Results of plenary session of Council of Ministers on Friday, 17 February 2017
On 17 February 2017, Prime Minister of Kingdom of Cambodia, Hun Sen, has presided over a plenary session of Council of Ministers at Peace Palace. The result of The discussion including:Two projects: a 230-kilowatt transit grid development project from The Stung Tatai hydropower dam in ...
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Government creates department to improve seed quality for better yields
The government is establishing a department under The Agriculture Ministry which will be responsible for improving The quality of seeds and distributing Them more efficiently to farmers. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50664641/government-creates-department-to-improve-seed-quality-for-better-yields/
Oddar Meanchey inaugurate new hospital building worth over $2 million
Minister of Health Prof Mam Bunheng, with the participation of the leadership of the Ministry of Health, officially inaugurated a new building in Oddar Meachey Provincial Referral Hospital. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501248326/oddar-meanchey-inaugurate-new-hospital-building-worth-over-2-million/
Rice harvest estimates taken with a grain of salt
New government estimates on this year’s rice production and forecasts for next year’s crop may be overly optimistic, industry experts say, factoring in the impact of a drought that damaged crops and is expected to carry over into the next dry season harvest.the Ministry of ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-harvest-estimates-taken-grain-salt
Cambodia's trade volume exceeds 16 bln USD in 11 months
Cambodia’s trade volume with foreign countries rose by 16 percent year on year in the first eleven months of 2014, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday. the country exported products in equivalent to 7.05 billion U.S. dollars, up 12 percent year-on-year ...
EastDay.com News Staff
http://english.eastday.com/auto/eastday/business/u1ai8467542.html
Gov’t weighs requests for pardons
The Ministry of Interior is reviewing a list of more than 700 inmates eligible for pardons or reduced sentences during The upcoming Water Festival. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-weighs-requests-pardons
Turkey pledges closer relations as Kingdom opens new embassy
Turkey has pledged to increase cooperation with Cambodia as the chair of ASEAN in 2022, and believes the opening of embassies in the two countries will further elevate bilateral relations. ...
Cambodia census has ethnic Vietnamese community worried
The Cambodian Interior ministry is carrying out a census to identify how many foreigners – legal and illegal – are living in The country. ...
BBC News Staff
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-29260071
Sports, fitness curriculum planned for junior high
The government this week agreed to partner with an NGO to create a new national physical education curriculum for junior high schools, The education minister said on Friday. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sports-fitness-curriculum-planned-for-junior-high-98923/
4,000 unlicensed health care providers: ministry
The Ministry of Health yesterday issued a tally of illegal health-service providers in The country, saying There were nearly 4,000 such facilities as of August. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/4000-unlicensed-health-care-providers-ministry
Crackdown on illegal documents imminent
The government plans to crackdown on immigrants holding illegal or irregular paperwork to live, work and vote in The country, according to a sub-decree obtained yesterday. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079236/crackdown-illegal-documents-imminent/
Appeal Court hears kidney trafficker case
The Court of Appeal yesterday heard The case of three organ traffickers convicted of convincing relatives to travel to Thailand to have Their kidneys sold between 2012 and 2014. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/appeal-court-hears-kidney-trafficker-case
Student denies test bribe accusation
The former Battambang High School student who a local news website claimed earlier this week bribed education officials to secure a passing exam grade said yesterday that The certificate The website published is not his. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/student-denies-test-bribe-accusation
Gov’t cuts leases of 12 ELCs
The government yesterday slashed The lifespans of 12 economic land concessions (ELC) – by half in some cases – as it continued to implement a new policy capping ELC leases at 50 years. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-cuts-leases-12-elcs
Firms required to re-register online
More than 50,000 companies registered with the Ministry of Commerce will be required to re-register when the ministry rolls out its online registration system next month, a government official said yesterday. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firms-required-re-register-online
Ministry seeks to limit cheating during exams
It is exam time in Cambodian schools. But the Ministry of Education warned on Thursday that this year it is working hard to rein in rampant cheating that plagues testing in the country’s schools. ...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ministry-seeks-to-limit-cheating-during-exams/1910571.html
Prison spot checks ordered
The Minister of Interior has ordered senior officials to conduct unannounced spot checks of The Kingdom’s detention centres in an effort to ensure that inmates are not receiving ill treatment behind bars. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prison-spot-checks-ordered
Abuse fears holding up workers pact for Qatar
A major factor holding up an agreement to send Cambodian workers to Qatar is the Cambodian government’s refusal to send domestic workers to the country amid a “high risk” of sexual abuse, a Labour Ministry official said yesterday. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/abuse-fears-holding-workers-pact-qatar
Thai links set to boost trade
The Ministry of Commerce has committed to joining up with The Thai Embassy in Cambodia to build a favourable business and investment climate between The Asean neighbours. ...
May Kunmakar
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082631/thai-links-set-boost-trade/
A Pheu Thai-led government could revive talks with Cambodia on gas exploration
A good relationship with the Cambodian government would be a prerequisite for the resumption of negotiations on overlapping claims to natural gas resources in the Gulf of Thailand, experts said, but warned of a return to a cold conflict if there were mutual reservations. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501342000/a-pheu-thai-led-government-could-revive-talks-with-cambodia-on-gas-exploration/