Siem Reap’s Wat Bo Primary School seen as model in Kingdom
Wat Bo Primary School in Siem Reap town is considered a model school throughout the Kingdom and beyond, having made a name for itself for its well-mannered pupils, pleasant environment and attentive teachers. Located in Sala Kamroeuk commune’s Wat Bo village, this academic year the ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reaps-wat-bo-primary-school-seen-model-kingdom
Cambodia-US Trade Volume Reaches $3B in First Semester of 2019
Within the first seven month of 2019, Cambodia-US trade volume has reached over USD 3 billion, an increase of 29 percent compared to the same period in 2018, which was USD 2.3 billion. ...
Fresh News staff
http://en.freshnewsasia.com/index.php/en/localnews/15347-2019-09-18-04-42-45.html
Activist calls for Areng crocodile preservation in Koh Kong’s Areng area
Mother Nature Cambodia environmental activists will submit a proposal to the Ministry of Environment and Fauna & Flora International (FFI), requesting for releasing Areng crocodiles in the Areng area of Chumnap commune, Thma Bang district, Koh Kong province for preservation purpose. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activist-calls-areng-crocodile-preservation-koh-kongs-areng-area
Bank loan portfolios set to be at least 10% in local currency
Cambodian commercial banks are showing a stronger preference to provide riel loans to microfinance institutions (MFI) as they rush to increase the share of local currency in their loan portfolio to at least 10 per cent by the end of next year. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bank-loan-portfolios-set-be-least-10-local-currency
S’ville port reports revenue up 16% in Q2, profits drop
Cambodia Stock Exchange- (CSX-) listed Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) saw a 16.55 per cent year-on-year increase in revenue during the second quarter of this year, according to an unaudited report filed on the exchange. In the second quarter of this year, the port earned $20.42 ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sville-port-reports-revenue-16-q2-profits-drop
Chinese firm inks deal with SNTP on electricity supply in Preah Sihanouk
The China Machine-Building International Corporation (CMIC) – affiliated to Sinomach subsidiary CNEG – has signed a cooperation agreement with Cambodia’s SNTP Company on providing electricity in Preah Sihanouk province, according to a company press release. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firm-inks-deal-sntp-electricity-supply-preah-sihanouk
China says low sanitary standards in Cambodia a barrier to more trade
With the countries aiming to achieve $6 billion in bilateral trade by 2020, China on Tuesday said Cambodia’s low sanitary and phytosanitary standards stand in the way of achieving their mutual trade goals, particularly when it comes to agricultural goods. ...
Huge haul of smuggled ducks freed in Kampong Thom, three men questioned
Kampong Thom provincial police on Sunday questioned three men suspected of attempting to smuggle more than 1,000 lesser whistling ducks into Phnom Penh from the Cambodia-Thai border area, said provincial Forestry Administration head Bun Sothy. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/huge-haul-smuggled-ducks-freed-kampong-thom-three-men-questioned
Ministry holds drive to cut plastic bag use in Siem Reap province
The Environment Ministry on Saturday held a campaign in Siem Reap province as part of its ongoing drive to reduce the use of plastic bags in the Kingdom. Neth Pheaktra, spokesman for the ministry, yesterday said the drive focuses on reducing plastic bag use in the ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50628150/ministry-holds-drive-to-cut-plastic-bag-use-in-siem-reap-province/
Hun Sen gains Laos’ support in preventing Sam Rainsy return to Cambodia
In a meeting of prime ministers Wednesday, Cambodia’s Hun Sen appeared to eliminate neighboring Laos as a potential route by which self-exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy could return to Cambodia as he has pledged to do in November. ...
Eugene Whong
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/cambodia-laos-prime-minister-meeting-2019-09122019155659.html
Lack of future plans a concern for migrant workers in South Korea
While some Cambodian migrant workers in South Korea are happy to have relieved family debt burden at home, others are working in “not-good” conditions and without clear objectives. At around 6pm, 21 workers leave a reservoir construction site in the city of Gimpo, around 15km ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-post-depth/lack-future-plans-concern-migrant-workers-south-korea
Eating to extinction—urban appetite for bushmeat sparks wildlife crisis in Cambodia
From baby elephants to sun bears and pangolins, escalating demand for bushmeat in towns and cities is taking an increasingly heavy toll on some of Cambodia’s most endangered wildlife. ...
Tim Knight
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-extinctionurban-appetite-bushmeat-wildlife-crisis.html
Families stuck in Oddar Meanchey land row seek solution from PM, ministry
Fourteen families in Oddar Meanchey province’s O’Smach commune on Friday sent a letter to Chea Sophara, Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, asking him to intervene in their land dispute with military officials. The families accused border military commander Pok Sophal and three ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-stuck-oddar-meanchey-land-row-seek-solution-pm-ministry
Monitoring group blames rise in forest crimes on authorities turning blind eye
A prominent forest monitoring group on Monday urged the government to combat illegal logging and poaching in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, which it claimed had seen a drastic increase in forestry crimes during the first five months of this year. The Prey Lang Community ...
Koh Kong authorities order halt to filling-in of sanctuary’s canals
The Koh Kong provincial authority on Monday ordered the temporary halt to the filling-in of canals at the Tatai Wildlife Sanctuary in Khemarak Phoumin City’s Smach Meanchey commune while an environmental impact assessment is being conducted. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-authorities-order-halt-filling-sanctuarys-canals
Koh Kong’s first coal-fired plant up in the air: Ministry
The investors of a project to build the first coal-fired power plant in Koh Kong province are still looking for buyers, according to the Ministry of Mines and Energy. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50643517/koh-kongs-first-coal-fired-plant-up-in-the-air-ministry/
NGOs call for road safety to be included in nat’l examination
wo NGOs focused on Cambodian road safety have sent a letter to Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron on Wednesday requesting that road safety be included in students’ learning objectives ahead of the beginning of the new school year on Friday. In their letter, the ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-call-road-safety-be-included-natl-examination
Cambodia and other GMS countries to meet in Myanmar on infrastructure development
The Cambodia minister and other senior officials from the other countries Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) will gather this week for the 20th GMS Ministerial Conference to explore ways to boost infrastructure investment and development, said the press release of the ASIAN Development Bank. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-and-other-gms-countries-to-meet-in-myanmar-on-infrastructure-development-8933
Cambodia attracts $3.3 bln investment in 1st half of 2015
Cambodia attracted investment projects with a total capital of $3.3 billion in the first six months of this year, according to the figures of the Council for the Development of Cambodia on Friday. ...
Khmer Times News Staff
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15879/cambodia-attracts--3-3-bln-investment-in-1st-half-of-2015/
Montagnards elect to return to Vietnam, despite quest for asylum in Cambodia
Two dozen ethnic Montagnard Christians who fled Vietnam earlier this year to seek refuge in Cambodia from alleged persecution have volunteered to return home, frustrated with long waits and the dim prospects of being granted asylum, a police official and rights activist in northeastern Cambodia ...
Ratha Visal and Samean Yun
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/montagnards-elect-to-return-to-vietnam-despite-quest-for-asylum-in-cambodia-10072015142002.html