Government to tap emergency rice fund to help corn farmers
The government will use the untapped funds of an emergency rice loan package to support struggling corn farmers who have protested the low market prices for their crop this season, state officials said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-tap-emergency-rice-fund-help-corn-farmers
Tourist boats add tax on to tickets
Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities have ordered all tourist boat operators ferrying passengers to islands to add an additional $2 to each ticket for state coffers to help develop the coastlands and protect the environment. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077283/tourist-boats-add-tax-tickets/
EDC plans power line linking lake provinces
Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) will spend $167 million to install a 350-km-long high-voltage transmission line connecting four provinces around the Tonle Sap lake, the state-owned utility announced in a press release Monday. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/edc-plans-power-line-linking-lake-provinces-79879/
PPWSA profits up three-fold during Q1
Revenue for the state-owned water utilities firm Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority increased 33 per cent for the first three months of 2015, compared to the same period last year, while net profit almost tripled. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppwsa-profits-three-fold-during-q1
73 generals granted new ranks, jobs
A mass promotion announced by the Interior Ministry yesterday saw more than 80 senior police officials upgraded, including seven to three-star general status, as well as the appointment of seven new under-secretaries of state. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/73-generals-granted-new-ranks-jobs
Progress seen on trafficking
Less than a month after Cambodia was handed the second-lowest rating in the United States’ annual Trafficking in Persons report, a senior official is “optimistic” the Kingdom can eventually move up the ranking. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/progress-seen-trafficking
Cabinet ministers endorse two key documents
The Cambodian cabinet plenary session was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Hun Sen, at the Peace Palace, Phnom Penh, this morning, the State News Agency-AKP’s report. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cabinet-ministers-endorse-two-key-documents-8922
Five More Years For Hun Sen; Some Ministers Reshuffled
A day after its opening session and still devoid of the 55 lawmakers-elect of the opposition CNRP, the country’s new, one-party National Assembly voted Prime Minister Hun Sen in for yet another five-year term Tuesday and approved an extensive reshuffle of his Cabinet. In a ...
Hul Reaksmey and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/five-more-years-for-hun-sen-some-ministers-reshuffled-43133/
EdC, two Chinese firms ink agreement on power plant
Cambodia’s state-run electricity supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) on Tuesday signed an agreement with two Chinese companies to build a $380 million oil and liquefied natural gas power plant in the Kingdom. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/edc-two-chinese-firms-ink-agreement-power-plant
Forest activists call for seizure of assets from corrupt officials
Civil society and forest protection activists on Monday called for officials in the government and armed forces guilty of corruption and exploiting state property to be removed from their positions and have their assets frozen. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-activists-call-seizure-assets-corrupt-officials
1.6 million foreign tourist visited Angkor temples for the first ten months of 2015
Over 1.6 million foreign tourists visited Angkor temples for the first ten months of 2015– an increase compared to the same period in the previous year, States News Agency reported. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/16-million-foreign-tourist-visited-angkor-temples-for-the-first-ten-months-of-2015-9068
Cambodia open to talks on ‘every issue’ with US, ambassador says
As Cambodia prepares for an official visit from US Secretary of State John Kerry next week, the country’s US ambassador says it would consider joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership. ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-open-to-talks-on-every-issue-with-us-ambassador-says/3154335.html
Cambodia-Thai border to be discussed in Bangkok
Cambodian Secretary of State Neang Phat will lead a delegation to Thailand this morning for the 11th General Border Committee (GBC) meeting, according to an announcement from the Defense Ministry. ...
Ban Sokrith and Phun Chan Ousaphea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20650/cambodia-thai-border-to-be-discussed-in-bangkok/
Before meeting with china, FM insists on strong ties
Before departing for China to co-chair an annual meeting between the two governments yesterday, Foreign Minister Hor Namhong denied claims that their relationship was any weaker than that of Cambodia and the United States. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20990/before-meeting-with-china--fm-insists-on-strong-ties/
Demand grows for organic rice
As the demand for organic rice in European and United States markets keeps growing, many local rice millers and exporters are moving quickly and signing contract farming deals to supply them with the premium product. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27204/demand-grows-for-organic-rice/
Ministry of Information to establish E-archive next year
Cambodia’s Ministry of Information is planning to create an e-archive in early 2016 with an estimated cost of some US$5 million, according to the State News Agency-AKP. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/ministry-of-information-to-establish-e-archive-next-year-9046
Bank of China to expand operations in Cambodia
Bank of China, one of the five biggest state-owned commercial banks in China, will expand its operations in Cambodia by opening new branches in Siem Reap and Sihanoukville, a local bank executive said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bank-china-expand-operations-cambodia
Gov’t announces plans to cut down on deputies
The government will prune superfluous “deputy” manager roles from the state bureaucracy’s many branches by restricting the number of people able to hold the title from the ministerial level down to kindergartens and hospitals. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-announces-plans-cut-down-deputies
City Hall spokesman named new ambassador to South Korea
Long Dimanche, the spokesman for Phnom Penh City Hall and son of a secretary of state in the Foreign Affairs Ministry, has been appointed to replace Suth Dina, the disgraced former ambassador to South Korea. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-spokesman-named-new-ambassador-to-south-korea-111113/
Registered vehicles increase by 18%
Officials registered 326,620 vehicles for the first ten months of 2015, reflecting an increase of about 18 percent for the same period last year, according to State News Agency-AKP. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/registered-vehicles-increase-by-18-9066