National government

Ministries and other national bodies

Government to probe Preah Sihanouk coastal development

The Ministry of Tourism has formed a special committee to investigate a private company’s involvement in a condominium construction on coastal land at Prek Treng beach in Preah Sihanouk province. This follows a strong backlash from the public against land reclamation involving the project. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-probe-preah-sihanouk-coastal-development

No bribes for promotions: Sar Kheng

In a bid to rid the country of corruption, Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday urged CPP officials to eliminate the practice of paying bribes for promotions. At a CPP meeting in Prey Veng province yesterday, Mr Kheng said that the practice of paying for promotions ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533709/no-bribes-for-promotions-sar-kheng/

Ministry issues apology for exam errors

The Education Ministry on Saturday apologised for a system error that affected the mathematics results of hundreds of students who sat for the national exam last month. Last week, hundreds of complaints were filed by high school students who were dissatisfied with their mathematics results. ...

Or Sreypich
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533696/ministry-issues-apology-for-exam-errors/

Sar Kheng: Sokha requested security

Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Sunday revealed the story behind the transfer of former opposition party leader Kem Sokha from Trapaing Phlong prison in Tbong Khmum province to his house in the capital. Speaking at the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) headquarters in Prey Veng ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-sokha-requested-security

Kingdom to participate in World Cleanup Day

September 15 is World Cleanup Day and Cambodia will be participating with 20 million people from 150 countries across the globe, said Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra. He said that this year, working under the theme “Together for a Clean World”, participants in the ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-participate-world-cleanup-day

Tougher action needed against criminal foreigners, official says

A senior Interior Ministry official has urged police to take tough action against Chinese nationals committing crimes in the Kingdom. Speaking during a meeting with police officials yesterday, General Sok Phal, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Interior, said that immigration police had ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533289/tougher-action-needed-against-criminal-foreigners-official-says/

Exam score blunder solved

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport on Thursday said its computerised score calculation process had experienced technical problems that affected the mathematics examination scores of 740 classes. This was found when its committee, established to address dissatisfaction over the results of the high school, ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/exam-score-blunder-solved

Taskforce to fight Sihanoukville crimes

With the spike in crimes following a huge influx of Chinese nationals, Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday assigned four main units under the ministry to set up a support team to restore security in Preah Sihanouk province. ...

Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533013/taskforce-to-fight-sihanoukville-crimes/

Sar Kheng slams fake news

Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday rebuked reports that the new Phnom Penh police chief Lieutenant General Sar Thet is his brother. Lieutenant General Sar Thet officially took over as Phnom Penh police chief on Tuesday, filling a void left by General Chuon Sovann, who took ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533027/sar-kheng-slams-fake-news/

Ministry rejects Prince Chakravuth’s position

The Interior Ministry has rejected the decision of the royalist Funcinpec Party to appoint Prince Norodom Ranariddh’s son as acting president while the Prince continues his recovery from a car crash in Thailand. ...

Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533006/ministry-rejects-prince-chakravuths-position/

PP garment workers continue wage protest

About 200 garment workers at a factory located in the capital’s Steung Meanchey Commune1, Meanchey district, have been protesting since Monday after the owner fled without paying their August wages. The workers who were employed by a sub-contractor who supplies garments to a foreign buyer ...

Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pp-garment-workers-continue-wage-protest

Group of pupils complain over results of examination

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport said it will set up an examination committee to review complaints from over 100 students who are unhappy with their national high school examination results. Students across the Kingdom were disappointed with their results, especially in mathematics, where ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/group-pupils-complain-over-results-examination

Deadlock over wage talks

The first round of a tripartite meeting to negotiate a new minimum wage for garment and footwear workers ended in a deadlock on Monday. Trade unions, employers, and the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training officials tried to hammer out a new wage scheme for ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deadlock-over-wage-talks

Floods to slam seven provinces

The Water Resources Ministry yesterday warned that seven provinces will face floods again this week. In a statement, it said that the provinces of Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear, Kampong Thom, Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Pursat and Kampong Chhnang will experience heavy rain throughout the week. ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50531934/floods-to-slam-seven-provinces/

Students get exam results

As many as 75,059 students or 66.21 per cent passed this year’s high school examinations. The figure is 2.37 per cent higher than last year, a Ministry of Education announcement said on Sunday. The ministry said this year, the number students who received either an ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-get-exam-results

Tobacco worth over $2M exported to VN last year

Cambodia exported more than 1,000 tonnes of dry tobacco leaves to Vietnam last year, valued at more than $2 million. The figure marks a 24 per cent increase from 2016, the Ministry of Commerce said. Ministry of Commerce spokesman Long Kemvichet said data showed the ...

Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tobacco-worth-over-2m-exported-vn-last-year

CLC proposes $211 as minimum wage

The Cambodian Labour Confederation yesterday said that it will propose $211.94 to be the new minimum wage for garment workers during this month’s negotiations. CLC made the announcement after a meeting between various unions which touched upon criteria that included cost of living, inflation, productivity, ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50531460/clc-proposes-211-as-minimum-wage/

Fresh round of MFI license cancellations by NBC

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has rejected two license applications and revoked the licenses of 24 microfinance institutions operating outside the capital, according to an announcement released Wednesday. ...

Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50531273/fresh-round-of-mfi-license-cancellations-by-nbc/

Ministry urges firms to apply for foreign worker permits

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has directed all companies or institutions that plan to hire foreign staff next year to apply for work permits between September 1 and November 30. Heng Sour, the ministry’s spokesperson, told The Post yesterday that any employer who ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-urges-firms-apply-foreign-worker-permits

Hun Manet promoted after royal decree

Hun manet, the son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, rose to the rank of Commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) – the second most powerful position in the Kingdom’s military – on Thursday after a royal decree. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-manet-promoted-after-royal-decree

Protected forest land clearing stopped in Koh Kong

Koh Kong provincial authorities detained and educated four people over the clearing of protected forest lands on Monday before releasing them. Deputy Koh Kong Governor Sok Sothy said yesterday that joint authorities cracked down on the land clearing in Koh Kong district. ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50530796/protected-forest-land-clearing-stopped-in-koh-kong/

Royal decree to legitimise council

Deputy Prime Minister Bin Chhin yesterday joined representatives of 16 political parties to draft a royal decree that would cement the Supreme Consultative Council’s government adviser status, an adviser to Prime Minister Hun Sen said. ...

Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50530510/royal-decree-to-legitimise-council/

Guidelines issued for flood victims

The Health Ministry yesterday issued safety guidelines for people suffering from floods in order to avoid getting sick.​ The ministry fears those affected by the floods could contract dengue fever and other illnesses. ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/530438/guidelines-issued-for-flood-victims-2/

Local cotton farming abandoned

Despite huge amounts of potential and a well-rooted past, the Kingdom’s cotton cultivation industry seems to be hanging by a thread. Though the country relies heavily on cotton fabric in its massive garment sector, insiders say Cambodian farmers have mostly abandoned the crop. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/local-cotton-farming-abandoned

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