Cambodia performs poorly on index for energy sustainability
Cambodia continues to struggle to adopt a balanced approach to its energy needs, according to a report released by the World Energy Council (WEC) today. ...
Anthony Jensen and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-performs-poorly-on-index-for-energy-sustainability-99923/
Border demarcation nearly 90 percent complete: report
The demarcation process of the Cambodia-Vietnam border covering three provinces is almost 90 percent done, according to a report on security and social order. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22874/border-demarcation-nearly-90-percent-complete--report/
Casino in Poipet shut; reasons unknown
A Poipet venue offering online gambling and affiliated with nearby Crown Casino was closed by authorities over the weekend, according to a company security official. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/casino-poipet-shut-reasons-unknown
Vietnam timber smugglers given jail sentence
Seven Vietnamese nationals who are tied to a timber smuggling ring along with top Mondulkiri provincial officials were sentenced to one year in prison yesterday. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnam-timber-smugglers-given-jail-sentence
Ministry report outlines 2014 illegal logging figures
The government seized more than 7,000 cubic meters of illegally logged wood last year, according to a report released by the Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-report-outlines-2014-illegal-logging-figures-76250/
Tally of goods linked to child labour grows
Four more goods made in Cambodia have been linked to exploitative child labour, adding to a mounting list of items the United States considers to be produced in violation of international rights laws. The mounting number of Cambodian goods found to use child labour runs ...
Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/tally-goods-linked-child-labour-grows
Kingdom okays ICBC
The National Bank of Cambodia yesterday granted Industrial and Commercial Bank of China a financial business licence, according to a report on aastocks, a Chinese stocks news service ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011111552747/Business/kingdom-okays-icbc.html
Disease-carrying bats to be tracked
Scientists are attaching tracking devices to a colony of flying foxes near Phnom Penh in a bid to prevent a possible outbreak of a deadly virus. ...
Brent Crane
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disease-carrying-bats-be-tracked
Scientists using DNA to track Mekong’s ‘monsters’
Environmental DNA collection could be a “silver bullet” for tracking and protecting critically endangered fish in the Mekong, according to a new report. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/scientists-using-dna-track-mekongs-monsters
Worker road deaths spike in ‘15
The number of workers killed and injured by traffic accidents nearly doubled in 2015, according to a report released by the National Social Security Fund yesterday. ...
Sen David and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/worker-road-deaths-spike-15
NEC cites inaccuracy rate of 3%
About 3 percent of registered voters’ data has been found to contain inaccuracies, according to a National Election Committee official, who said the figure was inconsequential. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-cites-inaccuracy-rate-3
Malware vulnerability high in Kingdom, report notes
Cambodia is among the most vulnerable countries in Asia when it comes to viruses, spam, spyware and other cyberthreats, according to a recent report from Microsoft. ...
Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/malware-vulnerability-high-kingdom-report-notes
Record growth in insurance
Cambodia’s insurance industry saw record growth in 2016 and was valued at $113 million, according to a report from the Insurance Association of Cambodia (IAC). ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35153/record-growth-in-insurance/
Development council approves three projects worth $8M
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved three new investment projects with a combined investment capital of nearly $8 million, according to a release. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/development-council-approves-three-projects-worth-8m
Polling station, police directives handed down
All logos, numbers or signs emblematic of party affiliation are forbidden at polling stations on Election Day, according to a directive released yesterday by The National Election Committee. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/polling-station-police-directives-handed-down
NEC to test automated voter registration
The National Election Committee (NEC) of Cambodia will test a computerized voter registration system in August or September of this year, according to a statement from the NEC. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/11921/nec-to-test-automated-voter-registration/
HIV dollars stretching far: study
A dollar invested in aiding HIV patients was worth almost twice that to the people it was targeting with help, according to a new study by the NGO KHANA. ...
High levels of anxiety among HIV outpatients
The vast majority of people undergoing treatment for HIV and AIDS in Cambodia reported suffering anxiety, according to a new quality of life survey. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/high-levels-anxiety-among-hiv-outpatients
Major Thai lender Kasikornbank to open first Cambodia branch
Kasikornbank, Thailand’s fourth-largest lender by assets, plans to open its first branch in Phnom Penh by August, according to a report from Nikkei Asian Review. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21765/major-thai-lender-kasikornbank-to-open-first-cambodia-branch/
Illegal mining halted on Chinese ELC in Preah Vihear
Preah Vihear provincial authorities cracked down last week on an illegal gold mining operation occurring inside a land concession belonging to a Chinese company in Rovieng district. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-mining-halted-chinese-elc-preah-vihear