Winds of change for renewables in the Kingdom
Kampot province will be home to the Kingdom’s first wind farm – a step in the right direction in terms of Cambodia’s renewable energy movement, say experts. The first wind power project in Cambodia is approaching the construction stage. The Blue Circle (Cambodia), the company ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50788448/winds-of-change-for-renewables-in-the-kingdom/
Trafficked fishermen released-for a price
A group of eight Cambodians held for ransom on a Thai fishing boat were freed over the weekend after their families paid 1,000 baht (Us$32) per person to a human trafficker in Thailand who is still holding another nine victims, victims and police said yesterday. The ss='cambodia-color'>...
Telecoms operator educates the masses
Telecoms operator Metfone, a subsidiary of Vietnam’s Viettel Group, has deployed a digital education system in siem Reap, approaching a total of 3,000 schools nationwide. In a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing ceremony yesterday, siem Reap’s 10 Makara 1979 High school became the latest education ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50757705/telecoms-operator-educates-the-masses/
Shared ministry database to speed up online business registration
Interior Minister sar Kheng has recommended the creation of a sub-decree to formally connect the interior ministry’s General Department of Identification (GDI) and the Ministry of Economy’s Cambodia Data Exchange Platform (CamDX) databases after a successful pilot of the scheme. The announcement came at a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50745177/shared-ministry-database-to-speed-up-online-business-registration/
Two firms get priority rights to mines
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has given the nod to two companies to continue their exploration licence approval processes for some 207sq km of gold-polymetallic mining areas in Tbong Khmum and Ratanakkiri provinces. The areas are 107.10sq km in the Memot area in Tbong ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/two-firms-get-priority-rights-mines
France maintains $100M pledge for Cambodia
The French government through the French Development Agency or Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has maintained its annual financing commitment at about $100 million as a concessional loan for Cambodia to develop and recover the country’s post-Covid-19 economy in line with its national development strategy ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501155615/france-maintains-100m-pledge-for-cambodia/
International relations
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Cambodia has strong diplomatic links with many countries. Its warmest relationship with a superpower is with the People's Republic of China. The most important economic ties are with China, the United states of America, Thailand and Vietnam. Cambodia is a member of the UN, AsEAN, ss='cambodia-color'>...
THIBIDI keen to bring about a transformation
THIBIDI has begun construction on Cambodia’s first transformer factory. The $2.5 million plant is being built in the Phnom Penh special Economic Zone. The plant is the first investment by THIBIDI overseas, as the company is from Vietnam. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Company to workers: take two
More than 400 protesting workers at In Han sung factory in the capital’s Por senchey district will be told this morning that their bosses have agreed to two of their demands and expect them to return to work immediately. ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032055137/National-news/company-to-workers-take-two.html
Myanmar, Cambodia strengthen bilateral ties
Phnom Penh: Myanmar president U Thein sien today began his state visit in Cambodia for bilateral cooperation. Thein sien’s visit this year will boost the trade exchange between two countries and also under the framework of ACMECs, and AsEAN integration. ss='cambodia-color'>...
EU to probe exports of rice
The European Commission has found sufficient evidence to launch an investigation into whether Cambodian rice exported to the EU puts an unfair burden on European rice farmers, potentially imperiling the Kingdom’s tariff-free exports to the bloc. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng and Brendan O’Byrne
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-probe-exports-rice
Korea grants Labour Ministry $3.1 million
During a Khmer New Year visit to south Korea, Labour Minister Ith samheng on Monday signed a $3.1 million agreement with his south Korean counterpart to empower Cambodia’s public employment services over the next four years. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50303054/korea-grants-labour-ministry-3-1-million/
Social Land Concession for poor families in Kampong Thom
The Kampong Thom provincial authority will provide about 2,000 hectares of land to about 700 poor families in Prasat Balaing district’s Daung commune in an effort to help uplift the community, according to the provincial governor. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50504865/social-land-concession-for-poor-families-in-kampong-thom/
Government rips into WWF report
The Ministry of Agriculture’s Forestry Administration spokesman Keo Omaliss hit back on Thursday at a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report that claims the Greater Mekong will lose 30 percent of its forests by 2030 without drastic action. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-rips-wwf-report
Labour Ministry to failing students: Don’t despair
StudentS who failed thiS year&rSquo;S grade-9 and grade-12 examinationS Should not deSpair aS the government haS provided alternative optionS for thoSe who want to continue their StudieS, a MiniStry of Labour and Vocational Training official Said. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-ministry-failing-students-dont-despair
Work permits double in 2018
The number of foreigners issued with Cambodian work permits this year has more than doubled that of last year. The increase was driven by Chinese workers whose contribution alone could generate millions for the Kingdom’s economy each year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/work-permits-double-2018
US senators call for GSP trade privilege cut
Two US SenatorS on WedneSday introduced the Cambodian Trade Act of 2019 bill, requiring the adminiStration to re-examine Cambodia&rSquo;S eligibility to acceSS the preferential trade treatment granted by the US under the General SyStem of PreferenceS (GSP). SS='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/us-senators-call-gsp-trade-privilege-cut
Steel-framed buildings to be demolished in Preah Sihanouk
The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall ordered the demolition on Monday of two ChineSe-owned Steel-framed buildingS on OtreS Beach I in Stung Hav diStrict&rSquo;S OtreS commune that were found to have encroached on the public beach. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/steel-framed-buildings-be-demolished-preah-sihanouk
Villagers petition to evict family protecting Phnom Tnout forest
A group of villagers from a community forest inside Preah Vihear province’s Phnom Tnout Wildlife sanctuary are collecting thumbprints to evict a family that has been protecting the forest from illegal logging and preventing poaching of endangered species. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-petition-evict-family-protecting-phnom-tnout-forest
Cyanide ‘found in samples’
A senior official at the Ministry of Environment said on Thursday analysis of blood samples from victims of Kratie province’s contaminated water incident earlier this month have confirmed the presence of cyanide, albeit at very low levels. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cyanide-found-samples