New name for Real Camerin’s political party gets approval
The Ministry of Interior on Tuesday gave its approval to Real Camerin to name his new political party the Khmer Conservative Party, after his first proposal, the Khmer Empire Party, was denied last month. Camerin, a former lawmaker of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-name-real-camerins-political-party-gets-approval
New cassava factory to operate at full capacity next month
Ratanakkiri’s first cassava-processing plant will operate at full capacity starting next month, producing 300 tonnes of cassava products per day. The factory is now on a test run and is only producing 10 tonnes of cassava products a day, said Soy Sona, director of Ratanakkiri’s ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50483716/new-cassava-factory-to-operate-at-full-capacity-next-month/
New organic markets open in Siem Reap and Kampong Thom
Under its Boosting Food Projection programme, the government has now successfully opened eight markets for chemical-free vegetables in eight provinces across the country. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517256/new-organic-markets-open-in-siem-reap-and-kampong-thom/
NSSF provides benefits to more than 102,000 new mothers
According to a report by the National Social Security Fund obtained today, the Cambodian government has spent more than $10 million on female workers in both formal and informal sectors through the NSSF between January and June. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://bit.ly/2xsQYD1
New terminal to allow Sihanoukville port to process bigger loads
The Kingdom’s only deep-sea port, operated by state-owned Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS), will launch a new multipurpose terminal on June 25, to accommodate larger vessels with heavy loads, it said on Wednesday. PAS Chairman and CEO Lou Kim Chhun said the inauguration of the multipurpose ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-terminal-allow-sihanoukville-port-process-bigger-loads
Gov’t prepares for enforcement of new traffic law today
Interior Ministry officials on Thursday laid out more details about plans to beef up road safety in anticipation of a new traffic law that comes into effect nationwide today, and conceded that the effort would not be without its challenges. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-prepares-for-enforcement-of-new-traffic-law-today-104228/
Cambodians filling majority of hotel rooms this New Year’s
As the year-end festivities get into high gear, provincial tourism officials are reporting a sharp increase in Cambodians travelling to popular holiday spots across the country to ring in the New Year.The temple town of Siem Reap this year is seeing an increase in hotel ...
Sor Chandara and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodians-filling-majority-hotel-rooms-new-years
For key post, the new NEC mulls an old face
Almost a year after the creation of the new National Election Committee (NEC), its nine members will meet on Friday to select a new secretary-general, the person who will implement its reform agenda ahead of elections in 2017 and 2018. . ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/for-key-post-the-new-nec-mulls-an-old-face-105323/
‘Skills gap’ remains an impediment to growth, new report says
Cambodia must tackle the skills gap to boost the productivity of its labor force in order to grow its economy, according to the latest report. ...
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/skills-gap-remains-an-impediment-to-growth-new-report-says/3156042.html
Report that new ELCs were granted to logging barons ‘false’
In an open letter to the Ministry of Environment, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) asked yesterday for confirmation of a January 19 report in the Cambodia Daily that said new economic land concessions (ELCs) had been given to two tycoons despite a ban ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20653/report-that-new-elcs-were-granted-to-logging-barons----false---/
With new book, quest to recover stolen Battambang statues begins
The Ministry of Culture released a book on Monday of about 68 Khmer sculptures that were stolen from museums in Battambang City during decades of war and conflict, and intends to use the publication in a global search to recover the artifacts. ...
Michelle Vachon
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/with-new-book-quest-to-recover-stolen-bbang-statues-begins-113643/
Japan to donate 140 new buses in $10 million deal
Phnom Penh’s fledgling public transportation system received a welcome boost on Thursday as Japan agreed to donate 140 new buses to the city over the next four years, according to City Hall. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japan-to-donate-140-new-buses-in-10-million-deal-115756/
New international airport on table as PPIA expansion plans halted
A senior government minister yesterday announced a halt to plans to expand the Phnom Penh International Airport, and instead revived talk of a new airport altogether, mentioning plans to identify a location 30 to 40 kilometres outside the city in hopes of completing the new ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-international-airport-table-ppia-expansion-plans-halted
New ISP aims to compete on quality, not low pricing
Cambodia’s newest internet service provider (ISP), Today Communication, will join a busy market when it begins offering its services in Phnom Penh on Saturday. However, the company hopes that its focus on providing quality service, especially to businesses, will distinguish it from more than 30 ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-isp-aims-compete-quality-not-low-pricing
New NGO calls for lawmakers, officials to make assets public
A newly formed NGO is challenging lawmakers and government officials to publish details of their personal assets and income in advance of forthcoming elections, a challenge several NGO heads plan to take up as an example to their public sector counterparts.Accountability Cambodia, which says it ...
Jamie Elliott
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-ngo-calls-lawmakers-officials-make-assets-public
City meets with Cintri to draft new waste disposal contract
Phnom Penh municipal authorities met on Wednesday with the city’s embattled trash-collection company, Cintri, to draft a new contract, according to a statement posted to City Hall’s Facebook page. ...
Thailand, Cambodia to open new border crossing in Sa Kaeo
The 5th Committee Joint Trade Meeting which was co-chaired by Thailand’s Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn and her Cambodian counterpart, Sun Chanthol, discussed a wide range of cooperation which was mainly focused on trade and investment along the Thai-Cambodian border. ...
Thai Visa News Staff
http://news.thaivisa.com/thailand/thailand-cambodia-to-open-new-border-crossing-in-sa-kaeo/123699/
Developer finds new partners for planned resort in Preah Sihanouk
A Chinese developer has announced new partnerships in its bid to develop a massive tourism project in a protected national park in Preah Sihanouk province – a project it claims could become Cambodia’s second-biggest tourism draw after Angkor Wat. ...
Kali Kotoski and Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/developer-finds-new-partners-planned-resort-preah-sihanouk
Phnom Penh to get new $23 million domestic airport terminal
A Malaysian company will begin construction on a new domestic terminal at Phnom Penh International Airport soon, at a cost of about $23 million, the firm announced in a filing to the Malaysian stock exchange on Wednesday. ...
Kang Sothear and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-to-get-new-23m-domestic-airport-terminal-111342/
ADB supports Cambodia’s push to develop new environmental plan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting the government of Cambodia to develop a National Environmental Strategy and Action Plan (NESAP) to help the country achieve its sustainable development goals. ...
The FINANCIAL News Staff
http://www.finchannel.com/index.php/business/item/51340-adb-supports-cambodia-s-push-to-develop-new-environmental-plan