1,000 days to go on Millennium Development Goals
April 5th marks the starting date for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and its partners in Cambodia in observing the milestone of 1,000 days to the end of 2015 which is the target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). “The MDGs ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MzVkZTcwZWRkNjY
Wing Star workers walk out
Provincial Ministry of Labour officials will today meet with union representatives and management at the factory where a ceiling collapse killed two workers last May, in an attempt to resolve a strike. About 5,000 employees at Wing Star Shoes, an Asics supplier, walked off the job ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wing-star-workers-walk-out
S Reap fish paste production halts over weak demand
Villagers in Kampong Khlaing commune in Siem Reap province’s Sotr Nikum district have halted Kamlearnh fish paste production due to lagging demand, according to the industry’s representative body. Proum Hong, president of Kampong Khlaing Fish Paste Producers Association (KKFPPA), said the inflated price of the product, ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/s-reap-fish-paste-production-halts-over-weak-demand
Hot Breakfast Program Helps Students
Tuesday morning, not long after dawn, a line of students formed outside En Komar Primary School, in Kampong Thom province. Students were waiting to receive breakfast from their teachers. The breakfasts are part of a World Food Program initiative that aims to feed 3.5 million students ...
Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hot-breakfast-program-helps-students/1933562.html
ADB, Japan assist grassroots push to reduce disaster impacts in Cambodia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Japan are supporting a grassroots project to manage risks and reduce impacts from floods and other natural disasters in vulnerable communities in Cambodia. The Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction project, financed by a $2.5 million grant from the ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/adb-japan-assist-grassroots-push-to-reduce-disaster-impacts-in-cambodia-7452
Truck full of rosewood seized
A provincial military police commander was named yesterday by a major conservationist group as the alleged owner of a huge haul of illegal rosewood confiscated in Kampong Speu province this week. At around 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Wildlife Alliance rangers intercepted a truck carrying 12.5 cubic ...
Phak Seangly and Alice Cuddy
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/truck-full-rosewood-seized
WASDE: all-rice imports raised to 23.0 million cwt
Global 2014/15 rice supply and use projections are lowered from last month. Thailand’s 2014/15 rice crop is lowered 1.0 million tons to 19.5 million due to a reduction in dry-season plantings resulting from an on-going drought and a reduction in irrigation water availability concentrated in ...
AgWeb.com News Staff
http://www.agweb.com/article/wasde-all-rice-imports-raised-to-230-million-cwt-NAA-agwebcom-editors/
NagaWorld sees year-on-year boost in VIP revenues
Phnom Penh casino NagaWorld has announced that gross gaming revenue (GGR) rose 48 per cent year-on-year for the first quarter of 2015, largely on the back of returns from VIP clients. Nagacorp, the Hong Kong stock exchange-listed parent of NagaWorld, said in an unaudited report released ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nagaworld-sees-year-year-boost-vip-revenues
Thankful letter from CCC to H.E. Cheang Vun
The Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC) would like to thank H.E. Cheang Vun, the head of the 5th Commission of the National Assembly for giving a permission to its representatives to join the consultation on the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations taking place ...
Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC)
Cambodia is affected by GONI storm
Cambodia will be under influence of GONI storm, leading to more wide spread of raining in the kingdom. While some coastal areas such as Koh Kong, Kep and Kampot provinces will have heavy raining along with strong wind, sea surface will have strong wind and ...
Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology
Kingdom’s economic growth may be lower than previous prediction
Cambodia’s economic growth in 2020 would not be at the same rate as previously predicted at 6.5 percent, said Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Khan Sophirom
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50695340/kingdoms-economic-growth-may-be-lower-than-previous-prediction
Little spark for electric motos
Battery-powered scooters are capturing an increasing share of the Asia Pacific’s two-wheeled transport market, according to a recent study, but scooter retailers in Phnom Penh yesterday said Cambodians still opt for the petrol-burning version. By 2018, about 65.5 million electric scooters worth some US$382 million will ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050756009/Business/little-spark-for-electric-motos.html
Garment exports fall, factories hit by virus
Exports in garment sector dropped more than 5 percent to around $3.78 billion in the first half of the year, according to a spokesman of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training. ...
Sok Chan
http://khmertimeskh.com/50743103/garment-exports-fall-factories-hit-by-virus/
Mondulkiri Bunong community seeks return of forest land
More than 200 indigenous Bunong families in Mondulkiri province have asked authorities to retrieve 5ha of community forest land they claim had been secretly stolen from them by speculators. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-bunong-community-seeks-return-forest-land
Bicycle boom sees Cambodia overtake rivals in exports to EU
According to the Ministry of Commerce, more than 1.5 million bicycles were exported as of the end of the third quarter this year, bringing in some $400 million in revenue. ...
Tom Starkey
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50793025/bicycle-boom-sees-cambodia-overtake-rivals-in-exports-to-eu/
Kingdom’s bicycle exports top $500M
Cambodia exported bicycles worth approximately $527 million to international markets last year, up 27 percent from 2019. This establishes Cambodia as the No1 country in ASEAN and No5 globally for bicycle exports, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-bicycle-exports-top-500m
List of Yellow, Orange and Red Zones in Phnom Penh
The government on Monday decided to extend the lockdowns in Phnom Penh and Takhmao city in Kandal province for another week to May 5 to stem the spread of COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50846770/list-of-yellow-orange-and-red-zones-in-phnom-penh-2/
Cambodia imports nearly 600 tonnes of Vietnam’s steel
The Kingdom imported 584 tonnes of steel from Vietnam in the first five months of 2021, down 1.5 per cent year-on-year, Vietnamese media outlet VN Express reported. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-imports-nearly-600-tonnes-vietnams-steel
Cambodian exports to South Korea reach $64m in two months
Cambodia exported $64.5 million worth of goods to South Korea in the first two months of this year, down 0.8 percent compared to the same months in the previous year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501042577/cambodian-exports-to-south-korea-reach-64m-in-two-months/
Tourists from Thailand gambling on Cambodia’s Poipet lure
Just 3.5 hours away from Bangkok, Poipet is popular with tourists looking to exit and reenter Thailand’s border to gain more time in the kingdom, said Thaiger, a Thai based media outlet. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501226605/tourists-from-thailand-gambling-on-cambodias-poipet-lure/