Third expressway to connect Phnom Penh and Siem Reap
A third expressway connecting Phnom Penh and Siem Reap province is being mooted, with four companies expressing interest with the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation to carry out construction. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/third-expressway-to-connect-phnom-penh-and-siem-reap
Cambodian artefact-finding team turns search to museums in Asia
After campaigns to retrieve Cambodian artefacts mostly focused in the western hemisphere, the Cambodian delegation searching for the looted artefacts will be focusing on museums in Asia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501173625/cambodian-artefact-finding-team-turns-search-to-museums-in-asia/
200 families allege land loss for Angkor resettlement
More than 200 Siem Reap families say they are still owed compensation from the Apsara Authority for land being used to resettle displaced villagers from within the Angkor Archaeological Park. ...
Khut Sokun
https://vodenglish.news/200-families-allege-land-loss-for-angkor-resettlement/
Thai-Cambodian MoU on suppression of cyber scams approved
The cabinet on Tuesday approved a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to be signed between the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society of Thailand and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Cambodia on cooperation in the suppression of call centres and similar scam gangs, government ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501107583/thai-cambodian-mou-on-suppression-of-cyber-scams-approved/
23 families in Siem Reap accuse authorities of allocating more than 80 hectares of their farmland
Twenty-three families in Run Ta Ek commune, Siem Reap province have accused authorities of taking more than 80 hectares of their farmland to be subdivided ownership unfairly. ...
Indonesia’s Jokowi wants country to take part in Cambodia’s infrastructure projects
Indonesian President Joko Jokowi Widodo shared the country’s desire to be involved in infrastructure development projects in Cambodia as a form of commitment to expand economic ties between the two countries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501288541/indonesias-jokowi-wants-country-to-take-part-in-cambodias-infrastructure-projects/
UNDP’s Chief Technical Advisor for the Cambodia Climate Change Alliance programme describes how a remote Cambodian village became a beacon for sustainable energy solutions in the Mekong
On a visit to Koh Kantheay in Cambodia’s north, I hear residents talk about their expectations from the new solar micro-grid being installed in the village. ...
Cambodia and Hungary to boost health cooperation
The Government of Cambodia, through the Ministry of Health, and the Ambassador of Hungary, agreed to cooperate in improving the quality of the health sector and the well-being of the Cambodian people. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501440124/cambodia-and-hungary-to-boost-health-cooperation/
OVOP movement gathering strength in Cambodia
The Seventh National Day for the promotion of Khmer products will be celebrated today (April 9), under the theme ‘Sustainable Production and Supply to the Market – One Village, One Product Movement.’ ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501469672/ovop-movement-gathering-strength-in-cambodia/
MoC warns of strict legal action against promoting fake products
The Ministry of Commerce has issued a proclamation stating that strict legal action shall be initiated against those who promote to sell products, goods and services that contain false commercial descriptions. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501476979/cambodia-china-agree-to-formulate-joint-corridors/
$25,000 donation to promote clean water in Kampong Speu
More than 1,300 people and 250 students in Kampong Speu are set to benefit from a $25,000 donation to WaterAid Cambodia, which will be used to improve access to clean water. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/25000-donation-to-promote-clean-water-in-kampong-speu
Jubilation as Pair Acquitted of Union Leader’s Assassination
Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, the men wrongfully sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2004 murder of Free Trade Union (FTU) leader Chea Vichea, were exonerated Wednesday by the Supreme Court of the crime. Responding to the acquittal, Chea Vichea’s brother, Chea Mony, ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/jubilation-as-pair-acquitted-of-union-leaders-assassination-43396/
Mekong Dams Threaten Extinction of Giant Catfish
The elusive Mekong giant catfish, which the U.S.-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF) called “one of the world’s largest and rarest freshwater fish,” can reach up to three meters (10 feet) and weigh up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds). The Xayaburi dam would prove an “impassable barrier” ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/dams-06192013184629.html
PHNOM PENH CONDOMINIUM MARKET IS BOOSTED BY HIGH SALES RATES, PROMPTING FURTHER CONSTRUCTION
The condominium market in Phnom Penh is still very much within its early stage of development and thus is unlikely to flourish until there is a cultural shift towards owner occupants relocating to condominium developments within the city. This however will be heavily dependent on the ...
Cambodian Business Review Staff, P.18
http://www.cambisreview.com
US Ambassador Says Corruption Scares Off American Firms
U.S. Ambassador William Todd on Thursday said that despite his efforts to promote Cambodia as an attractive destination for business, major American companies are reluctant to invest here as they still perceive the country as indelibly corrupt. “I believe now is the time for big U.S. ...
Ben Woods and Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/us-ambassador-says-corruption-scares-off-american-firms-42799/
Investors Play Down Impact of Labor Strikes
Economists and analysts on Thursday shrugged off the opposition CNRP’s threat to stage nationwide labor strikes, arguing that while such a move could lower profits for companies in the short term, it would not significantly deter foreign investors. Mr. Rainsy, who mentioned the possibility of strikes ...
Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/investors-play-down-impact-of-labor-strikes-43694/
Predictions mixed for post-new year garment strike
Along Phnom Penh’s industry-heavy Veng Sreng Street on Wednesday, garment factories lay idle in observance of Khmer New Year. The dorms around them were empty, save for the few workers who could not afford the bus ticket home for the holiday, which ended Wednesday. Eight unions ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/predictions-mixed-for-post-new-year-garment-strike-56624/
Social Security Fund starts new insurance scheme
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) on Monday launched an initiative to provide health insurance to the nation’s workforce, a plan that the country’s largest employers’ associations said was premature. NSSF director Ouk Samvithya said that by the middle of this year, enterprises in the country ...
Aun Pheap and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/social-security-fund-starts-new-insurance-scheme-55375/
Vietnam's deep-water links spur Phnom Penh Port growth
Vietnam’s Cai Mep port has contributed to a growth in shipments from the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port this year, Cambodian officials say. The Vietnamese deep-water port, near Ho Chi Minh City, allows cargo to be transferred to ships travelling to more distant markets such as ...
Unions unite on draft law
7 unions working together have said that they refuse to support a union law that has been drafted as the government has ignored their recommendations. The potential legislation is said to be prohibitively restrictive and the unions have said they will boycott by organizing peaceful ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070850278/National-news/unions-unite-on-draft-law.html