Cambodia, Sweden talk about further developing cooperation on labour
Cambodia and Sweden on Monday announced continued bilateral cooperation in the Kingdom’s labour and vocational training sector. The collaboration was made known at the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training during a meeting between Minister Ith Sam Heng and Swedish Ambassador Bjorn Haggmark. In an ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-sweden-talk-about-further-developing-cooperation-labour
Protesters demand speedy land dispute resolution at ministry
More than 700 people affected by land disputes gathered in Phnom Penh on Monday to protest in front of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction. The protesters who came from Koh Kong, Kampong Speu, Oddar Meanchey and Preah Vihear provinces demanded a ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protesters-demand-speedy-land-dispute-resolution-ministry
Mongkol Borey reservoir drying due to drought: Ministry
The Water Resource Ministry yesterday warned that the water level at the Mongkol Borey reservoir in Banteay Meanchey province is falling due to drought. In a statement on its Facebook page, the ministry noted that the reservoir only has enough water to supply Mongkol Borey ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50677841/mongkol-borey-reservoir-drying-due-to-drought-ministry
Bidding for personalised number plates to be capped at $860 million
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol on Tuesday launched a bidding system of the sale of personalised number plates for vehicles. Speaking during the launch, Chanthol said bidding will start at between two million and more than one billion riel ($500 and more ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bidding-personalised-number-plates-be-capped-860-million
Sar Kheng pushes unified provincial administrations
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said on Wednesday that the establishment of Phnom Penh and provincial one-window service offices will not reduce the power of provincial departments. He also shared his plans of constructing a “unified provincial administration” in which provincial governors, councillors and department ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-pushes-unified-provincial-administrations
Traffic law enforcement set to be strengthened
The National Road Safety Committee said 2020 will be the year it strengthens enforcement of the Road Traffic Law, while Minister of Interior Sar Kheng urged traffic police to enforce the law equally and without tolerance to reduce the number of traffic casualties. The remarks ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/traffic-law-enforcement-set-be-strengthened
Minister Chea Sophara presides over ceremony for new building
Minister Chea Sophara yesterday reportedly presided over a ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a new Land Management Ministry building on a three-hectare plot of land in the capital’s Sen Sok district. The ministry last week announced it will be relocating to the new premises ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50684881/minister-chea-sophara-presides-over-ceremony-for-new-building
Migrant remittances total $2.8B last year
Cambodia migrant workers last year sent $2.8 billion back home in remittances, according to the latest report by the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training. Speaking at an annual gathering last week, Minister Ith Sam Heng said the ministry continues to manage the employment and labour ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/migrant-remittances-total-28b-last-year
The outcome of ASEAN-New Zealand dialogue in Siem Reap
The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Friday issued a statement, highlighting the outcome of the 27th ASEAN-New Zealand dialogue held on 20-21 February in Siem Reap province. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50694085/the-outcome-of-asean-new-zealand-dialogue-in-siem-reap
Ministry refuses to intervene in Koh Kong land dispute
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction refused to intervene in land disputes in Koh Kong province’s Botum Sakor district after 77 families involved in the conflict requested its intervention. The ministry said those disputes had already been solved by an inter-ministerial committee. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-refuses-intervene-koh-kong-land-dispute
Ministry rejects request to repeal law on NGOs
The Ministry of Interior has rejected a request by some 100 civil society organisations to repeal the Law on Associations and NGOs (Lango). The ministry said the current Lango is in line with the Constitution and had gone through many rounds of consultation among relevant ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-rejects-request-repeal-law-ngos
$2.8 Billion sent home by Cambodian migrant workers in 2019
Cambodian migrant workers abroad sent home some US$2.8 billion as remittances last year, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50696319/2-8-billion-sent-home-by-cambodian-migrant-workers-in-2019
Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affair on the outcome of 27th ASEAN-New Zealand Dialogue held in Siem Reap on 20-21 February 2020
On 21 February, the Ministry of Foreign Affair and International Cooperation (MofAIC) has announced a press release on its official Facebook page and website on the outcome of the 27th ASEAN-New Zealand dialogue which held in Siem Reap on 20-21 February 2020. According to the ...
Ministry of Foreign Affair and International Cooperation
COVID-19: Gov’t to set up new economic measures
Despite no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Cambodia since January, the government is planning new measures to tackle the financial effect the virus continues to have on the country. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50698578/covid-19-govt-to-set-up-new-economic-measures
Pluralism to take centre stage at Asem gathering
Cambodia is preparing to host the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem) for the first time on November 16-17 this year, in what Prime Minister Hun Sen has called a landmark in historical diplomacy, where pluralism will take centre stage. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pluralism-take-centre-stage-asem-gathering
Government pledges $2billion fund for economy
The government has announced they have prepared an emergency reserve fund of between $800million and $2billion to aid the Kingdom’s economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700267/government-pledges-2billion-fund-for-economy
Economy minister urges better infrastructure to prevent congestion at border crossings
The Cambodian government has pushed the implementation of separated border crossings and single window service checkpoints along the Thai and Vietnamese border checkpoints to better facilitate cross-border transportation, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...
The letter from Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Phnom Penh
On 19 March 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a letter to the embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Cambodia about the request to the Vietnam authorities inform Vietnam nationals not to travel to Cambodia by land, water and air. Entry ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Boundary markers create concerns for indigenous people
The Bunong indigenous people in Mondulkiri province have expressed concerns about deforestation in the Phnom Nam Lyr Wildlife Sanctuary after a forest community spotted machinery in an off-limits area and noticed markers planted in the surrounding land. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/boundary-markers-create-concerns-indigenous-people