Local tour guides get training boost
The Ministry of Tourism has been training and strengthening the capacity of tour guides in Preah Sihanouk province, with help from leaders of provincial coastal tourism departments and 80 participants from universities and institutions in the province. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080377/local-tour-guides-get-training-boost/
UNESCO says quality of education remains major concern for Cambodia
The quality of education is still a big concern for Cambodia and the country needs to set a more effective strategy to enhance teaching conditions and quality of education for all learners, Anne Lemaistre, UNESCO representative in Cambodia, said Thursday. “I would like to commend ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2014-03/06/c_133165742.htm
ILO Says Fire Safety Measures Lacking in Garment Sector
Cambodia’s garment industry is experiencing a worrying rise in fire safety violations as factories struggle to cope with a sharp increase in the number of orders they are receiving, the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC) said in a report on Thursday. The ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ilo-says-fire-safety-measures-lacking-in-garment-sector-18628/
Development pushes poor from land as Cambodia dams its rivers
“From my view, I don’t want to have it, but it is development, we can’t stop them,” says Srekor’s village chief, Leang Saroeurn. Cambodia’s impressive yearly GDP growth rates of 7 percent for the last decade have come, in part, through a ravenous consumption of the countries ...
Daniel Quinlan
http://asiancorrespondent.com/120212/development-drives-displacement-as-cambodia-dams-its-rivers/
IMF Report Cites Key Economic Reforms
Despite an economic forecast of 6.5 percent growth for Cambodia this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned in a report released Monday that the government must continue to develop infrastructure, increase public revenues and practice fiscal safeguarding in order to sustain growth in the ...
Cambodian PM invited to summit of heads of state and government of group of 77+China in Cuba next month
President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez has invited Kitti Tesaphibal Pundit Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, to participate in the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Group of 77+China in Havana, Cuba in mid-September. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501349040/cambodian-pm-invited-to-summit-of-heads-of-state-and-government-of-group-of-77china-in-cuba-next-month/
No shortcut across Thai-Cambodian minefield
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha made a minor misstep in the minefield of Thai-Cambodian relations on the eve of his official visit to our neighbour last week. Prior to his departure for Phnom Penh, Prayut proposed an idea for joint development of Preah Vihear, the ancient temple ...
The Nations News Staff
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/No-shortcut-across-Thai-Cambodian-minefield-30246882.html
Cambodian police arrest student for Facebook threat to blow up deputy PM
A Cambodian University student, who was arrested by provincial police in Siem Reap after he threatened to kill Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng on social media, has confessed to the plot to throw a grenade at the government official during the school’s graduation ceremony, the ...
Khe Sonorng and Samean Yun
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/cambodia-threat-09292015132421.html
Arrest over fake kidnap rumours
A teacher and opposition activist who made spurious claims on Facebook that two Vietnamese men had kidnapped children and cut out their kidneys and eyes is now facing up to two years in prison after he was arrested on Saturday and charged with spreading false ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/arrest-over-fake-kidnap-rumours
Illegal workers arrested, face Thai court
Thai authorities have arrested and are preparing to try 13 Cambodian migrant workers who were allegedly caught with fake stamps on their work papers as they tried to return home, Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong confirmed on Friday. The government also announced a plan to subsidize ...
Khy Sovuthy and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/illegal-workers-arrested-face-trial-in-thailand-62059/
Move to end domestic violence
A coalition of government ministries, the United Nations and international non-governmental organizations launched a new campaign yesterday to combat violence against women. ...
Srey Kumneth and James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17151/move-to-end-domestic-violence/
Hun Many’s youth group nominated for award
A youth group headed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s youngest son has been chosen as the local winner of the Asean People’s Award, which will be given to one recipient from each Asean nation at the regional bloc’s annual summit in Kuala Lumpur later this ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-manys-youth-group-nominated-for-award-99101/
Delegates ‘concerned’ about climate treaty
Cambodia’s government and civil society yesterday expressed worry over the lack of progress on finalising the draft text for an international climate change treaty set to be adopted at UN climate talks in Paris (COP 21) after the final round of negotiations concluded in Bonn, ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/delegates-concerned-about-climate-treaty
Vietnam gives Kingdom encryption lessons
The Vietnamese military has begun training Cambodia police in cryptography and encryption techniques as part of a national plan to protect “state secrets”.Em Sam An, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Interior, signed a new agreement between the ministry’s cryptography department and the ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnam-gives-kingdom-encryption-lessons
New media pass for journalists
The Information Ministry will use a new form of media pass for journalists working in Cambodia by the end of January in order to easily manage and collect data from journalists. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50100766/new-media-pass-journalists/
Road safety: Accidents ‘down over New Year’
The number of traffic accidents over Lunar New Year has decreased since last year due to more widespread knowledge of the upcoming traffic law, government officials and road safety experts say. ...
Mom Kunthear and Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/road-safety-accidents-down-over-new-year
Certificate of origin process moves online
The Ministry of Commerce launched its long-awaited online system to generate certificates of origin (COs) yesterday. The new system, developed in partnership with Singapore-based Crimson Logic, is expected to speed up and simplify the process of getting a CO, a document which identifies where a product ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/certificate-orgin-process-moves-online
Foreigners busted for expired visas
Authorities in Preah Sihanouk province yesterday said they arrested two foreign nationals for overstaying their visas, at least one of whose visa, they said, is two years out of date. ...
Chhay Channyda and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/foreigners-busted-expired-visas
Twenty-two accused of phone fraud
Twenty-two Chinese nationals were arrested on Saturday in Svay Rieng province on suspicion of operating a phone-based fraud ring, according to police. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/twenty-two-accused-phone-fraud
Pregnant test-taker may get 2nd shot
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs is spearheading calls for a pregnant woman rushed out of this year’s national exam after going into labour to be allowed to re-sit the test amid strict reforms, which include no second chances for those who “fail”.Twenty-five-year-old Pich Sam Ath ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pregnant-test-taker-may-get-2nd-shot