Hun Sen suggests expanding dual-citizen ban beyond NEC
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday suggested eventually extending a controversial new provision banning dual nationals from sitting on the National Election Committee (NEC) to also apply to the National Assembly and executive branch, but said there is no pressing reason to do so. Speaking at ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-suggests-expanding-dual-citizen-ban-beyond-nec-74338/
Child sex trade on decline: org
A new study by the International Justice Mission (IJM) has asserted that Cambodia’s child sex trade – long a hot-button issue that has for years drawn international attention – has been reduced to a tiny fraction of its previous size. A statement from IJM that accompanied ...
Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/child-sex-trade-decline-org
PP land prices on the rise
As Cambodia moves forward with its economy and prepares for the ASEAN integreation, land prices in Phnom Penh are rising. Phnom Penh land prices increased between 10 to 30 per cent depending on whether the area was an economically active location, a residential area or an ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/pp-land-prices-rise
Rainsy praises bipartisanship despite sentences
Only days before 11 opposition activists were imprisoned on charges widely branded as politically motivated, Prime Minister Hun Sen personally warned Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy to keep his troops in line and raised the spectre of possible jail sentences.In a text message ...
Meas Sokchea and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-praises-bipartisanship-despite-sentences
National Assembly says yes to four solar projects
Four solar projects, representing a total output of 140 megawatts, were approved during a plenary session of the National Assembly yesterday. Each solar farm will be built in a different province – Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Pursat, and Svay Rieng. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50672968/national-assembly-says-yes-to-four-solar-projects
Thousands of Chinese leave Kingdom after ban on online gambling
The General Department of Immigration yesterday reported that tens of thousands of Chinese nationals left the Kingdom before the end of last year since the ban on online and arcade gambling was announced by Prime Minister Hun Sen in August. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50685775/thousands-of-chinese-leave-kingdom-after-ban-on-online-gambling
Chickens from Vietnam banned
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon to take action to prevent the spread of bird flu (H5N1) from Vietnam into the Kingdom as an outbreak of the disease plagues southern Vietnam. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chickens-vietnam-banned
Special inspection group to monitor commune workflow
Interior Minister Sar Kheng said yesterday he has a special inspection group formed to monitor commune authorities to ensure they work properly and use their new allotted budget efficiently. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/695079/special-inspection-group-to-monitor-commune-workflow/
Cambodia ‘keen on as many trade deals’ as possible
Prime Minister Hun Sen says he wants the nation to have many trade agreements with different partners to diversify its economic partners and attract more foreign direct investment. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50695217/cambodia-keen-on-as-many-trade-deals-as-possible
Land official nabbed for graft
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) detained Noun Pok, the former director of the Preah Sihanouk provincial Department of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, on Sunday, on suspicion of corruption while in office from 2016 to 2018. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-official-nabbed-graft
Price-hike warning issued to house buyers
Property and land prices are set to rise in Lvea Aem district’s Kandal province following the government’s announcement of their future plan to partially integrate the area into a new district within Phnom Penh. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50697728/price-hike-warning-issued-to-house-buyers
Museums across Kingdom closed
Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts spokesman Long Bunna Sireyvath said on Thursday that 10 major museums have been instructed to close temporarily in line with the government’s efforts to reduce areas with large concentrations of people to contain Covid-19. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/museums-across-kingdom-closed
Villagers save vital wetlands from land grab
The Kampong Cham provincial Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is looking for the owner of a tractor involved in clearing wetlands at Cholkiri district’s Peam Chhkork commune, to send him to court for legal action. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-save-vital-wetlands-land-grab
Vietnam shutters borders with Cambodia as pandemic spreads
The Vietnamese government on Sunday locked down its borders with the Kingdom and imposed a month-long entry ban for any foreign traveler – except accredited diplomats – as the country adopts measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus. ...
Sun Mesa
http://khmertimeskh.com/50703292/vietnam-shutters-borders-with-cambodia-as-pandemic-spreads/
Trade to continue as normal
Although controls have been tightened due to the new coronavirus, trade between Cambodia and Vietnam continues, with the countries aiming to achieve $5 billion in trade by the end of the year, a Vietnamese official has confirmed. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trade-continue-normal
Golden Dragon drills end in triumph
China and Cambodia yesterday ended their largest-ever joint military exercise “Golden Dragon 2020” held for 15 days in Kampot province’s Chum Kiri district. ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708147/golden-dragon-drills-end-in-triumph/
Private company granted green light for face mask production in Phnom Penh
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has granted approval to HK Burltex Manufacturing Co., Ltd. to build a factory for producing face masks and all kinds of bags, according to the CDC’s statement released Tuesday. ...
Phal Sophanith
https://akp.gov.kh/post/detail/28526
Border crime in Interpol’s sights
An ASEAN-first Interpol database tracking transnational crime between Cambodia and Vietnam was launched in Phnom Penh yesterday. Keo Vannthan, head of Cambodia’s Interpol Bureau at the Ministry of Interior, said the European Union had pledged almost US$800,000 to the pilot EU-ASEAN Migration Border Management Program project ...
Nike seeks investigation of mass fainting incidents
Global sportswear giant Nike has asked the International Labour Organisation’s industry monitoring body to investigate the two mass fainting incidents at its supplier Sabrina (Cambodia) Manufacturing last week and report its finding to it, Nike said yesterday. “Nike has requested ILO Better [Factories] Cambodia, the industry ...
Museums to be reopened next month
In an announcement, Health Minister Mam Bun Heng said the decision was made during a meeting of the National Committee for Combating COVID-19 on May 12 and with greenlight from Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/725090/museums-to-be-reopened-next-month/