New youth party signed into being
The Cambodia Youth Party (CYP), a new coalition targeting the vote of Cambodia’s burgeoning under-30 population, became official this week after receiving its licence from the Ministry of Interior. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-youth-party-signed-being
New visas aim to increase arrivals
In a bid to increase visitor numbers, the government has agreed to issue three-year multiple-entry visas to Chinese, South Korean and Japanese tourists later this year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24524/new-visas-aim-to-increase-arrivals/
New fire trucks head to provinces
More than 100 new fire engines were provided to provincial police stations across the Kingdom in an effort to bolster the country’s firefighting capacity, Interior Minister Sar Kheng announced yesterday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25475/new-fire-trucks-head-to-provinces/
New border checkpoint to Thailand planned
Preparations are underway for the construction of a new border checkpoint to Thailand in Banteay Meanchey province, officials said yesterday. After signing a joint agreement to open a new checkpoint last August for the purpose of boosting bilateral trade, Banteay Meanchey authorities sent a letter to ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25676/new-border-checkpoint-to-thailand-planned/
Children—a new defense against looting?
For years, archaeologists excavating pre-Angkorian sites in Banteay Meanchey province unsuccessfully attempted to stop the looting of the area’s temples and buried treasures. ...
New condo aimed at local investors
Star5 Development and the Skyland Company have formed a joint venture, with approximately $20 million in investment capital, to develop an affordable condominium named Skyland Condo aimed at local investors. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28095/new-condo-aimed-at-local-investors/
New bourse rules to lure SMEs
Cambodia’s market regulator has released listing criteria for a new trading platform – with reduced accounting and capital requirements – aimed at making it easier for small- and mid-sized firms to list on the fledgling stock exchange, Sok Dara, deputy director general of the Securities ...
Sor Chandara and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-bourse-rules-lure-smes
Date set to announce new wage
The tripartite working group tasked with setting the minimum wage in Cambodia’s garment industry is slated to officially convene today, with the results of the negotiations to be announced on October 5 if all goes to plan. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/date-set-announce-new-wage
New panels to reduce road deaths
The National Road Safety Committee (NRSC) yesterday pledged to cut deaths on Cambodia’s roads by 50 per cent by 2020, with two new sub-commissions set to be established to help reach that goal. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-panels-reduce-road-deaths
Millions more new ID cards required
The General Department of Identification issued some 2.8 million identification cards between January and October as part of an effort to bring a new generation of cards to some 10.9 million Cambodians by 2017. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/millions-more-new-id-cards-required
New teacher guides target student safety
Education and disaster management leaders from eight Southeast Asian countries gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday in a bid to encourage schools in areas prone to natural catastrophes to make children safer. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-teacher-guides-target-student-safety
New body to protect Koh Ker
Local authorities in Preah Vihear province are teaming up with the Apsara Authority to protect the 8,100 hectares of land surrounding the Koh Ker archaeological site, which they say is under threat from illegal loggers and intrusive settlers. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-body-protect-koh-ker
Donaco dumps its new junket operator
Donaco International Ltd has terminated its junket deal with Macau VIP gaming promoter Heng Sheng Group, saying the arrangement proved too restrictive for the marketing of its flagship Star Vegas Resort and Club in Poipet. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/donaco-dumps-its-new-junket-operator
Knock-offs find a new home
The province of Banteay Meanchey will build a new market for vendors displaced from the Long Keur market on the Thai side of the Poipet border, a provincial official said yesterday, adding that vendors will be allowed to continue selling their counterfeit goods at the ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/knock-offs-find-new-home
Maybank opens new office in Cambodia
Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) is further strengthening its operations in Cambodia with the launch of Maybank Tower, a new 10-storey corporate office in the country. ...
The Star Team
http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2016/03/15/maybank-opens-new-office-in-cambodia/
Pardons unlikely for Khmer new year
The Ministry of Justice has announced it is unlikely that any Royal pardons granting inmates amnesty or reductions in prison sentences will be given ahead of the Khmer New Year, according to a ministry spokesman yesterday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23638/pardons-unlikely-for-khmer-new-year/
New protected forests test overstretched ministry
The nearly 1 million hectares of newly protected forests the Environment Ministry wants to create by the end of the year will add nearly a third more land to the portfolio of an agency already struggling to manage the 3.2 million hectares it has. And ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/111001-111001/
Sweden names new envoy to Cambodia
The Swedish Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that their current ambassador to Cambodia, Anna Maj Hultgard, will be moving on in September. ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sweden-names-new-envoy-cambodia
Meeting touts new approach to rehab
Officials from provinces across the country gathered in Banteay Meanchey yesterday and the day before to learn about alternative community-based drug rehabilitation services and vocational training, anti-drug officials said. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/meeting-touts-new-approach-rehab
Gendarmerie to get 300 new trainees
The National Gendarmerie announced it will recruit 300 students for its upcoming training class of deputy gendarmerie officers, with entrance exam application forms to be available from May 16 to June 2 at the 25 gendarmerie headquarters nationwide. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24977/gendarmerie--to-get-300--new-trainees/