ICT expo is planned for next month
An information and communications technology (ICT) event will be held from July 5-7 this year, offering sales and networking opportunities amid a surge in ICT growth in the Kingdom. Expected to draw about 100 companies, the Mobile social Commerce International Conference and Expo at Phnom Penh’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060766122/Business/ict-expo-is-planned-for-next-month.html
Villagers Fed Up With Garbage Dump Problems
Residents of three villages in Kompong Cham province’s Krala commune are growing increasingly frustrated with problems caused by a local garbage dump, saying it is a health hazard and that it emits an unpleasant odor. Khat seang, chief of Tuol Porpel village, said the frustration may ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-fed-up-with-garbage-dump-problems-33611/
Polling stations set for soldiers at Preah Vihear
SoldierS Stationed around the Preah Vihear temple on the Thai-Cambodian border on Election Day won&rSquo;t have to forgo the opportunity to vote, military officialS in Preah Vihear province Said. Men Sophea, a military official poSted at Phnom Trop, Several kilometreS away from the temple complex, Said SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/polling-stations-set-soldiers-preah-vihear
Illegal migration ticking up
llegall migration is on the rise, but human trafficking cases appear to be declining, according to the government’s annual labor migration report, released yesterday. speaking at the start of a three-day workshop held at the Ministry of Interior that involving embassies, NGOs and government officials, Chou ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032764724/National/illegal-migration-ticking-up.html
Cambodia to issue new 100,000-riel banknote featuring royal family pictures
Cambodia will launch a new 100,000-riel banknote (in equivalent to 25 U.S. dollarS) in order to celebrate the Sixtieth birthday of King Norodom Sihamoni on May 14, a central bank official Said WedneSday. A Sub-decree on the iSSuance of the new 100,000-riel banknote waS Signed SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/08/c_132368449.htm
CPP Senator Wins Power Transmission Contract
The government on Friday awarded CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat a $92.21 million contract to inStall power lineS in Cambodia&rSquo;S eaStern provinceS, the Council of MiniSterS Said in a Statement. During the weekly Cabinet meeting, Senior officialS including Prime MiniSter Hun Sen Signed off on the SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cpp-senator-wins-power-transmission-contract-23634/
Opposition Party Rejects Election Results, Wants Investigation
The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Monday rejected the results of the national election, calling for a joint committee to be established to investigate what the opposition party said were vast irregularities in sunday’s polls. “The Cambodia National Rescue Party demands for the establishment ss='cambodia-color'>...
Man accused of logging in Prey Lang
Loggers in Prey Lang forest are under scrutiny once again, after a 21-year-old man was charged with illegally clearing and occupying state-owned land. Kampong Thom Provincial Court yesterday put suspect Ven Nak of sandan district’s Dang Kambet commune under pre-trial detention, said Khin Vannak, a deputy ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/man-accused-logging-prey-lang
Thais return jailed loggers
Dozens of Cambodian prisoners were released by Thai authorities yesterday after serving 20-month prison sentences in Thailand for crossing the border illegally to log rosewood. The group of 37, all arrested within Thai territory on March 12 last year, were released through the Chaom sangman checkpoint ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thais-return-jailed-loggers
Families say company duped them
Family members of a group of Cambodian workers arrested with fake passports in Thailand on Friday claimed yesterday they had got them through a recruitment agency in Cambodia – an allegation the company’s president denied. According to Hau, Anny Rita Best Manpower promised that the ss='cambodia-color'>...
James Hall and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-say-company-duped-them
‘Cambodian’ workers die in Thailand
Two Cambodian nationals are among those reported dead following the collapse of a beam at a construction site yesterday on the outskirts of Bangkok. The death toll stood at 11 as of 4pm yesterday, while another 17 were reported injured. A concrete beam fell down at the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/%E2%80%98cambodian%E2%80%99-workers-die-thailand
New Chroy Changva Bridge enters final stage
The two sides of the second Chroy Changva Bridge were connected Wednesday in a ceremony presided over by Transport Minister Tram Iv Tek. He said the Chinese-funded bridge would be completed by september. “The bridge was projected to cost $27.5 million to be spent on construction ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-chroy-changva-bridge-enters-final-stage-56294/
Acid services reduced
With acid attacks in steep decline – not a single attack has been recorded so far this year – the only organisation working directly with acid survivors on the ground is scaling back its services by 75 per cent. Cambodian Acid survivors Charity (CAsC) is no ss='cambodia-color'>...
Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acid-services-reduced
Cambodia has 960 garment, footwear factories: labor minister
Garment and footwear industry, Cambodia’s largest foreign exchange earner, currently consists of 960 factories, employing some 620,000 workers, labor minister Ith samheng said Thursday. The sector made a revenue of 5.5 billion U.s. dollars last year, accounting for around 80 percent of the country’s total exports, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Asean - China Centre News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-04/24/c_133287164.htm
MFI and insurance firm partner up
Chamroeun Microfinance Limited and Prevoir Kampuchea Micro Life Insurance PLC (PKMI) on Wednesday joined efforts to provide insurance to those on lower incomes. The partnership will provide health insurance to its clients at about $0.51 per month for adults and $0.26 per month for those aged between ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mfi-and-insurance-firm-partner-up-61231/
Online registration option to be rolled out to SMEs
The Ministry of Industry and Handicraft will introduce an online registration platform for Cambodia’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (sMEs) this year, a ministry official confirmed yesterday. Heng sok Kong, secretary of state at the ministry, said the new software for web registration was built in partnership ss='cambodia-color'>...
Annie Lee
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/online-registration-option-be-rolled-out-smes
Cambodia earns 532 mln USD tax revenue in H1
Cambodia collected 532 million U.S. dollarS in tax revenue during the firSt half of 2014, up 13 percent over the Same period laSt year, Said a newS Statement releaSed by the General Department of Taxation on WedneSday. The revenue came from an increaSe in income taxeS, SS='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-07/23/c_133505529.htm
Homes move due to floods
Coastal erosion became serious enough in Kampong Cham province for authorities to dismantle and move 13 houses along the Mekong. Officials are planning to do the same for about 100 others to prevent them from falling into the river due to rising water levels over the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/homes-move-due-floods
Thai farmers again encroach on Cambodian land
Border police in Banteay Meanchey province were unable to stop 30 Thai farmers from plowing land inside Cambodia territory on Monday and had to wait for Thai officials to arrive and order the farmers back across the border, according to local officials. Prak sarath, deputy commander ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thai-farmers-again-encroach-on-cambodian-land-65267/
UN asked to ‘address crisis’
Amnesty International and rights group Licadho in a joint statement yesterday called on UN member states to “address the country’s human rights crisis” at a UN Human Rights Council hearing in Geneva on Tuesday. The statement, which was sent to foreign embassies, the Cambodian government and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-asked-%E2%80%98address-crisis%E2%80%99