Lack of competition lets Ministry of Mines and Energy set sand price cap
After almost a month, the Ministry of Mines and Energy has officially announced the four companies that have been granted sand dredging licenses this past Tuesday. When the ministry notified the companies who won the bidding for one of four available licenses, it also gave them ...
Announcement on the death of COVID-19 on three Cambodians, a 79-year-old woman, a 59-year-old woman, and a 57-year-old man
On 13 April 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of COVID-19 on three Cambodians, a 79-year-old woman at Laung Mey Hospital, a 59-year-old woman and a 57-year-old man at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital. Notably, these are the 30th, 31st, 32nd cases ...
Ministry of Health
Strike at SL eats into profits
Because of ongoing strikes and an inability to fill orders, SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) says it is shedding cash flow as buyers shift away from one of Asia’s largest producers, factory management confirmed yesterday. International brands H&M and Gap reduced their orders, while Levi’s ceased buying ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/strike-sl-eats-profits
At Embattled Factory, an Unmovable Manager
In an industry rife with labor strikes, the workers at the SL Garment Factory in recent months have been strident, and sometimes violent, in their efforts to have their demands for better working conditions met by factory bosses. Tuesday’s clash with police near Phnom Penh’s Stung ...
Aun Pheap and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/at-embattled-factory-an-unmovable-manager-46900/
Finance Ministry Accused of Ignoring Education Sector
The Ministry of Education on Tuesday again publicly accused the Ministry of Finance of not injecting enough funds into the education sector in order to bring Cambodia in line with the rest of Southeast Asia. Speaking at the close of a two-day workshop to formulate the ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/finance-ministry-accused-of-ignoring-education%E2%80%88sector-41040/
Tours aimed at attracting workers
As cooks prepped for lunch yesterday at an outdoor cafeteria for workers employed by the Japanese-owned Taica factory, more than a dozen commune-level officials inspected the premises. Seemingly satisfied with the dining operation, they moved into a recreational room with a large, flat-screen television. Taica ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tours-aimed-attracting-workers
Cambodia, Mongolia establish bilateral consultations
Cambodia and Mongolia on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the establishment of bilateral consultations, aimed at bolstering bilateral ties and cooperation, a Cambodian official said. The deal was inked between Long Visalo, Secretary of State of the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-05/02/c_133305024.htm
GDT requires tax invoice amounts shown in local riel
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has ordered that all taxpayers show the total amount of their tax invoices in Cambodian riel. The change will come into effect on April 1. The GDT instruction issued on Monday indicates that tax invoices are required to show ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-requires-tax-invoice-amounts-shown-local-riel
Government to open embassies in Ankara, Sofia
The Cambodian government will open an embassy in the Republic of Turkey next year, a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-open-embassies-ankara-sofia
Minister urges officials to speed up ID scheme
Officials responsible for issuing new identity cards, which every adult will eventually need, must get a grip on the task and speed up, the Ministry Of Interior said yesterday.In an “instruction” to staff, Interior Minister Sar Kheng said the number Of new ID cards issued ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-urges-officials-speed-id-scheme
Garment unions say strike threat is on table
A coalition of garment industry unions reiterated warnings yesterday that they will launch nationwide strikes calling for better conditions if Minister of Labour Ith Sam Heng refuses to negotiate on previous demands. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-unions-say-strike-threat-table
1,600 fired garment workers demand jobs back after strike
About 100 garment workers from a factory in Takeo province that supplies German sports brands Puma and Adidas protested in front of the Labor Ministry Wednesday to demand the reinstatement of about 1,600 staff fired last month for striking over inadequate benefits. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/1600-fired-garment-workers-demand-jobs-back-after-strike-100064/
Italy to set up chamber of commerce
Italy will set up a chamber of commerce in Cambodia this year with the aim of promoting and strengthening trade and investment opportunities in the kingdom. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34290/italy-to-set-up-chamber-of-commerce/
Industrial sector grows, but still reliant on garment factories
The government released a summary of the country’s industrial sector over the past five years, showing a marked increase in growth across a wide variety of indicators. The report, released by the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts (MIH) last week, lacks specific data but shows a ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/industrial-sector-grows-still-reliant-garment-factories
CCC inks 18 MoUs with Chinese firms
The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) on Thursday signed 18 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with a visiting delegation of Chinese business leaders from 24 firms. They involved various forms of cooperation. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ccc-inks-18-mous-chinese-firms
Further heritage aiming to join Lakhon Khol
As the Kingdom marks the first anniversary of the inscription of traditional Cambodian dance drama Lakhon Khol on Unesco’s cultural heritage list, the government is preparing to have 10 other forms of tangible and intangible heritage registered with the UN body. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/further-heritage-aiming-join-lakhon-khol
Rice Trader Claims Being Wrongly Fined Bad Scale to Measure Her Truck
A rice trader on Monday filed a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cabinet and three ministries alleging that officials in Kompong Cham province had wrongly fined her for an overweight truck after using improperly weighted scales. Saing Darlin had her truck impounded ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/rice-trader-claims-being-wrongly-fined-bad-scale-to-measure-her-truck-49631/
Putting hospitals on lockdown
The government plans to extend the country’s still-limited capacity to treat ailing prisoners by building more secure rooms inside provincial hospitals. As part of the General Department of Prisons’ 2014-2018 strategic plan, the Ministry of Interior hopes to have rooms specifically designated for prisoners in each ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/putting-hospitals-lockdown
Vietnam strongly protests Khmer Kampuchea Krom activists setting Vietnamese flag on fire
“Vietnam strongly protests the fact that Khmer Kampuchea Krom activists held an illegal protest and set a Vietnamese flag on fire in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on Tuesday,” said Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MofA) spokesperson Le Hai Binh on Wednesday. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-08/14/c_133554277.htm
National entrance exam for foundation-year students, academic year 2014-2015
The National Exam Commission is pleased to inform medical training institutions and students that the National Exam Commission will select 2519 students for enrollment for the academic year 2014-2015. ...
Office of the Council of Ministers