Cambodia: Rainsy returns as court keeps protesters in jail
Anguished cries from supporters and family members echoed outside the Appeals Court in Phnom Penh yesterday as they received the news bail had been denied. They had been hoping for the release of 21 people detained since a brutal government crackdown in early January. On ...
Daniel Quinlan
http://asiancorrespondent.com/119494/cambodia-rainsy-returns-as-court-keeps-protesters-in-jail/
KOICA hands over seven vehicles to education ministry
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) handed over this morning seven vehicles to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS), under the project for establishment of the incubation system between university and industry in Cambodia and home-grown school feeding programme. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501090865/koica-hands-over-seven-vehicles-to-education-ministry/
Rainsy eyes seat at UN rights review meeting
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy left for Europe yesterday evening to attend a UN Human Rights Council review on Cambodia in Geneva and to lobby European Union officials to take a stronger stance against the government, he said before departure. Rainsy plans on attending the Universal Periodic ...
Meas Sokchea and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-eyes-seat-un-rights-review-meeting
Higher education institutions instructed to enhance quality of doctoral training
The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport has observed a steady increase in the number of students pursuing PhD degrees and is taking steps to enhance the quality control of doctoral training. ...
Cambodia’s tourism growth to reach 20%
Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism is projecting sizeable growth for the industry this year, according to Director General Tith Chantha. ...
New travel app praised by tourism sector, ministry
The Kingdom’s software development sector is being seen as an increasingly important player in the country’s move to strengthen its tourism industry and provide visitors with the latest conveniences. Stephane Combre, a developer at To Do in Cambodia, said that the firm’s platform, launched in ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-travel-app-praised-tourism-sector-ministry
Certificate of origin issuance poised to be decentralised
The Ministry of Commerce has intensified its decentralisation policy and shifted its responsibility for issuing certificates of origin (COs) to provincial commerce departments, it said on Monday. To promote the Kingdom’s agricultural exports, the ministry announced a pilot launch from November 1 in three border ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/certificate-origin-issuance-poised-be-decentralised
Sam Al issues work plan to tackle Preah Sihanouk problems
Minister of Environment Say Sam Al laid out a work plan on Friday to address the issues of security, social order, construction management and the environment in Preah Sihanouk province. Sam Al said Preah Sihanouk, “an important economic pole in Cambodia”, is currently facing “complicated ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sam-al-issues-work-plan-tackle-preah-sihanouk-problems
Kingdom boasts less time to file trademark
While still relatively small, the number of trademark applications has grown in Cambodia and the country’s low volume means that the Kingdom boasts among the fastest times in Southeast Asia for registering a trademark, a government adviser told a business workshop yesterday. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-boasts-less-time-file-trademark
Storm batters Sihanoukville, Phnom Penh next
At least 60 containers at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port were knocked over on Tuesday morning, as coastal areas were battered with high winds, heavy rains and two-meter high waves. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15768/storm-batters-sihanoukville--phnom-penh-next/
Abuse fears holding up workers pact for Qatar
A major factor holding up an agreement to send Cambodian workers to Qatar is the Cambodian government’s refusal to send domestic workers to the country amid a “high risk” of sexual abuse, a Labour Ministry official said yesterday. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/abuse-fears-holding-workers-pact-qatar
Smoother path for agro exports
The ministry of Agriculture plans to establish five regional food safety inspection offices near the country’s borders to facilitate the flow of cross-border agricultural trade, reducing the time it takes Cambodian exporters to deliver shipments of agricultural products to foreign markets, a ministry official has ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/smoother-path-agro-exports
Exports up 20% in H1 on Europe purchases
Cambodian exports saw a nearly 20 per cent increase for the first half of the year, as garment shipments to the European Union led the way in making up for a decrease in exports to the United States, according to a new Ministry of Commerce ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-20-h1-europe-purchases
Health Ministry calls for end to on-duty carousing
The Ministry of Health has issued a warning to provincial bosses, telling them to guarantee that staff members are not drinking and gambling on the job because it can “affect” the provision of care and emergency services for patients. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-calls-end-duty-carousing
Firms required to re-register online
More than 50,000 companies registered with the Ministry of Commerce will be required to re-register when the ministry rolls out its online registration system next month, a government official said yesterday. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firms-required-re-register-online
Cambodian mangoes could soon roll to Seoul
The Ministry of Agriculture signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea yesterday to export Cambodian mangoes and expand its short list of export destinations, a ministry official said. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-mangoes-could-soon-roll-seoul
Ministry toughens teen labour ID requirements
The Ministry of Labour has announced new regulations for hiring workers between the ages of 15 and 18, toughening identification requirements in a sector plagued by the use of fraudulent documents.The prakas, active since November 20, requires young workers to show at least three different ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-toughens-teen-labour-id-requirements
Cambodia’s oil imports up 64 pct in 2015
Cambodia imported 2.55 million tons of petroleum in 2015, up 64 percent from 1.55 million tons in the year before, according to the data of the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Hellenic Shipping News Team
http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/cambodias-oil-imports-up-64-pct-in-2015/
Educational television program on environment produced by Ministry of Environment
The Ministry of Environment and Khmer Mekong Films production are working together to produce an educational television program called “Make it Beautiful” to promote public understanding on environment protection, natural resources management, biodiversity conservation, and living sustainability. This program will be showed on every Sunday ...
Ministry of Environment
Death toll on roads at more than 1,800 so far
More than 1,800 people have died on Cambodia’s roads so far this year, representing an almost 4 per cent increase in casualties compared to the same period in 2014. ...
Chhay Channyda and Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/death-toll-roads-more-1800-so-far