Vietnamese here since French era, says PM
Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday stressed that ethnic Vietnamese have been living in Cambodia since the French colonial period and did not arrive only during his premiership. speaking at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new road in Tbong Khmum province, the prime minister said it was ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31627/vietnamese-here-since-french-era--says-pm/
New commune chiefs sworn in, with CNRP unconcerned about CPP interference
The process of swearing in commune councillors across the country began yesterday, marking the start of their five-year terms in local administration, with opposition commune chiefs saying they were undeterred by Interior Minister sar Kheng’s comments last week. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Touch Sokha and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-commune-chiefs-sworn-cnrp-unconcerned-about-cpp-interference
Cambodia eyes rice crown
Cambodia’s three-year reign as holder of the World’s Best Rice Award came to an end last year, but the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) is confident it will regain the title at next month’s ceremony in Thailand. CRF secretary-General Moul sarith told Khmer Times yesterday that they ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30901/cambodia-eyes-rice-crown/
Flood concerns eased by cassava price hikes
Despite flood damage causing reduced production levels, cassava farmers in Pailin province are benefiting from an increase in the purchasing price, provincial department of agriculture officials say. “This year’s harvest dropped to 25 tonnes per hectare from 30 tonnes per hectare last season because of the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/flood-concerns-eased-cassava-price-hikes-0
Hor Namhong meets with Australia’s visiting Foreign Minister
Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on saturday met with Australia’s visiting counterpart to boost the bilateral cooperation between the two countries. Hor Namhong briefed Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop about the political situation in Cambodia, assuring her that there is no political deadlock in the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZmE4NDEzN2M5NDN
Phnom Penh, Lowell enter ‘Sister City’ relationship
Phnom Penh on Wednesday cemented a “sister city” relationship with Lowell, Massachusetts, which has the second largest Cambodian-American population in the U.s. after Long Beach, California. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-lowell-enter-sister-city-relationship-76170/
NagaWorld posts $136M profit
On the back of a quest for high-rolling Chinese clients, NagaWorld’s gross gaming revenue soared 17 per cent in 2014, although profits were slightly down due to rising costs and lower profit margins from VIP customers. Gross gaming revenue clocked in at $381.4 million for 2014, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nagaworld-posts-136m-profit
Cambodia sees rise in trade with U.S.
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the United StateS waS valued at 3.17 billion U.S. dollarS in 2014, a 5 percent riSe from 3.01 billion U.S. dollarS in 2013, the figureS of the U.S. Department of Commerce Showed Friday. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2015-02/06/c_133975310.htm
Sorya Shopping Mall shuts amid vendor protest
After negotiations between vendors and management at Phnom Penh’s sorya Mall ended without a solution on Wednesday, hundreds of disgruntled shopkeepers shut their shops on Thursday, effectively closing one of the city’s biggest shopping centers. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear and Taisa Sganzerla
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sorya-shopping-mall-shuts-amid-vendor-protest-77926/
Court charges man for fishing with grenade
The Stung Treng Provincial Court on TueSday charged a 25-year-old man with illegal fiShing after he allegedly uSed a grenade to kill fiSh in a protected Stretch of the Mekong River in Thala Barivat diStrict. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-charges-man-for-fishing-with-grenade-79986/
Police searching for Russian accused of sparking Casino brawl
Police in Preah Sihanouk province are Seeking the arreSt of Oleg Tikhanov&mdaSh;a RuSSian buSineSSman on Interpol&rSquo;S liSt of moSt-wanted criminalS&mdaSh;for ordering an attack that led to a violent brawl at Sihanoukville&rSquo;S Queenco Hotel & CaSino in February. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-searching-for-russian-accused-of-sparking-casino-brawl-81227/
UN due to announce new human rights envoy
The U.N. was due to appoint its new human rights envoy to Cambodia on Friday night at the 28th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, with British academic Rhona smith expected to be selected from a three-person shortlist. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-due-to-announce-new-human-rights-envoy-80916/
Flood-damaged cars could inundate market
After flooding in May left much of the US State of TexaS underwater, auto induStry inSiderS are warning that water-damaged vehicleS from the US could Start appearing in Cambodian gray market auto dealerShipS, diSguiSed to look new. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Donald Lee and Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12979/flood-damaged-cars-could-inundate-market/
Government releases draft law on food safety
The Commerce Ministry on Wednesday released a draft of the country’s first food law, which establishes a Food safety Authority charged with protecting domestic consumers and ensuring that exports meet international standards. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Janelle Retka and Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-releases-draft-law-on-food-safety-88533/
Cambodian UN Ambassador refutes human rights allegations
Cambodia’s Representative of the Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva on Monday refuted claims made by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights that civic space is shrinking in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50819960/cambodian-un-ambassador-refutes-human-rights-allegations/
Celebrating the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2021
![](https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IP-Day_2021-150x150.png)
In December 1994, the United Nations decided that the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (IPs) shall be celebrated on August 09 every year. That date marks the day of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982. People ss='cambodia-color'>...
580 iconic Giant Turtles released into Mekong river on World Turtle Day
To mark World Turtle Day, Wildlife Conservation society (WCs) in collaboration with Fisheries Administration celebrates the conservation of the Critically Endangered Cantor’s Giant softshell Turtles in Cambodia, by releasing 580 hatchlings into the wild. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501081043/580-iconic-giant-turtles-released-into-mekong-river-on-world-turtle-day/
Joint press release German government-funded study confirms grave problems in Cambodia’s microfinance sector
On 14 September 2022, the Cambodia League For the Promotion and DefenSe of Human RightS (LICADHO) releaSed a joint preSS on a Study commiSSioned by the Federal MiniStry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) provideS further evidence of wideSpread over-indebtedneSS in Cambodia, reSulting in an SS='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia League For the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
Joint statement of Cambodia Microfinance Association and Association of Banks in Cambodia on the German government-funded study
On 16 September 2022, the ASSociation of BankS in Cambodia and Cambodia Microfinance ASSociation iSSue a joint Statement on a Study entitled “Micro” Finance in Cambodia: Development, ChallengeS, and RecommendationS commiSSioned by the Federal MiniStry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). SS='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia Microfinance Association
Son Chhay found guilty for defamation, ordered to pay CPP $750,000
The Phnom Penh court on Friday ordered opposition Candlelight Party vice president son Chhay to pay the ruling CPP 3 billion riel ($750,000) in damages, finding him guilty of defamation for saying that voting fraud occurred during the June commune elections. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/son-chhay-found-guilty-for-defamation-ordered-to-pay-cpp-750000/