Council approves Aeon 3 project
Japan’s Aeon Mall Co is to spend more than $200 million building its third shopping mall in Phnom Penh as the firm eyes the Kingdom’s burgeoning middle-class. Construction on Aeon Mall 3 in the capital’s Meanchey district is to begin early next year as a result ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/council-approves-aeon-3-project
Crackdown on vehicles with unpaid tax
The General Department of Customs and Excise at the Ministry of Economy and Finance vowed to take legal action against those using vehicles with unpaid tax and unapproved modifications after relevant authorities had advised them through educational announcements. General Department of Customs and Excise director-general ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/crackdown-vehicles-unpaid-tax
Ministry cements MoU with eleven social work NGOs
The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with 11 organisations involving $12.7 million in funding to improve the social affairs, social welfare, child welfare, anti-trafficking and disability work in Cambodia. Ministry spokesman Touch Channy said ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-cements-mou-eleven-social-work-ngos
Announcement on the results of the Council of Ministers plenary meeting on 07 February 2020
On 08 February 2020, the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy released a announcement on the results of the Council of Ministers plenary meeting on 07 February 2020 at the Council of Ministers, presided over by Prime Minister Hun Sen. At the meeting, the Royal ...
Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy
Projects worth millions agreed
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) yesterday approved six development projects worth in total $677 million. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50695073/projects-worth-millions-agreed
Open letter of Prey Lang's community to Ministry of Environment on the prevention of the blessing ceremony
On 28 February 2020, Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) has released an open letter for the minister of environment, H.E Say Sam Al on their official Facebook page. The content of the letter shows deep regret and disappointment toward the measure of the Ministry of ...
Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN)
Wind power project deal expected this year
The government expects to sign an agreement with French-owned Blue Circle to develop a wind farm project within the first half of the year, the director-general of the Ministry of Mines and Energy’s General Department of Energy Victor Jona said on Monday. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wind-power-project-deal-expected-year
Information Ministry asks police to take measures against fake news spreaders
Information Ministry yesterday asked national police to take measures against several Facebook accounts which have allegedly accused the Kingdom of contracting COVID-19. ...
Khuon Narim
http://khmertimeskh.com/50696894/information-ministry-asks-police-to-take-measures-against-fake-news-spreaders
Declining tourist numbers reported
The State Secretariat of Civil Aviation has recorded a declining number of foreign visitors coming into the Kingdom in the midst of novel coronavirus fears. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50697043/declining-tourist-numbers-reported
Cambodia’s trade deficit widens to $7.66 billion
Cambodia’s trade deficit with its global trading partners has continued to widen in 2019, with $7.66 billion more imports than exports, according to a government report, increasing from $4.83 billion in 2018 and representing a 31.6 percent rise in one year. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50698301/cambodias-trade-deficit-widens-to-7-66-billion
Press Release: Temporary suspension of public and private institutions from kindergarten to higher education in Siem Reap city, Siem Reap province
On 07 March 2020, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has issued an announcement on its official Facebook page on the temporary suspension of public and private institutions starting from pre school until tertiary education in Siem Reap city, Siem Reap province. The suspension ...
Ministry of Education Youth and Sport
National Police arrests three over COVID-19 social media hoaxes
The National Police yesterday said it will strengthen its campaign to clamp down on individuals spreading fake news about the COVID-19 outbreak on social media. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700785/national-police-arrests-three-over-covid-19-social-media-hoaxes
Students get free e-education app
The Cambodian Union of Youth Federations (CUYF) has teamed up with E-school Cambodia to deliver free of charge online learning for grades 1 to 12 to keep learning on track amid Kingdom-wide school closures. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-get-free-e-education-app
State of emergency law is imminent
The government said today the state of emergency draft law will be forwarded directly to the National Assembly without the need of the Council of Ministers to approve amid COVID-19 outbreak. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708017/state-of-emergency-law-is-imminent/
CDC approves seven projects worth $174M
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on Wednesday approved seven investment projects worth $174.1 million and expected to generate 3,328 jobs, it said in a press release. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-approves-seven-projects-worth-174m
Green light for $161M Kandal brewery
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) last week approved a $160.6 million brewery in Chhak Chhoeu Neang commune’s Trapaing Veng village in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/green-light-161m-kandal-brewery
Constitutional Council input needed
While the Senate is expected to debate and approve the “State of Emergency” law next week, if it is approved by the National Assembly on Friday, the question remains on who can declare a state of emergency since King Norodom Sihamoni is still in China ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50711147/constitutional-council-input-needed/
National Assembly to approve draft law on state of emergency
A unanimous vote of approval for the proposed “State of Emergency” law is expected to be cast today during the plenary session of the National Assembly. The draft law comes amid the increasing cases of coronavirus infections in the Kingdom. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50711453/national-assembly-to-approve-draft-law-on-state-of-emergency/
Government ready to declare state of emergency after law is signed
The government will take no longer than 30 days to implement a state of emergency once the bill is signed into law. Soldiers are already on standby to ensure security and help citizens. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50709043/government-ready-to-declare-state-of-emergency-after-law-is-signed/
U.N concern over Cambodia law on the management of the nation during state of emergency
On 9 April, UN experts sent a communication expressing concerns over Cambodia’s draft law on the management of the nation during state of emergency. According to the independent experts, if adopted as is, the law may restrict the right to freedom of expression, right to ...
Special Rapporteur Cambodia