Another 17 hectares of Tamok Lake carved out for Gov’t agencies
The 17 hectares carved out of Tamok Lake were detailed in three separate sub-decrees published in the Royal Gazette. Ten hectares of land was given to the Health Ministry, four to the Civil Services Ministry and three to Phnom Penh Municipal Police. ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/another-17-hectares-of-tamok-lake-carved-out-for-govt-agencies-/5855797.html
Natural area selected as sustainable use park
The government has issued a sub-decree establishing the Tuolporn Taley Boeung Sne Multiple Use Area covering 3,557ha in one town and three districts of Prey Veng province. The sub-decree’s stated purpose is to ensure the preservation of the natural beauty, ecology, biodiversity, environment and culture while ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/natural-area-selected-sustainable-use-park
US to scale up cyber security ties with Cambodia
The US is keen on boosting cyber security ties with the Kingdom amid the world witnessing a new set of challenges with its fast transformation into the digital economy, US Ambassador to Cambodia Patrick Murphy said while addressing the Digital Economy Forum II held at ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348276/us-to-scale-up-cyber-security-ties-with-cambodia/
Education Ministry Gets Donation of IT Supplies
The European Union, Unicef and the Embassy of Sweden on Friday donated information technology (IT) supplies worth about $500,000 to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport to enhance communication and administrative work, officials said. A total of 96 district education offices, 24 provincial education offices ...
Sek Odom and Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/education-ministry-gets-donation-of-it-supplies-48231/
Hun Sen OKs Large Amount of State Land to be Privatized
Prime Minister Hun Sen has officially allowed the privatization of 2,580 square meters of state owned land. 646 square meters of the land are in Phnom Penh. The sub-decree means that the land is closer to being eligible for development and sale. ...
US Debt Woes Could Affect Cambodia, Conference Told
Cambodia is concerned that US debt could lead to rising import costs. US lawmakers are currently trying to pass a deficit-cut deal before Aug. 2 when the US reaches its own debt ceiling of $14.3 trillion. Without a deal the US would default on its ...
Efforts to save fish highlighted
National and international environmental experts concluded discussions on migratory fish management and preservation in Cambodia on Wednesday through a workshop facilitated by the US Agency of International Development (USAID) in Phnom Penh. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/efforts-save-fish-highlighted
US slams gov’t over recent political turmoil
A U.S. State Department official told the country’s Senate on Thursday that recent political events in Cambodia, including the beatings of lawmakers outside the National Assembly and the removal of opposition officials from their seats and positions in parliament, were a cause for “grave concern.” ...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-slams-govt-over-recent-political-turmoil-101119/
USAID grant to help agriculture sector
Cambodia’s agriculture sector will benefit from a grant of $35 million by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with some of the money also going towards public health and education. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23403/usaid-grant-to-help-agriculture-sector/
Drop in US exports seen as a wake-up call
The industry body for the nation’s garment and footwear manufacturers said new trade data showing a decline in Cambodian exports to the US during the first half of the year was a sign that the Kingdom was losing its competitive advantage, threatening the future of ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/drop-us-exports-seen-wake-call
Russia, Cambodia sign two MOUs to cooperate in nuclear energy
Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) and the National Council for Sustainable Development of the Kingdom of Cambodia today announced that they have signed two key MOUs. ...
Rosatom Asia Pte Ltd
http://www.eco-business.com/press-releases/russia-cambodia-sign-two-mous-to-cooperate-in-nuclear-energy/
Government plans one of world’s biggest airports in Kandal
The Cambodian government has approved plans to build one of the world’s largest airports in Kandal province, though key actors have yet to work out the details and one economist noted yesterday that the current proposal may be short-sighted. ...
Hor Kimsay and Brendan O’Byrne
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-plans-one-worlds-biggest-airports-kandal
Man Charged With Clearing State Forestland
The Kampong Thom Provincial Court yesterday charged a man with clearing state-owned forestland after he was arrested on Monday along with 13 other villagers, according to provincial prosecutor Ben Sarath. Heoun Sokha was arrested in Kraya commune’s Santuk district after he was found by police clearing ...
Indonesia to import 100,000 tons of rice from Cambodia
Indonesia will import 100,000 tons of rice from Cambodia next month, Trade Ministry director general for foreign trade Deddy Saleh has said. The importation is a follow up from a joint trade agreement signed in August this year. “For the first batch, we will import 100,000 tons ...
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/11/01/indonesia-import-100000-tons-rice-cambodia.html
Aspara International's China flights delayed
The launch of a new airline promising regular flights between Phnom Penh and China has been stalled, awaiting government approval. Apsara International Air – co-owned by Chinese and Cambodian investors – now plans to begin operations sometime in 2014 as talks between the airline and the ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/aspara-internationals-china-flights-delayed
For 2013, trade value to reach $16 billion
The value of Cambodia’s overall trade volume for 2013 is expected to reach $16 billion, according to the former Minister of Economy and Finance, Keat Chhon. The figure comes to a 14.4 per cent rise from last year. ...
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/2013-trade-value-reach-16-billion
Casino owner’s woes persist
The share price of Cambodian casino owner Entertainment Gaming Asia has fallen below the minimum requirement of the Nasdaq Stock Market, threatening the gaming company’s US listing, according to a statement posted on EGA’s website last week. EGA has been given 180 days – until October ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/casino-owner%E2%80%99s-woes-persist
Cambodia-U.S. trade up 11 pct in Q1
Bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and the United States had amounted to 845 million U.S. dollars in the first three months of 2014. The number saw a 11-percent rise from 758 million U.S. dollars over the same period last year, figures release by the U.S. Department ...
Shanghai Daily
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=216833
Imports of petroleum on the rise last quarter
Cambodia’s petrol bill topped $440 million at the end of the first quarter, up 11 per cent from $397 million during the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce. The data show Cambodia imported a total of 453,000 tonnes of petroleum ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/imports-petroleum-rise-last-quarter
Tally of goods linked to child labour grows
Four more goods made in Cambodia have been linked to exploitative child labour, adding to a mounting list of items the United States considers to be produced in violation of international rights laws. The mounting number of Cambodian goods found to use child labour runs ...
Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/tally-goods-linked-child-labour-grows