S Reap fish paste production halts over weak demand
Villagers in Kampong Khlaing commune in Siem Reap province’s Sotr Nikum district have halted Kamlearnh fish paste production due to lagging demand, according to the industry’s representative body. Proum Hong, president of Kampong Khlaing Fish Paste Producers Association (KKFPPA), said the inflated price of the product, ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/s-reap-fish-paste-production-halts-over-weak-demand
Hot Breakfast Program Helps Students
Tuesday morning, not long after dawn, a line of students formed outside En Komar Primary School, in Kampong Thom province. Students were waiting to receive breakfast from their teachers. The breakfasts are part of a World Food Program initiative that aims to feed 3.5 million students ...
Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hot-breakfast-program-helps-students/1933562.html
Vietnamese funding curbs will not delay hospital development
Despite Vietnamese state-owned companies withdrawing funding from projects outside of their core business, the $20 million expansion of the Vietnamese-backed Cho Ray Phnom Penh Hospital remains on track, the hospital’s head said yesterday. In July 2012 the Vietnamese government requested that state-owned enterprises withdraw investment in ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnamese-funding-curbs-will-not-delay-hospital-development
Ministry vows to take some ELC land back
Amid promises reiterated by the government yesterday that it will take a tougher stance on economic land concessions, logging tycoon Try Pheap minimally reduced his sweeping natural resource empire, returning more than 20,000 hectares of undeveloped forestry. It was unclear what kind of arrangement prompted Pheap ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-vows-take-some-elc-land-back
Community mulling mining co’s proposal
Following talks with indigenous villagers over the weekend, which saw promises of jobs and English language lessons, there are high hopes that a foreign company looking to extract gold in Ratanakkiri will be awarded the first-ever mining licence in the province. Representatives of Mesco Gold met ...
Alice Cuddy and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/community-mulling-mining-cos-proposal
Activists sentenced
Nine Prey Lang forest activists received suspended one-year prison sentences at Kampong Thom Provincial Court yesterday and were ordered to pay $1,250 to a businesswoman whose hectare of cassava they were accused of uprooting, the defendants’ lawyer said. Yong Panith – who represents Mao Thea, 37; ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-sentenced
Kingdom receives $8 million for social development
The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Saturday reported Cambodia received approximately $8 million from the Mekong-Lanchang Cooperation’s special fund for 20 development projects. ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50694324/kingdom-receives-8-million-for-social-development
Cambodia, China conclude bilateral FTA negotiations
Negotiations on the establishment of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the People’s Republic of China were officially concluded on July 20, 2020, after half a year of negotiations. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747200/cambodia-china-conclude-bilateral-fta-negotiations/
Preah Sihanouk authorities issue eviction notices
Authorities in Preah Sihanouk’s Stung Hav district on Wednesday issued a week’s deadline for 20 families who illegally built huts on privately-owned land to remove the structures and move out. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50748169/preah-sihanouk-authorities-issue-eviction-notices/
White-winged ducks in peril but sighting inspires hope
Only about 20-30 endangered white-winged ducks (Asacornis scutulata) remain in the Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Cambodia. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/white-winged-ducks-peril-sighting-inspires-hope
A village in Kampong Cham locked down due to COVID-19 outbreak
Kampong Cham provincial governor Un Chanda has ordered a lockdown of a village in the province after several people tested positive for COVID-19 linked to the February 20 community event. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50832090/a-village-in-kampong-cham-locked-down-due-to-covid-19-outbreak/
Svay Rieng registers more than 300 COVID-19 patients
At least 314 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Svay Rieng province so far and tied to the February 20 community event, a health official said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50846055/svay-rieng-registers-more-than-300-covid-19-patients/
Cambodia added to list of ‘High Risk’ countries by Hong Kong
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) has announced that Cambodia is to be added to it’s ‘High Risk’ or ‘Group A’ list, effective from 0.00am on 20 August 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50917939/cambodia-added-to-list-of-high-risk-countries-by-hong-kong/
Senate approves draft laws on RCEP, bilateral FTA with China
The senate on September 20 unanimously passed (38-0) two draft laws authorising the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement and the bilateral Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA). ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/senate-approves-draft-laws-rcep-bilateral-fta-china
World-Bays Club delegates plant over 3,000 young mangrove trees
Some 130 delegates of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World (World-Bays Club) from more than 20 countries has planted more than 3,000 young mangrove trees to contribute to the sustainability of Cambodia’s coastal ecosystem. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501201508/world-bays-club-delegates-plant-over-3000-young-mangrove-trees/
Cambodia GFT exports at $6.27 billion in 7 months
Cambodia’s biggest export-earning segment of garments, footwear and travel (GFT) goods extended its lean patch into the seventh month of the year, as the exports recorded a decline of 20.44 percent in the January to July period of 2023. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501342930/cambodia-gft-exports-at-6-27-billion-in-7-months/
After release on bail, Candlelight Party commune chief remains in limbo
Nhem Sarom, the newly-elected Candlelight Party commune chief in Kampong Thom who was arrested Tuesday for a robbery allegedly carried out 20 years ago was released on bail Wednesday. Speaking to CamboJA a day after his release, Sarom called the arrest politically motivated. ...
Sorn Sarath and Kheang Sokmean
https://cambojanews.com/after-release-on-bail-candlelight-party-commune-chief-remains-in-limbo/
Cambodia’s exports to India record Q1’s fastest growth of 67%
Cambodia’s exports to India went up by 67 percent during the first quarter (Q1) of the year, the fastest growth among the top 20 countries that export from the Kingdom. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501275494/cambodias-exports-to-india-record-q1s-fastest-growth-of-67/
Cashew processing plants set to expand exports
Two internationally-backed cashew processing plants are slated to begin operating in Kampong Thom province, with a potential export manufacturing capacity of more than 20,000 tonnes per year. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cashew-processing-plants-set-to-expand-exports
Gold Mining Reporting Must Be More Open: NGOs
On Dec. 20, the Fair Finance Coalition, the NGO Forum on Cambodia (NGOF), and Oxfam in Cambodia issued studies on gold mining businesses at six locations in Preah Vihear, Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri provinces. ...
Lay Sopheavotey
https://cambodianess.com/article/gold-mining-reporting-must-be-more-open-ngos