UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Cambodia visits country to boost trade opportunities
The UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Heather Wheeler MP is visiting Cambodia this week (24 to 26 September). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501365067/uk-prime-ministers-trade-envoy-to-cambodia-visits-country-to-boost-trade-opportunities/
Preah Sihanouk to host Mekong Tourism Forum 2023
Preah Sihanouk province will host Mekong Tourism Forum 2023 themed “Rethinking for Resilience and Digitalisation” from April 24 to 28. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501223074/preah-sihanouk-to-host-mekong-tourism-forum-2023/
B Kak motodop recovers
A motodop at the center of the high-profile case against imprisoned Boeung Kak lake villager Yorm Bopha has returned to work after receiving treatment for head injuries, he said yesterday. Supporters of Nget Chet, 28, said during demonstrations last month that the motodop had been nearly brain damaged during an ...
W&D garment factory records $1M loss since workers began protesting
The W&D garment factory in the capital’s Meanchey district has reported a loss of more than $1 million since its workers started their protests in December. The factory owner said it has also lost up to three major buyers out of its 10 overseas ones ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wd-garment-factory-records-1m-loss-workers-began-protesting
Minister enlists prosecutors to stop crime wave
In the wake of a crime spree that drew a public expression of concern from Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier this month, Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana met with senior prosecutors from Phnom Penh and all 24 provinces on Friday and ordered them to expedite ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-enlists-prosecutors-to-stop-crime-wave-103510/
PPWSA pays dividends
Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) will allocate its first dividend to shareholders since listing on the bourse, on April 10. According to an announcement by PPWSA, the annual dividend will be distributed in cash. The dividend payout ratio is seven per cent, with a total dividend ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040564909/Business/ppwsa-pays-dividends.html
Two accused over suspected fake shower lotion
Two Vietnamese men appeared in Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court on Monday for allegedly selling bottles of fake shower lotion. Nguyen Yang Nhik, 24, and Lam Thai Chou, 36, were arrested with 31 boxes of fake shower lotion at the Kompong Tralach district market on Saturday, police ...
Hay Pisey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-accused-over-suspected-fake-shower-lotion-60324/
VN President confident in prospect for VN-Cambodia ties
Vietnam and Cambodia have plenty of rooms to further their ties, President Truong Tan Sang told Rasmei Kampuchea, the largest daily in Khmer language in Cambodia ahead of his visit to the country on December 23-24. The front page of the daily published on December 21 ...
VietnamNet News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/119334/vn-president-confident-in-prospect-for-vn-cambodia-ties.html
Assembly ready to choose members of election committee
The National Assembly has been presented with a full list of 24 candidates for nine positions on the National Election Committee. As the Assembly prepares to select the members, its women’s political committee urged that it select more women, and that a woman be chosen as president ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://bit.ly/1ClraBf
Migrants’ dream turns into pesticide nightmare
Promises of well-paying jobs in Malaysia turned into a nightmare for four young men repatriated from the country last week with help from rights group Adhoc. The four – who range from 18 to 24 years old – had been sold to a plantation ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15416/migrants----dream-turns-into-pesticide-nightmare/
Cambodia to launch cash relief programme
The Royal Government of Cambodia will launch a cash relief programme for the poor and vulnerable families during this COVID-19 crisis onWednesday, June 24. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736498/cambodia-to-launch-cash-relief-programme/
PM to participate in MLC meeting via video conference
Prime Minister Hun Sen will participate in the 3rd Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Leaders’ Meeting, to be held via video conference on August 24. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50755377/pm-to-participate-in-mlc-meeting-via-video-conference/
Vietnam’s Tourism ministry seeks resumption of pre-pandemic visa waiver policy for tourists, Cambodians eligible for 30 days stay
The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has proposed the Government resumes pre-pandemic waivers of visas for tourists from 24 countries when the country restarts international tourism. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501023361/vietnams-tourism-ministry-seeks-resumption-of-pre-pandemic-visa-waiver-policy-for-tourists-cambodians-eligible-for-30-days-stay/
Demand for organic rice in Preah Vihear continues
Two companies, Amru Rice (Cambodia) and Golden Rice Cambodia, renewed their contracts on Aug. 24 to buy organic rice from the farming community in Preah Vihear province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501349302/demand-for-organic-rice-in-preah-vihear-continues/
More government meetings held over human trafficking
Top government officials continued high-level meetings over human trafficking on Monday as Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities ordered all building owners to report foreign residents and workers on their premises by September 24. ...
Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/more-government-meetings-held-over-human-trafficking/
Cambodia forges ties with Antigua and Barbuda for mutual prosperity
In a diplomatic development on November 24, Antigua and Barbuda and Cambodia have embarked on a collaborative journey aimed at benefiting their respective populations. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501400752/cambodia-forges-ties-with-antigua-and-barbuda-for-mutual-prosperity/
Maid starved to death in Malaysia, police say
Another Cambodian maid died in Malaysia last week, and starvation by her employers is the likely cause, Malaysian police said yesterday. Speaking to the Post by phone, Penang state police chief deputy commissioner Datuk Wira Ayub Yaakob said 24-year-old domestic worker Mey Sichan’s employer had called ...
Paddy rice production reaches 7.4 million in 2018
Cambodia produced 7.4 million tonnes of paddy rice in 2018, a 3.5 percent increase, according to the Ministry of Agriculture’s annual report. In its report, the ministry said total production in 2018 was only 88.47 percent of what the government expected, adding that 2.4 million ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50575496/paddy-rice-production-reaches-7-4-million-in-2018/
Government urged to tackle waste
With rapid growth in its economy and population, the Cambodian government was urged on Wednesday to recycle and reduce as it faces a growing volume of municipal and industrial waste. The call came from the country director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Nick ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-urged-tackle-waste
Calls for sustainable rice in the face of global warming
The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) has called for private-public partnerships to secure a sustainable global rice supply while the sector is being increasingly impacted by climate change. At the 8th Annual Plenary and General Assembly of the SRP held in Siem Reap this week, 150 ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-federation-argue-against-european-tariffs-cambodian-exports