CPP sets strategies for upper-middle income by 2030
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has set economic strategies for Cambodia for The next five years to become an upper-middle-income country by 2030 as The economy is striding with ongoing necessary strengths after slipping into negative 3.1 percent in 3.1 percent, according to a resolution ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501230305/cpp-sets-strategies-for-upper-middle-income-by-2030/
NEC begins voter list check for 2022
The National Election Committee (NEC) began distributing invitations to The more than nine million people on The 2021 official voter list on September 20. From October 20, They will have one month to make sure Their details are correct so They can participate in next ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-begins-voter-list-check-2022
Over 10,000 police officers to be deployed in Phnom Penh for security and safety during ASEAN Summits
More than 10,000 security forces will be deployed to maintain the security and safety during the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and Related Summits on November 8-13, 2022 in Phnom Penh, said Lt. Gen. Chhay Kim Khoeun, Deputy Commissioner General and Spokesperson for the National ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175162/over-10000-police-officers-to-be-deployed-for-security-and-safety-during-asean-summits/
Japan’s top diplomat set for security talks with Cambodia
Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi announced that he will discuss security cooperation with Cambodia on his August 3 visit, saying such talks are warranted as the international community is facing complicated situations including the Russia-Ukraine conflict, North Korea’s nuke programmes, Myanmar’s ongoing crisis and the ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/japans-top-diplomat-set-security-talks-cambodia
Shipping link with three nations all set
CMA CGM Group, the third largest container shipping company worldwide and number one in France, is slated to launch the Yangon Cambodia Express (YCX), creating a direct link between Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore and Malaysia, and industry insiders are hailing the service as a promising new ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/shipping-link-three-nations-all-set
New $21M NEC building set for Oct 2025 completion
The National Election Committee (NEC) January 2 held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new office building, constructed on land acquired by The government from Kong Korm, a former opposition leader. The site is located on SoThearos Street in Tonle Bassac commune in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-21m-nec-building-set-for-oct-2025-completion
U.S. reprimands Cambodia’s trafficking, online scam response: report
Cambodia was ranked lowest for its response to human trafficking by the U.S. for the third year in a row, with a new report saying that Cambodian officials have not done enough – and in some unnamed cases, have been complicit – in human trafficking ...
Mech Dara and Danielle Keeton-Olsen
https://cambojanews.com/u-s-reprimands-cambodias-trafficking-online-scam-response-report/
Cambodian Stock Exchange Set to Launch
The Cambodian Stock Exchange(CSX) has prepared its initial public offerings in a symbolic launch, though no public trading was offered. Finance Minister Keat Chhon and his South Korean partners hold a 49 percent stake in exchange. Two state-owned companies will go public including: The Phnom ...
City Hall breaks ground on new $22M overpass
Prime Minister Hun Sen joined City Hall officials on Thursday to break ground on what is slated to become a $22 million overpass near the capital’s Choam Chao roundabout. This will become Phnom Penh’s sixth flyover and will be undertaken, as was the five others, ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/city-hall-breaks-ground-new-22m-overpass
Laos urged to address dam project impacts
Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam have urged fellow Mekong River Commission member Laos to address cross-border and environmental impact issues following consultations on its Pak Lay hydropower dam project. On Thursday, the MRC member countries agreed on a statement on the proposed project, after they concluded ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50594355/laos-urged-to-address-dam-project-impacts/
Bail request denied for land activist
The Appeal Court yesterday dismissed a bail request for Tep Vanny, The prominent Boeung Kak land activist charged with intentional violence related to a protest outside Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house in 2013, a case reactivated after she was arrested during a Black Monday protest ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32117/bail-request-denied-for-land-activist/
Drought ‘unlikely’ in ’17
This year’s early rains and a swift response to drought-like conditions in two provinces will spare Cambodia the searing droughts that plagued it in 2015 and 2016, the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said yesterday, though one development partner cautioned that lasting drought preparedness ...
Martin de Bourmont and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drought-unlikely-17
Finland to help develop energy plants
Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn yesterday met with the newly appointed Finnish ambassador Satu Suikkari-Kleven, who is based in Bangkok. “Ms Suikkari-Kleven told the Foreign Minister that some Finnish companies are interested in cooperating with Cambodia to invest in energy and electricity from waste,” Foreign Affairs ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39177/finland-to-help-develop-energy-plants/
Unpaid Factory Workers Ask US Embassy for Help
More than 100 workers from Kingsland Garment Cambodia factory, which was a supplier to U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart, demonstrated outside the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh yesterday, appealing for help in getting their severance payments. In December, workers found out the company had declared bankruptcy ...
Acleda Plans to Launch Internet Banking Services
Acleda Bank PLC plans to launch internet banking services in September, the bank’s president and CEO, In Channy, said yesterday. Internet banking will be available to customers in Cambodia and abroad, Mr. Channy said. the system Acleda chose, he said, is used by many leading ...
Court draws more into Sabrina case
Eight people allegedly involved in a worker demonstration that devolved into a violent clash with authorities at a Kampong Speu-based Nike supplier have been summonsed to court. Another eight arrested at the scene already await trial. the clash resulted in significant property damage and left ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-draws-more-sabrina-case
Berjaya Food share rises after Cambodia unit formed
Berjaya Food Bhd’s share on Bursa Malaysia rose in early trade today following the announcement yesterday that it had incorporated a new subsidiary in Cambodia. As at 9.57am, the counter rose four sen or 2.45% to RM1.67, after opening at RM1.64, with 47,000 shares changing hands. ...
Free Malaysia Today News
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2014/07/10/berjaya-food-share-rises-after-cambodia-unit-formed/
Hong Kong's Pacnet expands to Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar
Hong Kong technology company Pacnet says it’s expanding its virtual private network (VPN) services to Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. In a statement released Wednesday, the company said the expansion involved global internet protocol VPN services based on multi-protocol label switching (MPLS). ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OTg3YWUwNmRhYWJ
Hun Sen Calls Rights Worker ‘an Idiot’
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday lashed out at the rights group Adhoc, angered by comments rights workers have made about land grabs in recent years. During a speech in Phnom Penh, Hun Sen called a rights worker from the group “insolent and an idiot.” ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-calls-rights-worker-an-idiot/2423347.html