Police to investigate market fire
The Phnom Penh police’s fire brigade is creating a new committee to determine the cause of a blaze at O’Russei market on sunday night, an official said. The fire, he said, was extinguished within an hour and led to what vendors are saying equates to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/police-investigate-market-fire
Families ask to meet Agriculture minister
Representatives of 163 families from Phnom Penh’s sen sok district submitted a request to the Agriculture Ministry on Monday to meet with Minister Ouk Rabun over his request that the Phnom Penh Municipal Court delay the allocation of nearly a hectare of land the families ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-ask-to-meet-agriculture-minister-79883/
In Siem Reap, poor girls want to stay in school
Impoverished girls in siem Reap say they hope for a better education, in the wake of First Lady Michelle Obama’s visit. Girls in siem Reap province say they are aware of the importance of education, especially higher education, to escape poverty. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phorn Bopha
http://bit.ly/1BrEnb5
Former Phnom Penh governor reacts to sand dredging
Former Phnom Penh governor Kep Chutema strongly reacted recently over sand dredging beyond the permitted-area. The current parliamentarian in Phnom Penh, Kep Chutema’s reaction has been done after 3 dredged-boats operated near his residence at the river bank of Mekong. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1B49rEs
Soldier pays way out of deadly Thai hit-and-run
A Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldier arrested last week by Thai authorities over a hit-and-run that killed a man was released from custody on sunday after compensating the victims and paying money to the court to the tune of $60,000, according to a post on ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/soldier-pays-way-out-of-deadly-thai-hit-and-run-86341/
‘Terrorist’ group takes final step to party status
The Khmer People Power Movement on Tuesday handed the Interior Ministry the last of the paperwork it needs to form a political party, just days after its self-exiled founder, sourn serey Ratha, was pardoned by King Norodom sihamoni, at Prime Minister Hun sen’s request, for ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/terrorist-group-takes-final-step-to-party-status-88338/
Thai-Lao-Vietnamese bus service planned
Thailand’s state-owned Transport Co plans to run its first three-country passenger bus service with Laos and Vietnam following the success of its transnational services. The services to Cambodia runs from Bangkok via Poipet to siem Reap and Phnom Penh. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Today News Staff
http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/thai-lao-vietnamese-bus-service-planned
Cambodia's construction sector attracts 808 mln USD investment in H1
Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction had granted licenses to 915 construction projects with a total investment of 808 million U.s. dollars in the first six months of 2015, an official said Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13599/cambodia-s-construction-sector-attracts-808-mln-usd-investment-in-h1/
Cambodia's trade volume up nearly 10 pct in 1st half of 2015
Cambodia’s trade volume with foreign countries was valued at $ 9.75 billion in the first six months of 2015, an increase of 9.5 percent from $ 8.9 billion over the same period last year, according to Chinese News Agency-Xinhua quoted the ministry of commerce’s statistics. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodias-trade-volume-up-nearly-10-pct-in-1st-half-of-2015-8837
New union group formed
A new collective of transportation workers unions was announced on sunday by the Cambodia Labour Confederation, Cambodia’s largest association of independent unions.The Cambodian Transport Workers Federation (CTWF) is composed of seven transportation workers unions and currently represents about 2,000 workers, according to Ath Thorn, president ss='cambodia-color'>...
Charles Rollet and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-union-group-formed
Rival unions’ workers displeased with pact
More than 100 Free Trade Union of Cambodia supporters gathered in front of the union’s office to express their discontent with a deal struck between the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union and their employer, Puma supplier Thai Pore Garment Manufacturing, FTU officials said ss='cambodia-color'>...
Anti-money laundering draft law approved
Cambodia’s draft law of anti-money laundering bill has been approved today at the Council of Ministers meeting chaired by Prime Minister Hun sen. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50723656/anti-money-laundering-draft-law-approved/
Massive forest clearing found in Koh Kong province
The Wildlife Alliance yesterday discovered over 200 hectares of mangrove forests within Koh Kong province’s Peam Krasaop Wildlife sanctuary were illegally cleared. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50720606/massive-forest-clearing-found-in-koh-kong-province/
Japan to provide more than $200,000 worth of fire engines
The Japanese government has agreed to provide $227,736 worth of second-hand fire engines to Phnom Penh Administration to help improve Cambodia’s firefighting capability. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804743/japan-to-provide-more-than-200000-worth-of-fire-engines/
Fishermen worried for their future as lake getting filled
For nearly 40 years, Ing Choeun, a 63-year-old fisherman in Prek Pnov district’s samraong commune north of Phnom Penh has relied on fishing at Tamouk Lake to make a living and to feed his family. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Moeun Chhean Nariddh
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804750/fishermen-worried-for-their-future-as-lake-getting-filled/
Impact assessment of Open Development Cambodia (ODC)
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Mondulkiri airport project still on track
An $80 million domestic airport project in Mondulkiri province is shaping up to be a main driver for ecotourism development in the Kingdom’s northeast corridor. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mondulkiri-airport-project-still-track
Government meeting designs blueprint for schools to reopen
Cambodia’s education sector met for a high-level discussion with the government to forge a path forward for the re-opening of schools. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50880795/government-meeting-designs-blueprint-for-schools-to-reopen/
UN says Cambodia among regional leaders in giving jabs
The UN in Cambodia said vaccine hesitancy here is relatively low compared to other countries. The Kingdom is one of the countries with the highest percentages of Covid-19 vaccinations among its adult population in the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) western-pacific region. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-says-cambodia-among-regional-leaders-giving-jabs
Beautification project approved for Kep beaches
A beautification project to improve the beaches in Kep province has been approved by the government, said Tourism Ministry’s product development director Chum Nou. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50904509/beautification-project-approved-for-kep-beaches/