Cambodia property awards
The Cambodia Property Awards is back for a second year to reward the best developers, projects and designs in the Kingdom. Those impressive developments will be highlighted at the second annual Cambodia Property Awards 2017, the biggest and most exclusive awards program in the country that ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27003/cambodia-property-awards/
Land dispute closes a national road
About 50 protesting villagers in sihanoukville’s Mouy commune blocked National Road 4 yesterday for about one hour in an effort to stop authorities from demolishing their houses illegally built in the Kbal Chhay protected forest. Heng sokhom, a representative of the group, acknowledged that their houses ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30114/land-dispute-closes-a-national-road/
ADB: GDP to grow 7.1% in 2017
The latest report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) describes Cambodia’s economic situation in 2016 as “broadly as expected,” as it predicts a slight increase in economic growth of 0.1 percent, to 7.1 percent. Released yesterday, the update to its annual “Asian Development Outlook” for 2016 ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30245/adb--gdp-to-grow-7-1--in-2017/
Tempers rise as K. Speu factory workers negotiations delayed again
Workers at a Korean-owned factory in Kampong speu who lost their wages when their employer fled the country will have to wait until after the New Year’s festivities end to seek reparations from the building owner, with the provincial court delaying the meeting until January ss='cambodia-color'>...
AIIB urged to fast-track loans
Cambodia’s Minister of Economy and Finance last week made a request to a visiting senior official from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to speed up loan approvals for least development countries (LDCs) in order to spur infrastructure development. Aun Pormoniroth made the request to AIIB ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28195/aiib-urged-to-fast-track-loans/
Lower Sesan II dam on schedule
The Lower SeSan II dam iS expected to generate electricity aS planned by 2017, filling a power void in the country aS national grid conStruction iS under way, according to the deputy provincial governor of Stung Treng.&nbSp;The dam, located in Stung Treng province&rSquo;S SeSan diStrict, SS='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30380/lower-sesan-ii-dam-on-schedule/
CNRP leader accuses Hun Sen of constitutional coup
Cambodia’s opposition leader, sam Rainsy, is accusing the ruling party of carrying out a constitutional coup after a local court issued an arrest warrant for him and a parliamentary committee stripped him of his seat. In a message published on Facebook, the politician said the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Robert Carmichael
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cnrp-leader-accuses-hun-sen-of-constitutional-coup/3063073.html
Local SMEs keen to replace Thai, Vietnamese imports
Cambodian businesses are joining forces in an attempt to increase production and reduce the country’s dependence on imports. The Federation of Association for small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia, the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft, and the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce plan to encourage small ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18174/local-smes-keen-to-replace-thai--vietnamese-imports/
Vietnam gives Kingdom encryption lessons
The Vietnamese military has begun training Cambodia police in cryptography and encryption techniques as part of a national plan to protect “state secrets”.Em sam An, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Interior, signed a new agreement between the ministry’s cryptography department and the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnam-gives-kingdom-encryption-lessons
Design expo seen as key to opening next phase of development
New technology, innovation and sleek design are crucial if developers want to keep pace amid a construction boom in Cambodia’s real-estate sector, a senior official from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction said on Tuesday. Pheung sophorn, the state secretary of the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18816/design-expo-seen-as-key-to-opening-next-phase-of-development/
Workers demand outstanding wages
Up to 90 former workers from defunct Korean-owned Keohwea International Garment Factory gathered in front of the vacant factory building in Kampong speu’s Kaheng commune yesterday morning to demand that the owner of the building sell the machinery left there by the Korean business owner, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18952/workers-demand-outstanding-wages/
National carrier expands routes
The Kingdom’s national flagship carrier Cambodia Angkor Air is now setting its sights to fly to international destinations in an interline agreement with south Korea-based Jin Air. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between Cambodia Angkor Air and Jin Air late last week paves the ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25814/national-carrier-expands-routes/
Thais to facilitate blocked maize exports
A month after Thailand blocked agricultural products from Cambodia over improperly stamped and signed certification documents, the Thai ambassador on Friday pledged to seek a solution for Cambodia’s maize exports. Commerce Minister Pan sorasak said on saturday that Cambodian authorities are doing their utmost to solve ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29311/thais-to-facilitate-blocked-maize-exports/
Speed up rice loan, China told
The government has asked China to make good on its pledge to buy 200,000 tons of rice annually from the Kingdom and also to speed up the approval of a $300 million loan to the country’s beleaguered rice sector. This request was made yesterday during a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30195/speed-up-rice-loan--china-told/
Divide over union law
Ten pro-government unions on Friday released statements in support of Cambodia’s recently passed Trade Union Law, just days after two independent unions held a meeting to discuss hoped-for changes to the contentious legislation. The independent unions met last week to compile a list of amendments to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/divide-over-union-law
Plastic bag reduction campaign underway
Eight markets in Phnom Penh and siem Reap and Preah sihanouk provinces have started trialing a campaign to reduce the number of plastic bags given to customers. Thol Buntha, a media relations officer for Italian-based NGO Fondazione ACRA, told Khmer Times that the markets, which include ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30917/plastic-bag-reduction-campaign-underway/
Railway families given deadline
Nearly 100 families affected by a railway land dispute have been given a 30-day ultimatum to accept compensation or lose it. The demand came from an inter-ministerial committee set up to resolve the cases of three families in Banteay Meanchey province and 94 families in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36076/railway-families-given-deadline/
Ruling party, opposition both claim commune election win
A lack of official results did not stop both major political parties from claiming victory in Cambodia’s highest-stakes and highest-turnout local elections to date on sunday, with the CPP citing its dominance in winning commune chief seats and the CNRP boasting of huge opposition gains ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Paviour, Van Roeun and Brendan O’byrne
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ruling-party-opposition-both-claim-commune-election-win-130972/
Crackdown coming on illegal checkpoints
The Ministry of Interior has set up a working group to oversee the elimination of illegal checkpoints along national roads and on waterways. According to a statement penned by Interior Minister sar Kheng last Wednesday and obtained yesterday, the working group is comprised of eight ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5066122/crackdown-coming-illegal-checkpoints/
ADB signs $180M in loans to Cambodia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday signed a $180 million package of loans and grants to Cambodia that are meant to improve the country’s roads, water supply and small-scale farms. One $70 million loan will go towards improving 147-kilometres’ worth of flood-prone stretches of National Road ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay and Brendan O’Byrne
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/adb-signs-180m-loans-cambodia