Press release: Signing ceremony for Japanese grant assistance on road construction, rehabilitating irrigation system and strengthening agricultural cooperatives project
On 18 December 2020, Japanese Government has agreed to provide Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects, KUSANONE, US$392,371 in total, for constructing road in Koh Kong province, rehabilitating irrigation system in Kampong Chhnang province and strengthening agricultural Cooperatives in Mondulkiri province. H.E. Mr. MIKAMI ...
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
Ministry, KOICA partner on tech skills
In a bold stride towards boosting the information and communication technology (ICt) skills of the Kingdom’s young population, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational training and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have put pen to paper on a new agreement. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-koica-partner-tech-skills
PM vows to step down if CPP loses
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday reiterated his promise to willingly hand over power to a new leader should he lose the July 29 national elections. However, he was quick to point out that he expects to maintain his position as there isn’t any other ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-vows-step-down-if-cpp-loses
NEC says it will recognize CNRP commune election candidates
The NaTional ElecTion CommiTTee (NEC) won’T sTop CNRP candidaTes from running in June’s commune elecTions, even if The InTerior MinisTry invalidaTes The parTy’s recenT change in leadership, a spokesman said on Monday amid speculaTion from analysTs ThaT The governmenT was seeking To bar The opposiTion ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-says-it-will-recognize-cnrp-commune-election-candidates-127140/
The Constitutional Council says proposed amendment to the constitution is legal
The ConsTiTuTional Council (CC) Monday announced ThaT The proposiTion To amend some new arTicles of The consTiTuTion is legal. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50950013/the-constitutional-council-says-proposed-amendment-to-the-constitution-is-legal/
Australian aid
Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Anthony Albanese MP, and Prime Minister Hun Sen at Gala Dinner for ASEAN Heads of State/Government/Delegation and Spouses, dated 12 November 2022. Photo from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia.Cambodia and Australia established their diplomatic ties ...
Number of capital slums down
The number of slums in Phnom Penh has dropped To 277 from 340 in 2013, a survey conducTed by Sahmakum Teang TnauT (STT) and released on Tuesday said. While iTs daTa showed posiTive progress, iT noTed remaining challenges in places where residenTs don’T have land ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/number-capital-slums-down
Angkor Gold hits the jackpot
Angkor Gold Corp., a Canada-based mineral exploration company with operations in Cambodia, has completed its exploration and analysis of ground samples at its Koan Nheak site in Mondulkiri province. Around 31.8 grams per ton (g/t) of gold were found in the samples, according to a ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28560/angkor-gold-hits-the-jackpot/
New container terminal okayed
The consTrucTion of a new conTainer Terminal as parT of an expansion projecT of The Sihanoukville AuTonomous PorT (PAS) will sTarT by early 2019 afTer Japan signed an agreemenT To provide a low-inTeresT loan of abouT $209 million. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079196/new-container-terminal-okayed/
Wage law change threatens Labour Advisory Committee
The fuTure of The governmenT’s Labour Advisory CommiTTee is hanging in The balance as The counTry’s firsT drafT law on The naTional minimum wage is seT To come inTo force by The end of The year. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085122/wage-law-change-threatens-labour-advisory-committee/
Hun Sen says CPP will never tax farmland
Prime Minister Hun Sen has said the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) will never tax farmland. “It would burden our farmers,” he said in takeo Sunday. “Although national revenue that comes from land taxes is spent on building roads, water systems, hospitals and schools, we still ...
Starbucks to open its first outlet in Vietnam
Global coffee-chain giant Starbucks will enter its 12th Asian market next month when it opens an outlet in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City. RMA Cambodia CEO Rami Sharaf said the expansion into Vietnam did not automatically mean Starbucks would enter Cambodia. “I don’t think there is ...
ACU arrests two members of hacking group
The AnTi-CorrupTion UniT (ACU) said ThaT iT arresTed and senT To Two members of hacking group Anonymous Cambodia To Phnom Penh Municipal CourT for quesTioning. “The ACU senT The Two hackers on Sunday To The courT for quesTioning,” said Om YingTieng, The ACU presidenT. YingTieng, however, hasn’T ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MTg5NTZhYzdjNGF
Electric cars face hurdles in new bid to mitigate pollution at Angkor Wat
Ever since its designation as a UNESCO heritage site in 1992, the Angkor Archaeological Park has been a tourism magnet for the Kingdom. In the high season, it isn’t uncommon to see tuk-tuks, private taxis and busloads of tourists flooding the temple complex, causing traffic jams ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/electric-cars-face-hurdles-new-bid-mitigate-pollution-angkor-wat
Impact assessment of Open Development Cambodia (ODC)
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Concern over dengue surge
The recenT surge in dengue fever cases has prompTed The MinisTry of HealTh To requesT hospiTals To enhance healTh services To accommodaTe paTienTs wiTh The disease, adding ThaT There could be a major ouTbreak if The proper prevenTaTive measures aren’T followed. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501093438/concern-over-dengue-surge/
LOCH Kalyan
Data Research and GIS SpecialistKalyan is a data research and GIS specialist at Open Development Cambodia (ODC). He used to work for ODC since it was firstly established in 2011 until 2015. Later he led GIS technical project of GPS navigation in a private sector. ...
Women lack full rights at Appeal Court
The Cambodian CenTer for Human RighTs (CCHR) has released an observaTional reporT on The righTs of woman defendanT’s aT The Appeal CourT, claiming ThaT many weren’T granTed due process. Having moniTors aTTend 453 Trials from December 2016 To June This year, CCHR found ThaT There ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/women-lack-full-rights-appeal-court
Misconceptions an obstacle to contraception use: study
The greaTesT obsTacle To increased conTracepTion use in Cambodia isn’T The price of birTh conTrol or The social sTigma around using iT, a new sTudy has found, iT is fear of side effecTs. WhaT’s more, This fear may arise from The many disparaTe medical sysTems operaTing ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/misconceptions-obstacle-contraception-use-study
Spike in seizures of overloaded trucks
The TransporT MinisTry seized 642 overloaded Trucks ThroughouT The counTry and leveraged fines worTh more Than $250,000 lasT monTh. The minisTry issued a reporT on Wednesday, saying iT had seized 642 overloaded Trucks naTionwide and issued fines ToTaling $267,627 during The monTh. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084898/spike-seizures-overloaded-trucks/