Posts ministry offers rapid test kits at cost from S Korea, China
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has announced that it will distribute two types of Covid-19 antigen rapid tests from South Korea and China, which will be made widely available at cost price. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/posts-ministry-offers-rapid-test-kits-cost-s-korea-china
Hun Sen offers ID Poor cards as incentive to halt fishing in dolphin habitat
Prime Minister Hun Sen recommended that the authorities provide ID Poors card for people living in the Irrawaddy dolphin protected areas to ensure that they stop fishing there, as their nets have caused the death of several of the rare species. ...
Cambodia should sign the convention on cluster munitions
There are very few weapons in the world that are as universally condemned as cluster munitions. ...
Families stand firm on eviction
A group of families whose homes are in the way of a municipal road-widening project rejected an offer from city hall on Friday to relocate and receive financial compensation, representatives from the community said. Located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh in Tuol Kork district, community ...
Tiger Air's First Flight to Cambodia Lands Monday
Tiger Airways’ first flight from Singapore to Cambodia is scheduled to land at Phnom Penh International Airport on Monday morning, making it the latest airline to offer direct flights to the country. Deborah Yeo, a public relations consultant for Tiger Airways, said that beginning Monday, the ...
No second chance for exam
One month before the nationwide test for university admissions, the Education Ministry warned that this year there will be no second chance. ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13760/no-second-chance-for-exam/
Some Return After Eviction From Coastal Resort Development
Thousands of people have been evicted from their homes to make way for a Chinese development in Koh Kong province. But some of the families have returned to their land, leaving a relocation site they say was insufficient for their needs. For families like those of ...
Announcement on the weather forecast in Cambodia
According to the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology announcement on 08 November 2020, the tropical depression in the South China Sea is heading west, increasing its impact on the 21st storm named ETAU on 10 November. The storm is forecast to weaken to a ...
Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology
Villagers, mining firm settle land dispute
Villagers in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district have accepted compensation offers from an Indian company seeking a licence to mine gold in the area. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/villagers-mining-firm-settle-land-dispute
Cambodia election ranked 5th most flawed in survey
A new report by researchers from Harvard University and the University of Sydney has ranked Cambodia’s 2013 national election as the fifth most “flawed or failed” out of the 73 national ballots held around the world between July 2012 and December 2013. Based on surveys completed ...
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-election-ranked-5th-most-flawed-in-survey-53518/
Official Urges Students to Take Technical Studies to Find Work
A preference for NGO and government jobs among young Cambodians was contributing to a critical labor shortage in the industrial manufacturing sector, a Labor Ministry official said yesterday. Speaking to 3,000 prospective university students on Phnom Penh’s Diamond Island, Labor Ministry Secretary of State Pich Sophoan ...
Partnerships and collaborations
Ministry of PlanningODC and the Ministry of Planning has formed a collaborative partnership with an effort to engage CSOs in and strengthen the implementation and review process of the country-specific goals of the UN 2030 agenda for sustainable development.Read moreMinistry of Education, Youth and SportOpen ...
Cambodian stock exchange begins trading
The formerly state-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, the only stock on offer, has floated 13 million shares or 15 per cent of the company. ...
Casino in Poipet shut; reasons unknown
A Poipet venue offering online gambling and affiliated with nearby Crown Casino was closed by authorities over the weekend, according to a company security official. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/casino-poipet-shut-reasons-unknown
Floating rice: The climate-resilient alternative for Cambodia’s food production
Grown in floods and thriving without pesticides, floating rice offers Cambodia a sustainable alternative for its eco-friendly food production amid threats from climate change. ...
Pichayada Promchertchoo
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/floating-rice-cambodia-food-production-alternative-9937896
History lesson: Minister tells US mayor of VN invasion
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong yesterday took a visit by Lowell, Massachusetts, Mayor Rodney Elliott to offer an impromptu history lesson, he said at a press conference yesterday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/history-lesson-minister-tells-us-mayor-vn-invasion
City Gives Lakeside Land Detail
City officials said yesterday that an offer of land to people living near Boeung Kak lake would not force residents to relocate, following concerns about how the city would implement Prime Minister Hun Sen’s order. Villagers won 12.44 hectares of land for on-site housing at the ...
Room for compromise in wage debate: official
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia and unions both need to compromise further to secure a “proper wage” for garment workers whose lives are hampered by their current $61 minimum wage, a Ministry of Social Affairs official overseeing wage negotiations said yesterday. “The government needs the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030661779/National/room-for-compromise-in-wage-debate-official.html
Sacombank Shutters Cambodian Securities Arm
A major Vietnamese bank is closing its brokerage and securities arm in Cambodia, an official said yesterday, amid the ongoing drought of listings on the Cambodian Securities Exchange (CSX). Sacombank, which will continue to operate as a bank in Cambodia, set up the securities firm ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/sacombank-shutters-cambodian-securities-arm-15738/
Cambodian women selected for prestigious entrepreneur summit
Female Cambodian entrepreneur Kimsrun Elida has been selected to take part in the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 at Stanford University in California next week. ...
Hoeun Sopheak
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodian-women-selected-for-prestigious-entrepreneur-summit/3377477.html