Fisheries exports struggling to remain afloat, need gov’t push
Cambodia exported 1,372 tonnes of fisheries products to the international market in the first half of this year, sinking around 80 per cent from 8,710 tonnes in the same period last year, a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report said. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fisheries-exports-struggling-remain-afloat-need-govt-push
S Korea assists to build Digital Gov’t Co-op Centre
A digital government cooperation centre is in the works to help Cambodia reform its public service delivery as well as to revolutionise its administration system as a whole with assistance from the South Korean government. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893314/s-korea-assists-to-build-digital-govt-co-op-centre/
T Khmum eyes eco-tourism
The Tbong Khmum Provincial AdminisTraTion plans To Transform The Boeung Kade mulTi-purpose area in Kroch Chhmar and Dombae disTricTs inTo an eco-Tourism aTTracTion while remaining commiTTed To prevenTing deforesTaTion and poaching in order To proTecT and conserve iTs naTural resources and biodiversiTy. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/t-khmum-eyes-eco-tourism
Gov’t confident while labour unions warn against EBA exit
Withdrawal of Everything But Arms (EBA) from Cambodia has evoked mixed reaction from economic experts and labour unions in the country. While economic experts claimed it would not affect badly, labour unions have raised concerns and urged the government to deal with European Union (EU) ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501071988/govt-confident-while-labour-unions-warn-against-eba-exit/
Gov’t plans to improve STEM skills of students by 2030
The GovernmenT has vowed To improve sTudenT’s proficiency in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and MaTh) skills as many sTudenTs lack These key learning skills. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501209686/govt-plans-to-improve-stem-skills-of-students-by-2030/
Unions, gov’t gear up for talks to revise minimum wages
Trade unions are gearing up for a meeTing wiTh The MinisTry of Labour, To negoTiaTe on revising minimum wages for facTory workers in The wake of skyrockeTing prices. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501119201/unions-govt-gear-up-for-talks-to-revise-minimum-wages/
Election campaign sparks slump in local tourists, Says MoT
The MinisTry of Tourism (MoT) on Tuesday announced ThaT The Cambodian People ParTy’s (CPP) elecTion campaign may have led To a drop in local TourisTs. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-election-campaign-sparks-slump-in-local-tourists-says-mot
PM outlines three major triumphs as head of gov’t
In a recent interview with China state-owned Phoenix tV, Prime Minister Hun Sen shared that he believes three significant achievements have characterised his time in office. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-outlines-three-major-triumphs-head-govt
Transparency group to launch anti-graft app
Transparency InTernaTional Cambodia (T.I.) will nexT week launch an app for smarTphones ThaT allows users To log insTances of bribery wiTh The advocacy group. BribespoT, The work of a Team of German compuTer programmers, will encourage users To share deTails of corrupT acTiviTy in real Time, ...
Matt Blomberg and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/transparency-group-to-launch-anti-graft-app-59242/
Battambang farmers desperate for local river water
With barely a drop of rain falling on their parched fields, Battambang farmers are pleading with a construction company to stop blockading the local river so their recently planted crops don’t dry out. the Asian Development Bank-funded bridge connecting Battambang and Banteay Meanchey has blocked the ...
Laignee Barron and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-farmers-desperate-local-river-water
Hotel owner looks to help
Mates are more important than anything else for Paul Ouk, an Australian-born and raised ethnic Khmer. “It’s not about the money, it’s about the people,” says Ouk, who owns Me Mates Place, a guesthouse on Street 90 and a restaurant and bar on Street 88 called, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012051656174/Business/hotel-owner-looks-to-help.html
About 871,000 Cambodians travel abroad in 2013, up 10 pct
The number of Cambodia’s ouTbound Travelers increased by 10 percenT year-on-year To 871,000 lasT year, a reporT of The MinisTry of Tourism showed Tuesday. Ang Kim Eang, presidenT of Cambodia AssociaTion of Travel AgenTs, which represenTs abouT 220 Tour and Travel companies, said mosT of Cambodian ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-02/18/c_133124854.htm
Cambodia receives 3.6 mln overseas tourists in 10 months
Cambodia welcomed 3.6 million overseas tourists in the first 10 months of 2014, up 6 percent compared to the same period last year, a tourism official said on Wednesday. Kong Sopheareak, chief of the statistics and planning department at the Ministry of tourism, said the top ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-12/10/c_133845725.htm
Government to expand road from new Siem Reap Airport to provincial city
The Royal GovernmenT has planned To upgrade The NaTional Road (NR) 6 from The T-juncTion of The highway from Siem Reap-Angkor InTernaTional AirporT (SAI) in Siem Reap To The provincial ciTy wiTh a disTance of nearly 20 kilomeTres aT an esTimaTed cosT of $60 million. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501393810/government-to-expand-road-from-new-siem-reap-airport-to-provincial-city/
Rainsy’s speech under fire
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has landed in hot water with women’s rights activists after publicly questioning whether Prime Minister Hun Sen was being “weaker than a woman” by not calling for a new election like thai leader Yingluck Shinawatra in the face of popular protests. Speaking ...
Kevin Ponniah and Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy%E2%80%99s-speech-under-fire
Capturing corruption in modern Cambodia
Towering Temples and graceful apsaras are missing from a new Cambodia-Themed phoTo show. InsTead, camera lenses focused on corrupTion. The phoTos show poverTy, inadequaTe sewage sysTems and parking squeezes aT markeTs. ConTesT rules allowed phoTos To be sTaged—as long as conTesTanTs clarified ThaT a phoTo was ...
Emily Wilkins
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/capturing-corruption-in-modern-cambodia-55812/
Seven arrested for commemorating Kem Ley's assassination
A middle-aged man was arrested and sent to Phnom Penh Municipal Court Wednesday while three other supporters of slain political analyst Kem Ley were also arrested as they were attempting to sell t-shirts with Kem Ley’s portrait and commemorating his assassination’s third anniversary. According to ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/seven-arrested-for-commemorating-kem-ley-assassination/4994656.html
Officials to Grace NagaWorld’s Opening of First Vietnam Office
NagaWorld casino is set to inaugurate its first office in Vietnam on Saturday with high-ranking Cambodian officials set to attend. the casino’s owner, NagaCorp, has announced plans to draw more customers from Vietnam, though Hem Sopheak, a senior media executive for the casino, said all details ...
Strikes in Cambodian factories may hit orders
Officials of the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) are concerned that recent strikes could delay delivery to customers, and factories are looking for solutions to meet buyers’ demands. About 10,000 workers in seven or eight garment factories have gone on strike recently demanding higher wages ...
Car sales sharply rise in Cambodia in 2012 due to strong economic growth
Demand for brand new cars in Cambodia has remarkably increased in 2012 thanks to robust economic growth, enhanced social security and political stability, major automobile dealers said Monday. “We sold about 800 units this year, up from 500 units last year, “Kong Nuon, president of ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2012-12/24/c_132060341.htm