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
Singapore tech to increase national tax revenue
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) is sourcing for an advanced IT system in Singapore to modernise the Kingdom’s tax system and improve its collection process and efficiency. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/singapore-tech-increase-national-tax-revenue
Officials cheated me: farmer
A cassava grower in Siem Reap’s Srei Snom district has accused a district police chief and a deputy commune chief of cheating him out of his land after they doctored the grower’s testimony in a court case. Em Socheat, a lawyer for land owner Yem Savuth, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090458481/National-news/officials-cheated-me-farmer.html
Thousands Evacuated, but Floodwaters Abating
More than 400 families in Banteay Meanchey province have now been evacuated from their homes due to heavy flooding in towns and villages along the Thai border, provincial officials said yesterday. About 100 families were evacuated from Poipet City – the worst-hit area – yesterday alone, ...
Land disputes to dominate next year's election
Land disputes are expected to be a hot issue in next year’s election, overshadowing perennial issues such as illegal immigration, destruction of forests, corruption, and unemployment. Prime Minister Hun Sen himself has acknowledged that the government’s failure to resolve the issue will mean handing ammunition to ...
After Demolition, Colonial Building Site to Lie Dormant
The owner of a site in Phnom Penh where a 19th century French colonial building was demolished last week said yesterday she does not have enough money to follow through on plans to build a replica in its place. Kang Gheck Nai said it had always ...
‘Secessionists’ no-show event
A Friday press conference meant to be an act of defiance and a call for justice from the so-called Kratie “secessionists” was conspicuously short on both, as two accused secessionists failed to appear as promised to demand that the government present credible evidence against them. Instead, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070957296/National-news/kratie-secessionists-no-show.html
Villagers Accuse Armed Forces of Illegal Logging
Over the past half year, the military has established dozens of bases in protected community forests in Oddar Meanchey province and used them as an inroad for rampant illegal logging, villagers and forestry administration officials said yesterday. Nearly 2,000 villagers from local forest communities have thumbprinted ...
Guinea interested in Cambodian rice
The Republic of Guinea plans to import 40,000 tonnes of milled rice from Cambodia, Alpha Condé, the president of the West African nation, said during a recent visit to the Kingdom. The two countries will also look to follow up on agricultural technology co-operation agreed on ...
Cambodia's garment export reaches 2.1 bln USD in H1, up 9 pct
Cambodia had exported garment and textile products in equivalent to 2.1 billion U.S. dollars in the first six months of 2012, up 9 percent from 1.93 billion U.S. dollars in the same period last year, a report from the Commerce Ministry showed on Monday. ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2012-07/23/c_131732434.htm
Cambodia: Rich-poor gap hinders ASEAN integration
Southeast Asian nations must redouble efforts to bridge development gaps which threaten the region’s efforts to create an EU-style single market, Cambodia’s prime minister said Monday. Building an ASEAN economic community by 2015 is the “top priority”, Hun Sen said as he opened the annual ...
Trafficked Laborers Returned From Malaysia
Twelve Cambodians were repatriated Friday after being illegally trafficked to work as fishermen and maids in Malaysia, a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. ...
Court to Question 4 Bavet Shooting Witnesses
The Svay Rieng Provincial Court will question four new witnesses to the February shooting of garment workers in Bavet City allegedly committed by former city governor Chhouk Bundith, a court official said yesterday. “We are preparing to schedule the questioning of four new witnesses. It ...
Investment in Cambodia's Construction Increases By 36% by H1
[The] Construction sector has attracted a total investment of 868 million U.S. dollars in the first six months of 2012, up 36 percent from 37 million U.S. dollars at the same period last year, a report from the ministry of land management, urban planning and ...