Environment Ministry and USAID launch Prey Lang project
The Environment Ministry and the United States Agency for International Development yesterday launched the Greening Prey Lang Project to promote sustainable livelihood and law enforcement in the Prey Lang community in four provinces. The project is estimated to be worth $21 million and funding will ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50593365/environment-ministry-and-usaid-launch-prey-lang-project/
Riel fund transfers to expand under FAST system
Two weeks since the central bank launched its FAST system, which provides instant riel-denominated fund transfers between banking institutions, operations are running smoothly, with usage of the new electronic payment system expected to pick up as it integrates more customers. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/riel-fund-transfers-expand-under-fast-system
Gov’t urged to bridge gaps and support private sector
The government should throw its weight behind Cambodia’s young and dynamic private sector, which has the talent and skills to capitalise on the opportunities presented by ASEAN regional economic integration, a government adviser said during a forum on Friday. ...
Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-urged-bridge-gaps-and-support-private-sector
Population to grow 22% by 2030: UN
Cambodia’s population is expected to grow by 22 per cent to almost 19 million by 2030, while infant mortality is slated to decrease and life expectancy to increase, according to a UN report released on Wednesday. ...
Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/population-grow-22-2030-un
Two years after offer, US yet to clean up war-era chemicals
Government officials on Thursday said they are still waiting for the U.S. Embassy to make good on a 2012 offer to clean up several barrels of the riot control agent CS that were dropped on Cambodia during the U.S.’ war with Vietnam and which the ...
Zsombor Peter and Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-years-after-offer-us-yet-to-clean-up-war-era-chemicals-64930/
Cambodians rated as ‘hungry’ drop in new Global index
Cambodians have experienced one of the largest drops in the rate of hunger in the world over the past quarter century, though the situation in the country still remains “serious,” according to a new report by three international NGOs. Cambodia cut its score in the ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodians-rated-as-hungry-drop-in-new-global-index-70160/
Sino plaza marks first step abroad for CCSCE
China State Construction Engineering’s plan to spend $240 million to construct a four-building project called Sino Plaza as part of its strategy to move into rapidly growing Southeast Asia, realtors said. ...
Sum Mane
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19592/sino-plaza-marks-first-step-abroad-for-ccsce/
Commune chief accused of clearing state forestland
A Forestry Administration official said yesterday that authorities have filed a court complaint accusing a commune chief in Kampong Thom province of clearing protected state forestland for private sale. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-chief-accused-clearing-state-forestland
US says more sanctions on table in response to political crackdown
Visiting US State Department official W Patrick Murphy yesterday warned that further punitive action could be forthcoming in response to the government’s recent crackdown on the main opposition, while repeatedly pointing to the US’s warm relationship with the people of Cambodia – if not their ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/us-says-more-sanctions-table-response-political-crackdown
Declining tourist numbers reported
The State Secretariat of Civil Aviation has recorded a declining number of foreign visitors coming into the Kingdom in the midst of novel coronavirus fears. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50697043/declining-tourist-numbers-reported
State of emergency law is imminent
The government said today the state of emergency draft law will be forwarded directly to the National Assembly without the need of the Council of Ministers to approve amid COVID-19 outbreak. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708017/state-of-emergency-law-is-imminent/
National Assembly to approve draft law on state of emergency
A unanimous vote of approval for the proposed “State of Emergency” law is expected to be cast today during the plenary session of the National Assembly. The draft law comes amid the increasing cases of coronavirus infections in the Kingdom. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50711453/national-assembly-to-approve-draft-law-on-state-of-emergency/
Cambodia not to declare the state of emergency
Cambodia will not declare the state of emergency with the current situation of COVID-19 transmission in the country, stressed Prime Minister Hun Sen in a voice message Monday evening. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50781339/cambodia-not-to-declare-the-state-of-emergency/
No state of emergency would be declared, PM says
Prime Minister Hun Sen reaffirmed today that the Kingdom will not declare a state of emergency for the “November 28 community incident” because it will paralyze the country’s economy. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50789957/no-state-of-emergency-would-be-declared-pm-says/
UN Myanmar envoy briefs PM on ‘three-layered solution’
Noeleen Heyzer, the UN secretary-general’s Special Envoy on Myanmar, has shared with Prime Minister Hun Sen that she had initiated a “three-layered solution” for the ongoing crisis plaguing the bloc’s westernmost country. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/un-myanmar-envoy-briefs-pm-three-layered-solution
Monks sell off public land
The chief of a Buddhist pagoda, a village chief and six laymen will appear in Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday after accusations they sold public land worth $50,000. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39143/monks-sell-off-public-land/
Railway Family Payouts Could Be Increased
The government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will start drafting a new resettlement plan this month that could improve the compensation on offer for some of the roughly 200 Phnom Penh families losing their homes because of rehabilitation of the country’s railway network in ...
Millions donated for Prey Lang conservation
The United States Agency for International Development has awarded $21 million to Tetra Tech for the next five years to improve nature conservation and strengthen sustainable development in the Prey Lang region, Tetra Tech said on Tuesday. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50535264/millions-donated-for-prey-lang-conservation/
Japan to Open ‘State-of-the-Art’ Hospital in Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh could have its first international-standard medical facility if a Japanese plan to construct a critical-care center equipped with state-of-the-art medical technologies and highly trained doctors, nurses and surgeons goes ahead, according to local officials and Japanese government documents. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japan-to-open-state-of-the-art-hospital-in-phnom-penh-48433/
Cambodian capital's only working elephant to retire in jungle
Phnom Penh’s only working elephant was blessed by a crowd of chanting Buddhist monks on Tuesday (Nov 25) as she prepared for a life of comfortable jungle retirement after three decades of giving rides to tourists. Sambo’s new home will be an ecotourism venture – ...
Channel News Asia Staff
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/lifestyle/cambodian-capital-s-only/1493254.html