Tourism Minister touts master plan for Siem Reap tourism boost
Minister of Tourism Sok Soken visited the Siem Reap Provincial Department of Tourism on Saturday and discussed crucial aspects of the master plan for Tourism Development in Siem Reap Province 2021-2035. ...
Jigme Palden Pazo
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501503069/tourism-minister-touts-master-plan-for-siem-reap-tourism-boost/
Bar Association initiates ‘Lawyer to the Grassroot Level’ project
The Ministry of Interior has granted permission to the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia to cooperate on legal education and aid with administrative councils across the country. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501489779/bar-association-initiates-lawyer-to-the-grassroot-level-project/
Neth Pheaktra: The Ministry of Information continues to provide professional training for journalists
Neth Pheaktra, Minister of Information, said that the Ministry of Information continues to provide professional training to journalists, ensuring a strong foundation for their careers in the field of information. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501498420/neth-pheaktra-the-ministry-of-information-continues-to-provide-professional-training-for-journalists/
‘Shortage of workforce afflicting hospitality industry’
The challenge of insufficient manpower was among the primary problems afflicting the hospitality industry in the Kingdom, a Tourism Ministry workshop under the Secretary of State of the ministry at a Phnom Penh hotel last week concluded. ...
Jigmee Palden Pazo
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501504410/shortage-of-workforce-afflicting-hospitality-industry/
Ministry of Interior signs MoU with four universities to strengthen research
The National School of Local Administration of the Ministry of Interior yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with the National University of Battambang, National University of CheaSim Kamchaymear, National University of Meanchey, and University of Kratie to jointly strengthen and develop research in all forms, especially related to capacity ...
Torn Vibol
https://tinyurl.com/4d65vbcn
The Environment Ministry strengthens cooperation with all stakeholders to improve Cambodia’s environmental quality
The successful implementation of the Ministry of Environment’s Circular Strategy on Environment is indispensable. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501514610/the-environment-ministry-strengthens-cooperation-with-all-stakeholders-to-improve-cambodias-environmental-quality/
Number of associations, NGOs grows, while many inactive
The General Department of Administration of the Ministry of Interior held a review meeting to discuss the registration of associations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on Monday. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501540948/number-of-associations-ngos-grows-while-many-inactive/
More moves announced for cabinet reshuffle
Another four government officials will be promoted to senior secretarial positions in three ministries as part of the upcoming cabinet reshuffle, which Prime Minister Hun Sen claims will increase government efficiency, according to a letter to the president of the National Assembly last Friday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23299/more-moves-announced-for-cabinet-reshuffle/
Sting targeting ancient statue dealers winds up with fakes
Police in Kompong Thom province on Monday arrested three men in a sting targeting sellers of looted, ancient statues, only to find that seven statues seized in the operation were in fact worthless copies of Buddhist artifacts, officials said. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sting-targeting-ancient-statue-dealers-winds-up-with-fakes-104117/
Cambodian ruling party faces test over next 5 years
Cambodian political analysts said Prime Minister Hun Sen needs to make “serious and deep reforms” over the next five years to restore his popularity after his party survived with a slim majority in July’s disputed general election. Sok Touch, deputy director of the Royal Academy ...
Global Times
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/829846.shtml#.Up_bWNIW2ls
Cambodian garment manufacturers, trade unionists talk over pay rise with no agreement
Cambodia’s garment manufacturers and trade unionists on Monday began a negotiation on pay rise for garment workers in 2014 but reached no any agreement because the union representatives demanded to double the current wage. The talk was made between the employers represented by Nang Sothy, co-chair ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/16/c_132972280.htm
Petitioners set for Round 2 of showdown with City Hall
Protesters were due to march on four foreign embassies this morning to deliver petitions calling for the release of the 23 detainees held at the remote Correctional Centre 3 after being arrested during the crackdown earlier this month. The march – to the embassies of Germany, ...
Mom Kunthear and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/petitioners-set-round-2-showdown-city-hall
Finance Ministry Accused of Ignoring Education Sector
The Ministry of Education on Tuesday again publicly accused the Ministry of Finance of not injecting enough funds into the education sector in order to bring Cambodia in line with the rest of Southeast Asia. Speaking at the close of a two-day workshop to formulate the ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/finance-ministry-accused-of-ignoring-education%E2%80%88sector-41040/
New airline gets closer to launch
Cambodia Bayon Airlines will soon import two Modern Ark 60 aircrafts from the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), with plans to begin domestic flights before the end of the year, a company representative said yesterday. Bayon will sign an agreement with AVIC on Thursday ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-airline-gets-closer-launch
PM puts fake Hun Sen FB accounts on notice
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday took to the unruly world of social media in an effort to impose some order, at least where his own name is concerned. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-puts-fake-hun-sen-fb-accounts-notice
Police arrest man with thousands in fake US bills
Police in Battambang province arrested a man on Saturday who was in possession of more than $2,500 in counterfeit U.S. notes after receiving complaints from market vendors he had duped earlier in the day, police said Sunday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-arrest-man-with-thousands-in-fake-us-bills-93556/
Gov’t Unveils Legal Plan to Break Garment Industry Strike
As mass demonstrations by garment factory workers continued Monday, the government laid out plans to bring an end to the labor unrest within the next three days, including suing union leaders in the courts and mobilizing security forces to take unspecified action. Signed by Council ...
Aun Pheap and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-unveils-legal-plan-to-break-garment-industry-strike-49763/
PM calls for halt to ‘illegal’ protests
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday called on labour unions to immediately stop organising demonstrations and strikes to “illegally” demand benefits from factory owners. He said such actions could spin out of hand and force around two-thirds of the Kingdom’s factories, approximately 800 of the ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-halt-illegal-protests
Legal group urges review of Cambodia’s bar
The human rights arm of the International Bar Association (IBA) is recommending that the membership of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) in the IBA be reviewed, raising the prospect of ejection in a scathing new report on the country’s judicial system. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/legal-group-urges-review-of-cambodias-bar-94684/
TEAC officially launched in Cambodian to boost Chinese producers
To boost Chinese investment in Cambodian garment industry, the Textile Enterprise Association of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce also know as TEAC has been officially launched in Phnom Penh.Enjoy Ho, chairman of TEAC said that they will represent the interests of Chinese textile enterprises in ...
YNFX News Staff
http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/about-us