Port signs new deals with Vietnamese companies
The Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) announced a new partnership on Tuesday with Vietnamese company Viet Sac Port Service to set up local maintenance and repair service of shipping containers at its new LM17 container terminal located 30 kilometres south of Phnom Penh in Kandal ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/port-signs-new-deals-vietnamese-companies
Australia pushing to send more refugees: group
A month after the first four refugees arrived in Cambodia under a controversial resettlement scheme the government signed with Australia last year, immigration officers on the South Pacific island of Nauru are ratcheting up efforts to convince more refugees to join them, according to a ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/australia-pushing-to-send-more-refugees-to-cambodia-group-87347/
Ten Koreans jailed for hacking ministry of posts
Ten South Korean nationals—five men and five women—were sentenced to one year in prison Wednesday for hacking into the digital infrastructure of the Posts and Telecommunications Ministry and attempting to set up a racket in Phnom Penh to extort money from people in their home ...
Ouch Sony and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ten-koreans-jailed-for-hacking-ministry-of-posts-92658/
Activists urge Preah Sihanouk authorities to restore beach
Some 10 environmental activists from Phnom Penh universities have urged Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities to restore the part of Prek Treng beach which a private company filled in September, while the governor claimed the firm had already been ordered to do so. The activists warned ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-urge-preah-sihanouk-authorities-restore-beach
Foreign Affairs Minister lays out core foreign policy values
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Monday outlined the four core foreign policy values that Cambodia is focusing on in the current global context. Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn was talking to some 1,200 university students at the National Institute of Education ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/foreign-affairs-minister-lays-out-core-foreign-policy-values
PM orders digging of wells to address water shortages
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered provincial authorities to dig wells for people who are facing shortages of water during the dry season. “Ministry and provincial officials must pay attention to our people,” Mr Hun Sen said during a speech in front of university graduates ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50586168/pm-orders-digging-of-wells-to-address-water-shortages/
Unions, government consult on new min wage law
The Ministry of Labour met with unions on Friday to gather input on a universal minimum wage law currently being drafted, union representatives and ministry officials confirmed yesterday. “The meeting is a forum for each party to review the draft and provide comments so the ...
Sen David and Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-government-consult-new-min-wage-law
Non-aligned? Cambodia is neutral: Sokhonn
The minister of foreign affairs maintained yesterday that Cambodia is not allied with China, stating that the Kingdom is “neutral”, despite an apparent diplomatic shift towards the nascent superpower and away from the West. Minister Prak Sokhonn told a crowd of over 200 students at the ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/non-aligned-cambodia-neutral-sokhonn
Valentine’s targetted for blood
The National Blood Transfusion Center hopes to boost the Kingdom’s blood stocks by targetting youth donors at a second annual Valentine’s Day blood drive. This year’s February 14 campaign will target university students and youth aged 18 and older, who make up about 70 per ...
Khoun Leakhana
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/valentine%E2%80%99s-targetted-blood
Cambodia's career fair attracts thousands of job hunters
The fourth edition of Cambodian career fair kicked off here on Tuesday, drawing attention from thousands of university students and graduates on the first day. Carmela Torres, senior specialist on skills and employability at the International Labour Organization, said the event is very important for ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-10/21/c_133732198.htm
Calls for students to master tech skills
Recent high school graduates are being encouraged to study digital technology-related subjects at university to fill the skills gap and help develop the country. ...
Thai Sothea
https://kiripost.com/stories/calls-for-students-to-master-tech-skills
2nd European Higher Education Fair held in Cambodia
The second European Higher Education Fair was held here on Wednesday, aiming at attracting young Cambodians interested in pursuing university studies in Europe. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359982/2nd-european-higher-education-fair-held-in-cambodia/
Deals With China Inked
Cambodia agreed to acquire Chinese-made Z-9 helicopters for US$195 million in one of 26 memorandums of understanding agreed by the two countries on Saturday. Cooperation was pledged in sectors such as energy, mining, agriculture and road construction, as well as defense spending and aid. The ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011082251177/Business/deals-with-china-inked.html
Cambodia boosts attraction of foreign visitors in 2013
Cambodian Tourism Minister H.E. Dr. Thong Khon said: Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar had gained high growth of tourist arrival in 2012 for Asean region. “Cambodia is continuing its work including promotion to the outside world to attract tourists to see the country.” he said this week. ...
FAO Raises Paddy Production Outlook
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has raised its forecast of global paddy production in 2012 by about 1.5 million tonnes to 730 million tonnes (487 million tonnes, milled). The scaling up of production mainly concerned Asian countries, in particular Cambodia, ...
Angkor finds gold-in-soil anomaly
Angkor Gold Corp reported the discovery of a new gold-in-soil anomaly at Angkor’s Koan Nheak license in Cambodia, according to the company’s statement released last week. The anomaly extends over 700 metres from north to south, and up to 300 metres east to west. ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50521746/angkor-finds-gold-in-soil-anomaly/
Global march for decent work
Workers across the globe took to the streets on Wednesday to mark the World Day for Decent Work.In South Africa, the largest union federation, Cosatu, held marches across the country to highlight a number of socioeconomic issues. ...
ioL News Staff
http://mobi.iol.co.za/#!/article/global-march-for-decent-work-1.1926469
ACU delegation left Cambodia this morning for SEA-PAC meeting in Brunei
Cambodia delegation led by senior Minister Om Yentieng, head of the Anti-corruption Unit left Cambodia today for the 11th meeting of the South East Asia Parties Against Corruption (SEA-PAC) that will run through 1-3 December in Badar Seri Begawan, Brunei. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/acu-delegation-left-cambodia-this-morning-for-sea-pac-meeting-in-brunei-9086
Development council officer charged over bribery claim
An official at the Council for the Development of Cambodia was charged with bribery over the weekend after being arrested by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), just weeks after the graft-fighting body arrested a Foreign Affairs Ministry official and the ambassador to South Korea. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/development-council-officer-charged-over-bribery-claim-112324/
Suth Dina expected to appear in court today
The parents of Cambodia’s ambassador to South Korea, Suth Dina, yesterday made a public appeal to Prime Minister Hun Sen, as their son, who is accused of corruption, prepared to spend his third night in custody ahead of a likely court appearance this morning. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/suth-dina-expected-appear-court-today