Ministry of Education eyes new departments
The Ministry of Education has proposed the creation of three new departments, including one for special education, a move applauded by NGOs yesterday, though some questioned whether enough funding would be available. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-education-eyes-new-departments
Royal Group gets exclusive steel deal from Posco
Yong Sheng Global Trading, a subsidiary within the Royal Group conglomerate, signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Posco SS-Vina, a Vietnamese-based steel company, for exclusive distribution rights of construction materials on Tuesday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/royal-group-gets-exclusive-steel-deal-posco
Health ministry warns of a spike in dengue
Health Ministry officials are warning that this year will see an increased rate of dengue fever across the country, as the cyclical virus has already shown higher than usual rates of infection, with Mondolkiri province seeing an acute spike in cases. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/health-ministry-warns-of-a-spike-in-dengue-114967/
Road 5 to be Asean road
National Road 5 which connects Phnom Penh to the border with Thailand at Banteay Meanchey will soon be expanded to strengthen Asean’s trade connectivity between Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday assistance from the Japanese government to improve National Road 5 will ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27532/road-5-to-be-asean-road/
Immigration department to introduce new visa for retirees
Immigration officials say they will introduce a new visa category for foreign retirees as soon as Monday—the latest push in a campaign to encourage more expatriates to settle in Cambodia. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/immigration-department-to-introduce-new-visa-for-retirees-115982/
South Korea promises military aid
South Korea pledged to strengthen bilateral cooperation with the Kingdom yesterday and also agreed to provide military equipment as they had in the past with the donation of three ships to the Cambodian navy. ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27972/south-korea-promises-military-aid/
Ta Mok bridge reopened
Authorities in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district reopened the Ta Mok bridge for traffic yesterday after water levels subsided, but some officials were still stationed at the bridge. The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology released a statement yesterday, saying the water in Ta Mok ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29768/ta-mok-bridge-reopened/
Loans trickle out to rice millers
Three weeks since Prime Minister Hun Sen approved $27 million in emergency loans to prop up the struggling rice sector, the state-owned bank charged with disbursing the funds said yesterday that it has only granted $1 million in loans, claiming that the number of eligible ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/loans-trickle-out-rice-millers
Fair aims to firm up trade with Vietnam
A five-day trade fair for Vietnamese products kicked off on Koh Pich in Phnom Penh yesterday, coming on the heels of recent government figures that show declines in bilateral trade and investment between Cambodia and Vietnam. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fair-aims-firm-trade-vietnam
Interior ministry names 22 new spokespeople, no contact details
The job of spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, long held by General Khieu Sopheak, has been split up and given to 22 different ministry officials, according to a statement released Friday, though contact details for the new point people have not been published. ...
Matt Blomberg and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/interior-ministry-names-22-new-spokespeople-no-contact-details-102165/
Ticket sales for Angkor Wat to go online
A new online ticketing system for the Kingdom’s biggest tourist draw, Angkor Wat, will be introduced to provide faster and convenient service to tourists, while increasing the transparency and clarity of ticket sales revenues. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ticket-sales-angkor-wat-go-online
Defense minister to visit Russia to strengthen military relationship
Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh will pay an official visit to Russia in May to strengthen military cooperation between the two countries. ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22270/defense-minister-to-visit-russia-to-strengthen-military-relationship/
Cluster-bomb seminar will aim to push for global ban
Cambodia is set to host a seminar by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in May to encourage other countries to sign a treaty banning the use of cluster bombs and brief military officials on international conventions and laws. ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22629/cluster-bomb-seminar-will-aim-to-push-for-global-ban/
Fuel prices to fall as price caps revealed
The government announced a set of price caps on retail petroleum products yesterday based on the application of its new fuel-pricing mechanism. Sor Chandara ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fuel-prices-fall-price-caps-revealed
Tractors prove steady sellers
Tractor sales continued to grow last year, driven by a shortage of labour in the agricultural sector and farmer cooperatives increasingly pooling their resources to buy farm equipment to serve their members. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tractors-prove-steady-sellers
UN rights envoy to visit in wake of ‘color revolution’ case
The U.N.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia will arrive for her second fact-finding mission today, following the U.N.’s censure of the government over the widely-criticized conviction of a political science student for calling for a “color revolution” on Facebook. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-rights-envoy-to-visit-in-wake-of-color-revolution-case-110152/
Thai-Cambodia border meeting focuses on security
A delegation of Cambodian officials will head to Thailand for three days this week for the 11th Cambodia-Thailand General Border Committee (GBC) meeting, which will focus on strengthening security and border development between both countries. ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22983/thai-cambodia-border-meeting-focuses-on-security/
Taxes on local alcohol and cigarettes increased
The government will increase the special tax on alcohol and cigarettes produced locally, with the implementation of the new tax to be effective from April 1, a move that has concerned producers. ...
Chea Vannak and Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23126/taxes-on-local-alcohol-and-cigarettes-increased/
Beat Richner appointed advisor to ministry of health
In a ceremony on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health appointed a new advisor – the Swiss Dr. Beat Richner, founder of the Kantha Bopha Hospital and Foundation. His hospitals have treated more than 15 million children since the first one opened in 1991 and Minister ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23412/beat-richner-appointed-advisor-to-ministry-of-health/
Singmeng looks for
Singapore-based SingMeng Telemedia yesterday announced a new suite of network and services to expand its coverage in the Kingdom, where it has invested $100 million. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23400/singmeng-looks-for-expansion/