UNAIDS proposes fast track initiative to prevent spread of HIV
UNAIDS and the National AIDS Authority will cooperate on an initiative to fast track measures to prevent or stop the spread of HIV in the capital and key provinces. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50664742/unaids-proposes-fast-track-initiative-to-prevent-spread-of-hiv/
Gov’t creates tourism development committee
The National Tourism Development Committee was created this month to boost the development of one of Cambodia’s most important economic drivers. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50665275/govt-creates-tourism-development-committee/
Minister gets tough on illegal modification of vehicles by mechanics
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol on Tuesday warned mechanics workshops throughout the country to stop modifying vehicles against technical and legal standards, or face shutdown. Chanthol said modified vehicles were known to have caused accidents and affected road safety. He said authorities ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-gets-tough-illegal-modification-vehicles-mechanics
Chamroeun seeks support of UN in smart city development
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun wants the UN in Cambodia to provide support for the development of officials’ capacity in moving towards the preparation of Sihanoukville development principle as per the smart city model. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chamroeun-seeks-support-un-smart-city-development
Inflation Rate at 4.2% to October
Cambodia’s inflation rate increased by 4.2 percent in the 12-month period to October, with food prices accounting for more than half of the rate, according to data released Monday by the National Institute of Statistics. The monthly inflation rate grew from 3.4 percent in August to ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/inflation-rate-at-4-2-to-october-48977/
Villager travels to Parliament over land row
A representative of villagers involved in a land dispute in Mondolkiri province appealed to the government Tuesday to address their displacement after their shelters were destroyed by police and soldiers in a forced eviction Monday. Chan Rithy stood outside the National Assembly in Phnom Penh on ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villager-travels-to-parliament-over-land-dispute-59795/
Vietnam – Cambodia maintain solidarity and traditional relations
Cambodian National Assembly Chairman Samdech Heng Samrin paid an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung. It was the second visit of Cambodian National Assembly Chairman Samdech Heng Samrin to Vietnam in 2014. In early 2014, the Cambodian ...
VietNamNet Bridge News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/110930/vietnam---cambodia-maintain-solidarity-and-traditional-relations.html
Parliament to fire some staff to be more effective: Spokesman
The National Assembly will cut some jobs in this fifth legislature in order to enhance the quality of its officials, an official said Tuesday. “Some staff don’t work, but they receive pay by just only coming to provide thumbprints,” parliament’s spokesman Chheang Vun said in ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/parliament-to-fire-some-staff-to-be-more-effective:-spokesman-7638
Provincial officials delay UN search for Montagnards
Provincial authorities in Ratanakkiri province on the Vietnam border have yet to allow a team of UN workers to actively seek out a group of Montagnards potentially seeking asylum. UN refugee workers met with provincial officials for more than an hour on Wednesday, but no permission ...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/provincial-officials-delay-un-search-for-montagnards/2562662.html
Montagnards seek Cambodia asylum
Thirteen hill tribespeople known as “Montagnards” have left their jungle hideout in Cambodia and will apply for asylum after crossing from Vietnam to flee persecution, it was announced Sunday. The minority group had for more than seven weeks sought refuge in the jungle in Cambodia’s northeastern ...
Manila Standard Today News Staff
http://manilastandardtoday.com/2014/12/21/montagnards-seek-cambodia-asylum/
Newly-elected members of NEC to take oath this afternoon
Newly-elected members of new National Election Committee (NEC) will hold swearing in ceremony today afternoon in Royal Palace after they were approved on Thursday by the National Assembly. ...
The Cambodia Herald team
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/newly-elected-members-of-nec-to-take-oath-this-afternoon-8417
About 230,000 Cambodians visit Vietnam in seven months: Report
229,307 Cambodian people visited Vietnam for tourism and medical checkups from January to July, 2014, according to Vietnam National Tourism Administration’s website. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OTg4OGE5NjhiNDg
Holiday traffic deaths up nearly 50 percent
The number of people killed in traffic accidents during this year’s Pchum Ben holiday and preceding two days increased by nearly 50 percent over the same period last year, a senior police official said on Thursday. From Saturday through Wednesday, there were 49 fatalities, compared to ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/holiday-traffic-deaths-up-nearly-50-percent-68466/
Cambodia to amend rules to recognize "minority leader" in parliament: PM
Cambodia’s National Assembly will soon amend its internal rules in order to formally recognize a “minority leader” in this legislative body, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday. However, the minority leader will not have the real power as the prime minister since the title ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-12/04/c_133833123.htm
Cambodian youths dance to urge end of violence against women
Approximately 1,500 young Cambodian people on Saturday performed the “Madison,” a popular dance during Khmer wedding receptions and New Year celebrations, here in order to call for an end of violence against women and girls, an organizer said. Inala Fathimath, a gender program specialist at the ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141206/cambodian-youths-dance-urge-end-violence-against-women
Cambodia sends 184 peacekeepers to Lebanon for UN mission
Cambodia on Thursday dispatched the fifth batch of 184 peacekeepers to Lebanon to replace the fourth group, whose one-year United Nations peacekeeping mission has ended. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2014-12/18/c_133863193.htm
Parliament adopts rules to recognize Sam Rainsy as minority leader
The proposed amendments on internal regulation of the National Assembly was adopted on Friday, paving the way for Sam Rainsy to become minority leader in the parliament. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/parliament-adopts-rules-to-recognize-sam-rainsy-as-minority-leader-7892
Remaining 5 Montagnard asylum seekers leave Cambodian jungle to meet UN team
Remaining five hill tribe Montagnards emerged from northeast Cambodia’s jungle on Saturday night after hiding for more than seven weeks since illegally entering Cambodia from Vietnam, a senior human rights activist said Sunday. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2014-12/21/c_133869193.htm
What lies beneath: The fight to save Phnom Kulen
Illegal logging and destructive farming practices have archaeologists racing to rescue an ecologically crucial mountain and its hidden temples. Some 80 per cent of the forest on Phnom Kulen – one of Cambodia’s National Parks – has disappeared due to a combination of illegal logging, ...
Poppy McPherson and Vandy Muong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/what-lies-beneath-fight-save-phnom-kulen
NEC to test automated voter registration
The National Election Committee (NEC) of Cambodia will test a computerized voter registration system in August or September of this year, according to a statement from the NEC. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/11921/nec-to-test-automated-voter-registration/