Cash aid improves maternal and child healthcare in Kingdom
An inter-ministerial statement was issued last week highlighting the achievements and further initiatives of the government’s cash subsidy programme for pregnant women, which seeks to promote maternal and child welfare and improve the wellbeing of children from impoverished families. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Srey Kumneth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50714117/cash-aid-improves-maternal-and-child-healthcare-in-kingdom/
Airport infrastructure key for Mondulkiri
The development of tourism in Mondulkiri province will require continued investment in transportation infrastructure – particularly in the region’s airport – which will play a vital role to service both tourists and light freight, according to a senior official at the ministry. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50722617/airport-infrastructure-key-for-mondulkiri/
China OKs Kingdom rice
After more than a year of speculation on Cambodian rice exports to China, a rice exporter this week said China has granted the Kingdom permission to ship milled rice northward. Despite a growing stack of quasi-agreements for exports, regulatory issues have plagued the prospects of tapping ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052456355/Business/china-oks-kingdom-rice.html
MoU the key to compliance
Amid a spate of garment factory strikes – including one at Tai Yang Enterprises that has lasted more than a month – Cambodia’s Arbitration Council yesterday said it wanted the industry to renew a memorandum of understanding on industrial action that has been in limbo ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072657645/National-news/mou-the-key-to-compliance.html
Talks on disputed oil fields to resume
Negotiations on oil and gas development over the long-contested Overlapping Claims Area (OCA) in the Gulf of Thailand between Cambodia and Thailand will be resumed shortly after the viral pandemic ends, according to a Ministry of Mine and Energy’s official. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50723381/talks-on-disputed-oil-fields-to-resume/
Nike seeks investigation of mass fainting incidents
Global sportswear giant Nike has asked the International Labour Organisation’s industry monitoring body to investigate the two mass fainting incidents at its supplier sabrina (Cambodia) Manufacturing last week and report its finding to it, Nike said yesterday. “Nike has requested ILO Better [Factories] Cambodia, the industry ss='cambodia-color'>...
Natural rubber exports retain bounce during Covid-19 crisis
Cambodia exported $22.17 million worth of natural rubber to the international market last month, gaining 6.3 per cent over April 2019’s $20.85 million, said a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/natural-rubber-exports-retain-bounce-during-covid-19-crisis
MoU inked to promote local bourse
Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) and SecuritieS and Exchange CommiSSion of Cambodia (SECC) &ndaSh; the country&rSquo;S SecuritieS regulator &ndaSh; Signed a memorandum of underStanding (MoU) in a move to team up concerning raiSing awareneSS, while encouraging firmS to join the local Stock market. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50726581/mou-inked-to-promote-local-bourse/
Areng valley activist denies illegal logging allegations
An environmental activist in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley on Monday denied building an ecotourism information center with illegally logged wood after he was summoned to the local court to answer questions over alleged forestry crimes. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/areng-valley-activist-denies-illegal-logging-allegations-78939/
Rubber firm vows not to harm forests
Rubber and palm oil giant the Socfin Group haS committed to a global “zero-deforeStation policy” acroSS Africa and ASia amid a legal diSpute with ethnic Bunong communitieS in Mondulkiri province&rSquo;S BouSraa commune. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rubber-firm-vows-not-harm-forests
CMAC removes landmines used as home decorations
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) and the Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities on Wednesday collected 30 mines and UXOs from a 48-year-old man who used them to decorate his home in O’Chrov district’s O’Beichoan commune. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-removes-landmines-used-home-decorations
SECC sets minimum capital requirement
The securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (sECC) has set a minimum capital requirement for securities firms A statement from the sECC, released yesterday, said that securities underwriters are required to hold a minimum of 40 billion riel of their shareholder’s equities It also requires securities firms to maintain ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052456352/Business/secc-sets-min-capital-requirement.html
PPWSA settles on IPO price
A price has been set for Phnom Penh Water supply Authority’s initial public offering, according to the securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia, after what was reported to be a significantly oversubscribed book-building process. PPWsA will sell for 6,300 riel, or Us$1.57, a share, putting the ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032755267/Business/ppwsa-settles-on-ipo-price.html
FAO gives policy recommendations in response to dire farming warning
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said the country’s economically crucial agriculture sector must implement a raft of new measures to combat escalating natural disasters that are threatening Cambodian crops and livestock. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50730610/fao-gives-policy-recommendations-in-response-to-dire-farming-warning/
Cambodia-China joint COVID-19 fight an outstanding model of cooperation
Cambodia and China’s joint COVID-19 fight is an outstanding model of cooperation and a positive step towards building a global community of shared future, said a Cambodian ruling party spokesman. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50714938/cambodia-china-joint-covid-19-fight-an-outstanding-model-of-cooperation/
Sweden, UNDP contribute toward a greener Cambodia
The SwediSh government and United Nation Develo- pment Programme yeSterday co-Signed a new contribution agreement of $3.34 million to Support Cambodia Climate Change Alliance&rSquo;S PhaSe 3 initiative from 2020 to 2022. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50716389/sweden-undp-contribute-toward-a-greener-cambodia/
Factory furloughs nearly 2,000 workers amid coronavirus
Nearly 2,000 garment workers are now in limbo after their employer You Li International Garment Co Ltd in svay Rieng province’s Bavet city announced a suspension of operations as clothing orders dry up amid the coronavirus pandemic. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50720608/factory-furloughs-nearly-2000-workers-amid-coronavirus/
Equipment sale ordered to pay wages
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has issued a warrant for the temporary seizure of Top World Garment Cambodia Ltd’s property in order to get the employer to appear and find a solution for workers still owed their December salaries. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/equipment-sale-ordered-pay-wages
Tycoon and ex-vice governor charged over land grab
Phnom Penh Municipal Court today charged and detained a former vice-governor of Battambang province and a property Tycoon accused of bribery and embezzlement over grabbing nearly 5,000 hectares of state land in Battambang Province’s Kuos Kralor district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50742353/tycoon-and-ex-vice-governor-charged-over-land-grab/
Charcoal kilns destroyed
Kampong Speu police and the NGO ACNCIPO on Monday deStroyed 117 illegal charcoal kilnS in Oral diStrict&rSquo;S TaSal commune. The ownerS were required to Sign a contract promiSing to Stop the activitieS, which are taking place in the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/charcoal-kilns-destroyed