Police release logger who implicated official
Villagers in Mondolkiri province on Tuesday detained and handed over to authorities a Vietnamese man who told police that Sos Malen, a local environmental official, had let him into Cambodia to log illegally. Immigration police let the man go, however, claiming to have insufficient evidence ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-release-logger-who-implicated-official-81314/
Government announces start of garment sector wage talks
The Labor Ministry on Friday announced that formal negotiations to set a new minimum wage for the country’s all-important garment sector—now at $128 a month—will begin in July, reviving the same schedule for talks it used with unions and employers for the first time last ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-announces-start-of-garment-sector-wage-talks-85550/
Gov’t again challenges Vietnam on border
The Cambodian government yesterday renewed its public call on Vietnam to halt activities it says are encroaching on Cambodian territory, this time citing a military post currently under construction along the border in Kandal province’s Koh Thom district. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-again-challenges-vietnam-border
Acleda adds $40M to expand operations
Cambodia’s largest bank, Acleda Bank, announced yesterday that it was infusing $40 million to add to its current capital of $226 million, as it looks to expand domestic and foreign operations and keep up with the rising demand for credit in the Kingdom. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acleda-adds-40m-expand-operations
First agricultural insurance tested in Cambodia
Cambodia’s first pilot program to insure farmers against rice crop loss launched last week in five provinces. ...
Un Raksmey and Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13276/first-agricultural-insurance-tested-in-cambodia/
NEC explains rule change reasoning
The National Election Committee (NEC) held a meeting to explain the changes in election rules and procedures to three political parties that were demanding that the electoral body keep them unchanged from the previous elections. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-explains-rule-change-reasoning
MFIs agree to loan repayment relief for borrowers hit by flooding
Financial institutions said on Wednesday that they will provide favorable easing to customers who have been affected by severe floods, following an appeal by Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/mfis-agree-to-loan-repayment-relief-for-borrowers-hit-by-flooding
CMAA, India ink demining MoU
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and the Embassy of india in Cambodia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yesterday on a demining project covering four districts in Koh Kong province. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501352548/cmaa-india-ink-demining-mou/
Key lenders agree to ease loan terms for flood victims
Members of Cambodia’s apex bodies of the banking and microfinance industries have agreed to ease restrictions on loan repayments, reduce interest rates, as well as restructure loans for customers deemed to be significantly affected by the heavy rains and floods that have swept the Kingdom ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/key-lenders-agree-ease-loan-terms-flood-victims
GMAC mobilising support for mine clearance
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has pledged to mobilise support from around 700 of its member companies for demining work in Cambodia, with a fund-raising event scheduled for November 17. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gmac-mobilising-support-mine-clearance
41 Sihanoukville projects get special investment incentives
In all, 41 projects have so far qualified for Incentives under the ‘Special Investment Promotion Programme for Sihanoukville,’ Initiated by Prime MInister Hun Manet In January this year, maInly to solve the issue of unfInished and abandoned constructions In the coastal city sInce 2019. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501499477/41-sihanoukville-projects-get-special-investment-incentives/
Boeng Kak Women Attempt to Meet US Official
Siem Reap City – Four women evicted from the Boeng Kak lake community and released from jail last month arrived here Friday in an attempt to meet Melanne Verveer, the U.S. ambassador-at-large for women’s affairs, who is part of a delegation visiting the country with ...
Unicef Says Girls’ Access to Education Limited
Despite progress having been made in recent years to improve girls’ access to education, there is still a gender-based inequality, particularly in rural areas, children’s rights experts said on the international Day of the Girl Child on Friday. “At the moment there is still a slight ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unicef-says-girls-access-to-education-limited-44937/
Minister Says Challenges Remain in Achieving Gender Equality
Women’s Affairs Minister ing Kantha Phavi on Tuesday defended the government’s policies on promoting gender equality and preventing discrimination against women, but conceded that challenges remain in achieving principles set out in the U.N.’s convention to stop discrimination against women. Speaking in Geneva to the U.N. ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-says-challenges-remain-in-achieving-gender-equality-44708/
Adhoc concerned by deaths related to domestic violence
At least 11 people were murdered during domestic disputes or committed suicide after suffering domestic violence in the past two months, local rights group Adhoc said in a statement Monday. Only two perpetrators were charged in these crimes, Adhoc said, highlighting the lack of law enforcement. “Adhoc ...
Denise Hruby and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adhoc-concerned-by-deaths-related-to-domestic-violence-51886/
PM Hun Sen highlights Cambodia’s key contribution to ASEAN
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Cambodia has done many things in contribution to ASEAN, including the entry into force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the signing of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea. (DOC). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501209402/pm-hun-sen-highlights-cambodias-key-contribution-to-asean/
GMAC head sets clothing export goal
Cambodia is set for a 30 per cent increase in garment exports this year, according to Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia [GMAC] President Van Sou Ieng. The sector was heavily dependent on foreign buyers, which were increasing their orders as the global economy recovered, he said. ...
BBAC event set to lure British firms
The number of British companies operating in the country is expected to increase in the coming years, as the British Business Association of Cambodia (BBAC) gears up to chair the Kingdom’s first Britain in Southeast Asia conference next month. The conference, which is set to draw ...
Banking sector shows growth in 3rd quarter
Taking advantage of strong economic growth this year, two of the country’s largest banks have posted strong third-quarter earnings. Acleda Bank yesterday reported a net profit of $32.68 million in the first three quarters of the year, almost double the amount over the same period last ...
Siem Reap resort in works by China firm
Shanghai-based Join.in Hospitality Management (JHM) has revealed plans to expand its Tonino Lamborghini Hotel & Resort – a luxury hotel chain – by opening a hotel in Siem Reap, its first outside China. in a press release, JHM announced earlier this week that it has ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/siem-reap-resort-works-china-firm