Press release on the functions of health nutrition products
On 01 March 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a press release stated that health nutrition products have a function to only support the body and improve strength, but do not have effective in preventing or treating diseases such as cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure. ...
Ministry of Health
Workers don’t know their rights: study
Many female garment workers still do not know their rights and work in unsafe and substandard conditions, a new study has found. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18627/workers-don---t-know-their-rights--study/
Angry truckers deliver petitions in capital
Dozens of military police were deployed in Phnom Penh on Wednesday as about 80 truck drivers rallied outside the General Department of Customs and Excise demanding tax breaks and for right-hand drive vehicles to be legalized, an official said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/angry-truckers-deliver-petitions-in-capital-98650/
China promises additional aid after ASEAN skirts sea dispute
China promised Cambodia funds for a variety of projects during a meeting between Prime Minister Hun Sen and Chinese Prime Minister Li Kequiang during this week’s Asean Summit in Vientiane, a minister attached to Mr. Hun Sen told reporters on Thursday night. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/china-promises-additional-aid-asean-skirts-sea-dispute-117783/
PM: keep old border posts
It has been five months since the government updated the country on how far along they were with the demarcation process along the border with Vietnam. Yet Prime Minister Hun Sen has an entirely different focus: the border posts slowly being replaced. In a directive sent out ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30051/pm--keep-old-border-posts/
Call to follow spirit of agreement
The government was urged yesterday to follow The spirit of The 1991 Paris Peace Agreement as a model to solve The current political problems with dialogue and partnership raTher than conflict. At a ceremony marking The 25th anniversary of The signing of The agreements, which saw ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30979/call-to-follow-spirit-of-agreement/
Lancang-Mekong expo kicks off in Phnom Penh
The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation’s economic and technology exhibition 2017 kicked off yesterday in Phnom Penh to enhance trade and investment between China and Cambodia, plus oTher Mekong countries. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40332/lancang-mekong-expo-kicks-off-in-phnom-penh/
China provides agricultural engines to Cambodia for post-flood rehabilitation
China’s Yunnan province on Monday provided 200 agricultural engines to Cambodia’s northwestern Banteay Meanchey province for post-flood rehabilitation. A handover ceremony was held here between Yu Dingcheng, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Yunnan Provincial People ‘s Congress, and Oung Oeun, chief of the ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/02/c_132935757.htm
Transparency Needed to Follow Aid Money
The aid sector needs more transparency to ensure that The public knows exactly where and how money is being spent, a consortium of NGOs said Tuesday. Tek Vannara, deputy executive director of The NGO Forum, said at a workshop in Phnom Penh that while The Council ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/transparency-needed-to-follow-aid-money-46691/
Gamblers ready for kick-off
With the World Cup set to kick off in Brazil today, gamblers in Phnom Penh are preparing to place their bets, while city authorities are warning that unauthorised wagers will not be tolerated. Dara*, a seasoned gambler who regularly bets on football matches, told the Post ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gamblers-ready-kick
Gov’t criticizes media coverage of strike violence
The high-ranking government officials and global clothing brand representatives who took part in a meeting in Phnom Penh on Wednesday both raised concerns about The media coverage of last month’s lethal repression of a nationwide strike by garment workers and its aftermath. The meeting was called ...
Alex Willemyns And Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-criticizes-media-coverage-of-strike-violence-52979/
UN representative hears minorities’ complaints
The U.N.’s human rights representative in Cambodia visited ethnic Bunong villagers in Mondolkiri province this week, days after local authorities prevented hundreds of Them from marching to mark International Day of The World’s Indigenous People. Wan-Hea Lee met with villagers in Pech Chreada district’s Bosra commune ...
Aun Pheap and George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-representative-hears-minorities-complaints-66362/
For many, work-school equation doesn’t add up
Almost a quarter of Cambodian students aged 7 to 14 are forced to give up school because their work intercedes, according to a new study by UNESCO. With 10 per cent of 7- to 14-year-olds classified as child labourers, Cambodia has more young children working ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/many-work-school-equation-doesnt-add
Six new montagnards seeking refugee status arrive in Cambodia
A new group of six Montagnards from Vietnam have arrived in northeastern Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province to seek political refuge, as a United Nations team tries to locate and assist other refugees in hiding, a villager who provided shelter to the Montagnards said. the villager, who declined ...
Ratha Visal
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/six-montagnards-arrive-in-ratanakiri-02192015162656.html
Hun Sen warns of civil war if ECCC goes beyond ‘limit’
Reviving one of his most frequent complaints against the Khmer Rouge tribunal, Prime Minister Hun Sen warned again Thursday that war and chaos could ensue if the court continued to pursue additional cases. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-warns-of-civil-war-if-eccc-goes-beyond-limit-78757/
Survey of garment workers’ expenses to come
Hoping to help fill the void in reliable data that has stymied past negotiations on the minimum wage for the country’s garment workers, an international team of labor rights groups Monday hired a local research firm to find out exactly how much the workers are ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/survey-of-garment-workers-expenses-to-come-89657/
GDCE fasttracks shipping to ease pressure on sector
The General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) on Friday issued a set of measures to help The ailing shipping and garment sectors as The supply of raw materials from China dries up. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdce-fasttracks-shipping-ease-pressure-sector
Governor continues to delay UN meeting with Montagnards
The U.N.’s efforts to locate a group of Montagnards hiding in Ratanakkiri province continued to be hindered Monday as The provincial governor was yet again unavailable to meet its delegation, four days after it traveled to The norTheastern province. Despite The delegation’s expectation that it would ...
Aun Pheap and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/governor-continues-to-delay-un-meeting-with-montagnards-74260/
Approved investment drops
Latest figures show the total value of approved investment in the Kingdom declined by more than 70 per cent in the first half of this year compared to the equivalent period a year before. Economists and officials are unconcerned, however, saying that some big projects during ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012081457967/Business/big-dip-in-approved-investments.html
ASEAN leaders adopt a number of key documents
The ASEAN Heads of State/Government adopted a number of important documents to boost Their economic growth, ensure food security and boost digital economy, at The end of The Plenary Session of The 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501355584/asean-leaders-adopt-a-number-of-key-documents/