Cambodia lags behind 2020 power target
Cambodia is lagging behind its target to achieve nationwide electrification by 2020, the head of the country’s electricity regulator warned Tuesday. ...
Prashanth Parameswaran
http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/cambodia-lags-behind-2020-power-target/
The Ministry of Health urged people bring their children to vaccinate
Ministry of Health of Cambodia announced that all guardians ought to bring children to vaccinate (Vaccine) preventing inflammation of the encephalitis, meningitis, hepatitis, polio, measles and rubella. The vaccine for infant is for free. ...
Man killed in first lightning fatality of the year
Pailin province’s first thunderstorm of 2016 claimed a victim on Friday afternoon when two farmers were struck by lightning while returning home from their fields. ...
Mom Kunthear and Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22697/man-killed-in-first-lightning-fatality-of-the-year/
Mobile operators given new deadline to register SIM cards
Telecom companies have been given another extension to register all the SIM cards belonging to their subscribers after the three main mobile operators requested more time. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22861/mobile-operators-given-new-deadline-to-register-sim-cards/
Garment sector grows another 13 pct: report
Cambodia’s garment and footwear exports grew by 13 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2016, Chinese news agency Xinhua said on Monday, citing a report by the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/garment-sector-grows-another-13-pct-report
Factories create 12,000 new first-quarter jobs
Forty factories were registered during the first three months of the year, creating over 12,000 jobs, according to new data by the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/factories-create-12000-new-first-quarter-jobs
Vietnam to host annual trade fair in October
Vietnam will host its seventh annual trade fair in Cambodia during the second week of October of this year, the Department of Economics in the Vietnam Ministry of National Defense (MOD) announced in Ho Chi Minh City last week. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnam-host-annual-trade-fair-october
Chinese, Taiwanese arrested in internet-phone fraud case
Twenty-seven Chinese and Taiwanese nationals were arrested during a raid on a villa in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district on Monday on suspicion of operating an internet-phone scam, officials said. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinese-taiwanese-arrested-in-internet-phone-fraud-case-114080/
SIM card ownership down by nearly 12%
The number of mobile phone subscribers nationwide decreased by 11.5 per cent over the last year in what regulators are describing as a rebalancing after the market reached a saturation point, pushing well beyond 100 per cent penetration. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sim-card-ownership-down-nearly-12
Central bank urges Riel spending
Cambodia’s central bank yesterday again raised the issue of the country’s highly dollarised economy, suggesting that government policies and action plans will be enforced over the long term to promote the use of the riel, giving the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) more monetary control.Speaking ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/central-bank-urges-riel-spending
Tax collections reflect increased payment options
Government coffers received close to a billion dollars in tax revenues for the first nine months of the year, up 25 per cent compared to the same period a year earlier, with convenient tax payment options contributing to this rise, according to the latest quarterly ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-collections-reflect-increased-payment-options
Cambodia regulator to cancel inactive telecom licenses
The Telecom Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) has urged 34 domestic telecom operators and ISPs to submit their business performance reports by end-November. The watchdog plans to ensure the companies comply with their licensing agreements, Khmer Times reports, citing Im Vutha, director of regulation at TRC. ...
Telecompaper News Staff
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/cambodia-regulator-to-cancel-inactive-telecom-licenses--1114622
Local SMEs keen to replace Thai, Vietnamese imports
Cambodian businesses are joining forces in an attempt to increase production and reduce the country’s dependence on imports. The Federation of Association for Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia, the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft, and the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce plan to encourage small ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18174/local-smes-keen-to-replace-thai--vietnamese-imports/
‘Samdechs’ not getting their due, ministry says
The Ministry of Information yesterday issued a letter urging all media outlets to use the royally bestowed title “samdech” when referring to those who hold the honorific, including King Norodom Sihamoni and Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/samdechs-not-getting-their-due-ministry-says
Kingdom unfazed by Fed rate hike
A day after the US Federal Reserve increased interest rates, which can potentially impact incoming investments and make debt more costly, experts say the Kingdom’s strong underlying growth will help maintain investments flows and leave the country largely unaffected.The Fed’s 25 basis point rate hike ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-unfazed-fed-rate-hike
CCTV network goes live in capital: police
Some 200 surveillance cameras installed at Phnom Penh’s traffic lights were switched on for the first time yesterday, the National Police and Ministry of Interior announced. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cctv-network-goes-live-capital-police
Monk congress won’t tackle child abuse
Despite recent high-profile cases of monastic child sex abuse, the organisers of a national conference for monks have left the issue off of the agenda, a move met with criticism yesterday by child protection advocates.At a press conference to launch the 24th congress of Buddhist ...
Jamie Elliott and Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monk-congress-wont-tackle-child-abuse
Psychologist profession remains short: experts warn
According to psycologists working in Cambodia, their lack of peers withing the country is a problem that needs to be addressed. The experts believe that to further develop the country, psychology services should be integrated into many of the key sectors including health, social work, ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19823/psychologist-profession-remains-short--experts-warn/
More money needed to probe thumbprints
A senior Interior Ministry official tasked with investigating the 170,000 thumbprints submitted in support of a CNRP petition to the king said on Thursday he had received samples of the prints but would be unable to proceed with his work without more money. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-money-needed-to-probe-thumbprints-113912/
Bank deposits get protection
The Kingdom’s central bank ‒ the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) ‒ is working closely with experts from the US Treasury to set up a depositors’ protection scheme among banks in the country. This move was welcomed by the country’s banking industry with CEOs saying ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27744/bank-deposits-get-protection/