Kampong Speu indigenous group concerned over land loss
The Suoy indigenous people of the Kor Dauntey community in Kampong Speu have expressed concerns over the loss of reserve land for future generations after allegedly receiving a $2,500 per hectare offer. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-indigenous-group-concerned-over-land-loss
Fires burn large parts of Battambang forest
Fires have consumed more than 2,000 hectares of Prek Toal protected area in Battambang, killing some animals and destroying the breeding sites of multiple endangered species, Prek Toal project managers said yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fires-burn-large-parts-battambang-forest
Cambodia sets second world record of week
Cambodia set yet another Guinness World Record on Wednesday—its second in three days—when 2,015 people participated in a synchronized line dance during the Angkor Sankranta New Year festival in Siem Reap City. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-sets-second-world-record-with-mass-line-dance-82040/
Moody's says debt is stable, open to risk
Ratings agency Moody’s kept the outlook on Cambodia’s government debt at stable, though the firm said that the risk of default was still high and had raised concerns over the country’s ability to manage its finances. In a report released on Sunday, Moody’s said that Cambodia’s ...
Cambodian king visits Vietnam to cement bilateral ties
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni began a 3-day state visit to Vietnam starting on Monday at the invitation of Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, local media reported. The visit, the fourth made by Cambodian king since he came to the throne in 2004, will likely elevate further ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-09/24/c_131869525.htm
Union leader: Salary negotiation scheduled for this month
Government representatives and union leaders will soon hold meetings to discuss garment worker’s salary increase for 2014, according to a union leader Friday. “Negotiations with factory employers to increase the salary for workers in the garment sector is scheduled to take place some time this August,” ...
The Cambodia Herald
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MjFjNzM2YTI3MGZ
Cambodia-U.S. trade Up 18 percent in first five months
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the U.S. was recorded at $2,488.3 billion in the first five months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 18 percent. Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau, from January to May, the Kingdom exported $2,363 million worth of products to ...
Chea Vannak/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50748234/cambodia-u-s-trade-up-18-percent-in-first-five-months/
Number of foreigners deported ramps up
The government deported 2,420 people from the Kingdom in the first nine months of 2015, according to updated figures from the General Department of Immigration released on the National Police website on Wednesday.203; ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/number-foreigners-deported-ramps
Six years on, families evicted for sugarcane plantation still in limbo
Some six years after 2,000 families were evicted from their land in northeastern Cambodia, they have still not received compensation and are living with few means, rights workers say. ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/six-years-on-families-for-sugarcane-plantation-still-in-limbo/3029936.html
Families in Ratanakkiri file ELC complaint
More than 220 ethnic Tompuon families in Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat district yesterday filed a complaint to rights group Adhoc over a 2,000-hectare land dispute against an economic land concession. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-ratanakkiri-file-elc-complaint
Floods cause $1 million in damages
The recent floods that slammed Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey provinces, among others, destroyed more than 2,000 homes, killed two people and caused at least $1 million in damages, officials said on Friday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075657/floods-cause-1-million-damages/
Tourist boats add tax on to tickets
Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities have ordered all tourist boat operators ferrying passengers to islands to add an additional $2 to each ticket for state coffers to help develop the coastlands and protect the environment. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077283/tourist-boats-add-tax-tickets/
Cambodia taps national park travel
A Japanese company, A2A Town (Cambodia), has submitted a request to the Cambodian Ministry of Environment to establish helicopter flights from Phnom Penh to Preah Soramrit Kossamak Kirirom National Park in Kampong Speu province.203;203; ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2015/07/cambodia-taps-national-park-travel/
MB selects strategic partner for commercial joint venture bank in Cambodia
MB and Shinsei Bank have signed a master agreement on the establishment of a commercial joint venture bank in Cambodia on Dec. 2. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50981817/mb-selects-strategic-partner-for-commercial-joint-venture-bank-in-cambodia/
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
H.E. Hang Chuon Naron and Julie Chung in the inauguration of the Rice Academy, Cambodia. Photo by U.S Embassy Phnom Penh, take on 17 September 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0In 1996, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) was established.1 Its organization and functioning ...
Senate ratifies record draft budget law
The Senate yesterday spent just 90 minutes ratifying the record $2.6 billion budget law for 2012, which will allow the government to borrow up to $1.1 billion from foreign lenders, according to a Senate statement ...
Cambodia-US Trade Volume Reaches $3B in First Semester of 2019
Within the first seven month of 2019, Cambodia-US trade volume has reached over USD 3 billion, an increase of 29 percent compared to the same period in 2018, which was USD 2.3 billion. ...
Fresh News staff
http://en.freshnewsasia.com/index.php/en/localnews/15347-2019-09-18-04-42-45.html
China donates hardware to support 2019 census
The Chinese government yesterday handed $2.5 million worth of cars, motorbikes and other equipment to the government to facilitate the 2019 census. Chinese Ambassador Xiong Bo presided over the handover at the Interior Ministry. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50536929/china-donates-hardware-to-support-2019-census/
Phnom Penh Port expansion set to boost Kingdom’s waterways shipping
The launch of the 2nd phase of the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port’s (PPAP) container terminal will boost the Kingdom’s waterway shipping through more trade capacity and reduced costs, according to industry insiders. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phnom-penh-port-expansion-set-boost-kingdoms-waterways-shipping
Twin tower construction to begin this year
Construction of the $2 billion, 133-story twin tower skyscrapers planned to rise opposite NagaWorld will start in the middle of this year, an official who helped design the project told Khmer Times yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22617/twin-tower-construction-to-begin-this-year/