Nine illegal timber trucks impounded
The National Committee for Prevention and Crackdown on Natural Resource Crimes on Monday impounded nine trucks used to transport timber to Vietnam through Kratie province’s Snuol district. Committee spokesman Eng Hy declined to provide details, citing the ongoing investigation. “We are still working on the ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nine-illegal-timber-trucks-impounded
Oknha detained in Kratie prison for forestry crimes
A kratie provincial investigating judge has ordered well-known timber trader and oknha (tycoon) Kong Kroeng, and his son-in-law Math Naseat, to be detained at the provincial prison after they were questioned last week about their alleged role in forestry crimes. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oknha-detained-kratie-prison-forestry-crimes
Joint commitment toward mine-free Cambodia
Australia, the Cambodian Mine Action and Victims Assistance Authority and the UN development programme on Friday signed a joint statement reaffirming their ongoing commitment to working toward a mine-free Cambodia by 2025. ...
Poovenraj Kanagaraj
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50660644/joint-commitment-toward-mine-free-cambodia/
Hun Sen receives award for leadership
Prime Minister Hun Sen received the Leadership and Good Governance Award from the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) on Tuesday at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Summit at the Peace Palace in the capital. The award was presented by UPF co-founder Hak Ja Han Moon after delivering her ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-receives-award-leadership
Ministry, EU discuss management of chemical and associated wastes
The National Authority for the Prohibition of Chemical, Nuclear, Biological and Radiological Weapons (NACW) at the Ministry of National Defence and the EU have co-organised a 12-day workshop for 205 trainees from 29 institutions. The workshop focuses on training participants on the Sound Management of Chemicals ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-eu-discuss-management-chemical-and-associated-wastes
Global brands welcome wage rise
Major global brands that source from Cambodia welcome the recent rise in the basic minimum wage for the country’s more than 700,000 garment workers, representatives of three brands told Khmer Times yesterday. They have no plans to shift sourcing to other countries where wages are ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16958/global-brands-welcome-wage-rise/
Royal group ordered to dismantle jetty on O’tres beach
Six months after it started construction, Kith Meng’s Royal Group has been ordered to demolish a nearly finished jetty on O’Tres Beach near Sihanoukville, with local officials saying the tycoon’s company was never granted permission to build it in the first place. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/royal-group-ordered-to-dismantle-jetty-on-otres-beach-106093/
Securities transaction fees reduced
Cambodia’s security regulator has slashed transaction fees on securities by half in its latest bid to stimulate interest in the Kingdom’s lacklustre stock exchange. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/securities-transaction-fees-reduced
Market for organic products on the upswing
At a public market in front of the Kampong Speu market, a stall selling organic vegetables attracts dozens of housewives and passers by. Many stop to buy the locally grown vegetables, which are here thanks to a new program established by the Cambodian Center for ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/market-for-organic-products-on-the-upswing/3216213.html
VNese firms concern exporting prospects into Cambodian market
In the past years, Vietnamese products had been exported most to Cambodia among countries in the ASEAN but recently they have faced cutthroat competition from the same kinds of products in Cambodia. ...
Thuy Doan
http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/Business/2016/4/118445/
Making precious stones shine globally
The Cambodia Gems and Jewelry Traders Association (CGJTA) urged their non-association counterparts in Siem Reap to come into their fold to ensure the Kingdom’s precious stone industry maintains quality and standards that are on par internationally. This, the CGJTA said, will attract more international buyers ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26271/making-precious-stones-shine-globally/
Nepotism complaint at institute
Sixteen former staff members at the Sihanoukville provincial Multi-Technical Training Institute filed a sweeping complaint against the school’s married directors with the Ministry of Labor over the weekend. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27480/nepotism-complaint-at-institute/
Authorities seize logs in K Speu
Over 100 logs of luxury timber from Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary in Kampong Speu province were seized by authorities in Chbar Mon town on Tuesday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-seize-logs-k-speu
Terror used as pretext: report
Cambodia has been named among states accused of using counter-terrorism measures to clamp down on human rights and civil society in a report released this week by the United Nations’ special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism.Speaking in New York on Monday, the British rapporteur ...
Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/terror-used-pretext-report
Outbreaks of lethal virus cyclical: study
A recently published study of a 2012 enterovirus outbreak that killed at least 54 Cambodian children has found that flare-ups of the virus tend to occur in a cyclical pattern, and that another one could be in store soon.Widespread in the Asia-Pacific region, the virus ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/outbreaks-lethal-virus-cyclical-study
CEDAC president steps down to focus on political party
Yang Sang Koma has announced that he will step down as president of the Cambodia Center for Study and Development of Agriculture (CEDAC) after his term finishes this year to focus his attention on the Grassroots Democracy Party (GDP). ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19220/cedac-president-steps-down-to-focus-on-political-party/
Australia gives $36m for health improvement
Australia and Cambodia have agreed to enhance cooperation in the health sector, with Australia pledging $36 million for health improvements in the Kingdom. The commitment was made on Monday at the Health Ministry in a meeting between Minister Mam Bun Heng and newly appointed Australian Ambassador ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27702/australia-gives--36m-for-health-improvement/
Sihanoukville port operator still on course for IPO
The state operator of Cambodia’s only deep-water port remains on course to float shares on the stock exchange and is seeking ways to speed up the listing. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sihanoukville-port-operator-still-course-ipo
Border control a concern as harvest looms
Tighter border controls by Thai authorities could result in thousands of tonnes of Cambodian agricultural goods getting stranded at the border next month when local farmers begin harvesting their crops, sources warned yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/border-control-concern-harvest-looms
No2 priority shows results
More than 600 villages, home to more than half a million people, have been declared “open-defecation free” as a result of a major program aimed at boosting the number of Cambodians who have access to hygienic toilets, according to Plan International. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no2-priority-shows-results