Garment manufacturers plan institute to improve worker skills
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia wants to build a special school to improve Cambodian workers’ skills and make The country more competitive, but labor leaders say if The school is not provided for free, it won’t work. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/garment-manufacturers-plan-institute-to-improve-worker-skills/2943810.html
Stormy skies for airlines in Cambodia
The COVID-19 pandemic is driving The airlines, hospitality, restaurants and related support industries to The brink. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50713879/stormy-skies-for-airlines-in-cambodia/
Cambodia recognises Vietnam’s travel passport and Vietnam simplifies entry requirements
Cambodia is among 10 countries that accept Vietnam vaccine passports along with Australia, Belarus, India, Japan, Maldives, Palestine, the Philippines, the U.K. and the U.S. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501010932/cambodia-recognises-vietnams-travel-passport-and-vietnam-simplifies-entry-requirements/
Hun Sen asks for ASEAN-US meet to be pushed back amid date debate
Prime Minister Hun Sen requested that the ASEAN-US summit be postponed from the date announced by the US as it has not been fully agreed upon between ASEAN member states. ...
NEC calls on citizens to participate in Commune/Sangkat elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) calls on people on The 2021 voter list to prepare or prepare documents to participate in The commune elections which will be taking place soon. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501077011/nec-calls-on-citizens-to-participate-in-commune-sangkat-elections/
RCEP, CCFTA give boost to e-commerce development
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact and The Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) have given a boost to The fledgling e-commerce industry in Cambodia, experts said on Monday . ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501111535/rcep-ccfta-give-boost-to-e-commerce-development/
Soy leaders travel to Cambodia for product promotion
Leaders from the United Soybean Board (USB), the American Soybean Association (ASA), and the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) traveled to Cambodia to talk about aquaculture. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501104981/soy-leaders-travel-to-cambodia-for-product-promotion/
Parents urged to follow child’s immunisation schedule
As many children have yet to be inoculated with the 12 vaccines as per the national immunisation schedule, the government is stepping up efforts to encourage parents to take their children to be vaccinated. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501116675/parents-urged-to-follow-childs-immunisation-schedule/
Thailand committed to continue bilateral collaboration with Cambodia
Thailand is committed to continue fostering the bilateral collaboration with Cambodia, especially the relations between the two countries’ National Assemblies. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501223104/thailand-committed-to-continue-bilateral-collaboration-with-cambodia/
Cambodia urges Australian to strengthen economic ties
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong told his Australian counterpart Bob Carr Monday that the two countries should strengthen their economic and business ties. ”Political and diplomatic relations between the two countries are good but economic and business relations should be equally good,” he said after the meeting. ...
Koh Kong ‘Vacation Town’ to cost $1.2B
Union Development Group (UDG), the Chinese developer behind Koh Kong province’s $3.8 billion tourism project called Dara Sakor, has unveiled plans for yet another project called “Tourism Vacation Town”. the announcement comes despite the company releasing little information about its previously touted venture. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/koh-kong-vacation-town-cost-12b
PM hopes Asean will ‘root deeply’ with ‘partner’ China
At the Asean summit in Singapore on Wednesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen said he hoped the bloc’s relationship with China would “root deeply”, hailing the Asian power as a “strategic partner”, while its Premier Li Keqiang called for improved trade and “healthier globalisation”. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-arrives-singapore-asean-summit
Face to face with Cambodia’s HIV fighters
Cambodia’s efforts in HIV prevention and treatment have shown significant results in the past ten years and the government is now setting the bar even higher. Last December, Prime Minister Hun Sen committed to stopping new HIV infections by 2020. ...
Giovanni Ortolani, Paola Di Bella
http://www.scidev.net/global/hiv-aids/multimedia/cambodia-hiv-fighters-drugs.html
Cambodia: Ban calls arrest warrant for opposition leader ‘worrisome development’
For the second time in three weeks the United Nations has expressed concern over increasing tensions between Cambodia’s Government and opposition, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today calling the arrest warrant issued against opposition leader Sam Rainsy “worrisome.” ...
UN News Centre Staff
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=52581#.VkvjOb_-SFs
Coup no obstacle to Hun Sen trade visit
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s visit to Thailand this week reaffirms brightening relations between the two countries after the Cambodian premier sent a delegation to extend his goodwill to the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) in July last year. ...
Chananthorn Kamjan and Achara Ashayagachat
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/794780/coup-no-obstacle-to-hun-sen-trade-visit
Experts convene 2nd council on Preah Vihear temple
The International Coordinating Committee (ICC) for Preah Vihear held its second meeting in Siem Reap City on Monday to discuss ongoing efforts to preserve The 12th century Hindu temple and turn The majestic but remote site into a popular tourist destination. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/experts-convene-2nd-council-on-preah-vihear-temple-110245/
Garments to keep economy strong through China slowdown
The World Bank on Monday said it still predicted strong growth from The Cambodian economy—led by garment exports—and only a moderate cooling over The next few years despite a “faster than expected” slowdown in China, Cambodia’s biggest foreign investor. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garments-to-keep-economy-strong-through-china-slowdown-111225/
Convicted rapist insists retrial will prove his innocence
A British man who has spent five years in prison for raping a 16-year-old girl requested Monday that the Appeal Court grant him a retrial and the chance to present evidence that has not come before the court, which he says will prove his innocence. ...
Matt Blomberg and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/convicted-rapist-insists-retrial-will-prove-his-innocence-94212/
Hun Sen: Rainsy no different than Pol Pot
Prime Minister Hun Sen released a three-page statement Thursday claiming there were “no differences” between what opposition leader Sam Rainsy would do to the country if he won the next election and the destruction Pol Pot wrought during his three years in power. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-says-sam-rainsy-no-different-than-pol-pot-97014/
UN World Food Program extends activities in Cambodia until 2018
The United Nations World Food Program has extended its activities in Cambodia for 30 months from July 2016 to Dec. 2018 in order to improve food and nutrition security for The most vulnerable children in The country, Gianpietro Bordignon, WFP Representative to Cambodia, said Wednesday. ...
Xinhua Team
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=322680