New minimum wage figures tabled
The National Committee for Minimum Wage has noted three different wage figures proposed by unions, employers and the government, according to a unionist. The three sides have been meeting to discuss how much money garment factory workers will receive each month next year. The current minimum ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50644500/new-minimum-wage-figures-tabled/
CMAC unveils new demining project
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) on Friday incorporated more than 250 retired and disabled officers and staff into the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF). It also announced a 10-year (2016-2025) demining project that requires around $100 million in funds for the first five years. ...
HongTholly Sonit and Oung Dane
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-unveils-new-demining-project
Two new provinces being studied
The government is planning to create two new provinces carved out of the provinces of Kandal, Ratanakkiri and Mondulkiri, according to a letter Interior Minister Sar Kheng sent to Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50529535/two-new-provinces-being-studied/
New beach cleaning tractor delivered
Preah Sihanouk province took delivery of the first of two German-made beach cleaning tractors on Friday, while two street sweeping vehicles will arrive soon, Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Yun Min told The Post on Sunday. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-beach-cleaning-tractor-delivered
New partnership promotes vocational training
The Cambodia Garment Training Institute (CGTI) and the National Employment Agency (NEA) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding that will make vocational training more widely available in Cambodia and help build up the local labour force. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50509571/new-partnership-promotes-vocational-training/
Group worried over new provinces
Indigenous people in northeastern provinces yesterday raised concern over wildlife sanctuaries that could be affected by the government’s plan to set up new provinces carved out from Mondulkiri province’s Koh Nhek district and Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat district. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50529911/group-worried-over-new-provinces/
Old faces form new government
With the National Assembly giving a vote of confidence to form the new government yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen unveiled his new cabinet, which did not change except for the addition of a new ministerial post. ...
Taing Vida and Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50531459/old-faces-form-new-government/
Postal service delivers new partner
Kerry Express, a subsidiary of WorldBridge International (Cambodia), yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with state-owned Cambodia Post to expand delivery services in the Kingdom, executives and officials said after signing the MoU yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21220/postal-service-delivers-new-partner/
Maybank launches new mobile app
Maybank Cambodia launched its first mobile application, which features Augmented Reality and QR Code Reader, on Saturday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/maybank-launches-new-mobile-app
New checkpoints on Lao border
More border checkpoints will be opened between Cambodia and Laos after both countries agreed to increase bilateral trade yesterday. The decision came after a meeting in Phnom Penh between Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Lao counterpart Thongloung Sisoulith after a series of talks related ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26583/new-checkpoints-on-lao-border/
New law bypassing illicit cigarettes
The tobacco industry has urged the government to crack down on cigarette smuggling ahead of new laws mandating graphic health warnings, saying failure to do so gave smuggled products a competitive edge. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-law-bypassing-illicit-cigarettes
Royal turtles get new home
More than 200 critically endangered royal turtles will be moved to a new center in Koh Kong’s Mondol Seima district today with 13 Siamese crocodiles also being relocated. Eng Mengey, communications officer for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), said royal turtles were now facing threats to ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29655/royal-turtles-get-new-home/
New facility for young offenders
The Ministry of Social Affairs yesterday confirmed it would construct a new national facility to rehabilitate child offenders. The news follows a meeting last Thursday when spokesman Touch Channy told attendees that the new centre to detain juvenile offenders would be built following the recent adoption ...
Kong Meta and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-facility-young-offenders
New standards for recruitment agencies
The Ministry of Labour on Saturday issued a 12-point set of standards for recruitment agencies sending workers abroad, warning operators they have just over a month to comply. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-standards-recruitment-agencies
Kampot to get new port
Construction of a seaport in Kampot is set to begin this year two years after being approved thanks to an $18 million loan from the Asia Development Bank (ADB), according to officials. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21768/kampot-to-get-new-port/
New ethics rules for MDs
The minister of health on Monday warned doctors to abide by ethical standards and maintain proper medical records, saying that the ministry will take legal action against those that don’t, without explaining the consequences in detail. ...
Kong Meta and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-ethics-rules-mds
New regulations for life insurance
New regulations are to be bought in for the life insurance sector, which has grown from $60 million in 2014 to $80 million last year, according to a senior official from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22970/new-regulations-for-life-insurance/
New Cambodia-Japan business group
The Cambodia-Japan Association for Business and Investment (CJBI) was officially launched yesterday in order to bring the business groups between the two countries together. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23333/new-cambodia-japan-business-group/
New US Ambassador in Cambodia
William Heidt will soon become a new US Ambassador in Cambodia, following the departure of William Todd. Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan said the new US ambassador would strengthen the “good relations and cooperation” between the two countries. ...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/new-us-ambassador-in-cambodia/2966099.html
Cambodia lauds new silk road
Prime Minister Hun Sen has thrown his weight behind China’s ambitious multi-billion dollar plan to revive the Silk Road, the ancient trading route crossing three continents to link China with Europe. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16810/cambodia-lauds-new-silk-road/