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Schools get climate change textbook

The Environment and Education ministries have unveiled the official textbook on climate change for upper secondary schools. Under-secretary of state of the Environment Ministry Khut Chandara said at the official launch of the book on Monday that education played an important role in social, economic ...

Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50507849/schools-get-climate-change-textbook/

Kratie villagers given land titles

The Ministry of Land Management yesterday handed out land titles to 885 families in Sambok and Chak Krang communes in Kratie province. A ceremony was held to distribute the land titles under the ministry’s Social Land Concession and Economic Development project in the province. ...

Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50507372/kratie-villagers-given-land-titles/

Human trafficking report status unchanged

The Ministry of Foreign affairs on Friday said a report by the US State Department on trafficking has again ranked Cambodia in Tier 2, adding that the US recognised that Cambodia has made a serious effort in combating human trafficking. ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50507434/human-trafficking-report-status-unchanged/

Minister sets down exam rules

The Education Ministry plans to spend nearly $5 million on the national high school exam this year. Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron said yesterday that the ministry spent about $4.8 million preparing for the national exam every year.   ...

Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50507433/minister-sets-down-exam-rules/

Chinese visitors to the Kingdom spike

During the first four months of the year, Cambodia welcomed more than 647,000 Chinese visitors, an increase of more than 79 percent, according to the Cambodian Tourism Minister. ...

Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50507277/chinese-visitors-to-the-kingdom-spike/

Cops in Kampong Cham, Pursat take course in how to prevent riots

Nearly 600 provincial police officers from Kampong Cham and Pursat completed a training course in protest and strike preparedness which taught them how to deal with potential unrest before and after the national elections on July 29. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cops-kampong-cham-pursat-take-course-how-prevent-riots

National Bank of Cambodia warns of dodgy lenders

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) announced on Friday that it is seeking to cooperate with relevant stakeholders to crack down on illegal lenders. It also alerted the public about the dangers of taking cash loans from unfamiliar sources. ...

Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/national-bank-cambodia-warns-dodgy-lenders

Retail price of gasoline drops

Starting yesterday, the price of regular gasoline in the Kingdom is 3,950 riel ($0.97) per litre, amounting to a reduction of 200 riel per litre following a series of tax cuts announced last month by Prime Minister Hun Sen as well as price reductions implemented ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50506822/retail-price-of-gasoline-drops/

Land dispute settled in Koh Kong

Officials with the Land Management Ministry and Koh Kong Provincial Hall yesterday ended a years-long land dispute between villagers and sugar companies through distribution of compensation to the families involved. ...

Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50507031/land-dispute-settled-in-koh-kong/

Workers to get cash compensation

The Ministry of Labour on Friday announced that more than 1,000 workers from three factories in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district can come to collect cash compensation at a district hall following the absconding of their employers. ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50506950/workers-to-get-cash-compensation/

Government sends delegation to EU over preferential trade scheme

Officials from the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) have embarked on a two-week mission to the European Union (EU) seeking to have the Kingdom’s tax-free trading preferences with the economic bloc extended, according to a press release on Thursday. ...

Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-sends-delegation-eu-over-preferential-trade-scheme

Defence Ministry hits back at rights report

Human Rights Watch yesterday issued a scathing report alleging that 12 army and police leaders close to Prime Minister Hun Sen have committed serious human rights violations. The report drew the ire of the Defence Ministry and government, which issued a retort saying that it ...

Khmer Times
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50506298/defence-ministry-hits-back-at-rights-report/

Chamkar Mon water treatment plant to be ready by November 2019

The water treatment plant in Chamkar Mon will come online next year, with construction work to expand the facility expected to end November 2019, according to the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505494/chamkar-mon-water-treatment-plant-to-be-ready-by-november-2019/

Protesters not happy with ministry’s offer

Some 200 villagers from Koh Kong province in a longstanding dispute with the Koh Kong Sugar Industry Co Ltd were prevented by the capital’s Daun Penh district authorities from protesting at the home of Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday. On Monday, the Ministry of ...

Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protesters-not-happy-ministrys-offer

UN-backed education policy ready for government approval

In a bid to improve the quality of vocational education in the country, the Ministry of Education and Unesco will submit a National Policy on Lifelong Learning to the Council of Ministers following multiple discussions on the matter. ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505797/un-backed-education-policy-ready-for-government-approval/

Land win for satellite city families

Nearly 400 families in Prek Takong I village have won a five-year battle to regain control of land earmarked for a new satellite city being developed by ING Holdings. ...

Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505752/land-win-for-satellite-city-families/

Dispute with tycoon was settled by the court, Land Ministry says

The Ministry of Land Management on Monday said it cannot help the 292 families involved in a land dispute with Oknha Sieng Chan Heng’s Heng Aphivath Company in Kandal province’s Kandal Stung district, because a court verdict has already found the land to be the ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dispute-tycoon-was-settled-court-land-ministry-says

Government lauds NEC efforts, dismisses concerns about lack of EU participation

The National Election Committee (NEC) was hailed by the government on Tuesday for saying that there would be 45,000 observers for the July 29 national elections. Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan said that the large number of registered election observers would dispel criticism and ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-lauds-nec-efforts-dismisses-concerns-about-lack-eu-participation

Two more provinces to be able to issue certificates of origin

Producers, traders and exporters in Ratanakkiri and Tbong Khmum can now apply online for certificates of origin for their exports, submitting applications through the website of their respective provincial commerce department. ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505079/two-more-provinces-to-be-able-to-issue-certificates-of-origin/

Worldbridge to open first SME industrial park

The first industrial park for small and medium enterprises in the Kingdom will open this October in Kandal province, just 12 kilometres from the centre of Phnom Penh. The SME Eco Park, referred to also as SME Cluster Zone by the developer, is located on ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505212/worldbridge-to-open-first-sme-industrial-park/

CMAC retirees to get pensions

The Cambodian Mine Action Centre has called for all retired staff and families of deceased staff to contact its office to get a pension under its Royal Cambodian Armed Forces status. ...

Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505356/cmac-retirees-to-get-pensions/

Kandal villagers petition ministry in HAC dispute

Thirty villagers from Kandal province, representing 292 families who are locked in a land dispute with the Heng Akphivath Company (HAC), petitioned the Ministry of Land Management on Monday, seeking to obtain land titles. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-villagers-petition-ministry-hac-dispute

UN official urges government to reduce use of plastic

A senior environment officer for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Monday urged the Ministry of Environment to prepare a waste management system for plastics and to strive for clean air in the country, particularly in Phnom Penh. Erik Solheim, the executive director of ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-official-urges-goverment-reduce-use-plastic

NGO pacts to promote children’s rights

The Ministry of Social Affairs yesterday signed agreements with three NGOs to promote Cambodian children’s rights and their studies in the community. The NGOs were MIKI Home Cambodia, New Hope For Cambodia Children, and Meta and Mission Community. ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50504864/ngo-pacts-to-promote-childrens-rights/

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