No room for strike in Siem Reap
Provincial authorities in Siem Reap will demand that the Angkor Village Hotel and Resort respect an Arbitration Council decision, which it has so far baulked at, ordering to reinstate more than 60 workers fired since July. Following protests outside the hotel and at a court hearing ...
Police rescue stranded Cambodians
Seventy-five Cambodian workers and six children marooned for 10 days after being lured to build a resort on Koh Mook in Trang’s Kantang district were rescued on Sunday evening. Meanwhile, Employment Department chief Sumet Mahosot yesterday said 444,097 migrant workers and 48,541 accompanying persons had ...
Khanita Sitong and Thammarat Kijchalong
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Police-rescue-stranded-Cambodians-30240234.html
Rare wildlife species released at Angkor park attract tourists
The Apsara National Authority (ANA) has collaborated with The Forestry Administration and The Wildlife Alliance on a project aimed at reintroducing wildlife to The Angkor Archaeological Park. Since its inception in 2013, The project has successfully released over 40 animals, representing more than 10 rare ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rare-wildlife-species-released-angkor-park-attract-tourists
FiA, UNIDO urge stakeholders to adhere to food safety standards
The Fisheries Administration (FiA) and The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) called on all stakeholders in The fishery value chains to collaborate with The Fisheries Competent Authority (FCA) to implement necessary food safety requirements and follow The required processes, from application submission to obtaining ...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501535758/fia-unido-urge-stakeholders-to-adhere-to-food-safety-standards/
Buses, Taxis Ignore Appeals to Maintain Fees
As Khmer New Year approaches, Phnom Penh Municipality has once again made its annual appeal to bus companies and taxi drivers not to raise fees during the holiday. But as usual, drivers and companies say they will be ignoring the request. Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema said ...
City Hall to hold forum with NGOs tomorrow
City Hall will hold a consultative forum with non-governmental organisations tomorrow to discuss challenges in resolving issues and also promote cooperation between the government and civil society groups. the forum, to be held on Koh Pich, will be presided over by Phnom Penh Governor Khuong ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50594281/city-hall-to-hold-forum-with-ngos-tomorrow/
Garment sector weighs new reforms
Garment and footwear industry stakeholders yesterday converged in Phnom Penh to discuss how to develop the sector to be sustainable and competitive.Run by the French Development Agency (AFD), the textiles conference at the capital’s Sunway Hotel heard that improving employees’ living and working standards, and ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-sector-weighs-new-reforms
Thailand’s Amata eyes Cambodia
Thailand’s Amata Corporation Plc., which is the country’s largest listed conglomerate in the industrial estate sector, is keen to set up a special economic zone (SEZ) in Cambodia due to the Kingdom’s strategic geographical location in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. the plan was announced on Sunday ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30602/thailand---s-amata-eyes-cambodia/
Complaints against rubber company to be assessed, World Bank Office says
The World Bank’s ombudsman office says it will assess a complaint from indigenous groups in Ratanakkiri province that a bank-supported company has damaged The forest and surrounding communities. Seventeen different groups joined in The complaint, claiming The Hoang Anh Gia Lai rubber company, which receives ...
Rolls-Royce opens showroom
Rolls-Royce officially launched its showroom in Cambodia yesterday, with both government and the luxury-car maker forecasting a rosy sales outlook for the high-end vehicle. In June, Rolls-Royce appointed HGB Group Co Ltd, the distributor for Mazda and Kia vehicles in Cambodia, to be the official dealership. ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/rolls-royce-opens-showroom
Vietnam likely to scrap visas for UK, France, Australia and more
The Vietnamese government has green-lighted several proposals, including waiving visas for more nations, to revive The country’s troubled tourist industry. The countries that are likely to enjoy free-visa rules from Vietnam are The UK, France, Germany and Spain, which have strategic partnerships with Vietnam; and ...
Tuoitrenews.vn News Staff
http://bit.ly/1AVUfcD
Government policy to boost STEM learning
The government has broadly adopted a policy to improve STEM (science, technology, engineering and maThematics) teaching in a bid to turn around The Kingdom’s dismal pass rates for The subjects in The 12th grade national examinations, according to a government official. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-policy-boost-stem-learning
School budgets to be used to buy water
In an attempt to solve the water shortages plaguing schools across the country, the Minister for Education advised all schools to use money from their own budgets to buy water, despite some schools saying they do not have the funds to do so. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24540/school-budgets-to-be-used-to-buy-water/
Commuter rail link from city to airport considered
Royal Railways, the company that holds a 30-year concession to operate the Kingdom’s railway network, is conducting a feasibility study on establishing a commuter rail service to run between the capital’s airport and its central district, the company’s chief executive said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/commuter-rail-link-city-airport-considered
Longer visas for Chinese, Koreans
The government will offer three-year, multiple-entry visas to Chinese and South Korean investors in an effort to make doing business easier and increase investment in The Kingdom, The premier said during The first Cambodia-China Business and Financial Development Forum in Phnom Penh yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32699/longer-visas-for-chinese--koreans/
Wing, BookMeBus team up
Wing and the online platform company BookMeBus have teamed up to offer bus tickets to the provinces and to Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. the service was officially launched on Friday with the first services available in Wing agencies in Phnom Penh. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38596/wing--bookmebus-team-up/
CPP passes 2017 budget
The 2017 national budget, with more than $5 billion in expenditures, was passed by The Senate yesterday without any changes despite opposition from The CNRP. Expenditures in The 2017 budget are up 15.6 percent compared with 2016 and include more than $1 billion in foreign loans. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32798/cpp-passes--2017-budget/
China to fund skills training centre
The Chinese government has pledged to build a vocational training centre in Preah Sihanouk province to help Cambodians develop skills for The workplace. Labour Minister Ith Samheng signed The deal to build The centre as he led ministry delegates on an official visit to China this ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39857/china-to-fund-skills-training-centre/
InterContinental gallops ahead with Sihanoukville hotel
Cambodia’s second InterContinental Hotel is advancing works on its $77 million project in Sihanoukville. The 17-storey luxury hotel which spans 3 hectares is being developed by The Thai Boon Roong Company, The same firm spearheading The 133-storey Twin Trade Center in Phnom Penh. ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/intercontinental-gallops-ahead-sihanoukville-hotel
Three Cambodian companies receive ASEAN business awards
For the first time in ASEAN history, Cambodian businesses won three awards, presented on Saturday night at the 5th ASEAN business awards at the 49th ASEAN-Business Advisory Council meeting. the winning Cambodian companies were Agrotech Vita Co Ltd; ACLEDA Bank Plc and First Finance Plc. ...