Cambodia to launch energy efficiency policy soon
Cambodia will soon launch its National Energy Efficiency Policy that aims to create a more resilient and low-carbon energy sector, said Say Samal, Minister of Environment recently. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501173214/cambodia-to-launch-energy-efficiency-policy-soon/
Cambodia, U.S. discuss strengthening of their relations
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok Chenda Sophea, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Patrick Murphy, Ambassador of the United States to Cambodia have discussed the strengthening of the relations between both nations. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501354020/cambodia-u-s-discuss-strengthening-of-their-relations/
FAO says Cambodian wholesale rice prices stable or higher last month
Wholesale rice prices in Cambodia were stable or rising last month despite surges in Thailand and Vietnam, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501363731/fao-says-cambodian-wholesale-rice-prices-stable-or-higher-last-month/
Cambodia to ship rice to Indonesia next year
Cambodia will start exporting an agreed annual quota of 250,000 tonnes of milled rice to Indonesia from next year after the two nations reached a rice deal earlier in August, the Ministry of Commerce said. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501355331/cambodia-to-ship-rice-to-indonesia-next-year/
ASEAN Plus Three countries boost trade, investment ties
Ten member states of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Japan, China, and Korea have boosted cooperation in trade and investment by taking advantage of the existing free trade agreements. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501184060/asean-plus-three-countries-boost-trade-investment-ties/
ADB, EDC sign mandate for two GW solar and battery storage power programme in Cambodia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a transaction advisory services mandate with Cambodia’s national utility company Électricité du Cambodge (EDC) to support the development of two gigawatts (GW) of solar power in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501179163/adb-edc-sign-mandate-for-two-gw-solar-and-battery-storage-power-programme-in-cambodia/
ASEAN urges for immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has expressed its concern over the recent escalation of violence in Myanmar and urges for immediate cessation of violence. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175141/asean-urges-for-immediate-cessation-of-violence-in-myanmar/
Cambodia approves five Renewable Energy projects
The Royal Government of Cambodia has approved five renewable energy projects with a total capacity of 520 MW to increase the power supply to the national grid and contribute to reducing the emissions of carbon dioxide and protecting the environment. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501270090/cambodia-approves-five-renewable-energy-projects/
PM talks tourism with Laotian Premier during visit
Launching direct flights linking Cambodia and Laos was top of the agenda during a two-day official visit by Prime Minister Hun Sen to the neighboring nation . ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-pm-talks-tourism-with-laotian-premier-during-visit
Inauguration of CVA headquarters showcases Vietnam-Cambodia solidarity
The new headquarters of the Central Committee of the Cambodian Veterans’ Association (CVA), funded by the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence, was inaugurated and put into use in Kien Svay district, the Cambodian province of Kandal on January 4. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501418375/inauguration-of-cva-headquarters-showcases-vietnam-cambodia-solidarity/
FAO launches fisheries training
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has kicked off training to build fisheries stakeholder capacity in the management of fisheries, while improving the livelihoods of coastal community fisheries. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/foa-launches-fisheries-training
Ministry creates 193 nature protection communities in five years
The Ministry of Environment has established 193 protected area communities for biodiversity conservation, natural resource management, culture and promotion of national economic development. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501431758/ministry-creates-193-nature-protection-communities-in-five-years/
PM orders police chief to tighten alcohol road rules
Prime Minister Hun Manet has called on National Police Chief, Sar Thet, to tighten laws related to drunk driving and other road regulations to prevent fatal crashes occurring. ...
Chhim PichBormey
https://kiripost.com/stories/pm-orders-police-chief-to-tighten-alcohol-road-rules
OVOP movement gathering strength in Cambodia
The Seventh National Day for the promotion of Khmer products will be celebrated today (April 9), under the theme ‘Sustainable Production and Supply to the Market – One Village, One Product Movement.’ ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501469672/ovop-movement-gathering-strength-in-cambodia/
Cambodian, Singaporean PMs highlight ASEAN unity, centrality
A Cambodian foreign ministry statement on Wednesday said that Cambodia and Singapore have emphasized the importance of maintaining the unity and centrality of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501509992/cambodian-singaporean-pms-highlight-asean-unity-centrality/
‘We are not afraid’: Rainsy
In a fiery speech attended by thousands, opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday vowed that his party would boycott the National Assembly if a thorough investigation of election results is not undertaken and vowed mass demonstrations if preliminary numbers aren’t revised to reflect a Cambodia National ...
Meas Sokchea and Abby Seiff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/%E2%80%98we-are-not-afraid%E2%80%99-rainsy
Rainsy’s reasoning questioned
While the opposition party steps up its efforts to persuade the international community to cut ties with a government it says was formed by a “constitutional coup”, lawyers and analysts yesterday questioned whether the party’s reasoning has any legal basis. In a letter sent to the ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy%E2%80%99s-reasoning-questioned
Opposition’s Demand for TV Access Crucial, Futile
Speaking on the first day of the opposition’s three-day mass demonstration in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park last month, CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann announced to an electrified crowd that the party would be seeking its own television station in negotiations with the ruling CPP. With the ...
Cambodian Opposition Holds Protest Rally Amid Vote-Tampering Suspicions
A top court ordered Cambodia’s electoral body on Monday to unseal voting records in a second province as the main opposition party held a 20,000-strong rally with an ultimatum to the government to set up an independent probe on widespread irregularities in recently-held national elections ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/elections-08262013195332.html
Hun Sen Hails Drop in Crime, but Complete Figures Withheld
Prime Minister Hun Sen heralded an overall 8 percent drop in the national crime rate during the Interior Ministry’s annual conference yesterday and an even more dramatic 13 percent drop in felonies. For the second straight year, though, the ministry did not provide complete figures or ...