EdC to light up casino town
Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) has announced an $84.5 million project that will see the Vietnamese border town of Bavet connected to the Kingdom’s power grid. EdC representatives told media on January 15 that the Chinese government will in part fund the power grid expansion from Kandal ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/edc-light-casino-town
Siem Reap government promises to fix dispute
Siem Reap officials yesterday promised almost 100 protesters a resolution to a land dispute between villagers and a military unit. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-government-promises-fix-dispute
Police seize weapons from fugitive general’s homes
A day after the Appeal Court denied bail to the parents of fugitive defense ministry official Thong Sarath, municipal police and court officials Wednesday searched three residences belonging to the family and seized three AK-47 rifles at one of the homes. ...
Hay Pisey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-seize-weapons-from-fugitive-generals-homes-76515/
Cambodia unlikely to achieve 1-million-ton rice export by 2015: commerce minister
Cambodian Minister of Commerce Sun Chanthol said Friday that the country is unlikely to achieve its self-imposed target of exporting one million tons of milled rice by 2015 due to lack of milling capacity and funding. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2015-02/06/c_133976076.htm
Council of ministers calls for review of contract with Cintri
The government’s faith in Phnom Penh’s embattled trash-collection company appears to have finally been lost after the Council of Ministers announced in a letter on Tuesday that a shake-up was on the way as it considers rescinding Cintri’s exclusive right to manage the city’s garbage ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.opendevelopmentcambodia.net/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=news
Gov’t issues own dispute data
After heaping criticism on rights group Licadho for allegedly exaggerating the seriousness of Cambodia’s land rights crisis last month, the government has released its own annual report on land disputes. In a letter the following day, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/govt-issues-own-dispute-data
EDC plans power line linking lake provinces
Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) will spend $167 million to install a 350-km-long high-voltage transmission line connecting four provinces around the Tonle Sap lake, the state-owned utility announced in a press release Monday. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/edc-plans-power-line-linking-lake-provinces-79879/
30 pct of students passes high school exam in Cambodia
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that an estimated 30 percent of the 93,456 applicants passed their high school graduation exam early this month because the country took strict measures to enhance the quality of education sector. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140818/30-pct-students-passes-high-school-exam-cambodia
Cambodia, Laos achieve 86 percent of border demarcation
Cambodia and Laos have so far achieved 86 percent of joint border demarcation and the two neighbors vowed to fully complete it as soon as possible, a spokesman said Tuesday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140819/cambodia-laos-achieve-86-percent-border-demarcation
2 charged for trafficking Cambodians
A Cambodian court charged two men for trying to smuggle 23 people into Thailand to work, a report said Monday. ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/431147/2-charged-for-trafficking-cambodians
China to deliver 200 ambulances to Cambodia for health sector development
The Chinese government provided 200 sets of ambulances to the Cambodian Ministry of Health on Friday to contribute to the development of health sector. Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo signed to deliver the ambulances to Cambodian Minister of Health Mam Bunheng. ...
People's Daily Online News Staff
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/n/2014/0912/c90883-8782114.html
Statement of the Labour Advisory Committee
On 26 September 2014 at 3:00 p.m. the Labor Advisory Committee conducted 10th meeting of the 8th mandate at the office of Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training in order to discuss the minimum wage in 2014 for laborers in garment and textile sector and ...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
The clarifications from Ministry of Mines and Energy on the Stung Cheay Areng hydropower project
The conference is organized to clarify the exaggerated false information about Stung Cheay Areng hydropower project as well as the exaggerated information stating that the project causes serious damages to forestry resources, wildlife, fisheries, crocodiles and indigenous people customs, which is likely the hydropower project ...
Ministry of Mines and Energy
Protest leader accuses Education System linked to Politics
Though the Ministry of Education is reforming its system which resulted in only 40 percents of the high school students across the country passed the exam this year, president of Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association Mr. Rong Chhun said that Cambodia education system is linked ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/protest-leader-accuses-education-system-linked-to-politics-7593
Tourism Min joins hands with Cambodia to facilitate cross-border travels
The Thai Ministry of Tourism and Sports is set to form a joint working team with Cambodia in a bid to devise measures for promoting cross-border tourism. Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul disclosed that the ministry and related officials from Cambodia are preparing to ...
National News Bureau of Thailand News Staff
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNECO5711060010010
Cambodia, China launch conference on trade, investment promotion
Cambodia and southwestern China’s Chongqing city on Friday jointly organized a conference on trade and investment, aiming at further enhancing bilateral ties and cooperation, officials said. The half-day event was attended by some 20 Chinese company representatives from Chongqing city and around 80 Cambodian commerce officials ...
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/business/2014/11-15/142828.shtml
Sar Kheng forwards Sam Rainsy's request to Justice Ministry
Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng received a letter from Sam Rainsy who called for the release of Meach Sovannara, head of CNRP’s information and media department, and will send the letter to the Ministry of Justice, a senior official said Friday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/sar-kheng-forwards-sam-rainsys-request-to-justice-ministry-7663
New panel for teachers’ problems
Teachers will be able to file complaints to the government under a new commission led by Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron. The commission will include Naron as chairman, two undersecretaries of state as deputies and a number of other officials. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/new-panel-teachers%E2%80%99-problems
Amb. Al-Tuwaijri highlights importance of Cambodian Min. visit to Kuwait
Kuwait’s Ambassador to Cambodia Dhrar Al-Tuwaijri Thursday stressed the significance of upcoming visit of the Cambodian Minister of Commerce Sun Chanthol to Kuwait, slated for November 30. The visit reflects development of relationship between the two countries and mutual desire to promote trade and economic cooperation, ...
Kuwait News Agency Staff
http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2411065&language=en
Cambodia exports over 330,000 tons rice in 11 months
Cambodia exported 335,925 tons of rice in the first 11 months of 2014, up from 332,009 tons shipped in the same period last year, according to a report of Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export Formality on Tuesday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-exports-over-330000-tons-rice-in-11-months-7773