Chinese firm inks deal with SNTP on electricity supply in Preah Sihanouk
The China Machine-Building International Corporation (CMIC) – affiliated to Sinomach subsidiary CNEG – has signed a cooperation agreement with Cambodia’s SNTP Company on providing electricity in Preah Sihanouk province, according to a company press release. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firm-inks-deal-sntp-electricity-supply-preah-sihanouk
Meteorology ministry issues weather warning
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology issued renewed weather warnings on Thursday of thunderstorms, strong winds and powerful waves predicted until next Wednesday. It also urged the public to take great care regarding lightning strikes. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/meteorology-ministry-issues-weather-warning
Ministry seeks to reduce red tape at airports, borders
The Ministry of Tourism said it is working with the relevant bodies to reduce red tape at airports and international border checkpoints. The ministry said the move aimed to ease transit, especially for international tourists, by removing unnecessary and complicated formalities. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-seeks-reduce-red-tape-airports-borders
UN official urges government to reduce use of plastic
A senior environment officer for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Monday urged the Ministry of Environment to prepare a waste management system for plastics and to strive for clean air in the country, particularly in Phnom Penh. Erik Solheim, the executive director of ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-official-urges-goverment-reduce-use-plastic
CMAC retirees to get pensions
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre has called for all retired staff and families of deceased staff to contact its office to get a pension under its Royal Cambodian Armed Forces status. ...
Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505356/cmac-retirees-to-get-pensions/
Government sends delegation to EU over preferential trade scheme
Officials from the Cambodian Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (MFA) have embarked on a two-week mission to the European Union (EU) seeking to have the Kingdom’s tax-free trading preferences with the economic bloc extended, according to a press release on Thursday. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-sends-delegation-eu-over-preferential-trade-scheme
Kingdom’s rubber exports bounce high in first half
Cambodian rubber exports surged 21 percent during the first half of the year, compared to the same period last year, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Sunday. Local producers exported 84,419 tonnes of rubber during the first six months of this year, an increase of ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-rubber-exports-bounce-high-first-half
More floods to hit multiple provinces
The Ministry of Water Resources yesterday released a statement warning residents living along the Mekong river that water levels will continue to rise in the upcoming days due to heavy rain and strong weather across several provinces in the country. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517816/more-floods-to-hit-multiple-provinces/
Drive to replenish trees in Mondulkiri
Junior Chamber International Cambodia, in collaboration with WCS Cambodia, will hold a two-day tree planting event in Mondulkiri province starting on August 17 as part of a campaign to grow about 50,000 trees from this year to 2020. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519337/drive-to-replenish-trees-in-mondulkiri/
Ministry releases preliminary figures for flood damage
More than 3,000 hectares of paddy fields have been destroyed and 20,000 damaged by recent floods in the provinces of Stung Treng, Kratie, Kampong Cham, and Tbong Khmom, according to a preliminary report from the Ministry of Agriculture. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520132/ministry-releases-preliminary-figures-for-flood-damage/
Ministry lauds businesses for cutting down plastic bag usage
The Ministry of Environment yesterday praised local supermarkets and shopping centres for reducing plastic bag usage following legislation passed last year that requires them to charge customers for plastic bags. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520131/ministry-lauds-businesses-for-cutting-down-plastic-bag-usage/
Flood waters continue to rise
Prey Veng provincial officials yesterday warned residents that water levels of the Mekong river under the Neak Loeung bridge are continuing to rise. Provincial Governor Chea Somethy said yesterday that residents should continue to be cautious, noting that the water is close to reaching the ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50529500/flood-waters-continue-to-rise/
Chemical analysis systems to increase food safety
Local produce can now be checked for pesticide residue using the technique known as chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS) after the Ministry of Agriculture acquired LCMS systems that can be deployed to farms around the country. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50536505/chemical-analysis-systems-to-increase-food-safety/
Cambodian-Czech mining co-op
Cambodian and Czech Republic officials agreed on Monday to set up a working coalition to boost cooperation in the mining sector and facilitate the exchange of information, said a Cambodian Ministry of Mines and Energy spokesman on Monday. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-czech-mining-co-op
Give back grabbed land in national park: Ministry
The Environment Ministry on Friday ordered all those who have illegally grabbed land in Preah Suramarit-Kossamak National Park to immediately tear down their structures and give the land back to the government. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50544868/give-back-grabbed-land-in-national-park-ministry/
Activists come together for Prey Lang tree ceremony
The Ministry of Environment and 300 villagers from natural protection communities across four provinces gathered at Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary this weekend for a tree ceremony calling for the protection of natural resources, ministry spokesman Neth Pheaktra told The Post on Sunday. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-come-together-prey-lang-tree-ceremony
‘Fake news’ fuels smog fears
The Ministry of Environment has said concerns over Phnom Penh’s air quality are being fuelled by “fake news” on social media sites by companies aiming to promote the sale of air quality testing kits. “There has been a lot of fake news claiming that air ...
Husain Haider
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fake-news-fuels-smog-fears
Cambodia has wind energy potential – study
France-based Blue Circle has finished a feasibility study for a project to build wind turbines in the Kingdom, with results indicating investment should ensue. The results of the study were presented during a meeting on Monday between company representatives and Suy Sem, the Minister of ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50585976/cambodia-has-wind-energy-potential-study/
Gold production to begin this year, Ministry says
The Ministry of Mines and Energy yesterday said two mining firms will begin producing gold in upcoming months. Peng Navuth, under-secretary of state at the ministry, said Indian-owned Mesco Gold will begin extracting this year, while Australia’s Renaissance Minerals is likely to begin in 2020. Mr ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50592785/gold-production-to-begin-this-year-ministry-says/
Forestry revenue rises
The Agriculture Ministry collected more than $2 million in forestry revenue during the first three months of this year. A ministry report issued on April 22, and obtained yesterday, said it collected about $2.3 million in riel and also $69,281 in licensing and export revenue. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50601324/ministry-collects-more-than-2-million-in-forestry-revenue/