Tree-planting campaigns target deforestation
Faced with Cambodia’s rapid deforestation, a group of monks and environmental groups want to replenish Cambodia’s natural world. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14099/tree-planting-campaigns-target-deforestation/
Disabled ‘excluded from vote’
Disabled people in Cambodia may frequently be excluded from the election process, according to a new study that is to be released next week that indicates local authorities consistently refuse to issue identity cards to the physically and developmentally disabled. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disabled-excluded-vote
Hun Sen: Gov’t will never sacrifice national interest
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday defended his rule against detractors who claim that the government often acts to please certain foreign powers. The prime minister said all his decisions have been for the benefit of the Kingdom and urged countries to support Cambodia’s development ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-govt-will-never-sacrifice-national-interest
Families told to register for cash handouts
The government has called on poor families to apply to commune authorities for evaluation to receive financial support during the Covid-19 crisis. A $300 million budget has been planned for implementation within a year. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-told-register-cash-handouts
$14 million spent on social assistance
National Social Security Fund (NSSF) announced yesterday that the NSSF has spent more than $14 million to provide healthcare and allowances to members of the fund for the first six months of this year. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50914853/14-million-spent-on-social-assistance/
Ministry announces new round of cash handouts for laid-off workers
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced the government’s next round of cash assistance for 6,366 laid-off workers from 22 factories in the garment and tourism sectors that had suspended operation due to the pandemic. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-announces-new-round-cash-handouts-laid-workers
Minister discusses media's role with The Post
Newly minted Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra on September 13 emphasised the pivotal role that news outlets play as a bridge between the government and the people, during a courtesy call by the management of The Phnom Penh Post. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-discusses-medias-role-post
ILO applauds Cambodia’s work, social protection achievements
The UN team responsible for promoting decent work commended the Cambodian government for its involvement in the decent work and social protection initiative. Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Heng Sour also asked the UN agency to further intensify its efforts to develop the nation’s ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ilo-applauds-cambodias-work-social-protection-achievements
Women from 6 poor communities in Phnom Penh face online restrictions: report
The August report from Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) was released yesterday and revealed that social media rights for women in six poor communities in Phnom Penh were restricted by threats and intimidation from local authorities after they shared information on the challenges they face in ...
Project launched to include at-risk farmers in social security scheme
A multi-party MoU has been signed to explore ways to extend Cambodia’s social security scheme to farmers who are at high risk from the vulnerabilities of climate change ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-project-launched-to-include-at-risk-farmers-in-social-security-scheme
PM: Factory workers on suspension get support
Prime Minister Hun Sen has officially announced that the government will provide cash assistance to over 32,000 workers in the textile-related sectors whose employment has been suspended due to a reduction in purchasing orders, or whose factories have ceased operations. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-factory-workers-suspension-get-support
Government extends Covid-19 aid for poor, vulnerable until Mar
The government has extended cash assistance programmes for vulnerable households in the ongoing fight against Covid-19 until March 2024, with some adjustments. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-extends-covid-19-aid-for-poor-vulnerable-until-mar
Cambodia, Vietnam seen boosting medical tourism offerings
Cambodia and Vietnam are enhancing their medical tourism offerings, the International Medical Tourism Journal reported Friday. “In medical tourism, Southeast Asia is a key and fast advancing market. Cambodia and Vietnam now want a share of the action that Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia have,” the journal ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NjgwOGQwMjBkMzA
EU clarifies rice comments
While the European Union Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht never told the Ministry of Commerce that Cambodian rice was “30 per cent” mixed with the same product from Vietnam, he did say Cambodia had to better ensure that its harvest was homegrown and not from ...
Eddie Morton and May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-clarifies-rice-comments
Working ‘mother’ kept child chained
A day after Prime Minister Hun Sen pointed out the need for more effective child protection in Cambodia, police in Koh Kong arrested and released a woman who admitted to chaining her 4-year-old “adopted daughter” inside their house eight hours a day for the past ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/working-%E2%80%98mother%E2%80%99-kept-child-chained
Investment law change-up
Following the announcement of recent reforms to Cambodia’s customs department and Commerce Ministry, a revision of the country’s investment law is planned for next year, according to the secretary-general of the Council for the development of Cambodia (CDC). Speaking to reporters at a workshop at the ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/investment-law-change
Viet Nam to boost textile and garment exports
Viet Nam expects to raise its textile and garment production by 20 per cent in order to boost the sector’s export value by US$4 billion to $28.3 billion this year. Viet Nam also intends to step up its textile and garment exports by 13 per ...
Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/266663/viet-nam-to-boost-textile-and-garment-exports.html
EU trade commissioner visits Cambodia to boost ties
The European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht started his visit to Cambodia on Tuesday to bolster bilateral trade link. de Gucht held talks with his Cambodian counterpart Sun Chanthol and both sides agreed to further promote bilateral trade relations for mutual benefits, Ken Ratha, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-03/18/c_133195945.htm
Strings attached to Thai firm’s offer
Cambodia migrant workers seeking to leave allegedly exploitative conditions at the Phatthana Seafood factory in southern Thailand said yesterday that they were still being forced to pay to get their passports back. The factory, which exports fish to buyers across the world including Walmart, has come ...
Plans Name Developer of Sisowath Quay Site
Architectural plans of a property development that is blamed for causing structural damage to French colonial-era buildings on Phnom Penh’s Sisowath Quay show drawings of a five-story residential building, complete with underground car parking. According to the plans, dated July 11, the mysterious company behind ...