military-equipment/
Hun Manet defends his father's record
Lieutenant General Hun Manet has defended his father Prime Minister Hun Sen’s record, saying people should remember the role Hun Sen played in bringing peace and national reconciliation to the country. ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-manet-defends-his-father-record/3293680.html
Hoping to net more sea visits
The growing number of foreign visitors arriving by sea represents a promising source of tourism revenue for Cambodia, though limited port and tourism infrastructure has hampered its realisation, tourism stakeholders said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hoping-net-more-sea-visits
NGOs lay out plans for election
A coalition of watchdogs and other civil society groups yesterday announced their intention to form a “situation room” for the 2017 commune elections in order to monitor the voting process for irregularities. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-lay-out-plans-election
Waters rising in Sesan dam villages as holdouts sit tight
Rescuers armed with speed boats and emergency supplies have been deployed to two Stung Treng province villages where residents remain despite expected flooding as the country’s largest hydropower dam undergoes testing. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/waters-rising-in-sesan-dam-villages-as-holdouts-sit-tight-132614/
PM invites opposition members to join CPP
Prime Minister Hun Sen has promised CNRP commune officials they can keep their positions once their party is dissolved, so long as they disavow their former party and join the ruling CPP. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5087199/pm-invites-opposition-members-join-cpp/
Army, Ministry of Environment agree to cooperate
Environment Minster Say Sam Al and Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Commander Pol Saroeun announced three new points of cooperation following a meeting earlier this week, Saroeun announced on his official Facebook page. ...
Yesenia Amaro and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/army-ministry-environment-agree-cooperate
International trade swells to $22B
The value of Cambodia’s international trade surged to $22 billion last year on double-digit growth of both imports and exports, according to newly released data from the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/international-trade-swells-22b
Plans for floating market in the works
The local entrepreneur who brought the capital its first container night market is seeking government support to realise his vision for the country’s first custom-built floating market and entertainment complex. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/plans-floating-market-works
Missed cabinet meetings fuel illness rumors
Cambodia’s Cabinet has not held its constitutionally mandated weekly meeting since June 16, fueling speculation about Prime Minister Hun Sen’s health and confusion over why officials have forgone the meetings. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/missed-cabinet-meetings-fuel-illness-rumors-132884/
NEC Facebook hack investigated
The Interior Ministry is investigating how hackers got into the Facebook page of the National Election Committee (NEC) spokesman and controlled it for weeks, preventing the public dissemination of election-related information. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-facebook-hack-investigated
Migrant workers not registered for election
Most of the 20 percent of eligible voters who did not register before the deadline yesterday are migrant workers, the National Election Committee (NEC) concluded, echoing the opposition and civil society groups. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32645/migrant-workers-not-registered-for-election/
Sok An passes away in Beijing
Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, one of the most senior officials in the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and who recently received a royal title from King Norodom Sihamoni, died last night. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36533/sok-an-passes-away-in-beijing/
Slain peacekeepers returned
The bodies of four Cambodian peacekeepers killed by a Christian militia in Central African Republic two weeks ago were repatriated to the Kingdom and honoured in an airport ceremony late last night. ...
Touch Sokha and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/slain-peacekeepers-returned
Affordable Amazonian paradise for the masses
The resort and housing complex, which has only recently started construction, is located in Dangkao district’s Kong Noy commune, making it an 18-kilometre journey from Wat Phnom in Phnom Penh. ...
Vandy Muong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/affordable-amazonian-paradise-masses
Prime minister asks for cooperation to bring down costs for rice farmers
The Cambodian prime minister called yesterday on the public, private and non-profit sectors to work together in bringing down the cost of growing rice to help struggling farmers throughout the country. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50108462/prime-minister-asks-cooperation-bring-costs-rice-farmers/