Foreigners now banned from 10 job categories
Tuk-tuk driver, hairdresser, tailor, masseuse and mechanic are among the jobs now confirmed as off-limits to foreigners after the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training signed a prakas on Wednesday aimed at protecting the local job market.
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/foreigners-now-banned-10-job-categories
Ministry to begin $20M plan for domestic vegetables
Implementation of a previously announced three-year $20 million programme to increase local vegetable and fragrant rice production will begin next month to help boost domestic supply and reduce imports, an agriculture official said yesterday. To date, 2,060 farmers and 260 rice cooperatives have been recruited
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-begin-20m-plan-domestic-vegetables
20 More Garment Factory Workers Injured on Way to Work
More than 20 garment workers were injured yesterday in Svay Rieng province when a truck in which they were traveling overturned, a police official said.
Fifty-seven workers were on board an open-backed truck in Chantrea district when the driver lost control on a road that had
Mobile users top 20 million, internet usage still rising
The number of mobile subscribers in Cambodia topped 20 million last year, surpassing the country’s population by about 5 million. Internet users also jumped, according to a report released Wednesday by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.
The report fails to say how many Cambodians own
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mobile-users-top-20-million-internet-usage-still-rising-55024/
Cambodia’s tourism growth to reach 20%
Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism is projecting sizeable growth for the industry this year, according to Director General Tith Chantha.
Fumes blamed as 20 garment workers faint
Twenty female garment workers at Evergreen Apparel factory in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district fainted yesterday because of toilet fumes funnelled through the ventilation system, though heat stress and heavy workloads were also possible factors.
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fumes-blamed-20-garment-workers-faint
Silk Air celebrates 20 years in Kingdom
Nagaworld Hotel was the venue for Monday night’s occasion, exactly 20 years after the very first Silk Air flight into Phnom Penh on October 1, 1992.
The event came on the same evening as the launch of Tiger Airways’ service between Phnom Penh and Singapore
Arrivals of tourists up 20 per cent
Arrivals at the Kingdom’s two main international airports rose more than 20 per cent year on year in the first quarter of 2013, according to data from Cambodia Airports. Officials said the rise reflects the normalisation of the world economy and the country’s political stability.
According
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042965288/Business/arrivals-of-tourists-up-20-per-cent.html
10% of GDP lost to climate change
Cambodia lost 10 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) last year to the negative effect of climate change, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In announcing a $96 million package to help the Kingdom cope with the loss of livelihoods and income due to
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26780/10--of-gdp-lost-to-climate-change/
Global hotel group sees profits rise 20 per cent
Intercontinental Hotels Group, one of the world’s leading hotel companies and operator of InterContinental Hotels & Resorts – one of whose hotels is located in Phnom Penh – said first-half-of-year profits rose 20 per cent on strong gains in the Americas region.
According to a statement
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/global-hotel-group-sees-profits-rise-20-cent
More than 20 police surround RCAF general’s Mondolkiri home
In the weeks that 17-year-old garment worker Yon Chea languished in prison, he spent hours staring out of the window at a concrete wall, certain that he would never see his home or his family again.
“I never thought I would get out. There was a
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-than-20-police-surround-rcaf-generals-mondolkiri-home-51769/
Axiata sells 10% stake in Cambodia’s Smart
Axiata Group sold a 10 percent stake of its Cambodian subsidiary Smart Axiata to Japanese group Mitsui Co Ltd to form a strategic partnership and further the firm’s activity in the Kingdom, according to a company release on Friday.
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/axiata-sells-10-stake-cambodias-smart
10 Cambodian workers arrested in violent wage protest
Ten striking workers were arrested in eastern Cambodia on Saturday after more than 200 protesters burned a factory gate and hurled stones at the police, leaving eight officers injured, a local police chief said.
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-10/25/c_133742054.htm
China's Xinwei becomes country's 10th mobile operator
The government has granted China’s Xinwei Telecom a license to become the country’s tenth mobile phone operator and the second firm to roll out so-called 4G technology, the fastest and most advanced network currently available on the market.
Those in the telecommunications industry said that the
Press release on the positive case of COVID-19 virus on a 38-years-old Cambodian male in Siem Reap province
On 7 March 2020, the ministry of health has posted a press release on its official Facebook page addressing the positive COVID-19 case on a 39 years old Cambodian male who had direct contact with the Japanese business man that test positive for the virus.
Ministry of Health
Joint statement: Lack of a rigorous transboundary impact study of Sanakham put Mekong River at risk
On 24 November 2020, Eleven Non-Governmental Organizations in Cambodia issued a joint statement on the proposed Sanakham hydropower project on the Mekong mainstream in Laos concerning the transboundary impact on lower countries. This joint statement was issued in parallel with MRC who has been organizing
NGO Forum on Cambodia
Chhouk market in Kampot shuttered for a week after 15 vendors tested positive for Covid-19
Chhouk District Administration has decided to temporarily suspend sales in Chhouk Market for one week from June 29 to July 5, 2021.
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50883097/chhouk-market-in-kampot-shuttered-for-a-week-after-15-vendors-tested-positive-for-covid-19/
Cambodia’s Delta variant now becomes community infection, total rises to above 300 nationwide
Cambodia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has reportedly detected more than 300 cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant, and is classified as a community infection.
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908867/cambodias-delta-variant-now-becomes-community-infection-total-rises-to-above-300-nationwide/
Groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a logistics center and multi-purpose port of Kampot Logistics and Port Co., Ltd.
On 05 May 2022, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction issued a press release on the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a logistics center and multi-purpose port of Kampot Logistics and Port Co., Ltd.Kampot Logistics and Port Co., Ltd. has received
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction
Press release on His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn attending a ministerial Informal Consultation on the situation in Myanmar
On 22 December 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn attending a ministerial Informal Consultation on the situation in Myanmar.His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister PRAK Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
