Sonando sets sights on Kampuchea Krom
Popular radio station owner Mam Sonando on Wednesday hosted the first congress of his new Beehive Social Democratic Party, during which he was elected president and made promises including meal discounts for soldiers and the return of southern Vietnam to Cambodia should his party win ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sonando-sets-sights-on-kampuchea-krom-93792/
Gov’t gets tough on environment
Cambodian environmental leaders came together yesterday to discuss the country’s contributions to the upcoming Paris Climate Conference in December. ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15818/gov---t-gets-tough-on-environment/
Health centres lag on NCD treatments
A study of the Kingdom’s district health system has found it “unable to manage” non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, which are estimated to be responsible for more than half of adult deaths. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-centres-lag-ncd-treatments
Cabinet approves ban on public smoking
The Cambodian government on Friday approved a new regulation that will impose fines for public smoking. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cabinet-approves-ban-on-public-smoking/3219616.html
Arrests continue on latest ‘black monday’
Seven activists arrested in Phnom Penh on Monday morning for attempting to demonstrate against the recent arrests of four human rights workers and an election official were released by nightfall, a familiar conclusion to the latest “Black Monday” demonstration. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/arrests-continue-on-latest-black-monday-113616/
Cambodia-Laos MoU on GI
Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce and Laos’ Ministry of Science and Technology last week signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the protection of trademarks and geographical indications (GI). ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29639/cambodia-laos-mou-on-gi/
Vietnamese arrested on bus smuggling Timber
Two Vietnamese nationals were arrested in Mondolkiri province as they attempted to cross the border back into Vietnam on Thursday in a tour bus loaded with high-grade timber, authorities said Sunday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vietnamese-arrested-on-bus-smuggling-timber-97101/
PM says Water Festival still on
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday insisted that this year’s Water Festival will go forward, in spite of the impacts on the Mekong River of a recent drought. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-says-water-festival-still
Cambodia pins economic hopes on AEC
Cambodians are expecting a ‘seamless transition’ when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is launched in two months and hopefully heralds a second investment wave, capable of transforming this country’s pool of unskilled labor into a manufacturing hub. ...
Luke Hunt
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-pins-economic-hopes-on-aec/3031723.html
Minister pens book on Khmer economy
“Cambodia Economy: The Bright Way to the Future,” written by Cambodia’s Minister of Education, Youths and Sport Ministry MoEYS, will be officially launched next Tuesday by the author, Dr. Hang Chuon Naron. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18999/minister-pens-book-on-khmer-economy/
Federation sees opening on digital path
Cambodia’s young, tech-enthusiastic population is a gateway to accessing the global market digitally, according to the ICT Federation of Cambodia, with its president – Steven Path – estimating that the information and communication technology sector is already nearing about $1 billion in sales. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24307/federation-sees-opening-on-digital-path/
PM signs off on protected forests
Prime Minister Hun Sen has signed a sub-decree to mark 18 protected areas over nearly three million hectares of land across Prey Lang forest, according to a Ministry of Environment statement released yesterday. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24817/pm-signs-off-on-protected-forests/
Car sales sputter on tax hike
Authorised dealerships of new cars and trucks have said a recent increase in the specific tax on vehicle imports has put a dent in profits, with some dealers claiming sales have slowed since the tax hike went into effect in April. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/car-sales-sputter-tax-hike
Bogus firms prey on rural poor
The government yesterday named three bogus companies that have taken deposits from ordinary Cambodians and later absconded, after promising them monthly returns in the form of high interest rate payments. ...
May kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27682/bogus-firms-prey-on-rural-poor/
GMS cross-border pact on hold
Though all countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) had signed a cross-border trade agreement (CBTA) 14 years ago to enhance the sub-region’s economic connectivity, the CBTA, however, is yet to be ratified in individual Mekong nations for its full implementation. This was revealed last ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28140/gms-cross-border-pact-on-hold/
More Chinese FDI on the horizon
China has pledged to increase its investment in Cambodia in return for the Kingdom’s commitment to its regional policies and economic initiatives in Southeast Asia. Wang Lei, secretary-general of the Chinese-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) Secretariat, said on Wednesday that Cambodia had thrown its full support behind China’s ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/more-chinese-fdi-horizon
Meeting on gas prices postponed again
The planned meeting of representatives from eight leading gas-station chains and government officials to discuss a formula for setting a range for retail gasoline prices was postponed yesterday until tomorrow, officials at the Commerce Ministry said. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16570/meeting-on-gas-prices-postponed-again/
Prisoner says release contingent on bribe
A Trapaing Thlong prison officer in Kampong Cham was last week accused of demanding $150 to release a prisoner who had fully served his 10-year term, a charge the prison’s director rejected yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prisoner-says-release-contingent-bribe
PM calls for crackdown on gambling
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called for a crackdown on gambling during a speech to mark the beginning of the new academic year in Kampot province. ...
Ven Rathavong and Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17380/pm-calls-for-crackdown-on-gambling/
Private companies warned on beach access
The government has vowed to crack down on coastal hotels and resorts that have restricted public access to beaches or constructed illegal encroachments within 50 metres of the shoreline.Tourism Minister Thong Khon warned yesterday that his ministry will give private companies a deadline to remove ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/private-companies-warned-beach-access