Ministry rejects report on loss of forest cover
The Ministry of Environment rejected a report from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime which claimed that Cambodia had lost more than 50,000ha of forest cover in Prey Lang Wildlife and Preah Rokar-Chheb Wildlife Sanctuaries over an 18-year period. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-rejects-report-loss-forest-cover
Minister discusses media's role with The Post
Newly minted Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra on September 13 emphasised the pivotal role that news outlets play as a bridge between the government and the people, during a courtesy call by the management of The Phnom Penh Post. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-discusses-medias-role-post
Battambang holds food fair to mark UNESCO status
To commemorate the province’s inclusion as the first in Cambodia under the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, the Battambang Provincial Administration organised a food fair to show off Khmer cuisine and desserts last Friday. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501416500/battambang-holds-food-fair-to-mark-unesco-status/
Srettha orders fast choice of Thai team to join Cambodia fire fights
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Tuesday announced that he had instructed the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry to speed up appointing officials to coordinate with Cambodia on a newly-established joint committee to fight trans-border fires. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501447532/srettha-orders-fast-choice-of-thai-team-to-join-cambodia-fire-fights/
Telecom law opens door for investment: official
The new Telecom Law recently approved by the Senate will open the sector for more investment as the government moves to ensure infrastructure for telecom services is provided nationwide by 2020, a senior official told a regional telecom forum yesterday. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18475/telecom-law-opens-door-for-investment--official/
Gov’t bans alcohol ads to reduce traffic deaths
Television and radio stations will be barred from broadcasting advertisements for alcohol during the primetime 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. slot beginning next month, as part of the government’s effort to reduce the number of fatalities resulting from drunk driving, officials at the Ministry of ...
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
Credit up 30 per cent in 2014
Both deposits and loans in Cambodia’s banking sector increased about 30 per cent last year, a rise that industry insiders say is a productivity boost for the Kingdom’s economy. By the end of December, deposits at all Cambodian banks reached $10 billion, a 32 per cent ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/credit-30-cent-2014
Cambodian farmers prosper by going organic
Depending on the season, organic vegetable farmer Sem Chantha could be growing spinach, cauliflower, lettuce or collard greens on her six-hectare plot of land in Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province. The Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC) supports Cambodian farmers with training and ...
Daniel De Carteret, Chan Muyhong
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodian-farmes-prosper-by-going-organic/2988764.html
Cambodian PM meets more Chinese companies in Beijing
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Manet yesterday held separate talks with leaders of four more Chinese companies, during his stay in Beijing, China for the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on Oct. 17-18. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378212/cambodian-pm-meets-more-chinese-companies-in-beijing/
Press release on the meeting between the Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Propaganda and Information Committee of the National Assembly and the Ministry of Information
On 25 January 2023, at the National Assembly building, the National Assembly Committee on Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Propaganda and Information with the Ministry of Information and colleagues organized a discussion meeting to understand “Media Affairs in Cambodia” in order to enhance the efficiency and ...
National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia
China hugely contributes to world economy, says Cambodian scholars
China has greatly contributed to the development of the world economy, even though it is still a developing country, scholars in Cambodia said Sunday. “China helped other Asian economies to recover from the Asian financial crisis in 1997, assisted the Eurozone to recover from the ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1O1mABr
China’s BRI contributes tremendously to Cambodia’s economic, social development
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has contributed tremendously and timely to Cambodia’s economic and social development, with achievements enjoyed by the government and people of the Southeast Asian country, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Aun Pornmoniroth has said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501372819/chinas-bri-contributes-tremendously-to-cambodias-economic-social-development/
Inflation fuels protest over petrol prices
More than 200 factory workers gathered at Freedom Park near Wat Phnom yesterday to urge the government to cut taxes on petrol, saying fuel prices were driving food prices beyond what they could afford. But the government is doing all it can to curb inflation ...
Grassroots Forum Issues Demands Ahead of Asean
The Asean Grassroots People’s Assembly (AGPA) agreed yesterday on a list of demands it intends to present to the Cambodian and regional governments. A crowd of more than 2,000 people-including garment factory workers, victims of evictions, and sex workers, as well as undercover police-gathered at Phnom ...
Stonewalling at Angkor complex’s temple
THIRTY workers involved in the restoration of the Angkor complex’s Ta Prohm temple were barred by their manager from entering the work site yesterday because of their unionism, labour representatives said. The stand-off followed the manager’s announcement that on February 1, he would dismiss the 30 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013012560975/National/stonewalling-at-temple.html
Destroyed houses spark debate in Kampot
A company owned by a board member of the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce has been accused of illegally destroying more than 80 houses in Kampot province’s Chhouk district, a claim vigorously denied by the firm and local authorities. Chan Pheng, a villager from Chi Bak village ...
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia develop trade, tourism
The seventh investment–trade–tourism promotion conference for the Cambodia–Laos–Vietnam development triangle took place in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on December 5. The event attracted the participation of representatives from over 400 domestic and foreign businesses. Vietnam is investing in 50 projects worth close to ...
A more personal B Kak dispute makes airwaves
In the past few years, the explosive events at Boeung Kak lake – including violent evictions and arrests – have gone largely unreported outside the Kingdom’s independent media outlets. Outspoken community representative Tep Vanny has been under attack from her fellow Boeung Kak residents, who ...
Obama speech sees mixed reaction on US momentum in Southeast Asia
US President Barack Obama’s Southeast Asia-only trip in 2012 marked a high point in the US prioritization of the region. But there has been a drop in the presence of high-level US diplomats since then, and in his recent State of the Union speech, Obama ...
Sophat Soeung
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/obama-speech-sees-mixed-reaction-on-us-momentum-southeast-asia-cambodia-khmer/1848293.html