Balancing Cambodia’s power grid
Strengthening and modernizing Cambodia’s power grid is key to supporting the nation’s energy transition, while providing a sustainable and stable electricity supply, experts stated during a Clean Energy Week session. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/balancing-cambodias-power-grid
Thailand, Cambodia jointly tackle PM2.5 pollution on border
Thailand’s army and Sa Kaeo provincial administration have joined hands with Cambodian authorities in tackling PM2.5 air pollution on the border between Sa Kaeo province in Thailand’s eastern region and Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province, reported The Nation newspaper. ...
Nheng Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501442027/thai-businessmen-likely-to-invest-1b-in-cambodia/
Bit Traing chief calls for talks in dispute
Bit Traing commune chief Mach Chan on Tuesday appealed to Okhna Lanh Pheara and 77 families and urged them to find an acceptable solution to a land dispute, saying he had received requests from both sides since early October to intervene. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bit-traing-chief-calls-talks-dispute
Small parties left out
Minor political parties have come out swinging at the ruling and opposition political parties for overhauling the election system on a bi-party basis. Two election-related laws that the National Assembly is expected to pass later this week have been negotiated for months solely by the CPP ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/small-parties-left-out
Prek Kampong Smach a potential for ecotourism in Preah Sihanouk
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun held a meeting on Wednesday with the Prek Kampong Smach fisheries management team and advised officials to create a working group to study economic data from the area and promote ecotourism. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prek-kampong-smach-potential-ecotourism-preah-sihanouk
EU providing over $500 million for C-19 response
The European Union, in a statement issued yesterday, said it is mobilising about $504 million in grants and loans to work with Cambodia in fighting the global COVID-19 (C-19) pandemic and mitigate its socio-economic effects. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732907/eu-providing-over-500-million-for-c-19-response/
Rubber firm vows not to harm forests
Rubber and palm oil giant the Socfin Group has committed to a global “zero-deforestation policy” across Africa and Asia amid a legal dispute with ethnic Bunong communities in Mondulkiri province’s Bousraa commune. ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rubber-firm-vows-not-harm-forests
PM returns from Singapore hospital
Prime Minister Hun Sen returned to Cambodia yesterday after an urgent medical examination in Singapore due to exhaustion. The premier was forced to cancel diplomatic meetings and ceremonies last week and was rushed abroad for treatment. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-returns-singapore-hospital
Premier Hun Sen seeks more investment from the US
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said that although the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a severe impact on many Cambodians’ livelihoods and the economy, the government will not slow down its reform and development in any sector. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50765232/premier-hun-sen-seeks-more-investment-from-the-us/
Kingdom, development partners talk vaccination
On December 17, several government ministries called an emergency meeting with major aid organisations and partner nations about a procurement plan for Covid-19 vaccines and plans for implementing a vaccination programme. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-development-partners-talk-vaccination
Sino-Cambodian ties deeper-rooted after joint COVID-19 fight, bilateral FTA signing
China-Cambodia ties have been deeper-rooted in 2020 after the two countries have worked together closely to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and have signed the bilateral free trade agreement, say Cambodian officials and academics. ...
Mao Pengfei, Nguon Sovan/Xinhua
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50797241/sino-cambodian-ties-deeper-rooted-after-joint-covid-19-fight-bilateral-fta-signing/
Best, Cainiao launch China logistics service
Best Inc, a Chinese smart supply chain solutions and logistics services provider, on August 2 rolled out a “full-chain, direct logistics service” to send packages from China to Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, it said in a press release. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/best-cainiao-launch-china-logistics-service
Garment workers reveal how wages don’t cover living costs
With the minimum wage hike on the horizon, many garment workers who are working hard at low wages and still not able to pay for rent, food and send money home to their families hope their situation will soon change. ...
Yin Soeum
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50949774/garment-workers-reveal-how-wages-dont-cover-living-costs/
CHRC seeks input on draft law to make it more independent
The Cambodia Human Rights Committee (CHRC) is inviting all embassies in Cambodia, local and international NGOs, Parliamentarians, international stakeholders and Supreme Consultative Council members to give input over the draft law on proposal to make it more independent. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930398/chrc-seeks-input-on-draft-law-to-make-it-more-independent/
NCDM marshals resources to weather natural disasters
The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) has deployed 82,500 people from various government ministries and marshaled resources such as 1,106 trucks, 320 long speed boats and 179 short speed boats to help rescue people from natural disasters. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ncdm-marshals-resources-weather-natural-disasters
China keen to forge ‘stronger than steel’ ties with Kingdom
China is committed to expanding relations with Cambodia and forging them to be “stronger than steel” by continuing to help the Kingdom’s economy to grow, Chinese State Councillor and foreign minister Wang Yi affirmed as he wrapped up his two-day visit. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/china-keen-forge-stronger-steel-ties-kingdom
Oz stands with Kingdom in Covid fight: diplomat
A senior Australian diplomat commended the Cambodian government’s response to the Covid-19 crisis and the actions it took to protect its people and the economy. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oz-stands-kingdom-covid-fight-diplomat
Kingdom strives to dampen fallout from Sino-Vietnam border cargo gridlocks
Cambodia is looking for workarounds to ship cargo to China while avoiding the risks and problems associated with ongoing severe congestion at Sino-Vietnamese land border gates, which has been blamed on Beijing’s response to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and its “dynamic zero-Covid” policy. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-strives-dampen-fallout-sino-vietnam-border-cargo-gridlocks
CHRC, French envoys talk rights
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) and the French embassy in Phnom Penh have pledged to deepen and improve relations between the two countries, especially on human rights cooperation, with both sides agreeing that this is an area that requires attention. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chrc-french-envoys-talk-rights
ASEAN-India naval exercise planned to promote solidarity
ASEAN’s senior defence officials are planning to hold an ASEAN-India maritime naval exercise to enhance security between the bloc’s member states and the South Asian country and promote solidarity with one another. ...