Results of agriculture census out
The Ministry of Planning is to release today preliminary results of Cambodia’s first agricultural industry census, which promises to provide the biggest ever snapshot of the key sector. According to a press release issued yesterday by the ministry, the census’ preliminary results will include the number ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/results-agriculture-census-out
Two Officials Sacked over land 'graft'
Kampong Chhnang authorities had sacked the Teuk Phos district governor and police chief after subordinate officers accused them of conspiring to sell almost 300 hectares of state-owned forest land to a private company, provincial officials said yesterday. According to a Kampong Chhnang official who declined to ...
Hun Sen thanks UN for maps; opposition CNRP not satisfied
Prime Minister Hun Sen thanked the U.N. on Sunday for providing maps that he said prove that the government had upheld the law in its work demarcating the country’s border with Vietnam. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-thanks-un-for-maps-opposition-cnrp-not-satisfied-92386/
Heritage Foundation calls for change of US policy in Cambodia
Political analysts at the US-based Heritage Foundation say relations with Cambodia are overdue for reform. In a recent analysis, “Promoting True Democratic Transition in Cambodia,” the Washington think tank says the 2013 elections, which the opposition claims were marred by widespread fraud, offer a chance to ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/heritage-foundation-calls-for-change-of-us-policy-in-cambodia/1886504.html
Open Development Cambodia updates an existing dataset on “Urban land reclassification”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates an existing dataset on “Urban land reclassification” by adding four new map layers on land reclassification in Phnom Penh. This dataset contains information regarding the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification to state private properties in ...
The King will give fired-cremation for Chea Sim
The king of Cambodia his majesty Norodom Sihamoni will give a fired-cremation for Former President of Senate and the Ruling Cambodian People’s Party Chea Sim on June 19, 2015. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1B56Aeh
Advans SA increases holdings in local MFI
Luxembourg-based Advans SA Group and two other foreign investors have increased their share holdings in local microfinance institution Amret, giving Advans a controlling stake in the company. Claude Falgon, executive director of Advans SA SICAR, said that since the first stake acquisition, the business had acquired ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/advans-sa-increases-holdings-local-mfi
Development report cites China as growth model
It’s been done numerous times, comparing the “China miracle” to its emerging and frontier neighbours as a benchmark for development. Cambodia might seem an ill-fitted student of the world’s second-biggest economy. But a recent report from the Cambodia Development Resource Institute pointed to some lessons the Kingdom ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050856023/Business/china-seen-as-growth-model.html
Economists See Growth Potential in Stock Exchange
Cambodia has officially opened a stock exchange, which economists say will provide a chance for the development of the country and job creation. However, they warn that mismanagement of the bourse could also lead to economic woes. “When this stock market goes well, it will ...
Sochua ‘off limits to US Embassy’
Despite multiple requests, the US Embassy has not been given access to visit dual citizen Mu Sochua since her arrest last Tuesday, officials said yesterday. “Consular officers attempted to visit Mu Sochua the evening she was arrested but were not permitted to see her and multiple ...
Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sochua-%E2%80%98-limits-us-embassy%E2%80%99
Obama, Clinton visits set
In a sign of “improving” relations between Cambodia and the United States, the Kingdom will host US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this year, officials confirmed yesterday. The visit would be the first by a sitting US president. Joseph Yun, the US ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012011753979/National-news/obama-clinton-visits-set.html
Spokesman vows Cambodia will fight against ‘colonisation’ after US cuts aid
The Cambodian government expressed “dismay” yet remained defiant yesterday in the face of a US decision to cut aid to the Kingdom in response to its ongoing political crackdown, saying it would not comply with demands to restore the forcibly dissolved opposition CNRP. In a statement, ...
Mech Dara and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/spokesman-vows-cambodia-will-fight-against-colonisation-after-us-cuts-aid
Cambodia has received more than 53 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with another 20 million doses on the way
The Minister of Health, Dr Mam Bunheng, said that so far Cambodia has received more than 53 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, including bilateral assistance, assistance from the Covax Center and direct orders. An additional 20 million doses are due to arrive in a row ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501069006/cambodia-has-received-more-than-53-million-doses-of-covid-19-vaccines-with-another-20-million-doses-on-the-way/
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Management zones of natural protected areas (2019-2023)”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Management zones of natural protected areas (2019-2023)” adding 02 new map features of Phnom Krang Dei Meas protected landscape in Kampong Chhnang province. The dataset shows the management zones of the natural protected areas in 4 ...
Krungsri expects more growth from Cambodian MFI
Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya released its first financial statement since completing its acquisition of Cambodian microlender Hattha Kaksekar Ltd (HKL) last month, showing a quarterly net profit increase of 10.6 percent from a year earlier. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/krungsri-expects-more-growth-cambodian-mfi
Please release: Outcomes of the 52nd ASEAN Foriegn Ministers' Meeting 30-31 July 2019, Bangkok
On 01 August 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia posted a press release on the outcome of the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM), ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Interface with the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and the Meeting ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
IFC Ombudsman to help settle Phnom Penh airport land dispute
Representatives for the hundreds of families facing eviction from homes around Phnom Penh International Airport have agreed to let the compliance ombudsman of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private investment arm of the World Bank, mediate a solution to the land dispute with the ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ifc-ombudsman-to-help-settle-phnom-penh-airport-land-dispute-53146/
Kirirom National Park, Bati district land granted to elites
Relatives of infamous Pheapimex CEO Choeung Sopheap received forest land in the center of Kirirom National Park, while a minister, tycoons and an apparent relative of first lady Bun Rany all received state land, according to official documents published in late December. ...
Keat Soriththeavy
https://vodenglish.news/kirirom-national-park-bati-district-land-granted-to-elites/
State-Owned Properties to Be Sold, Swapped
Six prime government-owned properties in Phnom Penh and Battambang province have been reclassified as privately held state properties in order to pave the way for the land to be sold or swapped with private companies, according to a sub-decree signed November 8. Signed by Prime Minister ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/state-owned-properties-to-be-sold-swapped-48527/
Assessing the welfare value of Cambodia's fisheries
Fish and rice are staple foods for all Cambodians. Historical records show that Cambodia’s fisheries have been of major importance for centuries. Fish is a major source of nutritious food in the daily diet, a primary source of employment and income and has strong cultural ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/opinion/detail/3?token=OWQyMTFiNzI4OWI5ZGRmZjI2NDY4NzBmNzM4OGY4