Growing Tourism – A Positive Sign: Asia and Pacific Continue as Travel Hot Spots
Asia and the Pacific continued as a hot spot for international tourism in 2012, attracting what is expected to be in excess of 350 million international visitor arrivals, expanding its collective inbound count by more than 5% and generating more than 18 million additional foreign visits, year-on-year. Within this ...
Asean declaration allows Cambodia to flout human rights, warn campaigners
Human rights groups in Cambodia fear a new south-east Asian declaration of human rights could conversely offer the government in Phnom Penh a figleaf to clamp down on dissent. Cambodia signed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) human rights declaration on Sunday, two days ...
Cambodian students win out on ASEAN stock markets
Despite the Cambodian Stock Exchange (CSX) getting off to a sluggish start over the past three years, local university stuDents are seemingly already on the way to becoming good stock-pickers. The winners, two stuDents from Zaman University who went by the team name of Dark ...
Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-students-win-out-asean-stock-markets
Japan extends Covid loan for Kingdom
Japan has extended its loan for Cambodia for $270 million to be used in Covid-19 response and economic revitalisation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said following the 12th virtual Mekong-Japan Summit on November 13. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-extends-covid-loan-kingdom
COVID won’t hold us back, ASEAN meeting agrees
Speaking at the virtually held ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies’ Meeting (AFCDM), Neav Chanthana, Deputy governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), said that members are committed to pushing economic growth in the region Despite the Coronavirus panDemic. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50832326/covid-wont-hold-us-back-asean-meeting-agrees/
Government preparing to discuss new draft investment law
The government is planning to discuss a new law to stimulate investment in the country. The Office of the Council of Ministers will hold a virtual meeting on Friday to review the draft law, following the approval of Mr Hun Sen. The prime minister will ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50888821/government-preparing-to-discuss-new-draft-investment-law/
Visitors vanish from Asia’s most visited site, Angkor Wat
As dawn breaks, the unmistakable tapered towers of Angkor Wat emerge from the gloom – but for once there are no tourists jostling on its steps to capture Cambodia’s most famous sunrise. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700155/visitors-vanish-from-asias-most-visited-site-angkor-wat
Vets living on SLC say site lacks clean water
About 30 veterans living in Aphivat Thmey village in Stung Treng’s Samaki commune – on land granted to them as a social land concession (SLC) last year – are pushing authorities to deliver a basic necessity the site lacks: clean water. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vets-living-slc-say-site-lacks-clean-water
Hun Sen promises modern satellite city at Angkor evictions relocation site
Prime Minister Hun Sen handed out gifts and promised metal sheeting as building materials to families who have agreed to vacate their homes that fall within Siem Reap’s Angkor park, saying the relocation site in Run Ta Ek commune will be turned into a modern ...
Phin Rathana
https://vodenglish.news/hun-sen-promises-modern-satellite-city-at-angkor-evictions-relocation-site/
Abused Workers Back Home
A maid who fled her employer after an attempted rape and was then thrown in a detention centre just two days after she gave birth was one of 26 distressed men and women who make up the latest repatriated abuse victims from Malaysia. detained for ...
Sen David and David Boyle, P. 1
Groups tell ILO to retract ‘right to strike’ claim
An employers and businesses federation that took out paid newspaper advertisements claiming Cambodia’s workers have no fundamental right to strike has hit back at the International Labour Organization (ILO), asking it to retract comments it made in response to the ads. Last week, the Cambodian Federation ...
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/groups-tell-ilo-retract-%E2%80%98right-strike%E2%80%99-claim
Olympic-size walkway
Construction crews will break ground this weekend on a new walkway overpass alongside Olympic Stadium as part of the Olympia City development project. The Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC) and a municipal crew will begin work on the walkway, which will be at a five-way ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/olympic-size-walkway
France grants $50 million in aid and loans to Cambodia
The French government has provided $50.9 million as grant aid and loans to Cambodia for clean water and hygiene in the provinces and to enhance capacity in the education sector.According to a statement from the Finance and Economy Ministry on Wednesday, the French government granted ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50104242/france-grants-50-million-in-aid-and-loans-to-cambodia/
French government injects $74 million loan to support social and economic development projects in Cambodia
French government through French development agency will give $74million loan to Cambodia to support social and economic development in the kingdom, according to a senior official said today. Director General of French Agency for development (Agence Française de Développement -AFD) Mr Dov Zera will travel to ...
Pandemic brings real estate activity to near nil
The value of Cambodian real estate has not shown signs of decline in recent weeks, despite the Covid-19 pandemic bringing market activity to a virtual standstill, industry insiders said on Wednesday. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/pandemic-brings-real-estate-activity-near-nil
New centre to boost digital learning in the Kingdom
The Ministry of Education yesterday opened a centre for digital and distance learning at the capital’s Preah Sisowath High School. The construction of the centre, which will serve as a studio for producing educational videos and a venue for digital forums, seeks to advance virtual ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736895/new-centre-to-boost-digital-learning-in-the-kingdom/
Japan extends Covid loan for Kingdom
Japan has extended its loan for Cambodia for $270 million to be used in Covid-19 response and economic revitalisation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said following the 12th virtual Mekong-Japan Summit on November 13. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-extends-covid-loan-kingdom
Malaysian FM chairs coordination virtual meeting with Ambassador in Cambodia, other nations, to deal with job scam syndicates
Malaysian Foreign minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah on Tuesday chaired a coordination meeting with government agencies to refine, frame, monitor and implement action concerning job scam syndicate cases involving Malaysian citizens abroad. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501160065/malaysian-fm-chairs-coordination-virtual-meeting-with-ambassador-in-cambodia-other-nations-to-deal-with-job-scam-syndicates/
Cambodia to propose five natural areas as UNESCO World Heritage sites
Preparations by the Ministry of Environment and relevant ministries are underway for the submission of a list containing five natural sites in Cambodia, which are targeted to make UNESCO’s World Heritage List. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50699625/cambodia-to-propose-five-natural-areas-as-unesco-world-heritage-sites
More Covid-19 treatment sites set up as cases soar
Hun Manet, deputy commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, has been leading a working group to set up another Covid-19 treatment site for minor cases. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-covid-19-treatment-sites-set-cases-soar