Cambodia sees rapid growth in EV adoption
Cambodia is experiencing a significant surge in the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), with a total of 3,676 units of registered electric cars, electric scooters, and three-wheeler electric vehicles as of August, up from 2,968 units as of June this year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501562260/cambodia-sees-rapid-growth-in-ev-adoption/
Cambodia - Next Oil and Natural Gas Frontier?
U.S. and Japanese companies are interested in prospecting for oil and natural gas in Cambodia. According to Phai Siphan, state secretary and spokesman of the Council of Ministers Office, in the provinces of Preah Vihear, Siemreab, and Kampong Thom there are 17 oil blocs covering ...
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Cambodia-Next-Oil-and-Natural-Gas-Frontier.html
Wagering on warm fronts
A busty woman with a scratchy voice shrieks into an intricate set up of radios, microphones and walkie-talkies, her tone not unlike that of a breathless Flemington race-caller. The woman is in continuous contact with up to 100 men peppered over rice fields fringing Battambang, analyzing the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/7days/1848-wagering-on-warm-fronts
Angkor Gold cashes in on Cambodia
It has been just over a year since Vancouver-based Angkor Gold (ANK-V) went public with its stable of Cambodian exploration projects, and it is looking like the company’s early mover strategy in the developing Southeast Asian nation might be poised to pay off. To kick ...
http://www.northernminer.com/news/angkor-gold-cashes-in-on-cambodia/1001981285/?type=HotSectors
Capital ideas for developers
Peering out over the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh from a sixteenth-storey private balcony at the new Bellevue Apartments, one could watch for hours as cranes swing back in forth over all the new developments on the west side of the water. “Phnom ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/332995/capital-ideas-for-developers
Cambodia unveils strategy to attract Chinese tourists
Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism on Wednesday finalized its 5-year strategic plan to attract at least 1.3 million Chinese visitors by 2018. Speaking at a seminar on Cambodia tourism marketing strategy targeting China, So Visothy, director of the Tourism Ministry’s Marketing and Promotion Department, said that currently ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-06/19/c_132467692.htm
Ministry, NGOs Meet Over Trafficking Report
Ministry of Interior officials held a closed-door meeting Monday with NGO representatives to contest Cambodia’s recent downgrade on the U.S. State Department’s Global Trafficking in Persons Report, which the ministry will discuss in a meeting with the U.S. Embassy this week. The annual report, released last ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-ngos-meet-over-trafficking-report-32932/
គ.ជ.ប. ទទួលបានបណ្ដឹងជាង១២៤ករណី ក្នុងថ្ងៃបោះឆ្នោត និងក្រោយបោះឆ្នោត
គ.ជ.ប. ទទួលបានពាក្យបណ្ដឹងក្រោយពីការបោះឆ្នោតចំនួន ១២៤ បណ្ដឹង នៅតាមថ្នាក់ឃុំ ។ ហើយបានបញ្ជូនបន្តមកថ្នាក់ខេត្តចំនួន ៤០ពាក្យបណ្ដឹង។ តែក្នុងនោះ មានពាក្យបណ្ដឹងតែ ៩ករណីប៉ុណ្ណោះ ត្រូវបានគេបញ្ជូនបន្តឱ្យមកដោះស្រាយ រហូតដល់ថ្នាក់ជាតិ បើគិតមកដល់ថ្ងៃទី ៤ សីហានេះ។ គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត ដែលគេ ហៅកាត់ថា គ.ជ.ប. ទទួលបានពាក្យបណ្ដឹង ដែលភាគច្រើនជាពាក្យបណ្ដឹង ដែលប្ដឹងដោយគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ។ ពាក្យបណ្ដឹងទាំងនោះមានពាក់ព័ន្ធ ទៅនឹងករណីជាច្រើន ដែលគេអះអាងថា មានភាពមិនប្រក្រតីក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោត។ លោក ទេព នីថា អគ្គលេខាធិការ គ.ជ.ប. បានពន្យល់ថា បណ្ដឹងជាច្រើនទាក់ទងទៅនឹងការឃោសនាក្នុងកំឡុងពេលបោះឆ្នោត និងការគំរាមកំហែងក្នុងថ្ងៃបោះឆ្នោត។ ករណីទាំងអស់ ត្រូវបានគណកម្មាធិការរៀបចំបោះឆ្នោតថ្នាក់ឃុំ-សង្កាត់ ដោះស្រាយបានភាគច្រើនហើយ។ ដែលក្នុងនោះលោកទេព នីថាអះអាងថា ដំណោះស្រាយ ដោយមានការសម្របសម្រួលគ្នា និងបណ្ដឹងមួយចំនួនបានដកទៅវិញ ដោយដើមបណ្ដឹង។ អគ្គលេខាធិការគ.ជ.ប. រូបនេះ បានបន្តថា មានបណ្ដឹងតែ ៤០ប៉ុណ្ណោះ ...
Insurance Sector Sees Growth in First 6 Months
Revenue generated by the country’s insurance firms increased 25 percent to $22 million in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year, according to data released Tuesday by the General Insurance Association of Cambodia (GIAC). Engineering insurance has become the ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/insurance-sector-sees-growth-in%E2%80%88first-6-months-42216/
កូដកម្មអត់អាហាររបស់ព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់ធម្មិកោចប់ហើយ តែការតវ៉ាកំពុងបន្តធ្វើ
ព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ ធម្មិកោបានសម្រេចបញ្ចប់កូដកម្មបង្អត់អាហារហើយកាលពីយប់មិញក្រោម ហេតុផលថា អាជ្ញាធរសមត្ថកិច្ចបានរំខានភាពស្ងប់ស្ងាត់របស់ព្រះអង្គ។ ប៉ុន្តែ កសកម្មភាពតវ៉ារបស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិនៅតែបន្ត។ ក្រុម អ្នកគាំទ្រគណបក្សនេះបានដង្ហែញត្តិតវ៉ាដាក់ថ្វាយព្រះមហាក្សត្រ នៅព្រឹកថ្ងៃសៅរ៍នេះដើម្បីសុំឲ្យព្រះអង្គពន្យារពេលកិច្ចប្រជុំសភា ដំបូង និងគាំទ្រការមិនចូលប្រជុំរបស់គណបក្សប្រឆាំង។ ទីបំផុត ទៅ ព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់ ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ ធម្មិកោបានសម្រេចបញ្ចប់កូដកម្មអត់អាហាររបស់ខ្លួនហើយ។ អតីតលេខាផ្ទាល់ព្រះមហាវីរក្សត្រដែលឥឡូវក្លាយជាមន្ត្រីបក្សប្រឆាំង បានប្រាប់វិទ្យុបារាំងអន្តរជាតិនៅព្រឹកថ្ងៃសៅរ៍នេះថា កងកម្លាំងសមត្ថកិច្ចជាច្រើនបានចុះទៅរារាំងព្រះអង្គ កាលពីវេលាម៉ោង ១០ និង ៣០ នាទីយប់។ ព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់ ធម្មិកោ ដែលបានបេ្តជ្ញាថានឹងបង្អត់អាហារដោយគ្មានថ្ងៃកំណត់រហូតទាល់តែ មានដំណោះស្រាយបញ្ហាបោះឆ្នោតនោះ ក៏បានសម្រេចបញ្ចប់កូដកម្មតាំងពីពេលនោះដែរ បន្ទាប់ពីបានធ្វើកូដកម្មអត់អាហាររយៈពេល ១២ ម៉ោង។ ព្រះអង្គពន្យល់ថា កូដកម្មអត់អាហារត្រូវការភាពស្ងប់ស្ងាត់ ដូច្នេះបើគ្មានភាពស្ងប់ស្ងាត់តែបែរទៅជាកើតមានអំពើហិង្សាទៅវិញ នោះ កូដកម្មនោះក៏គ្មានន័យដែរ។ សមាជិករាជវង្សអង្គនេះបន្តថា ព្រះអង្គកំពុងរិះរកវិធីផ្សេងដើម្បីសម្តែងមតិតវ៉ាដោយសន្តិវិធី។ ...
ប៉ែន បូណា
http://www.khmer.rfi.fr/thormico-fin-greve
Cambodia's rural communities to get sustainable energy access
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government of Australia are expanding access to economical and reliable energy for rural Cambodian households, including through the promotion of cookstoves in Svay Rieng and Kampong Cham provinces. A $6.1 million Australian Aid grant, administered by ADB, will finance ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YTc1MDdmNzhlNTM
U.S. gov't launches HIV research project in Cambodia
The United States government on Wednesday launched a HIV research project in Cambodia, aiming to collect and disseminate critical data that will help the country in the fight against HIV. Men Chean Rithy, coordinator for the newly-launched HIV Innovate and Evaluate Project, said the U.S. provided ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/131211/us-govt-launches-hiv-research-project-cambodia
Details murky in Environment Ministry Phnom Penh land swap
In 2011, the Environment Ministry entered into a deal with the Ratana Cooperation and Construction company to swap its valuable 2,400-square-meter location on Sihanouk Boulevard in Phnom Penh’s Tonle Bassac commune for a 9,000-square-meter plot of land and a new headquarters 20 km away in ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/details-murky-in-environment-ministry-phnom-penh-land-swap-53323/
Education system out of its depth
When Sim Sok Toeur, 32, returned from study in Australia last April, he did so with a vision for Phnom Penh’s skyline. For Sok Toeur, a scholarship to study overseas granted him a better quality of education than was possible in Cambodia – even though ...
Maria Wirth
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-system-out-its-depth
‘Accidents claimed 1,981 lives last year’
A National Police report for 2019 said that of the 4,121 traffic accidents that occurred throughout last year, 1,981 people – including 330 females and 1,651 males – had died. Another 3,919 were seriously injured and 2,222 suffered minor injuries. The report said traffic accidents ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/accidents-claimed-1981-lives-last-year
Kingdom's fish exports in decline
The Kingdom’s fish exports declined 48 per cent in the first nine months of 2011, as a result of growing local demand, according to Ministry of Commerce figures. The statistics showed that Cambodia’s export of fish totalled 1,099 tonnes from January to September, compared to 2,123 ...
Stung Treng and Kratie hit by high water
Local chiefs in Stung Treng province claimed on Monday that the Mekong River has risen by almost 2m, submerging floating cabins at a local tourist attraction, while in Kratie province, a police chief said the water level has risen by 0.5m, flooding Kampi Resort. Preah ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stung-treng-and-kratie-hit-high-water
Cambodia to benefit substantially from China’s BRI: Moody’s
Moody’s Investors Service Inc sees Cambodia, which has a B2 stable rating, as one of the countries that stand to benefit the most from China’s Belt and Road Initiative. In its latest report, Moody’s analyses the potential long-run economic gains and near-to-medium term macro-stability risks ...
Poovenraj Kanagaraj
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50600312/cambodia-to-benefit-substantially-from-chinas-bri-moodys/
Moody’s warns of ‘credit negative’ if EBA is lost
Moody’s Investors Services has warned that Cambodia’s potential loss of its Everything But Arms (EBA) preferential trade access to the EU would weaken its economic growth and lead to a credit negative, a report released on Saturday says. It notes that while Cambodia maintained its ...
Sorn Sarath and Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/moodys-warns-credit-negative-if-eba-lost
River relocation request rejected
A request from the Khmer Vietnamese Association for the Interior Ministry to delay the relocation of Vietnamese familes living on the Tonle Sap river in Kampong Chhnang province has been rejected. The KVA’s letter, submitted last week, asked the ministry to intervene in the relocation of ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50551914/river-relocation-request-rejected-2/