Cambodian FM to visit US next week
Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Chair of 2012 ASEAN, will lead a Delegation to pay an official visit to the United States of America on June 12 During the visit, Hor Namhong will have a bilateral talk with the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2012-06/08/content_15486707.htm
Gov’t meets with landlords to discuss new electricity scheme
Less than a week after Prime Minister Hun Sen announced plans to reduce the price that migrant workers in Phnom Penh pay for electricity, the municipality hosted 12 public forums Monday to discuss a new payment scheme to be overseen by state operator Electricite du ...
Over $1B collected in tax revenue
The Cambodian government collected more than $1 billion in tax revenue in the first five months of the year, an increase of more than 12 percent compared to the same period last year, according to a monthly report from the General Department of Taxation (GDT) ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/over-1b-collected-tax-revenue
Swiss to aid Kantha Bopha Hospitals for three more years
The Swiss government will provide $12 million to the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospitals for three years more, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said on Sunday. He said Swiss Ambassador to Cambodia Ivo Siebber announced his government’s commitment on Thursday during a meeting with him at the ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50545335/swiss-to-aid-kantha-bopha-hospitals-for-three-more-years/
Japan provides grant for demining
CMAC director-general Heng Ratana told The Post on Sunday that Japan has offered $3,536,680 for mine clearance throughout the Kingdom and another $300,000 for CMAC operations in Battambang province, which also involves supporting mine victims for 12 months starting from January 1 to December 31. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-provides-grant-demining
Party chief’s special envoy welcomed in Cambodia
Quan, who is also head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, informed President of the ruling CPP and Prime Minister Hun Sen and CPP Honorary President and President of the National Assembly Heng Samrin about the outcomes of the CPV’s 12 th ...
Vietnam Net team
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/151654/party-chief-s-special-envoy-welcomed-in-cambodia.html
Preah Vihear temple restoration work delayed
Restoration of the most prominent and photographed gate at Preah Vihear temple has been delayed by the need for further study by the Indian team that has signed up for the work, the head of the Cambodian body that oversees the 12th century sanctuary said ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/preah-vihear-temple-restoration-work-delayed-110295/
Current assets in Cambodia's banking system rise to 25.6 bln USD by June
Current assets in Cambodia’s banking and financial institutions had risen to 25.6 billion U.S. dollars by June 2016, an increase of 21.3 percent in the last 12 months, according to the biannual report of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), or the central bank, on ...
XINHUA
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=332556
405 get an A in high school exams
The ministry of Education announced the results of the grade 12 high school exams on Saturday afternoon, noting that 405 of the 89,661 students who enrolled to take the exam received an A grade, a marked improvement on the previous year and a “surprise” for ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29612/405-get-an-a-in-high-school-exams/
Parties fail legality tests
An Interior Ministry report said yesterday that 45 political parties had registered with the government so far, but 12 did not fulfill the requirements stipulated by the ministry – which include submitting annual activity reports as well as financial documents – and were being sued ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35717/parties-fail-legality-tests/
‘Peace Museum’ opens
Defence Minister Tea Banh is slated today to presiDe over the official opening of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre’s new $700,000 “Peace Museum for Mine Action” at its Siem Reap regional headquarters, with Japan set to donate $12 million worth of Demining equipment, an official ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/peace-museum-opens
Chinese military experts conclude 2nd mine clearance course for Cambodian peacekeepers
Chinese military trainers on Wednesday successfully ended the 2nd mine clearance course for 52 Cambodian peacekeeping forces after a six-week intensive training. The course, instructed by a team of 12 Chinese military experts, had been conducted at the Institute for Peacekeeping Forces, Mine and Explosive Remnants ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/08/c_133029137.htm
New minister cleans up Cambodia’s education system
Cambodia’s Grade 12 students took their final test in August 2014. Only 26% of them passed. The new Minister of Education had ordered extra security around the testing places. Students taking the test in 2015 know they will have to study hard in order to ...
Robert Carmichael
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/cambodia-education-system-cleanup/2599977.html
New minister cleans up Cambodia’s education system
Cambodia’s Grade 12 students took their final test in August 2014. Only 26% of them passed. The new Minister of Education had ordered extra security around the testing places. Students taking the test in 2015 know they will have to study hard in order to ...
Robert Carmichael
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/cambodia-education-system-cleanup/2599977.html
City mulling midnight curfew for clubs, bars
At midnight in some parts of Phnom Penh, the party is just getting started.But on Monday, City Hall said it was considering ordering all businesses that serve alcohol to close their doors by 12 a.m. to reduce fatal traffic accidents caused by drunk drivers. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-mulling-midnight-curfew-for-clubs-bars-89119/
Minister says national exam costs are fair
With the Grade 12 national high school exam about two weeks away, a group of five NGOs sent a letter to the Ministry of Education on Monday asking the government to prevent guesthouses from hiking their prices for students who have to stay overnight in ...
Huot Chanpav and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-says-national-exam-costs-are-fair-91374/
Unique landfill in Kampong Chhnang province
A unique 12-hectare landfill surrounded by mountains and forest in Kampong Chhnang province is scheduled for completion by end of this year. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908822/unique-landfill-in-kampong-chhnang-province/
Kingdom hops on BRI digital taxation wagon
Cambodia is committed to harnessing digitalisation for better coordination in tax administration, as a jurisdiction that subscribes to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to a General Department of Taxation (GDT) press release issued on September 12. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-hops-bri-digital-taxation-wagon
Prolonged rains, floods in Cambodia continue hitting many localities
Prolonged heavy rains and floods from mid-September caused damage to 12 out of 25 cities and provinces in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501379991/prolonged-rains-floods-in-cambodia-continue-hitting-many-localities/
Loss of Forest in Cambodia Among Worst in the World
Cambodia lost more than 7 percent of its forest cover over the past 12 years—the fifth fastest rate in the world—according to a new study of global forest cover change that sharply contradicts the government’s own rosier figures. Published Friday in the journal Science and led ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/loss-of-forest-in-cambodia-among-worst-in-the-world-47259/