Poisonous produce
More than 200 people in Cambodia’s eastern Svay Rieng province were hospitalized after eating imported vegetables from Vietnam that were not properly washed or cooked, the French-based Pasteur Institute of Cambodia has confirmed after running tests. The case has highlighted an already acknowledged need for more domestic vegetable production and less dependency on imported produce. The ...
Cambodia Least Competitive in Region on Global Index
Cambodia is the one of the least competitive countries in the region, hampered by corruption, a poorly educated workforce and inefficient government, according to a recent study. The annual Global Competitive Index, conducted by the World Economic Forum, showed a large uptick in reported corruption for ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-least-competitive-in-region-on-global-index/1559776.html
Cambodian goods to be certified
The Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME) will begin promoting the Institute of Standards of Cambodia (ISC) certifications by the end of 2012 in an effort to educate people about certified goods, according to ministry officials. The program is in order to boost consumer confidence ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070657245/Business/cambodian-goods-to-be-certified.html
Silent killer taking toll
Villagers emerge from the shade of their homes and gingerly roll up their sleeves, turning their palms upwards to reveal skin braided with dark lesions, ulcers and decaying tissue. They point to houses up and down the street where people have died of symptoms like ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/silent-killer-taking-toll
Mechanics school on the way
A new auto-mechanics training school at the National Polytechnic Institute of Cambodia (NPI) that aims to train select Cambodian youth and support a shortage in the labour market officially commenced construction yesterday. In partnership with the Ministry of Labour, joint sponsors the Korean International Cooperation Agency ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mechanics-school-way
Legal experts: Cambodia judicial laws of 'Deep concern'
International legal experts are expressing deep concern over proposed changes to Cambodia’s legal system that critics say hand over too much power to the executive. At a meeting in Phnom Penh Tuesday, a group recommended the three judicial reform laws should be returned to parliament ...
Robert Carmichael
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/legal-experts-say-cambodia-judicial-laws-of-deep-concern/1958277.html
Capital shortage main obstacle for Cambodia in connectivity development: official
A lack of capital is the main obstacle for Cambodia to expedite connectivity development and the Southeast Asian country hopes that the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Silk Road Fund will fill the shortage, a spokesman said. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1HSN1UT
Institution-based sex crimes raise concerns
Institution-based sex crimes against children and the threat of online pedophiles are a “growing concern” in Cambodia, child protection organisation APLE said in its annual report yesterday. ...
Vong Sokheng and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/institution-based-sex-crimes-raise-concerns
Woori to buy Cambodian microfinance institution
Woori Bank has decided to acquire Cambodia’s microfinance institution Malis Finance for 5 billion won ($4.9 million) to accelerate its global expansion. The Financial Services Commission approved Woori Bank’s acquisition of Malis on Wednesday, according to bank officials. ...
Suk Gee-hyun
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140619000883
Garment sector training institute breaks ground
Employing some 700,000 Cambodians, the garment sector is the country’s largest private employer. But move above the factory floor and you will find mostly foreigners, from countries such as China, Singapore, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. ...
Peter Ford and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-sector-training-institute-breaks-ground-93371/
Smart, ministries offer scholarships
Smart Axiata in collaboration with the ministries of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS), and Posts and Telecommunication (MPTC), signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday to “develop future talents and digital corporate leaders”. As part of this, 20 scholarships will be offered to ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/smart-ministries-offer-scholarships
PM offers opposition ceasefire
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday responded to calls from acting opposition leader Kem Sokha for Cambodia’s “political family” to unite for the upcoming Pchum Ben festival, saying he would observe a “ceasefire” amid the escalating war of words between himself and the opposition. Speaking at a ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30119/pm-offers-opposition-ceasefire/
ICRC offers prisons help
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is willing to offer assistance in future prison building projects, and in the preparation of prison management policies that are in line with international standards, the National Police website said on Tuesday. According to the website, the ICRC ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30054/icrc-offers-prisons-help/
China offers cassava hope
Cambodia has marked its first Cassava Day with expectations of greater exports to China, one of the world’s big markets for the tuberous root. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36202/china-offers-cassava-hope/
Evictees to reject offer
Twenty-one families whose houses were demolished during an eviction on Tuesday said yesterday that they planned to refuse an offer of houses, land and cash from the tycoon who now possesses their land. Villagers, however, will continue to discuss the offer in another meeting scheduled ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030861830/National/evictees-to-reject-offer.html
French offer forensics 101
In the past two years, the French embassy in Phnom Penh has been drawn into at least two high-profile cases in which their nationals have died in suspicious circumstances in Cambodia. In an attempt to improve forensic investigations in the Kingdom, the French embassy announced ...
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/french-offer-forensics-101
Citizenship bribes offered: police
Four Vietnamese women claiming to be working for a Vietnamese company attempted to obtain residency papers reserved for Cambodian citizens by bribing authorities in Ratanakkiri’s Sre Angkrang commune last week, police and an NGO said yesterday. The news comes as the government continues a “foreigner census” ...
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/citizenship-bribes-offered-police
HPAI in Cambodia Affects Backyard Poultry
The Cambodian veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Battambang affecting backyard poultry. An immediate notification was sent to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) reporting that the causal agent has been identified as the HPAI virus, serotype H5N1. ...
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/29821/hpai-in-cambodia-affects-backyard-poultry
Birds culled following death
More than 600 chickens in two villages in Banteay Meanchey province have been culled following the death of a girl from bird flu three weeks ago. The four-year-old died on July 20, only 10 days after showing symptoms of the disease, according to a joint ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011080150763/National-news/birds-culled-following-death.html
Border provinces request more energy from Thailand
Thailand had been asked to supply more electricity to those Cambodian provinces close to the shared border, according to officials. Suy Sem, Cambodian minister of Industry, Mine and Energy, talked to reporters after a bilateral meeting with his counterpart, Thai Minister Arak Chonlatanon last week, a ...