The implementation of new entrance ticket fees for Angkor Archaeological Site
On 10th August 2016, The Ministry of Tourism of the Cambodia has announced that the Royal Government of Cambodia has officially modified the new entrance ticket fees for Angkor Archaeological Site for all international visitors, and will be officially implemented from 01st February 2017. The ...
Ministry of Tourism
Cambodia eyes solar future for rural power
Cambodian officials yesterday touted the potential for green energy to meet its goal of bringing electricity to 100 percent of households by 2020. The Kingdom was looking to develop solar energy, small-scale hydropower and biomass-fuelled power to meet the target, said Ministry of Industry, Mines and ...
South Korea eyes new investments
The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce and the Korea International Trade Association have announced a partnership to bring more South Korean investors to Cambodia. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37317/south-korea-eyes-new-investments/
New look at Vichea murder
Phnom Penh Municipal Court has reopened an investigation into the high-profile slaying of union leader Chea Vichea in 2004, a court official said yesterday. Prosecutor Sok Roeun said the court’s head prosecutor began reinvestigating the case early last month in response to an order from the ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-look-vichea-murder
With Just One Party Present, King Convenes New Parliament
King Norodom Sihamoni presided over a nearly half-empty opening session of the National Assembly on Monday as all 55 elected lawmakers of the opposition CNRP followed through with their threat to boycott parliament to protest disputed results of July’s national election. Analysts and election monitors ...
Zsombor Peter and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/with-just-one-party-present-king-convenes-new-parliament-43033/
Government rolls out new agriculture policy
The Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday released a draft policy to strengthen the agriculture sector by educating farmers on how to gain greater access to markets and increase their productivity by using sustainable farming methods. The Agriculture Extension Policy, drafted in cooperation with USAID, aims to ...
Kang Sothear and George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/government-rolls-out-new-agriculture-policy-65282/
Monitors Question Casino Building New Election Body Office
Election monitoring groups are questioning the National Election Committee (NEC) recent decision to let a Phnom Penh casino fund its new multi-million dollar headquarters, a move they said would cast further doubt on the body’s independence. NagaCorp, the owner of Phnom Penh’s only licensed casino, NagaWorld, ...
Oversupply leads to a fall in pork prices
Pig prices in Cambodia have fallen by 18 percent in the past three months due to a massive oversupply of pork in the country, an official at the Cambodian Pig Raisers Association said yesterday. The reason for the oversupply is twofold: Thailand increased its pig exports ...
Factories create 12,000 new first-quarter jobs
Forty factories were registered during the first three months of the year, creating over 12,000 jobs, according to new data by the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/factories-create-12000-new-first-quarter-jobs
Tourist numbers surge nationwide over new year
The number of tourists visiting provinces during the four days of Khmer New Year jumped 7.6 percent from last year as infrastructure, transport links and the number of nature resorts rise. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23912/tourist-numbers-surge-nationwide-over-new-year/
Construction of new airport planned for 2014
After being delayed twice, construction of the New Siem Reap International Airport (NSRIA) is expected to start in early 2014, a senior government official said yesterday. Tek Reth Samrach, chairman of the NSRIA steering committee, said a detailed plan must be completed by the airport’s two ...
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/construction-new-airport-planned-2014
SECC lays down new dispute regulations
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) has issued new regulations and procedures for solving disputes involving parties operating in the securities sector. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/secc-lays-down-new-dispute-regulations
Wrangling over wage may spur new unrest
Unions representing garment workers have pledged to reignite protests if the minimum wage for the industry is raised to only $115 next year, a sum they say was offered by the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia during a meeting on Friday. The Labour Advisory Committee (LAC) ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wrangling-over-wage-may-spur-new-unrest
Bar Association Launches New Code of Ethics: President Spars with Jurists' Organization
The president of the Bar Association of Cambodia has hit back at the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), which called for assurances that the Bar Association’s newly launched Code of Ethics, which was unveiled on Friday, would allow Cambodian lawyers to freely express themselves without ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bar-association-launches-new-code-of-ethics-17601/
Announcement on the delay of the higher secondary diploma examination
On 24 August 2022, the Ministry of Education Youth and Sports has posted an announcement on the delay of the higher secondary diploma examination on its social media site. According to the announcement, the proposed date for the upcoming higher secondary diploma examination was on 14 ...
Ministry of Education Youth and Sports
Government ups plot accusations with new video linking CNRP and US groups to ‘colour revolutions’
In the latest attempt to push its narrative of an impending “colour revolution”, the Press and Quick Reaction Unit released a sweeping, nearly hourlong video, broadcast on multiple television stations on Monday night, attempting to link the opposition’s activities to protest movements in the Middle ...
Mech Dara and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-ups-plot-accusations-new-video-linking-cnrp-and-us-groups-colour-revolutions
New Thai crossing is in works on border
The Cambodian government is conducting a feasibility study investigating the need for a Thai border crossing at Steng Bort Village in Banteay Meanchey province, four kilometres from Poipet. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-thai-crossing-works-border
Correction and issuance of high school diplomas and provisional high school diplomas
On 10 September 2021, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports issued a notification on correction and issuance of high school diplomas and provisional high school diplomas.Applicant, parents or guardians and representatives of higher education institutions who wish to correct the information on the high ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
ACU tackles exam cheats
Cheating on national grade nine and 12 exams – which has been rampant in the past – just got harder. The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) announced yesterday that it will enlist the services of independent NGOs, civil society groups and private companies to monitor the more than ...
Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acu-tackles-exam-cheats
New year holiday brought millions of dollars to Siem Reap, officials say
A three-day holiday in the tourist town of Siem Reap has garnered millions of dollars in economic value, officials said Tuesday. The Angkor Sankranta, held near the famed temples of Angkor Wat, celebrates the Khmer New Year, a lunar holiday that typically falls in April. It ...
Neou Vannarin
http://bit.ly/1JsdBoE