MLC Special Fund 2023 pumps $2m into nine Cambodian projects
An agreement will be be signed between Cambodia and China to pump $2 million into nine projects to create greater impact in transport and logistics, information system, food security, research, capacity building, and cultural conservation. ...
Thay Thanit
https://kiripost.com/stories/mlc-special-fund-2023-pumps-2m-into-nine-cambodian-projects
Vietnam signs bilateral tourism cooperation agreements with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar
Tourism officials from Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar discussed solutions for luring tourists to their region and integrate their tourist industry as they met in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday. ...
Tuoitrenews.vn News Staff
http://tuoitrenews.vn/business/30317/vietnam-signs-bilateral-tourism-cooperation-agreements-with-cambodia-laos-myanmar
PMs ‘committed’ to settling border row
Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith have called on the French government to supply maps and other related documents to settle a border dispute, as they expressed their commitment to ending the spat. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pms-committed-settling-border-row
New web series invokes Cambodian pride
As Cambodia’s Facebook generation turns to the internet for their news about the Kingdom, a public relations and communications agency is seeking to capture the group’s attention by highlighting various people and their Cambodian pride. ...
Nou Sotheavy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22551/new-web-series-invokes-cambodian-pride/
Party general secretary advocates close defence ties with Cambodia
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong urged Viet Nam and Cambodia’s defence ministries to strengthen their co-operation at a reception on Saturday for Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh. ...
Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/279796/party-general-secretary-advocates-close-defence-ties-with-cambodia.html
Cambodia-Australia affordable houses venture
Cam Top Property Group, from Cambodia, and Australia-based Cate Group have come together to jointly invest $25 million in an affordable housing project that will be launched next week for low middle- and middle-income Cambodians. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31605/cambodia-australia-affordable-houses-venture/
Activists detained over unsanctioned march
Three environmentalists and a rights worker were detained yesterday for more than two hours and blocked from delivering a petition to the National Assembly calling on the government to order sand-dredging operations in Koh Kong province to cease. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-detained-over-unsanctioned-march
Alarming pediatric antibiotic prescribing practices in Cambodia
FacebookTwitterEmailShareIn a recent article published in the journal PLOS Medicine, researchers performed a prospective, longitudinal study to estimate the proportion of outpatient consultations resulting in inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions in young children in three low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), Madagascar, Senegal, and Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501307794/alarming-pediatric-antibiotic-prescribing-practices-in-cambodia/
In Siem Reap, Rainsy Again Calls for Hun Sen to Step Down
SIEM REAP CITY – Opposition leader Sam Rainsy was greeted Tuesday by 15,000 supporters and a small dust storm at the CNRP’s first post-election rally in Siem Reap, where he once again called on Prime Minister Hun Sen to stand down. Arriving on a scheduled flight ...
Alex Willemyns and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-siem-reap-rainsy-again-calls-for-hun-sen-to-step-down-49065/
CITIC wins $262m contract for building cement plant in Cambodia
China’s leading cement equipment manufacturer and service provider CITIC Heavy Industries Company on Saturday secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from a Cambodian conglomerate to build a $262 million cement plant in Cambodia. ...
Xinhua News Staff
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2015-12/05/content_22636890.htm
Voter list complaints resolved
The National Election Committee has received and settled 150 complaints in regards to preliminary voter lists for February’s Senate election. Among the complaints, 144 were approved, one was denied, three had already been resolved and two were withdrawn. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102836/voter-list-complaints-resolved/
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia boost cooperation in crime combat
Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos have committed to enhancing cooperation in fighting transnational crimes in all forms, especially drug crime, human trafficking, smuggling, terrorism and high-tech crime. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501001722/vietnam-laos-cambodia-boost-cooperation-in-crime-combat/
Healthy diet is key goal for Cambodia to achieve by 2030
Cambodia aims to achieve a healthy diet for all its citizens by 2030 and the goal is considered a key priority in preventing malnutrition in young children and vulnerable people. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501058110/healthy-diet-is-key-goal-for-cambodia-to-achieve-by-2030/
Days-long sit-in planned by CNRP
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday told supporters in Kandal province to pack up their bed mats, pillows and rice and prepare for the long haul as he and deputy Kem Sokha outlined plans for a sit-in at Freedom Park that could drag on for days ...
Meas Sokchea and Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/days-long-sit-planned-cnrp
Helmet checks to begin in PP
Phnom Penh authorities will deploy forces day and night at 16 points throughout the capital to identify motorcyclists not wearing helmets, while police will be stationed at two further locations at night to check truck drivers for alcohol and addictive substances. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/helmet-checks-begin-pp
Trear 4 villagers affected by sewage water logging demand for compensation from lake filling company
4 families living in Trear 4 village, Stung Meanchey commune, Mean Chey district, asked the local authority for providing compensation due to lake filling by a private company that caused sewage water and mud logging, also house and other properties damaging. ...
Sereymony
http://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/land/villager-demands-compensate-02072016033412.html
Hitachi forms joint venture with CMED
Japan’s Hitachi Ltd has officially entered into a joint venture partnership with the local construction company CMED Group Co Ltd, aimed at expanding its sales, installation and maintenance services for elevators and escalators throughout the Kingdom, the company announced on Friday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hitachi-forms-joint-venture-cmed
Surge in traffic accident deaths
According to a report by the National Police’s public order department, there was an increase in deaths and a decrease in injuries compared with the previous year. There were 1,717 deaths and 6,607 injuries reported in 2016. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099253/surge-traffic-accident-deaths/
Ang: why I killed Kem Ley
Eurth Ang stood in court yesterday and calmly described how he shot Kem Ley, insisting that it was over an unpaid debt. “I regret and apologize to the victims’ family, but he cheated me which made me angry,” Mr. Ang said. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36028/ang--why-i-killed-kem-ley/
HRH Premier receives Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister
His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa said that Bahrain is looking forward to consolidating ties with Cambodia through bolstering bilateral cooperation at all levels and intensifying exchanged visits between the public and private sectors for their joint interests. ...
Bahrain News Agency Staff
http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/622912