Ministry hopes to end old dispute
A working group from the Ministry of Land Management yesterday went to investigate a land dispute between 147 families and the Koh Kong Sugar Industry and Koh Kong Plantation on 782 hectares in Koh Kong province. The move to resolve the land dispute was made folowing ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28708/ministry-hopes-to-end-old-dispute/
Locals say gendarmes ‘beat up timber hauler’
Two military police officials and a tractor driver in Preah Vihear have been accused of beating a timber hauler and injuring a female bystander following an argument over an alleged $200 shakedown.On Tuesday afternoon, four men from Tbeng Meanchey district’s Pou commune who were hauling ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/locals-say-gendarmes-beat-timber-hauler
Film shows how poverty, vulnerability create modern-day slaves
As human trafficking makes world news headlines, experts at a documentary screening discuss how poverty, vulnerability, and corruption are the root cause.“The Storm Makers” documentary illustrates how young women in rural Cambodia are lured into slavery. At a recent screening in Washington, human trafficking experts ...
Ten Soksreinith, Chenda Hong,
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/film-shows-how-poverty-vulnerability-create-modern-day-slaves/3007681.html
New campaign will fight plastic bag blight
UNESCO and the ministries of Tourism and Environment this weekend will launch a campaign aimed at ridding the capital of the plastic waste currently choking its waterways and piling up in its landfills.The campaign, starting on Friday, will seek to educate Cambodians about how to ...
Sen David and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-campaign-will-fight-plastic-bag-blight
Cambodia’s indigenous groups suffer under climate change, deforestation
In the remote province of Ratanakiri, in northeastern Cambodia, deforestation and climate change are taking a heavy toll on communities.Drought has damaged crops, from rice to sesame, cashews, beans and potatoes, making it hard for farmers here to earn a living. And deforestation has greatly ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-indigenous-groups-suffer-under-climate-change-deforestation/3102193.html
NZ help for high value veggies
Cambodia has received technical help to develop high-value vegetable crops through assistance provided by the New Zealand-based Plant and Food Research Institute. The research Institute recently was awarded a $7 million grant from the New Zealand government to work with small-scale farmers in Cambodia in ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27582/nz-help-for-high-value-veggies/
Japan grant for electricity access
The Japanese government announced yesterday that it would provide almost $9 million to improve electricity access in the Kingdom that would enable Cambodians to enjoy better quality electricity services. Speaking at the signing ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Phnom Penh, Foreign Minister Prak ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29192/japan-grant-for-electricity-access/
38 nations criticize PM, gov’t
In a joint statement released yesterday, 38 nations came together to express their concern about the political situation in Cambodia and demanded the government ensure a safe environment for human rights defenders and civil society groups. The statement, delivered by United States Ambassador to the UN ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29776/38-nations-criticize-pm--gov---t/
Bank trims rate to coax millers
The state-owned bank entrusted with extending $27 million in emergency loans to millers to purchase rice paddy has marginally lowered the interest rate on these conditional loans in an effort to shorten some of the strings attached. The Rural Development Bank (RDB) announced late on Sunday ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bank-trims-rate-coax-millers
PM backs China’s key role
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that China has been playing a critical role in contributing to the development of the Cambodian economy through direct investment and helping to develop infrastructure. In 2016 trade reached about $4.8 billion of which exports from Cambodia amounted to ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37454/pm-backs-china---s-key-role/
National Road 3 set for four-lane upgrade
National Road 3 is to be widened to four lanes under a government development scheme financed by a Chinese loan. Speaking yesterday in a meeting with garment workers at Vattanac Industrial Park II, which is on National Road 3, Prime Minister Hun Sen said the upgrade ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080783/national-road-3-set-four-lane-upgrade/
Government seeking loan to repair national road
The Transport Ministry said yesterday it has asked the World Bank for a $110 million loan to upgrade National Road 4. Speaking after a signing ceremony with a Chinese company to repair two other national roads, Transport Minister Sun Chanthol said the ministry and the World ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106732/government-seeking-loan-repair-national-road/
PM supports water taxi system
Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced his support of a planned waterway taxi service and encouraged those in charge of the project to ensure its launch before the Khmer New Year. Speaking at a river festival in Kandal province’s Takhmao city on Saturday, Mr Hun Sen ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50113505/pm-supports-water-taxi-system/
Tax app launched next year
The first ever smartphone tax app is set to be launched next year in an effort to make tax payments by companies more transparent. The app developed by the General Department of Taxation (GDT) of the Ministry of Finance and Economy, is a platform for individuals ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31521/tax-app-launched-next-year/
PPSEZ revenue drop due to land sales
The 50 percent drop in revenue of the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) recently announced for the first nine months of the year is due mainly to a significant decline in land sales, a senior official said yesterday. According to the initial, un-audited revenue statement ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32100/ppsez-revenue-drop-due-to-land-sales/
China, Cambodia to share credit reports
The central banks of Cambodia and China are in talks to share customers’ credit reports in an effort to boost bilateral private investment, as a response to rising trade between the two countries. The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) director general Chea Serey told Khmer Times ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32409/china--cambodia----to-share-credit-reports/
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new page on Priority health concerns
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new page on “Priority health concerns” under Social development in both Khmer and English.=>Please click here to get in to Priority health concerns page. ...
Civil society groups to watch poll
Thirty-eight civil society groups have formed a situation room to monitor the upcoming commune elections in a bid to ensure a free and fair electoral process. During a press conference in Phnom Penh yesterday, members of the situation room explained that despite having insufficient observers ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37000/civil-society-groups-to-watch-poll/
US, Cambodia trade reaches $3 billion
The trade volume between Cambodia and the United States in 2016 reached about $3 billion, while nearly 240,000 American tourists visited the kingdom. Foreign Ministry spokesman Chum Sounry told reporters yesterday after a meeting between Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and Mom Rady, a Democratic member ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37034/us--cambodia-trade-reaches--3-billion/
Lancang-Mekong Cooperation puts people first, brings benefits to locals
After joining the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) family in 2016, Cambodia has been an active supporter and enthusiastic participant of the mechanism. On Dec. 21, China provided 7.3 million U.S. dollars from the LMC Special Fund to Cambodia for carrying out 16 projects in the kingdom, ...
Fei Liena and Lu Juan
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/09/c_136881749.htm