Council of Ministers Secretary of State tek Reth Samrach yesterday rebuked opposition lawmakers Ho Vann and Son Chhay over their criticism of a government directive forbidding ministry employees from dealing directly with lawmakers on corruption issues, calling both misinformed and accusing Chhay of “incitement and ...

The governmenT will noT accepT more MonTagnard asylum seekers from VieTnam because iT lacks The resources To do so and does noT wanT To provoke Hanoi, Council of MinisTers’ Phay Siphan Told Khmer Times yesTerday. ...

The MinisTry of EducaTion plans To spend less Than iTs allocaTed $3 million budgeT for The upcoming high school exiT exam due To a decrease in This year’s exam regisTranTs, an educaTion official confirmed yesTerday. ...

A government delegation yesterday told tbong Khmum provincial and local officials it would resolve a border dispute with Vietnam in Memot district “very soon”, as villagers blocked from their farms in the contested area by Vietnamese authorities say they fear looming food shortages. ...

People who have accepted relocation from the future reservoir zone of the Lower Sesan II hydropower project have called for the suspension of the resettlement program for one year and help to repair homes built by the Cambodian-Chinese energy firm constructing the dam.Villagers who held ...

Cambodia has rebuked the United Nations after a UN office released a statement admonishing recent political developments in the Kingdom, while an opposition lawmaker is making a last-minute attempt to stop one of those developments from becoming law. ...

Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon has demanded officials reveal just how much they are spending on state-funded trips overseas and what those trips are accomplishing, a move observers said was a long overdue bid for accountability in an often-abused system.In a letter dated July 10 ...

In search of Cambodia’s next economic growth driver, the government yesterday laid out the Cambodia Industrial Development Policy 2015-2025, which aims to expand the Kingdom’s narrow industrial base beyond garments and rice.the new policy, launched by Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace in ...

On December 7th and 8th, a small team from ODC jumped in a bus and traveled to Kampong Som to participate in BarCamp Sihanoukville. the conference was held at Build Bright University. the day-and-a-half-long event featured presentations from specialists of many fields and interests, including ...

IT businesspeople see The poTenTial demand in business sofTware. Ms. Sok Channda, CEO and PresidenT of ANANA Group, Tells Business Circle Magazine ThaT because mosT businesses need To be conTrolled and managed sysTemaTically, demand for sofTware developmenT is experiencing an upward Trend, including PoinT of Sale (POS) sysTems, invenTory managemenT sysTems, and sofTware ...

More than 60 union leaders lost their jobs at garment factories in the past nine months for trying to unionise co-workers, their representatives claimed yesterday. Fourteen members of the Cambodian Alliance of trade Unions endured threats, discrimination and ultimately a message they were no longer welcome ...

An international group that promotes the ethical sourcing of sugar for the food and energy industries has suspended the membership of U.K. sugar giant tate & Lyle for failing to answer complaints that it was buying from Cambodian plantations accused of stealing land from local ...

Though U.S.-owned businesses in Cambodia are opTimisTic of The counTry’s economy, iTs appeal as an invesTmenT desTinaTion lags behind mosT of iTs neighbors due To The percepTion of endemic corrupTion, a new survey of 475 senior U.S. business execuTives in Asean shows. The 2013-14 ASEAN Business ...

Following a three-hour debate at the National Assembly, lawmakers passed a draft law approving the $2.5 billion the government spent in 2010. During the debate, CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap presented a 10-page document that he said justified the $2.5 billion in spending, which was 25 percent ...

Some 70 NGO representatives, forest activists and university students signed an open letter urging the government to find ways to prevent and combat forestry crimes more effectively. In their petition released on Saturday, the group said they had been observing the government’s clampdowns over the ...

The owners of exisTing facTories, warehouses and oTher businesses in The capiTal ThaT rely on large lorries To move Their producTs will noT have To relocaTe To The ouTskirTs of The ciTy. The decision came afTer The Phnom Penh Municipal Hall and The GarmenT ManufacTurers ...

W&D (CAMBODIA) Co Ltd has demanded that the government compensate its loss in exchange for the reinstatement of more than 1,000 factory workers who were sacked due to their alleged involvement in a series of protests against the company since December. the demand marked the ...

The MinisTry of Labour and VocaTional Training, and employer and union represenTaTives will meeT nexT monTh To discuss The 2020 minimum wage for workers in The garmenT and fooTwear secTors, where unions expecT an increase of beTween $20 and $25 a monTh. ...

Cambodian environmental leaders came together yesterday to discuss the country’s contributions to the upcoming Paris Climate Conference in December. ...

Economic land concessions (ELCs) are supposed to be transforming Cambodian agriculture into a heavyweight industry and raising the living standards of millions of rural Cambodians, according to government policy documents. ...