Vietnamese tourists to Cambodia rank 1st
89,816 Vietnamese tourists visited Cambodia in first quarter of 2014, ranking first, according to the tourism minister on Thursday. Speaking at a workshop on Cambodian-Vietnamese Investment and Trade Promotion, Tourism Minister Thong Khon also said 133,485 Cambodian people visited Vietnam in the same period of 2014. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YzZjZWNiY2UyMzI
Gov’t to meet unions for salary talks
Union members of the Ministry of Labour’s Labour Advisory Committee (LAC) will meet on Monday for a garment industry wage discussion focusing on ideas raised at a workshop in April. The invitation from Labour Minister Ith Sam Heng was sent to the seven LAC unions on ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gov%E2%80%99t-meet-unions-salary-talks
Shelter standards launched
Following reports of abuse and poor conditions at the Kingdom’s shelters, the government yesterday launched official recommendations that seek to ensure better care is offered to victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation. ...
Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/shelter-standards-launched
Interpol, neighboring countries help arrest the Cambodian fugitive tycoon
Interpol and Cambodia’s neighboring countries have currently searched for fugitive tycoon Thong Sarath, who is believed to be the mastermind behind assassination of tycoon Ung Meng Cheu who was gunned down last month in Phnom Penh, Mak Chito, chief of central justice at Interior Ministry’s ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/interpol-neighboring-countries-help-arrest-the-cambodian-fugitive-tycoon-7879
Cambodia exports 387,100 tons of rice in 2014; up 2% from previous year
Cambodia has exported about 387,100 tons of rice in 2014, up about 2% from around 378,856 tons exported in 2013, according to local sources. About 62% of rice exports were destined to Europe, according to sources at the Ministry of Agriculture. ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/cambodia-exports-387100-tons-rice-2014-2-previous-year
Acid attacker among 22 released from prison
At the behest of Prime Minister Hun Sen, prisons across the country Sunday marked InternAtional Women’s Day by releasing a total of 22 female inmAtes who are either pregnant or had young children with them in jail, including a woman convicted of Attempted murder over ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acid-attacker-among-22-released-from-prison-79294/
Hopes low as Cambodia begins world cup quest
With thousands of fans expected to fill the stands at Phnom Penh’s Old Stadium Thursday afternoon to watch Cambodia kick off its improbable bid to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in a match against Macau, coach Lee Tae-hoon isn’t sure his side is ready. ...
Ouch Sony and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hopes-low-as-cambodia-begins-world-cup-quest-79540/
Husband of acid attack victim to file complaint against court
The husband of a woman attacked with acid at a market in Takeo province in November plans to file complaints Monday with the Supreme Council of the Magistracy and the Anti-Corruption Unit, claiming local court officials are to blame for a lack of action in ...
More China brides aided
Two more Cambodian women who were trafficked to China as brides are being assisted by officials at the Kingdom’s embassy in Beijing and will soon be repatriated, the government said yesterday. ...
Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/more-china-brides-aided
Borei Keila owner defiant after meeting lawmakers
Businesswoman Suy Sophan remained unrepentant after a closed-door meeting with lawmakers at the National Assembly on Thursday about her controversial Borei Keila property in central Phnom Penh, continuing to deny that she broke a contract to provide all evictees with new apartments. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/borei-keila-owner-defiant-after-meeting%E2%80%88lawmakers-70137/
Cambodia, China launch conference on trade, investment promotion
Cambodia and southwestern China’s Chongqing city on Friday jointly organized a conference on trade and investment, aiming at further enhancing bilateral ties and cooperation, officials said. The half-day event was attended by some 20 Chinese company representatives from Chongqing city and around 80 Cambodian commerce officials ...
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/business/2014/11-15/142828.shtml
Ministry hits back over Union law
The Ministry of Labor issued a statement Friday claiming that the controversial draft Trade Union Law is aimed at protecting the rights of workers, after unions announced they would write to the ministry, the National Assembly and the European Union next week calling for the ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-hits-back-over-union-law-84636/
Sweden’s “feminist foreign policy” stirs up Cambodia
In the last three months, three Cambodian ministers have visited Stockholm. Dozens of mid-career Cambodians travel yearly to Sweden for short term training programs. And Sweden doles out $25 million in foreign aid annually, earning this nation of 10 million people a seat at the ...
James Brooke
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12130/sweden---s----feminist-foreign-policy----stirs-up-cambodia/
Vietnam condemns Cambodia border clash as dozens injured over military expansion protests
Vietnamese officials Wednesday condemned protests held by Cambodians near the two countries’ borders that led to clashes between Vietnamese authorities and civilians, leaving more than a dozen people injured. The protests are the latest development underscoring growing tensions at the shared border. ...
Michelle FlorCruz
http://www.ibtimes.com/vietnam-condemns-cambodia-border-clash-dozens-injured-over-military-expansion-1991803
World Bank hears local officials’ woes for pending 3-year plan
High electricity prices, low wages, limited irrigation and modest rice and crop prices were among the top concerns raised by government officials at a workshop in Phnom Penh on Monday to help the World Bank decide how to spend its money on the country over ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-bank-hears-local-officials-woes-for-pending-3-year-plan-87426/
Students lag amid ‘lost hours’: report
Each year, more than a quarter of possible teaching hours are lost at the primary school level – the equivalent of 50.5 school days – due to teacher absences, missing class hours and the high number of school holidays, a report released yesterday found. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-lag-amid-lost-hours-report
Villagers accuse ELC of reneging on deal
Nearly 200 Kuoy villagers protested yesterday at the Forestry Administration Office in Preah Vihear province to demand a Malaysian-owned company return 1,100 hectares of land and a tractor confiscated by officials last month. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-accuse-elc-reneging-deal
KNLF denied bail again
Ten members of the Khmer National Liberation Front charged with treason for their role in handing out anti-Vietnamese propaganda last year were denied bail at the Supreme Court yesterday.Judge Khem Punn presided over the hearing, with prosecutor Nov Monychut also in attendance. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/knlf-denied-bail-again
New global development agenda lacks accountability, activists say
A new global plan for sustainable development was adopted at the United Nations in New York earlier this month, but questions are already being raised over whether goals intended to help raise people in countries like Cambodia out of poverty will be effective. ...
Investment projects worth millions greenlit by CDC
The Council for the Development of Cambodia has approved 15 investment projects in several provinces worth at least $530 million. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50701273/investment-projects-worth-millions-greenlit-by-cdc