900% jump in foreign tourists visiting Angkor last month
The Angkor Foundation has stated that almost 80,000 international tourists bought Angkor and Koh Ker tickets last month month – generating more than $ 3 million in ticket sales compared to 2022, an increase of more than 900% . ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501248959/900-jump-in-foreign-tourists-visiting-angkor-last-month/
PM outlines three major triumphs as head of gov’t
In a recent interview with China state-owned Phoenix TV, Prime Minister Hun Sen shared that he believes three significant achievements have characterised his time in office. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-outlines-three-major-triumphs-head-govt
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
Indonesian Ministry of Communications finds online gambling servers based in Cambodia, Philippines
Indonesian Minister of Communication and Information (Kominfo), Budi Arie Setiadi, stated that servers of rampant online gambling sites in the country are based in Cambodia and the Philippines, where such gambling activities are ilegal. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501379963/indonesian-ministry-of-communications-finds-online-gambling-servers-based-in-cambodia-philippines/
Government supports Kampong Thom farmers with rice seed assistance
Eng Cheasan, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, distributed 54 tonnes of fragrant rice seeds to 541 families in four communes of Stong district, Kampong Thom province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501389533/government-supports-kampong-thom-farmers-with-rice-seed-assistance/
Cambodia exports $7.21 billion worth of products to RCEP member countries in the first 11 months
Penn Sovicheat, secretary of state of Cambodia’s Commerce Ministry, said the RCEP has been a key driving force for Cambodia’s export growth and has become a magnet for attracting more foreign direct investment inflows into the country. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501415453/cambodia-exports-7-21-billion-worth-of-products-to-rcep-member-countries-in-the-first-11-months/
Skilled labour critical for new investment, underlines PM Hun Manet
The vocational and technical training for 1.5 million young people from poor and vulnerable households across the country at state institutions, without tuition fee charges will have skilled labourers to feed the production chain of investment. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501386316/skilled-labour-critical-for-new-investment-underlines-pm-hun-manet/
Cambodia bats for trade cooperation at WTO meet
Cambodia on Sunday called for the inclusion of the Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) agreement into the WTO programme as such a fusion will benefit the member states – including Cambodia – by enhancing the investment climate. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501446580/cambodia-bats-for-trade-cooperation-at-wto-meet/
Deforestation crackdown in Pursat yields large seizures
Eight people have been reprimanded and one suspect has been sent to court during the beginning of a 30-day campaign against state land occupation and deforestation in Pursat province. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deforestation-crackdown-in-pursat-yields-large-seizures
Ministry of Labour and KOSHA meet to review the progress of the construction process of occupational safety and health training centre
Dr. Huy Hansong, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, chaired a meeting with representatives of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) and Youngwoo’s representatives at the Ministry’s office on April 23, 2024. ...
Blueprint for a reformed NEC
In the week before the National Election Committee was formed in December 1997, Chheng Phon predicted he had a tough road ahead. “If you ask me personally, I must say I do not want this job,” the inaugural boss told the Post from the banks of a canal ...
Shane Worrell and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/blueprint-reformed-nec
Key donors endorse election
The governments of Australia and France have congratulated Prime Minister Hun Sen on his election victory, becoming the first key Western donors to do so since the official election results were released on September 8. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also offered his congratulations to Hun Sen ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/key-donors-endorse-election
Vattanac Capital preparing for eventful 2014
Phnom Penh’s growing importance as a business destination has brought with it many opportunities and infused the market with a growing sense of ambition. Few developments embody this new ambition better than Vattanac Capital Tower, which will throw open its doors this spring. “Cambodia’s seen nothing ...
Nalin Viboonchart
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/vattanac-capital-preparing-eventful-2014
King Sihamoni and Queen Mother Donate to Sunday’s Victims
Two days after the killing of an unarmed man near Phnom Penh’s Monivong Bridge, officials on Tuesday offered little information on the progress of an investigation into the killing, and rights workers expressed concerns that the inquiry would lack credibility. King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother ...
Monks and Cash Rewards Save Softshell Turtles
SAMBOR DISTRICT, Kratie Province – A sharply dressed usher in a crisp black shirt, black pants and a shiny black tie escorted guests to one of several bungalow-style, private booths at the Mloub Dong restaurant on a recent evening. While the privacy the restaurant offers is ...
Khy Sovuthy and Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/monks-and-cash-rewards-save-softshell-turtles-49329/
Security Guards Disrupt Memorial Ceremony for Slain Man
There were ugly scenes on Friday at Phnom Penh’s hill-temple Wat Phnom when district security guards scuffled, shouted abuse and punched a group of mostly women and monks who had gathered to hold a memorial ceremony for Mao Sok Chan—the 29-year-old man shot dead by ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/security-guards-disrupt-memorial-ceremony-for-slain-man-45479/
National Rail Project on Hold ‘Indefinitely’
Work on a $143 million donor project to renovate the country’s creaking railway system, which is already over budget and years behind schedule, is now indefinitely postponed due to a lack of funds, with more than 300 km of rail still to be laid, a ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-rail-project-on-hold-indefinitely-51323/
Cambodia’s parliament OKs dam compensation plan
Cambodia’s energy minister allayed concerns in parliament over inadequate compensation offered to villagers who face relocation for a proposed China-backed dam on a Mekong River tributary, saying the government has allocated to villagers more than four times the area taken over for the project. Minister of ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/dam-06192014195419.html
Lao Dam troubles Mekong waters
Being landlocked and poor has always placed Laos at a disadvantage to its more powerful neighbors. The only body of water that offers Vientiane an international reach is the Mekong River, which flows through the heartland of Southeast Asia. Now, that river, which laps the western ...
Marwaan Macan-Markar
http://www.irrawaddy.org/asia/magazine-regional/lao-dam-troubles-mekong-waters.html
Kratie villagers block road after officials torch homes
Police and military police in Kratie province’s Snuol district on Wednesday burned to the ground 56 homes they said were on protected land, causing displaced villagers to block National Road 76 in protest for four hours, officials said. Snuol district Governor Kong Kimny said Thursday that ...
Aun Pheap and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kratie-villagers-block-road-after-officials-torch-homes-52232/