Hun Sen formally appointed as PM
King Norodom Sihamoni on Friday appointed Hun Sen as prime minister with the duty of organising a government for approval by the National Assembly. On his re-appointment, Mr Hun Sen pledged to do his best to serve the whole nation for another five-year term after ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50524420/hun-sen-formally-appointed-as-pm/
China eyes poverty reduction
China, which lifted a large number of its almost 1.5 billion citizens from economic hardship over the decades, has pledged to assist Cambodia to alleviate poverty among its people. The assurance was conveyed by Huang Xilian, the Chinese Ambassador to Asean during the two Asean-China-UNDP ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-eyes-poverty-reduction
Prime Road Alternative wins rights to 60MW solar farm
Prime Road Alternative Company Limited won construction rights to a 60MW solar farm project at an auction, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). An ADB press release released last week shows that the auction, which was conducted by Electricite du Cambodge (EdC), ended with ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prime-road-alternative-wins-rights-60mw-solar-farm
NEC kicks off e-voting registration test
The National Election Committee yesterday kicked off the 15-day trial of its new electronic voting registration system at 25 stations throughout the country.NEC spokesman Hang Puthea said that the registration test plans to enrol about 30,000 people, though those people will have to register again ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-kicks-e-voting-registration-test
Drug resistance triggers war to wipe out malaria in the Mekong region
No one knows exactly why resistance to malaria drugs always emerges first in this remote western province of Cambodia, nestled in the Cardamom Mountains. “The reasons are as much social as biological,” says malariologist Tom Peto, who is here in this dusty, unremarkable-looking town battling ...
Leslie Roberts
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/drug-resistance-triggers-war-wipe-out-malaria-mekong-region
EDC: 2017 electricity imports to fall
The EDC report stated that Cambodia’s purchase of electricity from overseas fell by about 25 percent in 2016 compared with the previous year. According to EDC’s projections, this year’s imports are expected to fall further by 20 percent compared to 2016 due to domestic production ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34965/edc--2017-electricity-imports-to-fall/
Commune elections 2017: CPP wins 70%
The Cambodian People’s Party won 70 percent of the country’s 1,646 commune councils at yesterday’s elections, according to unofficial results published by a government-aligned media outlet – a marked drop from the 97 percent it won in 2012 but one far smaller than the opposition ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-wins-70-communes-0
Dredging plans raise concerns in K Cham
Kampong Cham authorities met with concerned villagers on Friday over a proposed sand-dredging project that some fear could lead to the collapse of their riverbank. More than 220 families living on the riverbank in Tamieng village thumbprinted a petition delivered to provincial authorities requesting that ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dredging-plans-raise-concerns-k-cham
Cambodia wakes up to coffee
The Cambodian coffee industry has seen a rapid increase in market value over the last few years, rising from production of about 18 tonnes per year in 2009, to more than 2,370 tonnes last year, market insiders said. Local coffee sales increased to 30 tonnes in ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012071857470/Business/cambodia-wakes-up-to-coffee.html
UN ready to help end Cambodia’s political deadlock
UN envoy on Thursday said that the political compromise is the only way to end the political deadlock in Cambodia, asking political parties to return to negotiation table to normalize the situation. Speaking at a news conference, Surya Subedi, UN Special Rapporteur on situation of Human ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NDdhMjMyZTJiYjJ
Parliament to fire some staff to be more effective: Spokesman
The National Assembly will cut some jobs in this fifth legislature in order to enhance the quality of its officials, an official said Tuesday. “Some staff don’t work, but they receive pay by just only coming to provide thumbprints,” parliament’s spokesman Chheang Vun said in ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/parliament-to-fire-some-staff-to-be-more-effective:-spokesman-7638
China expands island construction in South China Sea: report
Newly released satellite images show a dramatic expansion in China’s construction of artificial islands on disputed South China Sea reefs, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The report said the expansion was “intensifying concerns about Beijing’s territorial ambitions.” ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/world/china-expands-island-construction-in-south-china-sea:-report-12345
Senate boss claims advisers
A royal decree released yesterday has assigned 38 paid advisers to deputy ruling party president Say Chhum to assist him in his new role as Senate president. The same document, signed by King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday, also served to disband the large team of advisers ...
Vong Sokheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senate-boss-claims-advisers
Returnees a concern: WHO
The World Health Organization has expressed its concern over an influx of migrant workers from Thailand, saying it might lead to cluster infection within the communities. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50711148/returnees-a-concern-who/
Germany provides $14.6m technical assistance grant to Cambodia
The government of Germany on Tuesday provided a $14.6 million grant aid to Cambodia to support various social development interventions in the nation. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732619/germany-provides-14-6m-technical-assistance-grant-to-cambodia/
Kingdom urges GMS countries to boost drug control actions
Gen. Meas Virith, Secretary General, National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) requested Greater Mekong Sub regional (GMS) countries to foster the implementation of drug control action plans. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728465/kingdom-urges-gms-countries-to-boost-drug-control-actions/
IPC: Over 16,000 C-19 samples tested since January in Kindgom
The Institute Pasteur du Cambodia has announced it has tested over 16,000 samples for coronavirus since January in Cambodia, of which 125 have been positive. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50730466/ipc-over-16000-c-19-samples-tested-since-january-in-kindgom/
National post company presses pause on international deliveries amid pandemic
State-owned Cambodia Post has announced its international delivery service will be temporarily suspended because of logistical issues caused by the virus. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50715183/national-post-company-presses-pause-on-international-deliveries-amid-pandemic/
More than 10,000 workers suspended
More than 10,000 workers at 18 factories in Svay Rieng province have been suspended because of Covid-19, said provincial deputy governor Ros Pharith. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-10000-workers-suspended
Agriculture improved to reduce migrants
In a bid to reduce the number of villagers from migrating to Thailand to seek jobs, Prey Veng provincial authorities said that locals should boost agricultural production. ...
Khann Chan Virak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743291/agriculture-improved-to-reduce-migrants/