‘No Rush’ For Cambodia on Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement, Experts Say
Two ambitious trade negotiations are moving forward in the Asia Pacific, but Cambodia should first pursue a regional partnership before joining in with all of the Asia Pacific, trade experts say. Cambodia should build momentum on the existing Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, an Asean-driven agreement, before ...
Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/no-rush-for-cambodia-on-trans-pacific-trade-agreement-experts-say-cambodia/1794961.html
Cambodia opposition announces to stage mass protest on Oct. 23
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Saturday announced that it would launch a mass protest on Oct. 23 in order to submit a petition to the United Nations. “A mass protest will be held on Oct.23 from 3:00-6:00 p.m. at the Freedom Park (in ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/28/c_132758766.htm
Debtors need mercy: CNRP
The opposition party has called on microfinance institutions to renegotiate payment terms with flood-affected loan holders. This year’s floods have affected 20 provinces and more than 1.7 million people, with 31,314 households evacuated, according to the Humanitarian Response Forum. The Cambodia National Rescue Party has asked that ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/debtors-need-mercy-cnrp
Muang Thai maps out expansion plan
Muang Thai Insurance is looking at acquiring portfolios from non-life insurers and selling non-life products to individuals in neighbouring countries as part of its plan to keep its premium income growing by 15 per cent annually in the next three to five years. “The merger model ...
Sucheera Pinijparakarn
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Muang-Thai-maps-out-expansion-plan-30241197.html
Lao dam impact on dolphin migration highlighted
Sub-national officials and communities in the province are concerned about the impact of Laos’ Don Sahong hydropower dam on the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin population in the downstream Mekong River. According to Reuters, the dam began operations and connected its power grid to the Kingdom earlier ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50681288/lao-dam-impact-on-dolphin-migration-highlighted
Waste collection fees to be paid via electronic payment systems
The City Hall today announced that people can now have their waste collection fees paid via multiple electronic payment systems from February 1. Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, deputy chief of city hall Keut Che said people can pay for their rubbish collection ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50686342/waste-collection-fees-to-be-paid-via-electronic-payment-systems
Rice exports down 15% year-on-year in January
Cambodia exported 50,450 tonnes of rice worth $39 million to the international market in January, down 15.39 per cent compared to the same period in 2018, Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) secretary-general Lun Yeng said on Sunday. Yeng told The Post that Cambodian rice exports to ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-exports-down-15-year-year-january
Border opening on table
Cambodia and Thailand are in talks to open more border gates to import and export agricultural products after the two countries largely closed their borders amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Held on Tuesday on the Thai side of the border, the Cambodian delegation was led by ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/border-opening-table
Open letter to development partners in Cambodia on managing challenges related to the crisis presented by COVID-19
On 20 May 2020, the Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC) issued an open letter to all development partners in Cambodia on managing the challenges related to the crisis presented by COVID-19. In this open letter, the Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC) indicated 4 points calling ...
Cooperation Committee for Cambodia
Soldiers confirmed dead
Three Cambodian peacekeepers have been confirmed dead in Central African Republic, a day after they went missing following an attack on their convoy by a Christian militant group. The three men, Mao Eng, 37, Seang Norin, 35, and Mom Tola, 31, were shot to death and ...
Touch Sokha and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/soldiers-confirmed-dead
Rainsy stands by Namhong accusation
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday repeated allegations that Foreign Minister Hor Namhong was responsible for collaborating with his Khmer Rouge captors at the Boeung Trabek prison camp between 1975 and 1979, leading to the murder and torture of numerous inmates.Rainsy, who is in the Philippines, ...
Meas Sokchea, Taing Vida and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-stands-namhong-accusation
UXOs found in two separate provinces safely destroyed
Twenty anti-personnel mines and 60mm mortar tails found by residents in Siem Reap province’s Svay Loeu district and Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district have been destroyed by the Cambodian Self Help Demining (CSHD) team. Svay Loeu district police chief Colonel Sun Eng said yesterday ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50741612/uxos-found-in-two-separate-provinces-safely-destroyed/
EAC: No power shortage this year
The Electricity Authority of Cambodia (EAC) said the Kingdom will not face a power shortage during this year’s dry season, as demand for electricity had declined due to the Covid-19 pandemic. EAC CEO Teng Sokomal said during a recent seminar that there is no significant increase ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eac-no-power-shortage-year
Announcement: Circular on the flood preparedness and response
On 04 September 2019, the Royal Government of Cambodia issued a Circular to advise the relevant ministries, institutions and local authorities to take necessary measures to prepare for the upcoming flood, which caused by Kajiki storm, to minimize the hardships and damage to the citizen’s ...
Royal Government of Cambodia
Requesting legal intervention to release three former NagaWorld employees on bail
On 17 March 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a statement on the requesting legal intervention to release three former NagaWorld employees on bail.Three former NagaWorld employees have written to the ministry requesting for their legal intervention to temporarily release them on ...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Open Development Cambodia updates dataset on a profile page on “Fisheries resource management information"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates dataset on a profile page on “Fisheries resource management information”. This profile page is updated its data from 160 to 347 inland and marine community fisheries. This bilingual profile page covers the map and summary of community fisheries in Cambodia.=>Please click here ...
China to advance BRI cooperation with Cambodia
The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is committed to promoting the connectivity and common development of all countries, and China will continue to advance Belt and Road cooperation with Cambodia, delivering more benefits to the two peoples, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501296669/china-to-advance-bri-cooperation-with-cambodia/
Press release on increasing allowances for workers, civil servants as women and women as family member equitable Card holders during pregnancy and until the child is 2 years old
On 04 July 2023, the Royal Government of Cambodia has posted a press release on increasing allowances for workers, civil servants as women and women as family member equitable Card holders during pregnancy and until the child is 2 years old.According to the press, the ...
Royal Government of Cambodia
CHRC shares report before submission to OHCHR
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) held a workshop to share its findings on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Kingdom. It aimed to increase awareness among stakeholders and gather input to optimise the report, before it ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chrc-shares-report-submission-ohchr
Workshop celebrates financial literacy initiative
A workshop highlighting the outcomes of the “Strengthen Safe Finance in Communities” project was held in Phnom Penh yesterday, on October 8. It brought together key stakeholders from Cambodia’s banking, microfinance, and financial oversight institutions. This initiative, designed to promote financial literacy and consumer protection, ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/workshop-celebrates-financial-literacy-initiative