Physical infrastructure development remains a priority for Cambodia
Physical infrastructure development remains a main priority of the Royal Government of the 7th legislature of the National Assembly, said Prime Minister Dr Hun Manet at the inauguration ceremony of 246.15-kilometer-long portion of National Road (NR) No. 5 from PrekKdam in Kandal province to Battambang ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501396746/physical-infrastructure-development-remains-a-priority-for-cambodia/
Ministry of Labour and the Dariu Foundation of Switzerland sign MoU on digital technology training
Heng Sour, Minister of Labour and Vocational Training, and Rajiv Pradhan, Country Director in Cambodia of the Dariu Foundation of Switzerland, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the Digital Literacy Initiative for young people and students of technical training institutions to receive digital education for ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501445560/ministry-of-labour-and-the-dariu-foundation-of-switzerland-sign-mou-on-digital-technology-training/
Korea joins MRC as new development partner
The Republic of Korea (ROK) has joined the Mekong River Commission (MRC) as its newest development partner. In a significant boost to regional cooperation and sustainable development, Korea has committed a grant of $1,000,000 to the MRC for the year 2024, and the possibility of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501532241/korea-joins-mrc-as-new-development-partner/
Kratie rice wine again blamed for fatal poisonings
Authorities in Kratie province have temporarily closed three rice wine production facilities after two poisoning incidents left three people dead and many more ill last week. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50512066/kratie-rice-wine-again-blamed-for-fatal-poisonings/
Exhibition to solidify military ties with China
Defence Minister Tea Banh and Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe yesterday launched an exhibition highlighting military cooperation between the countries on Koh Pich in Phnom Penh. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50502682/exhibition-to-solidify-military-ties-with-china/
PM announces new scheme for petrol pricing
Responding to rising oil prices in the Kingdom, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday announced measures to cut petrol taxes by around $30 million per year. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-announces-new-scheme-petrol-pricing
Kingdom’s development discussed
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the International Monetary Fund on Thursday held a conference to discuss the next steps in Cambodia’s economic development. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-development-discussed
Ministry of environment opens new building
The Ministry of Environment on Monday inaugurated its palatial new headquarters in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district, the result of a state-private land swap. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-of-environment-opens-new-building-104401/
Cambodia-US militaries to strengthen maritime security
The United States promised to work with Cambodia on maritime security at a high-level meeting in Phnom Penh yesterday between senior officials from both countries. ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24095/cambodia-us-militaries-to-strengthen-maritime-security/
Transport ministry, industry to work on cutting costs
Transport Minister Sun Chanthol said yesterday his ministry would work with the private sector to draw up a formula to rein in and cut transport costs. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24200/transport-ministry--industry-to-work-on-cutting-costs/
Rubber outlook bleak despite price bounce
Despite an initial rebound in global rubber prices, Cambodian rubber farmers predict a bleak year as production and exports have increased while profits continue to suffer. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-outlook-bleak-despite-price-bounce
Svay Rieng police arrest 74 foreigners for illegal stay
The Immigration police at Svay Rieng, an eastern province rounded up 74 foreign national, include 34 Vietnamese for illegal stay in Cambodia. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/svay-rieng-police-arrest-74-foreigners-for-illegal-stay-8945
Bad coffee spoils local ceremony
Dozens of people are expected to recover after getting sick from instant coffee at a pagoda ceremony in Siem Reap’s Chi Kraeng district on Saturday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bad-coffee-spoils-local-ceremony
Gov’t failing to protect nation’s forests: activist
The government is failing to protect Cambodia’s forests, activists, civil society groups and students said during yesterday’s World Environment Day celebration in Phnom Penh. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-failing-protect-nations-forests-activist
Outbreak of pig disease ‘over’
Cambodia is now free of “blue-ear” pig disease, which had infected more than 4,000 pigs in five provinces last month, the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16102/outbreak-of-pig-disease----over---/
Rubber firm excavated land, Kratie families say
More than 160 families in Kratie province’s Snuol district have alleged that the Memot Rubber Plantation company has been using excavators to clear their land. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rubber-firm-excavated-land-kratie-families-say
Bus driver, assistant arrested over accident
Police in Kampong Cham province arrested a bus driver and his assistant shortly after their bus struck a tractor, injuring three people early on Monday morning. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bus-driver-assistant-arrested-over-accident
Fortified rice raises risk of hookworm infections
Eating fortified rice increases the risk of hookworm infections, a study in Cambodian schoolchildren shows, suggesting that the rice’s added nutrients inadvertently help parasites grow. ...
Mike Ives
http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/health/news/fortified-rice-risk-hookworm-infections-1.html
Disease-carrying bats to be tracked
Scientists are attaching tracking devices to a colony of flying foxes near Phnom Penh in a bid to prevent a possible outbreak of a deadly virus. ...
Brent Crane
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disease-carrying-bats-be-tracked
Scientists using DNA to track Mekong’s ‘monsters’
Environmental DNA collection could be a “silver bullet” for tracking and protecting critically endangered fish in the Mekong, according to a new report. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/scientists-using-dna-track-mekongs-monsters