Muslim woman, girl back from Malaysia
A day after opposition leader Sam Rainsy publicly took up their cause, a young Cham Muslim woman and girl were repatriated Tuesday after being trafficked into the Malaysian sex trade and were greeted by Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/muslim-woman-girl-back-from-malaysia-78619/
Partial victory at the ICJ
The International Court of Justice yesterday unanimously declared that its 1962 judgment awarding the Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia also gave the Kingdom sovereignty over the promontory that the temple sits on. But while the announcement was initially greeted as a resounding victory by some in ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/partial-victory-icj
Building back better with access to information
UNESCO and the Ministry of Information, and the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, the Department of Media and Communication at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, and civil society organisations, are commemorating the 2021 International Day of Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) in Cambodia, on ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50942865/building-back-better-with-access-to-information/
Garment, footwear, and travel goods exports valued at $9.3 billion
Cambodia exported garments, footwear and travel goods worth $9.35 billion in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 11 percent, according to a report from the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50692028/garment-footwear-and-travel-goods-exports-valued-at-9-3-billion
Cambodia’s international trade recorded at almost $32 billion in first eight months
The total trade volume between Cambodia and its partners around the world reached almost $32 billion in the first eight months of 2023, down 14.5 percent compared to the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359286/cambodias-international-trade-recorded-at-almost-32-billion-in-first-eight-months/
China brides rescued; alleged brokers busted
Anti-human trafficking police arrested a man and a woman at Phnom Penh International Airport on Tuesday night, as they attempted to send two Cambodian women to be sold as brides in China. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-brides-rescued-alleged-brokers-busted
PM signs health decree
As part of a long-planned project to overhaul the country’s social security system, Prime Minister Hun Sen signed into law yesterday a sub-decree effectively granting health insurance to hundreds of thousands of Cambodian workers. ...
Sen David and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-signs-health-decree
CCHR releases a report assessing adherence to fair trial rights at the Court of Appeal
Today, 23 June 2014, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights’ (CCHR) Trial Monitoring Project releases its first report assessing the adherence to fair trial rights at the Court of Appeal (the Report). This is the seventh report published by the Trial Monitoring Project, and the ...
Cambodian center for Human Rights (CCHR)
Judicial reform drafts to move forward in March
Three judicial reform draft laws will be submitted to the Council of Ministers last this month, justice officials said Wednesday. The draft laws deal with the functions of the courts and the conduct of judges and prosecutors, as well as an oversight body called the Supreme ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/judicial-reform-drafts-to-move-forward-in-march/1864692.html
Cambodia launches project to promote financial literacy at local level
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) have jointly launched the “Safe Finance in Community” project to promote financial literacy, rights and consumer protection in communities, a press statement said on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501246625/cambodia-launches-project-to-promote-financial-literacy-at-local-level/
NBC projects real economic growth at 7 pct this year
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said in its mid-year report the country’s real economic growth will average seven percent this year, with strong contribution from the agricultural, industrial and services sectors. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50511987/nbc-projects-real-economic-growth-at-7-pct-this-year/
Port cargo traffic at Sihanoukville sees 16% first quarter rise
In the first quarter of this year, cargo traffic through the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port rose 16 per cent year-on-year, according to Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol. Chanthol, speaking at the 133rd International Labour Day anniversary in Preah Sihanouk province on Wednesday, said ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/port-cargo-traffic-sihanoukville-sees-16-first-quarter-rise
Protests to come after several unionists fired
Workers at a Phnom Penh garment factory yesterday said they will strike to protest the firing of five union members, while a management official defended the dismissals. More than 2,000 employees at Por Sen Chey district’s Cambo Kotop Ltd will join the protest after the Collective ...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protests-come-after-several-unionists-fired
About 30 workers faint
About 30 workers at Ghin Yi factory fainted on Monday noon after learning that their colleague fainted at the factory in Chamkar Svay commune of Samaki Meanchey district of Kampong Chhnang province. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=ZWMxNDI0MDEzYjE
Export-Import expo at Koh Pich this week
The Ministry of Commerce will host the 7th Cambodian Export-Import and One Product One Province Exhibition at Diamond Island from December 15-18. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/Business/export-import-expo-at-koh-pich-this-week.html
Cambodian govt making efforts at minimum wage reform
The Government of Cambodia is making efforts at minimum wage reform, and it has set up a committee to study the minimum wage at garment manufacturing units as a way of continually working to increase it, Labour Minister Ith Sam Heng while unveiling the Ministry’s ...
Fibre2fashion News Desk - India
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=159685
Ministry of Environment signs MoU on digital technology
The Ministry of Environment, Siemens Digital Industries Software, Institute of Technology of Cambodia, Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology and Steaming Cambodia signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) yesterday at the Ministry of Environment. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501061780/ministry-of-environment-signs-mou-on-digital-technology/
Labor unions, associations not allowed to celebrate Labor Day at Freedom Park
Phnom Penh City Hall has refused labor unions and associations to celebrate 128th International Labor Day (May 1) at Freedom Park. The decision was made during a meeting on Thursday between representatives of labor unions, association and Phnom Penh City Hall officials. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YzFjZmRmZjg4ODE
The progress of the commune/sangkat and the direction of the work of the Kampong Thom Provincial Administration
On 18 January 2022, the Office Of the Council Of Ministers issued a press release on the progress Of the commune/sangkat and the direction Of the work Of the Kampong Thom Provincial Administration.The Royal Government Spokesperson Unit will hold a press conference on “The progress ...
Office of the Council of Ministers
Cambodia’s trade with US reaches US$1.39-B in 1-H, + 4.5%
Cambodia’s trade with US reaches US$1.39-B in 1-H, + 4.5% Bi-lateral trade volume between Cambodia and the United States had jumped to US$1.39-B in 1-H of this year, a 4.5% rise compared with US$1.33-B at the same period last year, according to the statistics of the ...
http://www.livetradingnews.com/cambodias-trade-with-us-reaches-us1-39-b-in-1-h-4-5-83222.htm