Crackdown on illegal checkpoints
The General Commissariat of National Police has announced it will take legal action against police officers found abusing their positions and demanding money from people at illegal checkpoints. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35280/crackdown--on-illegal--checkpoints/
Investors need stable, quality electricity
Stable and quality electricity is needed to attract additional high-value-added manufacturing to Cambodia, but the quality of electricity in the kingdom remains a challenge for investors as the manufacturing sector continues to diversify. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35501/investors-need-stable--quality-electricity/
Speed up land titles: Indigenous groups
The Indigenous People Network and civil society organizations yesterday asked the government to speed up registration of indigenous collective lands. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077522/speed-land-titles-indigenous-groups/
EU not taking action on garment industry
The European Union ambassador to Cambodia assured union officials on Tuesday that no sanctions on the garment sector had been taken. Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy and several civil society groups have called for sanctions on the garment industry following the dissolution of the opposition CNRP ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5095913/eu-not-taking-action-garment-industry/
CBC says growth of credit charging ahead
Credit Bureau Cambodia (CBC) yesterday released its report for the fourth quarter of 2017, which showed significant growth in applications for credit, particularly in the credit card and mortgage sectors. ...
Brendan O’Byrne
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cbc-says-growth-credit-charging-ahead
New push for ILO conventions
Female workers across multiple sectors yesterday urged two ministries to ratify International Labour Organization conventions to ensure protections for expectant mothers and domestic workers, the latter of whom are not even covered under Cambodia’s Labour Law. ...
Sen David and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-push-ilo-conventions
World Bank aid for poor
The World Bank has approved provision of $20 million to help poor and vulnerable families in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh increase their income, build skills and construct small-scale community infrastructure. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35857/world-bank-aid-for-poor/
Schools promote financial literacy
In an effort to promote financial literacy to students in primary and secondary schools, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport yesterday officially launched the “Let’s Talk Money” comic book. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35956/schools-promote-financial-literacy/
Court summons villagers in land dispute
Svay Rieng Provincial Court has summoned eight members from a group of 200 villagers who occupied land at the centre of a long-running dispute with a development company on Wednesday. The villagers from Ampil commune in Romeas Hek district have been ordered to clarify their actions ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38746/court-summons-villagers-in-land-dispute/
China woos Hun Sen at Beijing dinner
The Communist Party of China has again publicly announced its strong support for the ruling CPP. The comments were made at a dinner on Wednesday night in Beijing, attended by Prime Minister Hun Sen and Song Tao, head of the International Liaison Department of the CPC. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5093483/china-woos-hun-sen-beijing-dinner/
Mining exploration set for region home to endangered river dolphins
Australian mining firm Medusa Mining has announced plans to begin exploration for gold, copper and oil in Kratie province’s Prek Kampi commune, about 35 kilometres west of a stretch of the Mekong River that is home to endangered river dolphins. ...
Robin Spiess and Brendan O’Byrne
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mining-exploration-set-region-home-endangered-river-dolphins
Unifying brand name unveiled as Rice Federation addresses its flaws
The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) today announced a new “Malys Angkor” brand to be used as the official moniker for four species of Cambodian fragrant rice. The first day of the two-day Cambodia Rice Forum also featured the release of a remarkably frank report on the ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/unifying-brand-name-unveiled-rice-federation-addresses-its-flaws-0
Preliminary negotiations over Block D exploration begin
A Chinese-based oil exploration company and a Canadian partner have entered into preliminary negotiations with the government to obtain an exploration license in Block D in the Gulf of Thailand, according to a government spokesman. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/preliminary-negotiations-over-block-d-exploration-begin
Researchers seek new rice varieties
The Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has agreed to help Cambodia plant new high-yielding rice varieties that are also able to survive extreme climatic events. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36004/researchers-seek-new-rice-varieties/
Wing promotes Khmer riel circulation among its customers
Made by Cambodians for Cambodians, Wing (Cambodia) Limited Specialized Bank, the leading mobile banking services provider in Cambodia, is proud to join the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) in promoting Khmer Riel usage among its customers across the country by establishing service charges, as well ...
Khmer Times Team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36594/wing-promotes-khmer-riel--circulation-among-its-customers/
Endangered turtle’s eggs found
Nineteen eggs of the globally endangered Asian giant softshell turtle have been discovered after conservationists found a nest on a sandbar along the Mekong River between Kratie and Stung Treng provinces. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5096987/endangered-turtles-eggs-found/
Ministry, US body sign MoU to increase exports
The Labour Minister said he expects buyers from America to increase their orders both in the textile and footwear industry after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Monday between the Ministry of Labour and the American Center for International Labor Solidarity. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103562/ministry-us-body-sign-mou-to-increase-exports/
Early data show decline in garment sector growth
The labour minister said on Monday that Cambodia’s garment sector grew by 4 percent last year to reach $7.6 billion, which would mark a slowdown in the growth rate compared to previous years. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/early-data-show-decline-garment-sector-growth
Asean banking conference to shape strategy for industry
The 22nd Asean Banking Conference and the 49th Asean Banking Council Meeting kicks off on Monday in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This is the Kingdom’s first time hosting the conference and the second time for the council meeting. The event is organised by the Association of ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/asean-banking-conference-shape-strategy-industry
Dengue, malaria eradication eyed in Prey Lang area
The Ministry of Environment is committed to eliminating malaria and other vector-borne diseases from the natural protected area in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary by 2025. This is in line with the National Strategic Plan for Elimination of Malaria 2011-2025. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dengue-malaria-eradication-eyed-prey-lang-area