Internet firms to lose licences
Cambodia’s telecom regulator will strip the operating permits of more than 30 private companies licensed to provide internet and Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) services unless they can demonstrate that they are commercially active and operating in accordance with their licensing agreements, a telecom official said yesterday.Im ...
Cam McGrath and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/internet-firms-lose-licences
Cambodia's TV ad promotes "code of conduct" for Angkor Wat tourists
Cambodia on Friday released a TV spot to promote the “code of conduct” for tourists visiting the famed Angkor Wat Temple in northwestern Siem Reap province. ...
eTurboNews Staff
http://www.eturbonews.com/66607/cambodias-tv-ad-promotes-code-conduct-angkor-wat-tourists
Prison population swells
Cambodia’s badly overcrowded prison population leapt by nearly 20 per cent in the first 10 months of this year, government data show, raising serious health concerns.The figures, released by the Interior Ministry’s general department of prisons yesterday, show that there were 17,522 prisoners in jails ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prison-population-swells
Drawdown of troops at Preah Vihear
Cambodia is quietly reducing troop numbers on the contentious shared border with Thailand in Preah Vihear province.Citing the current good relations with the Kingdom’s western neighbour, Ministry of Defence spokesman Chhum Socheath yesterday said members of three units had been ordered to leave the border ...
Vong Sokheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drawdown-troops-preah-vihear
Tax Department collects $760M in first quarter
The Cambodian government collected more than $760 million dollars in tax revenue during the first quarter of this year, an increase of more than 90 percent compared to the same period last year, according to a report released yesterday by General Department of Taxation (GDT). ...
The Phnom Penh Post staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-department-collects-760m-first-quarter
Ministry of Environment offically lunched the lexicon of climate change in Khmer
On 25 April 2017, Ministry of Environment officially lunched the lexicon of climate change in Khmer, in both printed and electronic version. To download the app for mobile, Please find the CCLexicon in Appstore (For iOS) and Play Store (For Android). To view through website, Please ...
National council for sustainable development and National council of Khmer language
Government denounces US,EU criticism of Adhoc 5 detention
The government has lashed out at the U.S. and E.U. over their criticism of the detention of five current and former rights workers in Cambodia for more than a year, adopting the language of its critics by calling their statements “politically motivated.” ...
Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-denounces-us-eu-criticism-of-adhoc-5-detention-129201/
Interior Ministry identifies 70,000 ‘improper’ citizens, mostly ethnic Vietnamese
The Ministry of Interior is moving forward with a plan to revoke official documents from 70,000 individuals living in Cambodia, claiming they were “improperly” issued and mistakenly confer citizenship on “immigrants” – many of whom are ethnic Vietnamese born in Cambodia. ...
Malaysian side lagging on MoU
A memorandum of understanding meant to beef up protections for Cambodian maids in Malaysia is still on hold after Malaysia’s human resources minister said he was not aware of the agreement, according to Malaysian media. ...
Yon Sineat and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/malaysian-side-lagging-mou
Airport railway 50 percent done
The Minister of Public Works and Transportation announced yesterday that the railway line connecting Phnom Penh to the airport is 50 percent complete. Sun Chanthol said the project from the Phnom Penh train station to the airport is half finished and added that trains are on ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106736/airport-railway-50-percent-done/
Xi manual on ruling is now printed in Khmer
In another sign of Cambodia’s deepening affinity with China, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s book on governance, which showcases the leader’s ruling philosophy, has been translated into Khmer to be used as a guide for the Kingdom, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday. ...
Touch Sokha and Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/xi-manual-ruling-now-printed-khmer
Survey to guide minimum wage talks
The Ministry of Labour has announced plans of a month-long research campaign into the living standards of garment and footwear factory workers prior to setting a minimum wage in 2018. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40136/survey-to-guide-minimum-wage-talks/
Soaring VAT collection boosts tax revenue
The General Department of Taxation collected $1.54 billion in tax revenue during the first nine months of the year, a 29 percent increase compared to the same period last year, it said in a press release yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/soaring-vat-collection-boosts-tax-revenue
More than 2,300 foreigners deported
The government’s crackdown on illegal immigrants has resulted in more than 2,300 being deported and barred permanently from the kingdom so far this year. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097266/2300-foreigners-deported/
China pledges $1 million for environment
The Chinese government has pledged to assist the Environment Ministry with improving water quality control, providing equipment and about $1 million in funding. The announcement came at a meeting yesterday between undersecretary of state Eang Sophalleth and Wang Dongsheng, the vice president of the Chinese Academy ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50100775/china-pledges-1-million-environment/
Prison rates soaring in Cambodia
Cambodia’s incarceration rate has doubled in the past 10 years, according to statistics obtained from the General Department of Prisons. Department spokesman Nouth Savna said that in 2006 there were just 9,634 people behind bars; as of earlier this week, that figure had increased 125 ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prison-rates-soaring-cambodia
Cambodia, Japan sign deal for trainees
Minister of Labour Ith Samheng yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with his Japanese counterparts to make it easier for Cambodian trainees to find work in Japan. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40168/cambodia--japan-sign-deal-for-trainees/
Vietnamese immigrants get arrested
Immigration police arrested 22 Vietnamese nationals illegally living and working in Phnom Penh yesterday, an Interior Ministry official said. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079466/vietnamese-immigrants-get-arrested/
Government lays out three-year plan for $5.4B public investment
Cambodia will need to spend about $5.4 billion on public investment over the next three years to maintain its economic growth while reducing poverty, according to a draft outline of the government’s three-year programme for public investment. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-lays-out-three-year-plan-54b-public-investment
Vietnam asks ‘migrants’ rights be respected
The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded on Tuesday to reports that Cambodia plans to revoke documents from thousands of ethnic Vietnamese, urging the Kingdom to respect legal rights during the process. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnam-asks-migrants-rights-be-respected