‘Tsunami’ of Tobacco-Linked Deaths Predicted
The government must act now in order to avoid a “tsunami” of tobacco-related deaths in the coming years, according to the co-author of a new report on smoking that appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Wednesday. Research for the study, Smoking prevalence ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tsunami-of-tobacco-linked-deaths-predicted-50317/
Notification of the offers on employment and training services, technical expertises and professions to Khmer laborers, who just returned from the Kingdom of Thailand
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training is honored to inform Khmer laborers, newly returned from the Kingdom of Thailand, as well as the public to know that the Ministry has prepared mobile information booths of the National Employment Agency and the General Directorate of Education, ...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Japan assures more tech support for Kingdom
Japan has promised to further increase its support to the Kingdom in its successful digitalisation and technological advancement journey. This came as Prime Minister Hun Manet held talks with Japanese Premier Kishida Fumio as part of the ‘Asean-related summit meetings’ held in Jakarta last week. ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358751/japan-assures-more-tech-support-for-kingdom/
Ministry breaks ground on new tech institute
The Ministry of Education on Monday broke ground on a new Institute of Technology campus in Kompong Speu province’s Thpong district that officials said is being built with funds from the Thai royal family on land partially donated by agribusiness magnate Ly Yong Phat. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-breaks-ground-on-new-tech-institute-91900/
Travel goods exports could soar as US drops tariffs
New trade privileges that allow Cambodian-manufactured travel goods duty-free access to the United States for the first time could see exports of these items increase by over 400 per cent in the coming years, industry experts said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/travel-goods-exports-could-soar-us-drops-tariffs
Annual cold spell on the way: weather official
Ministry spokesman Mao Hak said yesterday that seasonal rains are expected to taper off in mid-November, with cooler winds sweeping into the Kingdom from Siberia and Tibet, promising a “winter” even cooler than last year’s, in which some areas saw temperatures as low as 18 ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/annual-cold-spell-way-weather-official
March for the Environment Halted by Police
Some 400 students, monks and activists were stopped from a peaceful march for Environmental Day on Thursday, as they sought to deliver petitions to the Ministry of Environment and other institutions calling for an end to deforestation. Cambodia’s forests provide many services to the rural poor, ...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/march-for-the-environment-halted-by-police/1930290.html
Casino-Funded Election Committee Office Breaks Ground
The National Election Committee (NEC) broke ground yesterday on a $12-million tower being funded by the casino company NagaCorp that is set to take more than two years to complete and has drawn concern from election groups. At a ceremony that took place on National Assembly ...
Banks give students some tips
The first Banking Careers Forum, organised on Friday by CamEd Business School with the support of leading banks and Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs), attracted hundreds of students – the majority of them studying accounting and banking – to participate and find job opportunities in the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010760648/Business/banks-give-students-some-tips.html
Private side can spark investment
The government has called on private sector partnership for investment in Cambodia’s infrastructure; a move officials say will help funnel more foreign funds into the country. Speaking at a seminar on Public Private Partnership (PPP), the Minister of Commerce, Cham Prasidh, conceded that help was needed ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070566681/Business/private-side-can-spark-investment.html
Environment plan passes unopposed
In a sitting of parliament yesterday that was rather more subdued than the vicious session that led to an opposition walkout a day earlier, a law to support an environmental program passed with bipartisan support. All but two of the 93 legislat-ors present voted in favour ...
BDO expands Cambodia operations
The former country partner and staff of Grant Thornton Law and Associates in Cambodia have joined the accountancy and advisory firm BDO Malaysia effective July 1, according to a statement. As a result, BDO Cambodia’s team will now comprise over 30 staff and partners, a ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070550176/Business/bdo-expands-cambodia-operations.html
Kingdom’s trade deficit widens
Cambodia’s total exports increased more than 13 per cent in the first nine months of this year, with a year-on-year comparison indicating a widening trade deficit. A private-sector representative, an exporter and an independent economist said the slow growth was mainly due to the slowing of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110759621/Business/kingdoms-trade-deficit-widens.html
Creating a common language for nation’s deaf
By the age of 17, Chan Chonreasmey was yet to have a conversation with another person—not with her mother, not with her father, and certainly not with any other children. Two years ago, Ms. Chonreasmey was enrolled in the Maryknoll Deaf Development Program’s (DDP) education ...
Holly Robertson and Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/creating-a-common-language-for-nations-deaf-67639/
Over 20 VOD ex-employees have applied for government jobs ahead of Feb 28th deadline
More than 20 former employees of shuttered radio station VOD – closed by order of the Prime Minister last week – have now applied for government jobs in ministries and institutions. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501243355/over-20-vod-ex-employees-have-applied-for-government-jobs/
Group’s prison visit curtailed
In a move seemingly incongruent with the government’s plans to offer clemency to a number of female inmates on International Women’s Day on Sunday, a local rights group announced yesterday that new restrictions introduced by authorities have forced them to cancel prison activities marking the ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/groups-prison-visit-curtailed
Vietnam, Cambodia strengthen cross border trade
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT), in conjunction with the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce, held the 5th Conference on Vietnam-Cambodia Border Trade Development Cooperation in southern Binh Phuoc province on January 9. According to Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang, bilateral economic ...
Water Authority Stock Launch May Be Delayed
It is unclear if the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority will be ready to launch its initial public offering on Nov 11 as planned, the managing director of Tong Yang Securities, the firm preparing the IPO, said yesterday. “Everyone in this IPO are working very ...
Scepticism over government statistics
Getting reliable statistical data remains a challenge for Cambodia’s government, as a lack of cooporation among the ministries and corruption still distort what is reality. Industry insiders say this is a problem, especially as reliable data are the base of reference when the Association of Southeast ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052165728/Business/scepticism-over-government-statistics.html
Cambodian ministry signs MoU with private company on e-commerce cooperation
Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce and Lanton Cloud Service Technology Co., Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strategic cooperation to promote the kingdom’s e-commerce, said a ministry’s news release on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501239890/cambodian-ministry-signs-mou-with-private-company-on-e-commerce-cooperation/