Education ministry wants bachelor’s degrees for all teachers
The Education Ministry will organize a training course and study programs that will give all of the country’s teachers access to bachelor’s degree programs by 2020, officials said yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17961/education-ministry-wants-bachelor---s-degrees-for-all-teachers/
Businessmen Charged Over Mining Deal Fraud
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has charged the Cambodian chairman of a local conglomerate and a Chinese business associate with fraud and using forged public documents, officials said Wednesday. Al Romny, 41, and Chinese national Chin Mongxin, 45, were arrested Saturday after an unknown complainant said ...
Eang Mengleng and Simon Lewis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/businessmen-charged-over-mining-deal-fraud-41261/
Cambodia seeks partners for planned Mondulkiri airport
Cambodia is looking for partners for the development of a planned airport in Mondulkiri province south of Sen Monorom town after PowerChina International Group Ltd (PIG) withdrew during the Covid-19 crisis and subsequent negotiations with other foreign companies fell through, according to a senior civil ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-seeks-partners-planned-mondulkiri-airport
Cambodia’s garment exports grow 17.5% in Jan-March’13
The exports of garments and textiles from Cambodia have grown by 17.5 percent year-on-year to reach US$ 1.34 billion during the first three months of the current year, data released by the Ministry of Commerce shows. Last year, Cambodia exported apparels worth US$ 4.61 billion, ...
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=146951
EU aids Cambodia in combating illicit trafficking, use of nuclear, radiological materials
The European Union (EU) signs Wednesday to provide Cambodia with equipment to detect illicit trafficking and criminal use of nuclear and radiological materials. The agreement was inked between EU Ambassador to Cambodia Jean Francois Cautain and Om Yentieng, vice-chairman of the Secretariat of National Counter-Terrorism Committee. Under the deal, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-11/06/c_132863880.htm
Hun Sen demands bus lines
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday used the inauguration of the Stung Meanchey overpass to call for the speedy formation of a government bus authority, as the capital eyes two new planned routes and 18 by 2020. During his speech at the site of the approximately $19 ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-demands-bus-lines
Vietnamese still Cambodia’s strongest market
Cambodia’s tourism arrivals jumped more than 24 percent during the first ten months 2012, with more than 2.86 million international visitors. A tourism ministry update reported Vietnam as the country’s number one largest source of foreign visitors, with 638,560 tourists followed by South Korea and China, ...
http://www.etravelblackboardasia.com/article/88009/vietnamese-still-cambodias-strongest-market
Sea Clashes Loom Over Southeast Asia Summit
Tiny Cambodia is emerging as a key pawn in the diplomatic struggle over one of the world’s busiest stretches of water: the potentially energy-rich South China Sea. The country of 15 million people is this year hosting a series of regional summits in which China’s claims ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304177104577308972320988892.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Ambassador Reiterates S China Sea Stance
Chinese Ambassador Pan Guangxue yesterday said that China opposes the contentious issue of the South China Sea being discussed by countries that are not directly involved in the regional maritime dispute. Speaking at a news conference at the Chinese Embassy to discuss Chinese President Hu Jintao’s ...
Health exam committee targets fake certificates
Cambodia’s national examination committee is set to crack down on applicants using fake high school certificates for health sector degree exams. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-exam-committee-targets-fake-certificates
Critics: Cambodia's new Korea envoy has ‘no experience’
A direct phone call from Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen alerted Phnom Penh city hall deputy Long Dimanche to his new role as the country’s envoy to South Korea. ...
Pin Silvan
http://www.voanews.com/content/critics-cambodia-new-korea-envoy-has-no-experience/3294172.html
Chinese navy hails Cambodian support
A deputy commander in the Chinese navy has praised Cambodia for supporting Beijing’s negotiations on issues in the South China Sea and the One-China stance on world affairs. ...
Khmer Times
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084271/chinese-navy-hails-cambodian-support/
Sar Kheng leaves for Australia
Interior Minister Sar Kheng left for Australia on Tuesday amid ongoing efforts by the two countries to convince refugees Australia is currently holding on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru to resettle in Cambodia. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sar-kheng-leaves-for-australia-80653/
Airline will offer more China trips
Cambodia Angkor Air plans to launch chartered flights between Siem Reap and the southeastern coastal Chinese city of Xiamen next month. The national flag carrier plans to take off for China for the first time on July 11, CAA Chairman Tek Reth Samrach said yesterday, the ...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062566453/Business/airline-will-offer-more-china-trips.html
S. Korea's vice defense minister visits Cambodia, Laos this week
South Korea’s vice defense minister will visit Cambodia and Laos this week in the country’s widening efforts to win over countries close to North Korea as Pyongyang shows little sign of letting up on its military provocations. ...
Yonhap
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160627000628
Medical students, Gov’t tussle over new exam
About half of the University of Health Science’s class of 2014 risks not graduating this year, having refused to register for a new compulsory final exam. A 2007 sub-decree states that a national-level examination for medical students would be implemented from that academic year onwards. But ...
Sinary Sany
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/medical-students-govt-tussle-over-new-exam-56780/
Council of Ministers to update law on archives
Vongsey Vissoth, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the office of the Council of Ministers and Chairman of National Archives of Cambodia has instructed the council working group to update the archives law to match the current situation in Cambodia, especially with respect to ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501538183/council-of-ministers-to-update-law-on-archives/
July’s Failure Looms as Cambodia Prepares for Major Regional Summits
As Cambodia prepares to host a series of top-level meetings in Phnom Penh next week, questions remain over how it will approach major issues such as the South China Sea. Analysts now say next week’s meeting will be a test of whether Cambodia will continue ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/july-failure-loos-over-asean-summit/1545084.html
K-pop a boon for cosmetics shops
Kim Hyun-joong is looking at you. From a poster outside of a hair salon, from a shop window, in a TV commercial or on local social media sites, the South Korean singer and actor decorates various advertisements in Phnom Penh. But it isn’t just about his ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062766507/Business/k-pop-a-boon-for-cosmetics-shops.html