Cambodia's 2012 unemployment rate stands at 2.7 pct: survey
Unemployment rate in Cambodia stood at 2.7 percent in equivalent to 202,300 persons aged 15 or older in 2012, according to the first-ever Cambodia Labor Force Survey Report released on Thursday. Conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and the International Labor Organization (ILO), the survey ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/131128/cambodias-2012-unemployment-rate-stands-at-27-pct-survey
Press release: Cambodia, UK hopeful relationship will be further enhanced
On 12 January 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has posted a press release Cambodia, UK hopeful relationship will be further enhanced on their official website. His Excellency Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and H.E. Dominic ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Ministry plans ‘Waste Sorting’ campaign for 2025 clean-up goal
The Ministry of Environment is set to launch its third nationwide campaign to encourage proper “Waste Sorting” to make the environment cleaner. ...
Nop Sreymao
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501521396/ministry-plans-waste-sorting-campaign-for-2025-clean-up-goal/
Disaster agency stockpiling rice and seeds for flood prep
National Committee for Disaster Management spokesman Keo Vy said on Wednesday that the government had stockpiled 12,000 tonnes of rice and crop seeds to support Cambodians in rural areas facing natural disasters such as droughts and floods. Vy said natural disasters are notably caused by ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disaster-agency-stockpiling-rice-and-seeds-flood-prep
Twelve logs and three trucks found in Kampong Speu
Kampong Speu provincial authorities found 12 logs measuring a total of 40 cubic metres in a two-day operation over Tuesday and Wednesday in Oral district’s Sangke Satoap commune. Three trucks also found at the scene were impounded. Provincial governor Vey Samnang said two of the ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/twelve-logs-and-three-trucks-found-kampong-speu
Ministry calls for stricter controls to stop cassava virus
The Ministry of Agriculture is calling for stricter border controls after 12 provinces recently reported cases of the mosaic virus in cassava plantations, according to a ministry official. The cassava mosaic virus has been spreading around the country through the work of farmers but originates from ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50620241/ministry-calls-for-stricter-controls-to-stop-cassava-virus/
Government preparing to give villagers land
The Preah Sihanouk provincial department of land management is preparing to allocate 964.64 hectares of land to villagers in Kampong Seila district. According to a sub-decree dated March 12 and published in the Royal Gazette earlier this year, the government decided to designate 932 hectares ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50487735/government-preparing-to-give-villagers-land/
China, ASEAN eyes production capacity cooperation
Zhang Ping, owner of a northeast China power technology company, described his trip to the 12th China-ASEAN Expo in the southern city of Nanning as a success. Also attending the expo, representatives from Sihanoukville special economic zone in Cambodia are seeking investment from China and ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-09/19/c_134640721.htm
Thailand, Cambodia strengthen ties
Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to boost economic and business ties during an official visit to Thailand by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.The visit marks a major thawing in bilateral relations strained in recent years. The visit by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen was the ...
Ron Corben
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/thailand-cambodia-strengthening-ties/3110946.html
PM: More roads, bridges
Prime Minister Hun Sen has highlighted his government’s achievements in building new infrastructure as part of a message to commemorate Khmer New Year.He said 15,376 kilometers of national roads and bridges have been built over the past year, including 12,100km of asphalt roads. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37520/pm--more-roads--bridges/
Postal service revenue up
Operating revenue at the partly state-owned mail service, Cambodia Post (CP), rose more than 10 per cent last year compared to 2012, according to a senior government official. Ork Bora, CP’s general director, said that revenue reached $4.56 million, an increase of 12.54 per cent from ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/postal-service-revenue
Paddy rice farms curb losses from lost land
Cambodian paddy rice production fell only slightly during the first half of this year’s dry season, despite 12,000 hectares of usually productive land deemed unusable due to last year’s floods. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, dry season paddy rice production between december ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/paddy-rice-farms-curb-losses-lost-land
Floods claim two more
Flooding across 12 provinces has killed another two people, bringing the death toll to 29, an official said yesterday. The deaths occurred in Kampong Cham and Prey Veng provinces, according to Keo Vy, cabinet director at the National Committee for Disaster Management. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/floods-claim-two-more
Press statement of the Labour Advisory Committee
On 12 November 2014, the Labor Advisory Committee (LAC) convened to consider and discuss the proposals of minimum wage levels of 110 USD, 121 USD and 140 USD. In an attempt to bridge the gap between the two parties, the government side proposed a minimum ...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Nephew of Hun Sen is made one-star general
Prime Minister Hun Sen has promoted his wayward nephew Hun Chea to brigadier general in the National Police, despite a less than sterling reputation as an upholder of law and order. Chea was promoted to the role under a Royal decree published by the Council of ...
May Titthara
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/nephew-hun-sen-made-one-star-general
PV Gas dominates Cambodian market
PetroVietnam Gas Corporation (PV Gas) is the largest exporter in the Cambodian gas market, claiming more than half of the market share. In the 2010-13 period, Cambodia imported 6,000 to 8,000 metric tonnes of LPG per month. The amount rose to 10,000 to 12,000 metric ...
Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/266543/pv-gas-dominates-cambodian-market.html
U.S. and Korean Aid Agencies sign memorandum of understanding to support Cambodian education system
On August 12, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) signed a Memorandum of UnDerstanding at the U.S. Embassy to proviDe Information and Communications Technology (ICT) training to Cambodian schoolchildren in support of the Royal Government of ...
Embassy of the United States
Cambodia exports 233,859 tons of rice in january-august 2014; down about 1% from last year
Cambodia exported about 233,859 tons of rice in January-August 2014, down about 1.2% from about 236,728 tons rice exported in the same period last year, according to data from the Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export Formality (SOWS-REF). Cambodia exported about 379,856 tons rice in all ...
Oryza News Staff
http://www.oryza.com/news/rice-news/cambodia-exports-233859-tons-rice-january-august-2014-down-about-1-last-year
Joint statement on National Assembly president’s circular not following the framework of law and principles of effectiveness, transparency and democracy
Cambodian Civil Society Organizations have found that the Circular on the National Assembly (NA)’s commission working method, issued on 12 September 2014 by the President of National Assembly, does not adhere to the principles of democracy, transparency, effectiveness, the constitution and internal regulations of the National Assembly ...
Joint Organizations
Students knuckle down to prepare for cheating-free exam
Hean Chanthorn, 20, a grade 12 student from Chea Sim Santhor Mok High School in Phnom Penh, says he wakes at 4 a.m. every morning to revise. He heads to school at 6 a.m. and stays there until 7:30 in the evening. After dinner, Chanthorn ...
Leng Sreynich
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/students-knuckle-down-to-prepare-for-cheating-free-exam/2862364.html