Two Vietnamese deported as census continues
Police in Ratanakkiri deported two more Vietnamese nationals living illegally in the northern province last week, bringing the number of expulsions to 14 as the Ministry of Interior’s census of foreigners continues, police said. This year’s census—which is now complete in Ratanakkiri, according to officials href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-vietnamese-deported-as-census-continues/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-vietnamese-deported-as-census-continues-67812/
Taiwan's 2015 overseas property investments likely to grow sharply
Taiwan’s outbound property investments are likely to increase significantly in 2015 amid growing interest in overseas markets and a slowdown in the domestic market, an investment consulting firm in Taipei said Saturday. Taiwan’s property investors are also looking at opportunities in emerging markets, including Vietnam href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/taiwans-2015-overseas-property-investments-likely-to-grow-sharply/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
The China Post News Staff
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2015/02/23/429470/Taiwans-2015.htm
Gov’t to crack down on overdue road tax
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) will continue collecting the annual road tax on vehicles due at the end of last month until the end of the year, but will start cracking down on late payments on January 1, it announced. The taxes can be href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-to-crack-down-on-overdue-road-tax/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18434/gov---t-to-crack-down-on-overdue-road-tax/
Police chief admits wife is timber smuggler
A Toyota SUV and the load of illegally logged luxury wood found inside it on Monday belong to the wife of a district police chief in Tbong Khmum province, according to local officials, who say they have no intention of taking action against the couple. “We href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-chief-admits-wife-is-timber-smuggler/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-chief-admits-wife-timber-smuggler-118251/
No signs of H7N9 flu, MERS coronavirus identified in Cambodia: health official
Cambodia has not seen any case of H7N9 bird flu virus and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus, a senior health official said Monday. Speaking at a seminar on the awareness of H7N9 and MERS coronavirus, Dr. Ly Sovann, director of the health ministry’s communicable href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-signs-of-h7n9-flu-mers-coronavirus-identified-in-cambodia-health-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2014-06/23/c_133430670.htm
Senate committee passes investment law
The new investment law will be more attractive and provide the Kingdom with better options to navigate the constantly evolving regional and global investment climate, according to Senate Third Committee chairman Mong Reththy. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/senate-committee-passes-investment-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/senate-committee-passes-investment-law
Cambodians face mounting pain from microfinance debt
KEAN SVAY, KANDAL PROVINCE, CAMBODIA — Five years ago, Lun Sam Ath took out a $12,000 loan to build a new wooden house and repay a previous loan that she had used to buy a motorbike. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodians-face-mounting-pain-from-microfinance-debt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sun Narin
https://www.voanews.com/a/cambodians-face-mounting-pain-from-microfinance-debt-/7559968.html
Unions will negotiate for a $180 minimum wage
A group of 17 union leaders will demand $179.60 when they sit down for the latest round of negotiations this week to determine the minimum wage in the garment sector, which employs more than 600,000 Cambodians. The monthly minimum wage is currently $140. The new figure href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-will-negotiate-for-a-180-minimum-wage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unions-will-negotiate-180-minimum-wage-117581/
Mine action center resumes breeding dogs as fundraiser
The Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) has restarted a long-dormant dog breeding program it hopes will replenish its stock of explosive-sniffing canines as well as its dwindling coffers by selling them to others, including riot police. The first litter of six Malinois, a type of Belgian href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mine-action-center-resumes-breeding-dogs-as-fundraiser/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mine-action-center-resumes-breeding-dogs-fundraiser-117170/
Cambodia's employers, trade unions fail to reach agreement on pay rise
The third round of negotiation between Cambodia’s garment and footwear manufacturers and representatives of trade unions on minimum wage increase ended without result on Monday. The talk between the employers represented by Nang Sothy, co- chair of the Government-Private Working Group on Industrial Relations, and Ken href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-employers-trade-unions-fail-to-reach-agreement-on-pay-rise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-03/11/c_132225825.htm
Laos, Cambodia enhance legislative cooperation
Lao National Assembly and the National Assembly of Cambodia have vowed to continue the exchange and mutual support between the two legislative bodies. The vow was made at a meeting held in Vientiane between the high-level parliamentary delegations led by the Lao National Assembly President Ms href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/laos-cambodia-enhance-legislative-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Somxay Sengdara
http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/FreeContent/FreeConten_Laos.htm
Unfinished Railway Connected to Thailand
Cambodia’s northern railway line has been linked to Thailand at the border in Poipet City, officials said at a ceremony on Monday—although sections of track in Cambodia still need to be finished before trains can start running between the two countries. At a ceremony marking a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unfinished-railway-connected-to-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unfinished-railway-connected-thailand-118206/
Indian mining firm prepares to dig deep in Ratanakiri
The Ministry of Mines and Energy is set to issue the country’s first commercial underground mining license to Indian company Mesco Gold in two weeks, despite opposition by residents of two villages concerned about compensation and environmental damage. The company plans to break ground on its href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indian-mining-firm-prepares-to-dig-deep-in-ratanakiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Aisha Down and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/indian-mining-firm-prepares-dig-deep-ratanakkiri-117474/
Hun Sen hopes days of post-election protests are finished
The three-month voter registration period opened on Thursday, with Prime Minister Hun Sen telling reporters after enrolling at his local commune office that he hopes the new voter registry will put an end to post-election protests. After the July 2013 national election, the CNRP refused to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-hopes-days-of-post-election-protests-are-finished/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-hopes-days-post-election-protests-finished-117491/
As surrogacy trade grows, government charts course
The government will meet this month to begin addressing concerns that the lack of regulation for the surrogacy trade could lead to a proliferation of brokers working in Cambodia and foreign couples traveling to the country to take advantage of their services. The Ministry of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/as-surrogacy-trade-grows-government-charts-course/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sonia Kohlbacher
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/surrogacy-trade-grows-government-charts-course-117169/
Cambodian labor unions lower minimum wage demands
Cambodian labor unions this week lowered their demands for a 60 percent increase to the country’s $100 minimum wage, as talks loom next month on setting a new wage.Unions agreed to call for $150 a month during a meeting with officials from the Garment Manufacturers’ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-labor-unions-lower-minimum-wage-demands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/171407/cambodian-labor-unions-lower-minimum-wage-demands.html
Satellite data suggests forest loss is accelerating
Satellite images suggest tropical forests from the Amazon to the Philippines are disappearing at a far more rapid pace than previously thought, a University of Maryland team of forest researchers say. Tropical Asia showed the second largest increase in deforestation with 0.8 million hectares (about href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/satellite-data-suggests-forest-loss-is-accelerating/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Kyle Plantz
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/03/02/us-forest-satellites-idUKKBN0LY1M720150302
Civil society, tech team up
With security footage of elephants, clouded leopards and other wildlife caught on hidden cameras in Cambodia’s Eastern Plains flashing on a TV screen, Toby Eastoe of Conservation International noted that their cameras also catch other activity. Presenters ranging from anti-corruption advocates to health service workers href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/civil-society-tech-team-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/civil-society-tech-team
Quarantine Period to be Extended For One Week For Delta Variant
Quarantine period has been extended to 21 days for Delta and Delta Plus variants, stressed Prime Minister Hun Sen in his statement on the current COVID-19 situation in Cambodia this morning. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/quarantine-period-to-be-extended-for-one-week-for-delta-variant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50884967/quarantine-period-to-be-extended-for-one-week-for-delta-variant/