Farm cooperative venture in pipeline
A Cambodian agriculture cooperative corporation is being planned to help promote agriculture processes involving the private sector and individual producers. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37755/farm-cooperative-venture-in-pipeline/
Mekong bridge construction gets underway
A bridge being constructed over the Mekong River will connect the provinces of Kampong Cham and Tboung Khmum once completed. ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/mekong-bridge-construction-gets-underway
Unlicensed blood-test clinic shuttered in SR
A blood-testing lab in Siem Riep was closed down yesterday morning after it was discovered to be operating without a licence. ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unlicensed-blood-test-clinic-shuttered-sr
New electronics manufacturer due at PPSEZ
Thai-listed electronics manufacturer, SVI Public Limited, will be next in line to join Cambodia’s emerging light-manufacturing industry. ...
Xueying Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-electronics-manufacturer-due-ppsez
No second chance for exam
One month before the nationwide test for university admissions, the Education Ministry warned that this year there will be no second chance. ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13760/no-second-chance-for-exam/
Aeon 2 set to break ground next month
Construction of the second Aeon mall in Cambodia is scheduled to commence next month and be completed by 2018, AKP reported. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/aeon-2-set-break-ground-next-month
Research may alter accepted history of Angkor’s end
Research released on Monday in the Journal of Archaeological Science may lead to whole chapters of Cambodia’s history being rewritten. ...
Michelle Vachon
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/research-may-alter-accepted-history-of-angkors-end-113999/
Agencies to begin sending workers to HK
Recruitment agencies will soon be able to send Cambodians to work in Hong Kong, especially domestic workers, for the first time. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38390/agencies-to-begin-sending-workers-to-hk/
Environment Law draft in pipeline
A new Environment and Natural Resources Law is to be submitted to the National Assembly by the end of this year. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078542/environment-law-draft-pipeline/
CNRP’s Sokha calls for NGO legislation delay
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha yesterday weighed in on debates over the controversial draft NGO law, calling for its adoption to be postponed. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrps-sokha-calls-ngo-legislation-delay
Jolie-Pitt Foundation uncovers forest crime
Forests and wildlife near Pailin province’s O’Tavao Waterfall are being threatened by local deforestation and hunting, officials said yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jolie-pitt-foundation-uncovers-forest-crime
City seeks patience after floods
Record-breaking rains flooded Phnom Penh during a two-day storm, prompting City Hall to ask residents to be “understanding” yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-seeks-patience-after-floods
Anco Bros pays out promoters
Eight former “promotion girls” for Budweiser were compensated by the Anco Brothers Company yesterday after being laid off without any severance. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anco-bros-pays-out-promoters
Japan caregiver centre to train young recruits
Japan’s swelling ranks of elderly citizens could soon be receiving care from Cambodians if one NGO’s plan comes to fruition. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-caregiver-centre-train-young-recruits
Stability, growth require job creation
Cambodia is entering a new phase of economic growth in which the development of a skilled workforce will be critical to social stability and regional competitiveness, government officials and economists said Thursday at the 2014 Cambodia Outlook Conference. Delivering the keynote speech at the conference, Prime ...
Colin Meyn and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/stability-growth-require-job-creation-53317/
Gov’t to Watch Shipments From Bird Flu-Hit Countries
Manila–Incoming bird and poultry shipments from countries affected by the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) will be seized and destroyed given concerns of a resurgence, the government said. The Agriculture department last Friday announce heightened surveillance at all ports of entry as well as the ...
Consolidation on Horizon as Mobile Operators Enter Talks
Cambodia Advance Communications Ltd, operating under the brand qb, is in talks to either merge with or acquire Thai majority-owned Mfone, a senior government official said yesterday. The talks come amid recent speculation that operators in Cambodia’s oversaturated telecommunications market would have to consolidate in order ...
Offshore energy claims open divisions in Southeast Asia
Depending on who you believe, the South China Sea could be the next Persian Gulf due to its untapped oil and gas deposits. It’s also a key shipping lane that the US Navy has guarded for decades. That’s why so many countries are sparring over remote ...
Banong Families Receive Communal Land Titles
More than 70 ethnic minority Banong families from two separate villages in Moldolkirri province’s Keo Seima district received communal titles to a combined 1,031 hectares of ancestral land from the Land Management Minister Im Chhun Lim on Saturday. Communal land titles were established under the 2001 ...
Hun Sen Hopes for Increased Rubber Exports
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that he hoped land being registered to rural families as part of the government’s nationwide land-titling program would be used to cultivate rubber trees in order to help the country compete with Vietnam as the world’s third-largest rubber exporter. ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-hopes-for-increased-rubber-exports-24502/