Homeless children back from Vietnam
Twenty-nine homeless Cambodians, including 20 children, will be repatriated from Ho Chi Minh City today. Apart from the children, the group consists of nine adults – three men and six women. of the 20 children, 10 are boys and 10 are girls, according to Ministry of ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27017/homeless-children-back-from-vietnam/
GMS cross-border pact on hold
Though all countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) had signed a cross-border trade agreement (CBTA) 14 years ago to enhance the sub-region’s economic connectivity, the CBTA, however, is yet to be ratified in individual Mekong nations for its full implementation. This was revealed last ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28140/gms-cross-border-pact-on-hold/
Drop in US exports seen as a wake-up call
The industry body for The nation’s garment and footwear manufacturers said new trade data showing a decline in Cambodian exports to The US during The first half of The year was a sign that The Kingdom was losing its competitive advantage, threatening The future of ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/drop-us-exports-seen-wake-call
Development council officer charged over bribery claim
An official at the Council for the Development of Cambodia was charged with bribery over the weekend after being arrested by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), just weeks after the graft-fighting body arrested a Foreign Affairs Ministry official and the ambassador to South Korea. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/development-council-officer-charged-over-bribery-claim-112324/
Japanese FDI leads to surge in exports: analysts
Cambodia’s total exports to Japan increased sharply over the first nine months of the year compared to last year due to flows of investment from Japan to Cambodia over the last few years, analysts said. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17864/japanese-fdi-leads-to-surge-in-exports--analysts/
Chemical weapons team ends mission in Mondulkiri
A technical team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons finished inspecting 12 chemical bomb sites in Mondulkiri province yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chemical-weapons-team-ends-mission-mondulkiri
Group ends its probe of chemical weapons
The Organisation for The Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) wrapped up its investigation into chemical substances left behind by US bombing during The Vietnam War this weekend, according to government newswire AKP. ...
Phak Seangly and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/group-ends-its-probe-chemical-weapons
Gov't Approves Nearly $500M in Investments
Cambodia approved a total of $479.68 million in new investment projects between January and June with more than 70 new ventures in the pipeline, according to date released yesterday by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). Investments in the garment sector continued to dominate new investments, comprising 49 of ...
Wagering on warm fronts
A busty woman with a scratchy voice shrieks into an intricate set up of radios, microphones and walkie-talkies, her tone not unlike that of a breathless Flemington race-caller. The woman is in continuous contact with up to 100 men peppered over rice fields fringing Battambang, analyzing The ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/7days/1848-wagering-on-warm-fronts
Second Chroy Changva Bridge Construction to be finished by late 2014
The Construction of Second Chroy Changva Bridge, which is funded by Chin’s loan, is expected to be finished by The end of 2014, reducing The heavy traffic on The current Chroy Changva Bridge, said a government official. The construction project costs USD 27.5 millions and ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MGI3MGVlYTAwYTY
Local production still lagging
As the cost of imports rise, local producers could see an opportunity to increase their market share, but for most a lack of output and quality means potential is limited, industry observers said yesterday. Customs officers who had often undercut the official rate are now ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/local-production-still-lagging
Laos, Cambodia officials meet to resolve boundary demarcation divergence
Delegates from Laos and Cambodia have held an extraordinary meeting in an attempt to resolve outstanding issues related to their shared border, state-run media Vientiane Times reported Thursday. the meeting was held on Wednesday to examine demarcations where technical survey teams from both sides had been ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/894978.shtml
Montagnards emerge from Cambodian jungle to meet UN team
Thirteen ethnic Montagnards have emerged from the jungles of Cambodia, where they hid for more than seven weeks after entering the country from Vietnam to flee alleged persecution, the United Nations and local authorities said Saturday. Eight of the Montagnards–including one woman–left their jungle hiding ...
Big News Network Staff
http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/228741119
Three new refugees file claims
Three Montagnards, including a 10-year-old girl, arrived yesterday morning at the government’s Refugee Department in Phnom Penh to process their asylum claims. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/three-new-refugees-file-claims
UN says nine new Montagnards add to ‘urgency’ in Ratanakkiri
Two weeks after five Montagnard asylum seekers crossed into Ratanakkiri province from Vietnam, the U.N. said Sunday that reports of the arrival of nine more—including three children—added to the situation’s “urgency.” Two ethnic Jarai villagers living in Ratanakkiri said the nine Montagnards—an indigenous group from Vietnam’s ...
Aun Pheap and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-says-nine-new-montagnards-add-to-urgency-in-ratanakkiri-76361/
Reminder of COVID-19 vaccination, first and second doses (base dose) and third dose or booster dose
On 01 March 2022, the Ministry of Health issued a notification on the reminder of COVID-19 vaccination, first and second doses (base dose) and third dose, booster dose.In order to increase the immunity of individuals as well as to increase the immunity in the community ...
Ministry of Health
Reminder to get COVID-19 vaccine, third dose or booster dose, for age group of 5 years old or older
On 25 April 2022, the Ministry of Health issued a notification on the reminder to get COVID-19 vaccine, third dose or booster dose, for the age group of 5 years old or older.the Ministry of Health would like to remind those in the age group ...
Ministry of Health
DCTS to govern Cambodia-United Kingdom trade from April
The Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) of The United Kingdom (UK) will come into effect in April and Cambodia is among The 65 beneficiaries of it. The scheme will replace The Generalised System of Preferences (GSP). ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501239699/dcts-to-govern-cambodia-united-kingdom-trade-from-april/
Fronts of Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam reinforce cooperation
The Presidents of The Solidarity Front for The Development of Cambodian MoTherland (SFDCM), The Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC), and The Vietnam FaTherland Front (VFF) gaThered at Their 5th conference in Vientiane on April 9. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501470539/fronts-of-cambodia-laos-vietnam-reinforce-cooperation/
Cambodia stares at EV skills shortage
Cambodia is staring at an acute skills shortage in the electric vehicle sector even as it is getting ready to release the ‘National Policy on the Development of Electric Vehicles (EVs) 2024-2030’ soon. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501485197/cambodia-stares-at-ev-skills-shortage/