Sar Kheng hails road ‘white days’
Cambodia’s new Traffic Law has been a runaway success for road safety, Interior Minister Sar Kheng claimed yesterday, hours after a collision between two trucks carrying garment workers left two dead and nearly 60 injured. ...
Mech Dara and Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-hails-road-white-days
Peace, but not stability, for Cambodia, experts warn
Experts warn that Cambodia still faces the prospect of violence and atrocities, as human rights abuse and other social injustices persist.But Cambodia’s leaders still have the “responsibility to protect” the country’s citizens, according to standards issued by the UN. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/peace-but-not-stability-for-cambodia-experts-warn/3082776.html
Cambodian investment by fund with $1 billion ambition to increase sustainability-focused banking
Sustainability Finance Real Economies SICAV – SIF (SFRE, pronounced Sapphire) has made an investment totalling USD 4 million in PRASAC (Cambodia) a microfinance institution, in line with its strategy of advancing social, environmental and economic development by providing capital to banks. ...
New traffic law hurts the poor, citizens say
The introduction of the new traffic law has hit a few potholes, with some citizens complaining that it is too tough on poor families, while analysts say people in rural areas have been left in the dark about the new law’s requirements. ...
Mom Kunthear and Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19443/new-traffic-law-hurts-the-poor--citizens-say/
Government remains optimistic on economic growth
The government yesterday slightly lowered its growth forecast for this year – from 7 to 6.9 percent – citing slowing growth in China and Europe as well as the appreciation of the US dollar as the reasons for the cut. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17012/government-remains-optimistic-on-economic-growth/
School director transferred after $30k scandal
Ly Sothea, the director of the National Institute of Business (NIB) at the center of a scandal involving more than $30,000 that was withheld from teachers, was transferred from his position Monday to a new job at the Labor Ministry, though an Education Ministry official ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/school-director-transferred-after-30k-scandal-98383/
Bird flu found in Phnom Penh
Nearly 300 chickens and ducks were culled after a new case of H5N1, or bird flu, was found in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district last week, officials said. Seang Borin, director of the municipal agriculture department, said yesterday that 292 chickens and ducks were killed in ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102046/bird-flu-found-in-phnom-penh/
Survey counts homeless youth
Cambodia’s seven largest urban centres are home to nearly 2,700 homeless adolescents who face numerous health and education-related obstacles, according to a new study by the Cambodian National Institute of Statistics, Columbia University and Friends International. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/survey-counts-homeless-youth
March inflation rate rises to 4.3 percent
Although growth in Cambodia’s consumer price index (CPI) went up by 4.3 percent year-on-year in March, according to latest figures from the National Institute of Statistics, an expert maintains that the increase in cost of living will have minimal effect on the lives of Cambodians. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39611/march-inflation-rate-rises-to-4-3-percent/
Institute unveils project to tackle waste crisis
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) yesterday held a presentation in front of local authorities on a project that aims to tackle the waste crisis Cambodia is facing. ...
Poovenraj Kanagaraj
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50665270/institute-unveils-project-to-tackle-waste-crisis/
Cambodia's trade with foreign countries reaches nearly 16 bln USD last year
Cambodia’s trade volume with foreign countries amounted to 15.9 billion U.S. dollars last year, up 18 percent compared with 13.4 billion U.S. dollars in a year earlier, according to the report of the Commerce Ministry on Wednesday. The country had exported products in equivalent to 6.9 ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-01/15/c_133046741.htm
Child labourer injuries rife
Over 85 per cent of child domestic workers in Phnom Penh are injured in the course of their employment, research into child labour released yesterday revealed. The Cambodian Development Research Institute and World Vision International are jointly examining child labour practices in the Kingdom, and the ...
Laignee Barron and Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/child-labourer-injuries-rife
Mining prospects ranked low
An index measuring countries on their attractiveness for mining investment has included Cambodia in its results for the first time, with the Kingdom ranking a relatively low 81 out of 122 due to a lack of obvious sites to exploit. The “attractiveness index”, conducted by the ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/mining-prospects-ranked-low
Survey finds deep discontent as Cambodian land disputes continue
According to a new survey, land disputes in Cambodia lead to employment insecurity, causing poverty, food insecurity, and increasing physical and psychological insecurity. The survey found that most expressed a desire for the government to eliminate land disputes and set a clear policy to address ...
Neou Vannarin
http://bit.ly/1H3iZQi
Despite conflict, Cambodia’s borders continue to open
The opposition has accused Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government of a litany of sins, including ceding territory and allowing Vietnamese companies to exploit Cambodian resources. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15039/despite-conflict--cambodia---s-borders-continue-to-open/
Waste management highest priority for city councils
Two years ago, seven Cambodian cities committed to a sustainable city strategic plan to address environmental issues, with waste management being one of the highest -priority issues among most of the cities, according to a Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) 2019 annual report. ...
Mark Hughes
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732271/waste-management-highest-priority-for-city-councils/
Press Release: One Hundred Thousand COVID-19 RT-PCR test performed by the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge
On 26 October 2020, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge has posted a press release regarding the statistic of COVID-19 diagnose and testing. IPC has performed over 100,000 COVID-19 diagnostic test and has detected 287 positive individual since the start of the pandemic. IPC will continue to ...
Institut Pasteur du Cambodge
Cambodia’s population hits 15.5M: Latest census
The National Committee for the General Population Census announced on January 26 that the Cambodian population had risen to 15.5 million, an increase of 16 per cent from the 2008 census figure of 13.4 million people. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodias-population-hits-155m-latest-census
Cambodian researchers to launch new rice variety shortly
Cambodian rice researchers will soon release a new rice variety more resilient to climate change that produces significantly better yields than conventional rice types. ...
Sar Socheat
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50920852/cambodian-researchers-to-launch-new-rice-variety-shortly/
Cambodia, IRRI discuss strengthening of agriculture cooperation
Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have exchanged views on promotion of bilateral cooperation, especially in the fields of rice and agrifood systems. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501230674/cambodia-irri-discuss-strengthening-of-agriculture-cooperation/