Logging arrest in Stung Treng
A man was accused of illegally collecting and transporting timber after Military Police officials arrested him with over 2 tonnes of illicit rosewood in Stung Treng on Sunday morning. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-arrest-stung-treng
National parks and wildlife sanctuaries
Cambodia’s national parks (or ‘natural parks’) and wildlife preserves were established under the 1993 Royal Decree on the Protection of Natural Areas. Although other areas have been added subsequently, there is currently no officially available list of all protected areas and their boundaries. ...
Development and assistance for land tenure and land titling
Beginning in 2002, the World Bank, Germany, Finland and Canada began a joint-program to promote land tenure security in Cambodia by providing financial and technical support to land titling efforts. Following the eviction of residents of the Boeung Kak Lake area of Phnom Penh due ...
Mitigation
Together, fighting climate change. Photo by 350.org, taken on 12 October 2010. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.Clean Development MechanismThe Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), defined in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol, allows a country with an emission-reduction or emission-limitation commitment under the Kyoto Protocol to ...
Student surveyors home for holidays
After months spent surveying land for an ambitious land-titling project, thousands of student volunteers have been granted a short reprieve to return home over the Pchum Ben holiday, the prime minister announced yesterday. At a graduation ceremony in the capital yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen said ...
India Funds Three-Nation Road
$500-million loan from New Delhi to help build 3,200km highway through Myanmar and linking to Thailand The trilateral highway project will allow freight and container trucks to move across the borders from India to Myanmar and Thailand via Chiang Rai and border towns. It will play ...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/India-funds-three-nation-road-30188145.html
ប្រតិកម្មរបស់អង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិល ពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងគណៈកម្មការចម្រុះដោះស្រាយភាពមិនប្រក្រតីនៃការបោះឆ្នោត
ចុងក្រោយនេះ គណៈកម្មការចម្រុះដើម្បីដោះស្រាយភាពមិនប្រក្រតីនៃការបោះឆ្នោត មិនអាចបង្កើតឡើងបានទេ ព្រោះគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិមិនព្រមចូលរួម។ គណបក្សប្រឆាំងនេះ យល់ឃើញថា សមាសភាពគណកម្មការចំពោះកិច្ច ដែល គ.ជ.ប. ស្នើឡើង គឺនៅមានលក្ខណៈចង្អៀតនៅឡើយ ដែលផ្ទុយពីគោលបំណងរបស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិចង់បាន។ គោលបំណងនោះគឺ គណៈកម្មការត្រូវបានការចូលរួមពីតំណាងគណបក្ស សង្គ្រោះជាតិ និងគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា ព្រមទាំងអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិល អ្នកសង្កេតការណ៍ជាតិ-អន្តរជាតិ ដោយមាន គ.ជ.ប. ជាអ្នកសម្របសម្រួល និងអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ ជាអាជ្ញាកណ្តាល។ គោលជំហររបស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិខាងលើនេះ ត្រូវបានអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិលសង្កេតការណ៍បោះឆ្នោត យល់ឃើញផ្សេងៗពីគ្នា។ ...
http://www.khmer.rfi.fr/ngos-reaction-committee-inquiry-cambodia-election
Finance sector in good shape: NBC
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) says the banking sector will continue to grow confidently and actively contribute to economic activity. At the same time, the banking and finance sector continues to promote financial inclusion with the number of deposit clients reaching 8.2 million accounts ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50742892/finance-sector-in-good-shape-nbc/
Table. Cassava production in Cambodia
Source: Cassava production in Cambodia from 2000-2019, revived from World data atlas, 2020. ...
Officials deplore US embassy’s visa denial
Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation have expressed frustration with the continued rejections of their visa applications by the US embassy’s consular office stemming from a decision by the US Department of Homeland Security in 2017 as a quid pro quo ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-deplore-us-embassys-visa-denial
Australia announces more support for Cambodia’s health sector
Australia has launched a new project, reaffirming its ongoing to support for Cambodia’s health sector. The launch of the second phase of Health Equity and Quality Improvement (HEQIP-2) project in Phnom Penh was presided over by Mam Bunheng, Minister of Health, Hem Vanndy, Secretary of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175882/australia-announces-more-support-for-cambodias-health-sector/
Holidays see record tourists
Cambodia’s top tourist destinations recorded a record number of visitors this Khmer New Year, with 2.5 million locals and foreigners traveling to celebrate the festival around the country. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37547/holidays-see-record-tourists/
Vietnamese-funded market on border begins construction
Construction began yesterday on a $2 million Vietnamese-funded market located in Tbong Khmum province’s Memot district, about 1 kilometre from the nearest border crossing between Cambodia and Vietnam. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnamese-funded-market-border-begins-construction
Energy policy and administration
Electricite du Cambodge (EdC). Photo by bmeabroad, taken on 10 November 2011. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.Low electrification rates and over-dependence on fossil fuel imports have contributed to Cambodia ranking 120 out of 124 nations in the new World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Architecture Performance Index ...
Cambodia’s oil imports up 64 pct in 2015
Cambodia imported 2.55 million tons of petroleum in 2015, up 64 percent from 1.55 million tons in the year before, according to the data of the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Hellenic Shipping News Team
http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/cambodias-oil-imports-up-64-pct-in-2015/
Coastal economy rises on tourist tide
Preah Sihanouk province welcomed nearly 2.4 million tourists in 2016, generating $96 million in revenue, following a significant rise in domestic and international tourist arrivals, a tourism official said yesterday. . ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/coastal-economy-rises-tourist-tide
Meach Sovannara denied bail, again
Despite pledging to deposit $2,500 and surrender his passport, Cambodian-American opposition official Meach Sovannara was yesterday denied bail for a fourth time, and for the second time at the Appeal Court. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/meach-sovannara-denied-bail-again
Pursat village leaders arrested for selling state land
A village chief and his assistant accused of fraudulently selling 2 hectares of state-owned forest in Pursat province have been arrested and sent to the Veal Veng district Forestry Administration headquarters. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pursat-village-leaders-arrested-selling-state-land
Transparency keeps driving improvements in working conditions
The International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) programme today releases its 2nd online transparency report showing how individual garment factories measure up on key working conditions. ...
Better Factories Cambodia
Cambodia issued 1.4M insurance policies, says Chanphirou
Cambodia has issued more than 1.4 million insurance policies and the insurers have more than $1 billion in assets and $453 million in shareholder funds, said Bou Chanphirou, Director General, Insurance Regulator of Cambodia (IRC) on ‘Insurance Day’ celebrations in Sihanoukville on Saturday. ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501530943/cambodia-issued-1-4m-insurance-policies-says-chanphirou/