Prime minister confirms construction of new airports
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said that the kingdom will soon be serviced by two new international airports, confirming the construction of new airfields in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. Mr Hun Sen’s announcement comes days after the Council of Ministers formally approved on Friday ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102797/prime-minister-confirms-construction-of-new-airports/
New border crossing to open in November
The governments of Cambodia and Thailand in November will launch a new border crossing in Banteay Meanchey province and Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province to facilitate entry of citizens from both countries. Cambodian officials met with their Thai counterparts on Friday to discuss the new checkpoint, which ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50111864/new-border-crossing-open-november/
Port signs new deals with Vietnamese companies
The Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) announced a new partnership on Tuesday with Vietnamese company Viet Sac Port Service to set up local maintenance and repair service of shipping containers at its new LM17 container terminal located 30 kilometres south of Phnom Penh in Kandal ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/port-signs-new-deals-vietnamese-companies
New guidelines on impact assessments almost ready
Civil society groups are getting closer to unveiling a new set of guidelines that will change how the impact of big development projects is assessed across the Mekong region, NGOs said yesterday, following the end of a two-month public consultation period. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-guidelines-impact-assessments-almost-ready
New terminal planned at poipet border gate
A new customs and immigration terminal is planned at the Poipet International Border Gate in Banteay Meanchey province, on the Cambodian side of the common border with Thailand, to cater to an expected increase of foreign tourists when the railway linking both countries is completed ...
Chea vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31657/new-terminal-planned-at-poipet-border-gate/
Coal-fired plant tests new power generator
Structural testing of the third unit of a 700-megawatt coal-fired power plant under development in Preah Sihanouk province has begun, with the new unit expected to go online by the end of the quarter, a government official said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/coal-fired-plant-tests-new-power-generator
China to donate new infectious disease lab
Cambodia and China inked a deal yesterday to build a new communicable disease control facility in the Kingdom for the country to expand its capacity to detect and respond to communicable disease outbreaks, such as Zika and Ebola, in a timely fashion. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-donate-new-infectious-disease-lab
Transparency International opens up to new members
The Cambodian arm of anti-corruption group Transparency International aims to get greater grassroots support for its work and turn itself into a “social movement” by opening up to individual and group memberships. ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/transparency-international-opens-new-members
Banks roll out cards with new logos
Financial institutions that were abruptly ordered to change their logos earlier this year due to the perceived similarities with state iconography have begun issuing new bank cards to their clients free of charge. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banks-roll-out-cards-new-logos
Phnom Penh acquires two new deputy governors
The government has tapped two officials to become new deputy governors in Phnom Penh, including former Pursat Provincial Deputy Governor Keut Che, and Nuon Pharath, a staffer at the Council of Ministers with close ties to the youth organisation led by the premier’s youngest son. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-acquires-two-new-deputy-governors
Sesan residents settle on new relocation site
Over a hundred families in Stung Treng province’s Srekor and Kbal Romea communes said yesterday that they have located around 2,000 hectares to relocate to when a scheduled test run for the Lower Sesan II dam this week leaves their villages flooded. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-residents-settle-new-relocation-site
New bridge to span the Tonle Sap
The Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) will spend $35 million to build a concrete bridge across the Tonle Sap River from the Sokimex gasoline station in Russey Keo district to the Prek Tasek commune in Chroy Changvar district. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082569/new-bridge-span-tonle-sap/
PM announces new airport in Siem Reap
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that Siem Reap is in need of a new airport to tackle the rising number of visitors to the area.Last week Cambodia reached an $880-million agreement with China’s Yunnan Investment Holding Ltd which allows the state-owned company to manage ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084356/pm-announces-new-airport-siem-reap/
List of new National Assembly members approved
The National Election Committee (NEC) has approved new candidates to fill National Assembly seats left vacant by the dissolution of the opposition, drastically changing the composition of Cambodia’s parliament and providing a shot in the arm for the ailing royalist Funcinpec party. ...
Niem Chheng and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/list-new-national-assembly-members-approved
New Chinese airline lands in local market
Shenzhen Airlines’ first flight to Cambodia landed at Phnom Penh International airport on Wednesday, officially making it the seventh Chinese air carrier to operate in the booming local aviation market. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097359/new-chinese-airline-lands-local-market/
New passport offices open across the nation
The interior and labour ministries have launched three new offices to speed up the process of providing passports and labourer cards to migrants hoping to work abroad. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50100773/new-passport-offices-open-across-nation/
New shophouse project in a good location
The Ly Yong Phat (LYP) Group announced it will invest millions of dollars to develop The Premier Land project to meet the demand for shophouses, thanks to the potential the location has for the development. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102543/new-shophouse-project-in-a-good-location/
New international checkpoint to open in Battambang
Cambodia and Thailand are due to open an international checkpoint bordering Battambang province and Sa Kaeo province to facilitate the flow of goods across the border at the end of this month. Nguon Ratanak, Battambang provincial governor, and Porn Poth Penpas, Sa Kaeo provincial governor, held ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50115168/new-international-checkpoint-to-open-in-battambang/
Tourism sector ‘needs 200K new workers’
A Ministry of Tourism official announced yesterday that the country would need an additional 200,000 trained tourism professionals if it was to fulfill its target of receiving 7 million international tourists a year by 2020. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourism-sector-needs-200k-new-workers
New ultimatum from city in OCIC dispute
City Hall issued another deadline yesterday to land disputants affected by a satellite city development on Chroy Changvar, telling them to voluntarily part with 90 percent of their land or risk losing it all. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-ultimatum-city-ocic-dispute