Unconstitutional draft laws on the judiciary should be rejected
June 15, 2014, On the anniversary of Cambodia’s Constitutional Council, LICADHO urges the Council to reject the three new laws affecting the judiciary in their current form. The passage of these laws in their current form will codify and indefinitely prolong the lack of independence ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian League for promotion and defense of human rights
City hall pushes to reduce smoking in Phnom Penh
In anticipation of World No Tobacco Day on Sunday, Phnom Penh&rSquo;S City Hall called upon tobacco companieS to Stop the illegal advertiSement of cigaretteS and for diStrict officialS to Start enforcing non-Smoking zoneS, in an event at Wat Phnom on Friday. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-pushes-to-reduce-smoking-in-phnom-penh-84632/
Cambodia to build Phnom Penh-Preah Sihanouk expressway next year
The first Phnom Penh-Preah sihanouk expressway is expected to be constructed next year in order to facilitate goods transportation from the capital to the international seaport, according the state’s news agency- AKP. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-to-build-phnom-penh-preah-sihanouk-expressway-next-year-8805
Institutions link to boost tourism
The Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) and Ministry of Tourism have agreed to team up to boost tourism in the Kingdom. Both institutions will soon sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to that effect. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50720709/institutions-link-to-boost-tourism/
UN rapporteur told to follow code of conduct
The Cambodian Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva on Wednesday urged UN special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia Rhona smith to strictly observe the code of conduct and her office’s operations manual. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/un-rapporteur-told-follow-code-conduct
Speculation fears over location of new ring road
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) held consultations to decide the location of National Ring Road 4 around Phnom Penh. Once complete, it is expected to ease traffic and freight transportation. But the location of the project is being kept under wraps to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50775152/speculation-fears-over-location-of-new-ring-road/
Financial leniency urged for buyers of boreys, condos
The government on March 22 issued a plea to developers of borey gated-communities and condominiums in Cambodia to ease some of the financial pressure facing customers to pay monthly installments until the end of March 2022, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/financial-leniency-urged-buyers-boreys-condos
Joint statement on the outcome of the meeting on real estate issues in Cambodia
On 22 March 2021, the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the National Bank of Cambodia issued a joint statement on the outcome of the meeting on real estate issues in Cambodia which aims to address the real estate sector challenges in the context of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Economy and Finance & National Bank of Cambodia
‘Pandemic fuels demand for management of property’
The pandemic has increased pressure on building operators, resulting in an all-time high in demand for property management, Us-based commercial real estate and service and investment firm CBRE – the largest in the world – said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50826486/pandemic-fuels-demand-for-management-of-property/
Bird’s nest exports to China still far off
The Kingdom’s remains bogged down in efforts to officially export edible bird’s nest to China, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on April 1. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/birds-nest-exports-china-still-far
Tech firms taking larger slice of the nation’s e-commerce pie
Businesses are forging symbiotic platforms to gain a piece of the Kingdom’s growing e-commerce sector, while challenging Facebook’s dominance in the industry. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50816980/tech-firms-taking-larger-slice-of-the-nations-e-commerce-pie/
Hong Kong ready to provide technical assistance for Cambodia’s E-Commerce
The Hong Kong Special AdminiStrative Region of China haS expreSSed itS readineSS to cooperate and provide technical aSSiStance for Cambodia in the field of e-commerce. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Third Ring Road 50 percent complete
The construction of the $300 million third ring road was 50 percent complete as of early May and is scheduled to be finished next year, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport’s spokesman Heang sotheayuth. The 52 kilometre road stretches from National Road ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50857557/third-ring-road-50-percent-complete/
New investment draft law intended to incentivise broadening of the economy
Cambodia’s new investment draft law is set to introduce new incentives for people to invest in the country. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908840/new-investment-draft-law-intended-to-incentivise-broadening-of-the-economy/
Government promises countrywide mobile and internet coverage by 2027
Cambodia is on track to have telephone antennas in all communes and districts across the Kingdom by 2027, according to Telecommunications Minister Chea Vandeth. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50913294/government-promises-countrywide-mobile-and-internet-coverage-by-2027/
Justice ministry, UN rapporteur discuss laws
A senior Ministry of Justice official held a virtual meeting with UN special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia Vitit Muntarbhorn on March 21 to discuss the legal situation regarding human rights and the modernisation of the laws in the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/justice-ministry-un-rapporteur-discuss-laws
Over 12 million domestic tourists recorded in first seven months
Cambodia has registered more than 12 million domestic tourists in the first seven months of this year, according to a report of the Ministry of Tourism released on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501338834/over-12-million-domestic-tourists-recorded-in-first-seven-months/
Cambodia receives 268,130 Chinese tourists in H1, up 771.8 pct
Cambodia attracted some 268,130 Chinese tourists during the first half of 2023, up 771.8 percent from 30,754 in the same period last year, said a Ministry of Tourism report released on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501335579/cambodia-receives-268130-chinese-tourists-in-h1-up-771-8-pct/
PM Hun Sen encourages cooperation expansion between Cambodian and Indonesian armies
Prime Minister Hun sen received here at the Peace Palace this afternoon visiting Gen. DudungAbdurachman, Chief of staff of the Indonesian Army. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501341428/pm-hun-sen-encourages-cooperation-expansion-between-cambodian-and-indonesian-armies/
Canada imports nearly 769,000 knitted coats from Cambodia
Canada imported nearly 769,000 knitted coats from the Kingdom during the January-May period of the current year, according to a website, which tracks the developments in the textile industry. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501342646/canada-imports-nearly-769000-knitted-coats-from-cambodia/