More Cambodians traveling abroad as tourists
The number of Cambodians traveling overseas as tourists increased to nearly 700,000 in the first half of the year, up 26 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Tourism. Experts in the industry welcomed this trend and pointed out ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28454/more-cambodians-traveling-abroad-as-tourists/
ID cards in kandal thought to be fake
A commission of experts will check nearly 50 new Cambodian national ID cards today amid suspicions the card holders do not hold Cambodian nationality after irregularities were found during voter registration in Kandal province earlier this month. Provincial police chief Eav Chamroeun said yesterday afternoon that ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29770/id-cards-in-kandal-thought-to-be-fake/
Cambodia rangers get S. African help
Sixty Cambodian wildlife park rangers will be trained by South African experts next year, funded by video streaming content revenue generated by a partnership between the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) International and the Canadian-based international English-language TV channel, Love Nature. WWF International will leverage scenes from ...
Peter Olszewski
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29629/cambodia-rangers-get--s--african-help/
Region agrees on new standards for rubber
Rubber industry experts and government officials from ASEAN member countries gathered in Siem Reap yesterday to agree on harmonised standards for rubber products that would facilitate cross-border trade. The Asean Consultative Committee for Standards and Quality (ACCSQ) Rubber-Based Product Working Group (RBPWG) agreed to 61 harmonised ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/region-agrees-new-standards-rubber
China okays Cambodia rice
Cambodian milled rice has passed quality and food hygiene tests for export to China. A delegation of Chinese experts inspected the quality and safety at 27 rice mills during a week-long visit, said Hean Vanhan, director-general of the agriculture department at the Agriculture Ministry. The result of ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32940/china-okays-cambodia-rice/
Tonle Sap illegal fishing increased, group says
Tonle Sap fishermen and fisheries experts said yesterday that illegal fishing on the lake had increased substantially since Prime Minister Hun Sen cancelled commercial fishing lots in March and urged authorities to crack down on violators. The prime minister suspended commercial lots across the country last ...
The week at CSX
The price of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) stock varied only slightly between June 14 to June 21-hovering between KHR 6,600 (US$1.62) and KHR 6,700 (US$1.64). The relative stability tells investors that the stock is approaching its fundamental price, which experts say is between KHR 4,050 (US$0.99) and KHR 6,350 (US$1.56). ...
Start-ups rely too much on self-funding
Cambodians tend to rely too heavily on self-funding or loans when starting businesses, experts say. In a bid to change that, an essay competition about business plans has been launched to give a platform for the winner to form business partnerships with those with capital. The ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013031561965/Business/start-ups-rely-too-much-on-self-funding.html
Gov’t unlikely to meet target to reduce road deaths
Without more efforts to punish traffic violators, the government is all but certain to miss its 2020 goal of cutting traffic deaths by 20 percent and drunk driving deaths by 50 percent, road safety experts said at a forum Tuesday. There were 1,910 deaths due to ...
Simon Henderson and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-unlikely-to-meet-target-to-reduce-road-deaths-56156/
Ruling party lawmakers begin debate on judicial reform laws
CPP lawmakers on Wednesday began debating the first of three judicial reform laws, ignoring an opposition boycott of the National Assembly and calls from outside legal experts for outside review of drafts they say are substandard. Critics say the draft laws will not improve the widely ...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ruling-party-lawmakers-begin-debate-on-judicial-reform-laws/1919419.html
Cambodia’s doors open to unvaccinated – despite fears
Cambodia has opened its doors to welcoming both vaccinated and unvaccinated tourists, amidst fears among health experts that unvaccinated people may spread the coronavirus. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50971320/cambodias-doors-open-to-unvaccinated-despite-fears-by-some/
Chinese investment in agricultural sector gives fillip to economy
Chinese investment in the Kingdom’s agricultural sector has boosted the national economy and created jobs for local people, said an expert from the Chinese Cambodian Evolution Researcher Association. ...
Nheng Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359851/chinese-investment-in-agricultural-sector-gives-fillip-to-economy/
RCEP can help Cambodia’s exports to grow upto 18%
Structural changes to be brought by Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) can raise Cambodia’s exports between 9.4 percent and 18 percent annually, according to experts. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501184698/rcep-can-help-cambodias-exports-to-grow-upto-18/
Stung Treng risks losing flooded forest on Mekong River
Experts say Cambodia faces the risk of losing its low-lying “flooded forest” along the Mekong River. They claim that Stung Treng province is the most gravely affected. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501224476/stung-treng-risks-losing-flooded-forest-on-mekong-river/
SSEZ boosts Kingdom’s growth
Transportation experts and economists are expressing optimism regarding the continued increase in the value of exports and imports within the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) for 2024. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-in-depth/ssez-boosts-kingdom-s-growth
China encouraged to invest more in Cambodia
Cambodia and China have agreed to enhance the China-Cambodia Free Trade Agreement’s implementation quality, with an expert suggesting the need to push harder for trade balance. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/china-encouraged-to-invest-more-in-cambodia
Investigation Into Man Shot Dead During Protest Yields Nothing
A week after one man was shot dead and several others injured during a standoff between the armed forces and protesters, an investigation into who was responsible is no closer to conclusion, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Sunday. Security experts last week said the armed ...
Kuch Naren and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/investigation-into-man-shot-dead-during-protest-yields-nothing-42911/
Rainsy Considers International Complaint Over Election Result
Opposition CNRP President Sam Rainsy on Friday expressed his intention to take his dissatisfaction with the outcome of the July national election, over which his party is boycotting its National Assembly seats, to an international stage. Speaking at the launch of a detailed election report by ...
Khy Sovuthy and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-considers-international-complaint-over-election-result-49327/
Observers call for the inclusion of civil servants in union law
Experts yesterday urged the Ministry of Labor to extend the latest draft of a forthcoming trade union law to include civil servants, who are currently shut out of the law in contravention of international conventions Rong Chhun, president of both the Cambodian Confederation of Unions and ...
UN concerned over political crackdown
UN human rights experts have expressed concern about what they call an escalating trend of silencing political opinion, saying the government has used criminal law to deny former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) members’ the rights to expression and to hold gatherings. However, senior government ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/un-concerned-over-political-crackdown