Cambodian PM, businessmen head to Nanning for 11th ASEAN-China Expo
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, accompanied by businesspeople and senior officials, flew to Nanning City of southwest China’s Guangxi province on Monday to attend the 11th ASEAN-China Expo. Senior officials accompanying the prime minister included Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol, Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia Chea ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-09/15/c_133643051.htm
Ministry says Japan’s concerns misplaced
Following a meeting in which a Japanese emissary urged the government to open negotiations with the now-dissolved opposition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggested Japan’s concerns were based on a “misunderstanding” and said Cambodia is too small to fight against an alleged “strong propaganda machine”. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-says-japans-concerns-misplaced
UNDP remains committed to Cambodia’s development
Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn met with newly appointed United Nations Development Programme representative Pauline Tamesis yesterday. After the meeting, Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Chum Sounry said Ms Tamesis confirmed UNDP’s commitment to continue cooperating with Cambodia and supporting policies of the government. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50116390/undp-remains-committed-to-cambodias-development/
Truck ban not as painful as feared, shipper says
Since a crackdown on oversized and illegal trucks began on February 10, the government has checked nearly 100,000 vehicles, taking more than 1,000 off the road and finding 3,000 others in violation of various regulations, according to Transport Ministry spokesman Va Sim Sorya. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/truck-ban-not-painful-feared-shipper-says
Code of conduct for the Mekong
The sustainable development of water and related resources in the Mekong River Basin is at a crucial stage and as member countries of the Mekong River Commission meet this week in Siem Reap, Chheang Vannarith argues that a code of conduct is now vital to ...
Chheang Vannarith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50298648/code-of-conduct-for-the-mekong/
NCCT investigating and closing down factories over child labour
The permanent vice chair of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT) delivered a progress report on efforts to eradicate child labour in the Kingdom on Tuesday, saying that factories are being investigated, and some shut down, for employing children illegally. ...
Interior minister warns NGOs not to provoke law enforcement
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng on Thursday reminded civil society groups of their duty to respect the integrity of the July 29 national elections, saying the government would not tolerate attempts by them to “participate in a colour revolution”. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-minister-warns-ngos-not-provoke-law-enforcement
Land petitioners return to capital
Three groups made up of nearly 100 people in land disputes from Siem Reap, Koh Kong and Kandal provinces gathered yesterday in front of the Ministry of Land Management and the Prime Minister’s cabinet office asking the institutions to resolve their problems. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50504866/land-petitioners-return-to-capital/
Human trafficking report status unchanged
The Ministry of Foreign affairs on Friday said a report by the US State Department on trafficking has again ranked Cambodia in Tier 2, adding that the US recognised that Cambodia has made a serious effort in combating human trafficking. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50507434/human-trafficking-report-status-unchanged/
Press release on meeting between Minister of MLUPC and representatives in land disputes
On 05 June 2018 H.E. Senior Minister Chea Sophara, Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction met with the representatives of 317 households who have had land disputes with Koh Kong Plantation Co.,Ltd and Koh Kong Sugar Industry Co.,Ltd which located in Sre Ambel ...
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction
Community, monks rally for water canal
More than 200 community members, local officers and monks demonstrated for the construction of a water canal to facilitate transportation, patrols and promote tourism at a bird sanctuary in Siem Reap town’s Chreav commune on Saturday. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/community-monks-rally-water-canal
Crackdown nets 43 cases of illegal fishing
Fisheries administration officials and local authorities on Wednesday discovered off-season fishing activities in 43 areas along Tonle Sap lake in Kampong Chhnang province. ...
Or Sreypich
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50521263/crackdown-nets-43-cases-of-illegal-fishing/
MOU to boost training in three provinces
The Labour Ministry and Swisscontact yesterday signed an MoU to provide skills training in three provinces. The MoU solidified cooperation under the Skills Development Programme, a project mandated by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and implemented by Swisscontact. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50535043/mou-to-boost-training-in-three-provinces/
Protesters rally at ministry over Koh Kong land fracas
A host of protesters rallied at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction yesterday to demand that it intervene to resolve a land dispute involving a company and hundreds of families in Koh Kong province. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protesters-rally-ministry-over-koh-kong-land-fracas
Government urges end to wildlife trade
Interior Minister Sar Kheng said on Friday that the Kingdom had fallen victim to wildlife trafficking and called on relevant parties in Cambodia and beyond to help stop the crime. Speaking at the 4th Illegal Wildlife Trade conference attended by leaders from more than 80 ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-urges-end-wildlife-trade
Cambodia calls EU trade threat 'extreme injustice'
Cambodia’s foreign ministry on Thursday said a decision by the European Union to ramp up trade pressure on the country over human rights concerns was an “extreme injustice”, adding it risked destroying decades of development in the country. ...
Land Minister addresses corruption
Land Management Minister Chea Sophara on Thursday instructed cadastral officials throughout the country to ensure accurate measurements and avoid corruption when demarcating people’s land. The instruction came after the ministry obtained sophisticated equipment using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-minister-addresses-corruption
The National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution gets new president
The Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, Chea Sophara, and a senior MP, Khun Haing, have been appointed NALDR president and deputy, respectively, following an order signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on December 13 and announced on Thursday. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-authority-land-dispute-resolution-gets-new-president
About 6,000 civil servants to be moved
The government will transfer 6,000 civil servants from the national level to the sub-national level in order to provide better service to people in the capital and provinces. Speaking during the closing ceremony of the Interior Ministry’s two-day 2018 Stocktaking and 2019 Directive Settings Conference ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50578355/about-6000-civil-servants-to-be-moved/
Task force formed to resolve land disputes in Preah Sihanouk
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has set up a working group in Preah Sihanouk province to resolve land disputes in the Poy Machov and Prek Teuk Sap Kbal Chhay areas. Minister of Land Management Chea Sophara said in a letter dated ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/task-force-formed-resolve-land-disputes-preah-sihanouk