Six more hectares of Tamouk lake granted to private owners
At least six hectares of land in the Tamouk lake area, also known as Boeng Kob Srov, have been handed over by the government to Seng Youan, Director-General of the General Department of Logistics and Finance of the Ministry of Interior, for personal use and ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501111494/six-more-hectares-of-tamouk-lake-granted-to-private-owners/
US senators submit bill on funding landmine clearance in Indochina
Members of the US Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Tammy Baldwin of the Democratic Party from Wisconsin state, and Senator Jerry Moran of the Republican Party from Kansas state, have submitted a bipartisan bill that allocates funding for clearing landmines and other unexploded ordnances left over ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501389513/us-senators-submit-bill-on-funding-landmine-clearance-in-indochina/
HPAI in Cambodia Affects Backyard Poultry
The Cambodian veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Battambang affecting backyard poultry. An immediate notification was sent to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) reporting that the causal agent has been identified as the HPAI virus, serotype H5N1. ...
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/29821/hpai-in-cambodia-affects-backyard-poultry
British institute preparing report on garment factory safety
Britain’s Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors says it is preparing a report for the Cambodian government on possible steps to reassure garment buyers about factory safety. The report by the Institute, which investigated the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh last year, will also include ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=Y2EyZTc5ODg0YWF
State Bank of Vietnam strengthens relations with Cambodian partner
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) held a bilateral meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on September 16 to exchange and share experiences on macroeconomic management, especially in finance and banking. ...
Nhan Dan Newspaper
https://en.nhandan.org.vn/business/item/7922402-state-bank-of-vietnam-strengthens-relations-with-cambodian-partner.html
Families near airport push for land titles
About 600 families living next to Phnom Penh International Airport urged the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) yesterday to help speed up the process of giving them titles to their land. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34640/families-near-airport-push--for-land-titles/
Land-titling process ‘urgent’, Oxfam says
Accelerating the mapping and titling of rural farmland should be an “urgent” priority of the government and civil society, particularly when it comes to protecting indigenous peoples’ and women’s rights, Oxfam representatives said yesterday. The remarks followed the release of an EU-funded survey of rural communities’ ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-titling-process-%E2%80%98urgent%E2%80%99-oxfam-says
Japanese investor acquires local MFI
A Japanese businessman has acquired a majority stake of microfinance company Farmer Union Development Fund (FUDF) and plans to expand its lending to the real estate sector as well as small- and medium-sized enterprises, he revealed yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japanese-investor-acquires-local-mfi
Opposition questions minister
After being questioned for more than two hours at the National Assembly yesterday, Environment Minister Say Samal claimed the number of forest crimes decreased in 2016, but acknowledged that some government officials were involved in some of the crimes. A recently released report from the University ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33928/opposition-questions-minister/
Three More Airlines to Offer Flights to Cambodia
Three more international airlines will soon begin operating flights to Cambodia’s two main airports, according to Cambodia Airports, which owns and operates the facilities. Lao Central Airlines and Qatar Airways will offer flights to Phnom Penh, and Frankfurt-based Condor Air will fly direct to Siem Reap, ...
Mixed message to UN
A call for the Cambodian government to lift its controversial ban on public assembly is among 34 such recommendations it has chosen to defer in the wake of last week’s second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of its human rights situation. The UN on Saturday released a ...
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mixed-message-un
PM urges universities to boost research cooperation
PM Hun Manet is asking public and private universities to increase cooperation for joint research and mutual study visits with both national and international universities. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501505827/pm-urges-universities-to-boost-research-cooperation/
U.N concern over Cambodia law on the management of the nation during state of emergency
On 9 April, UN experts sent a communication expressing concerns over Cambodia’s draft law on the management of the nation during state of emergency. According to the independent experts, if adopted as is, the law may restrict the right to freedom of expression, right to ...
Special Rapporteur Cambodia
World Bank raises growth forecast for Cambodia in 2014
The World Bank upwardly revised Monday its GDP growth forecast for Cambodia this year to 7.2 percent, up from its October projection of 7.0 percent. In explaining the higher forecast, the bank’s East Asia and Pacific Economic Update pointed to “the expectation of renewed confidence and ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YjY5Zjc3MTUwZDg
MFI loans, deposits continue to increase
Both outstanding loans and savings deposits in 35 microfinance institutions (MFIs) continued to grow from January through to June this year, according to the latest report from the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA). By the end of the first half of this year, total loans from MFIs ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mfi-loans-deposits-continue-increase
Water Supply Stock Falls Back to Initial Value
The share price of the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA), the only stock so far to trade on Cambodia’s recently launched bourse, fell yesterday to the lowest price since its first day of trading nearly three months ago. At the day’s close, stock in PPWSA ...
Press Statement of the Council for the Development of Cambodia on the United States Department of the Treasury’s decision to impose sanctions on Union Development Group Co., Ltd (UDG)
On 20 September 2020, Council for the Development of Cambodia has issued a press statement in respond to the imposed sanction on Union Development Group (UDG) by the United states Department of the Treasury. The paper has responded to various allegations made by the United ...
Council for the development of Cambodia
Software for cleaner money
Tess International, a Malaysia-based provider of software solutions for the financial sector, signed a distributor agreement yesterday with Cambodian management consulting and business technology firm IdeaLink Consulting to provide software to Cambodian banks and microfinance institutions that helps them combat financial crimes. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/software-cleaner-money
Fish tale: A million released
A million fish formed the front line of the conservation fight yesterday, when Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officials released them in Kampong Thom provincial waters, celebrating the launching of a national aquaculture institute. Yesterday’s celebration of National Fish Day in Baray district marks the official start ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070266609/National/fish-tale-a-million-released.html
Government ready to declare state of emergency after law is signed
The government will take no longer than 30 days to implement a state of emergency once the bill is signed into law. Soldiers are already on standby to ensure security and help citizens. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50709043/government-ready-to-declare-state-of-emergency-after-law-is-signed/