Fixing minimum wages for workers and employees in textile, garment and footwear industy
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) would like to inform that the ministry has closely cooperated with International Labor Organization (ILO) aiming at strengthening the mechanisms as well as defining the criteria for determining minimum wage for workers and employees in the textile, ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
China's ZTE will build 4G LTE project in Cambodia
Chinese telecom device maker ZTE Corporation has won the bid for 4G LTE project construction from Southeast Asia Telecommunications Holdings Limited. at the same time, ZTE Senior Vice President Zhang Renjun and Southeast Asia Telecom Group Chairman Zuo Huazheng signed a memorandum and strategic cooperation agreement ...
China Tech News Staff
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2014/11/18/21136-chinas-zte-will-build-4g-lte-project-in-cambodia
Hun Sen blasts opposition ahead of Jan. 7 holiday
The Jan. 7 holiday marking the 1979 ouster of the Khmer Rouge is most often celebrated by supporters of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party. On Monday Prime Minister Hun Sen lashed out at the opposition, saying their lack of support for the day meant they ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-blasts-opposition-ahead-of-january-seven-holiday/2586202.html
Anti-trafficking fight expands
Cambodia, a common source, transit and destination country for human trafficking, yesterday launched a far-reaching plan to combat the exploitative practice. The 2014 to 2018 National Plan of Action (NPA), which was launched yesterday afternoon at the Interior Ministry, was devised by the National Committee for ...
Alice Cuddy and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anti-trafficking-fight-expands
Internet subscribers rose 30 pct last year
The number of internet subscribers in Cambodia increased significantly last year, reaching a total of 5.02 million by December 2014, up 30 per cent from the end of 2013. In 2014 there were 1.16 million new internet subscribers, joining the 3.86 million existing subscribers at the ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/internet-subscribers-rose-30-pct-last-year
Union leader says charges baseless
One of six union leaders charged and summonsed for questioning over a strike that ended in government forces shooting dead at least five people in January has sent a message to authorities to hurry up and get his hearing over with. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/union-leader-says-charges-baseless
Round two: Thousands sign up for final re-test
More than 68,000 grade 12 students have signed up for a second and final shot at the high stakes national exam next Monday, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport reported. That’s all of the students who failed – and most who failed to show ...
Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/round-two-thousands-sign-final-re-test
Poor fishing season in sight
Less flooding and illegal fishing activities have dampened estimates for the country’s upcoming fishing harvest, officials and industry representatives say. Due to less flooding, this year’s total catch is expected to equal or even fall short of last year’s total of 700,000 tonnes, Nao Thuok, director ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/poor-fishing-season-sight
Thai hospital inaugurated in Cambodia
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday inaugurated a Thai-funded hospital, which targets middle- and high-class patients. The 50-million-U.S. dollar Royal Phnom Penh Hospital is a tertiary care hospital managed by Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Company, Chairman of the Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Prasert Prasatthong ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=253219
Court to hears case of Meach Sovannara, other opposition activists late this month
Phnom Penh Municipal Court will hear case of Freedom Park protest on December 25. Chuong Chou Ngy, defense lawyer of CNRP’s senior official Meach Sovannara who was arrested last month for his role in the protest and put in detention at Prey Sar prison, said Saturday ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/court-to-hears-case-of-meach-sovannara-other-opposition-activists-late-this-month-7856
Ratanakkiri site of informal mining boom: official
Thousands of locals and migrant workers are engaged in illegal mining in Ratanakkiri province, a senior official with the Ministry of Mines and Energy said yesterday. Having returned on Tuesday from an official inspection tour of the province, Meng Saktheara, a secretary of state at the ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ratanakkiri-site-informal-mining-boom-official
New CSX tools aim to lure traders
Trading on Cambodia’s fledgling stock market will become easier after the bourse announced two new tools aimed at improving usability and access to the exchange platform. A January 14 statement released by the Cambodian Securities Exchange (CSX) said two new trading methods, “continuous trading” and “trading ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-csx-tools-aim-lure-traders
Weekly recap: Global rice quotes continue to lower amid thin buying demand
The Oryza White Rice Index (WRI), a weighted average of global white rice export quotes, ended the week at about $411 per ton, down about $4 ton from a week ago, down about $8 per ton from a month ago and down about $42 per ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/22277/weekly-recap-global-rice-quotes-continue-lower-amid-thin-buying-demand
River dolphin found dead by Laos border
A 200kg Irrawaddy dolphin was found dead at the border between Stung Treng province and Laos, bringing the dolphin death toll for 2015 to five, authorities said yesterday. Villagers in Koh La Ngor, in Preah Rom Kel commune, discovered the carcass on April 1, according to ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/river-dolphin-found-dead-laos-border
Russia, Cambodia sign anti-terror MoU
Russia and Cambodia signed an intergovernmental memorandum of understanding, where the countries agreed to jointly fight against terrorism, TASS reports. Kheng said his visit to Russia is a great opportunity to build ties. “We need to continue our political dialogue at the level of the ...
RBTH News Staff
http://bit.ly/1HpfAfp
Thousands sit for language test in hopes of working in South Korea
Thousands of people flocked to high schools across Phnom Penh over the weekend to sit for a Korean language test in the hopes of finding higher-paying work in South Korea, students said Sunday. According to a schedule released earlier this month by the Labor Ministry, which ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thousands-sit-for-language-test-in-hopes-of-working-in-south-korea-86764/
Sand exploitation threatens Mekong
Policymakers and experts gathered at Can Tho city on Friday to discuss and propose an inter-provincial policy for the sustainable management of sediment in the Mekong Delta region. About 126 companies currently have the licence to extract sand in the region, he said. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/sand-exploitation-threatens-mekong-8727
New day for old finance market
The formalisation of Cambodia’s derivatives sector will provide budding investors with more choices for their portfolio – although at a risk, insiders say.After years of deliberation, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) on July 2 passed a prakas, or regulation, which allows individuals ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-day-old-finance-market
Vietnam, Cambodia conduct joint field inspection on border incident
A Vietnam-Cambodia joint working group on Thursday made a field inspection in the area between border marker 202 and 203 at Binh Bac village, Binh Hoa Tay commune, Moc Hoa district in Vietnam’s Long An province where a violent incident caused by some Cambodian extremists ...
Thanh Nien News Staff
http://www.thanhniennews.com/politics/vietnam-cambodia-conduct-joint-field-inspection-on-border-incident-48083.html
Chhouk Bandith's victims see hope in Sok Bun arrest
Three factory workers shot more than three years ago by a town governor who remains at large have come to Phnom Penh to ask Prime Minister Hun Sen to take action in their case, given the recent success of the premier’s call to arrest a ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chhouk-bandiths-victims-see-hope-sok-bun-arrest