National government
Ministries and other national bodies
Korea Gives $13 mil for Flood Project
Korea will provide a $13.3 million concessional loan to renovate the Stung Siem Reap Phase II flood mitigation project after a deal signed yesterday between the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Korea Export and Import Bank. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23335/korea-gives--13-mil--for-flood-project/
Kingdom needs to support women and girls, minister says
Women’s Affairs Minister Dr. Ung Kanthaphavy addressed multiple points regarding the achievement of gender equality and empowerment of women and girls in the Kingdom during a two-day meeting reviewing the ministry’s work in 2015 and planning its goals for 2016 yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23353/kingdom-needs-to-support-women-and-girls--minister-says/
Rice industry crisis taskforce to meet deputy PM
The newly established special industry committee to deal with the crisis confronting the rice sector will meet Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon today to discuss urgent solutions to the problems they face. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23334/rice-industry-crisis-taskforce-to-meet-deputy-pm/
Ministries announce new regulations for foreign business owners
The Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Labor have imposed new regulations and legal conditions on foreign investment and businesses in Cambodia, with the ministries requiring foreign-owned companies to file correct legal papers and to strictly follow Cambodia’s immigration and labor laws, including foreign ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23349/ministries-announce-new-regulations-for-foreign-business-owners/
More moves announced for cabinet reshuffle
Another four government officials will be promoted to senior secretarial positions in three ministries as part of the upcoming cabinet reshuffle, which Prime Minister Hun Sen claims will increase government efficiency, according to a letter to the president of the National Assembly last Friday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23299/more-moves-announced-for-cabinet-reshuffle/
Armed soldiers storm forestry office to retake truck
A group of 10 armed soldiers stormed a Forestry Administration office in Oddar Meanchey province on Monday and attempted to seize a military truck that had been confiscated from them after they used it to transport illegal timber, leading to an hourslong standoff, officials said. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/armed-soldiers-storm-forestry-office-to-retake-truck-110515/
Companies making gains in trademark protection
The Commerce Ministry has received more than 5,000 applications from companies to register their trademark in the first three months of this year – the same as for all of last year – a senior ministry official said yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23231/companies-making-gains-in-trademark-protection/
Indian firm considers setting up fun park
Pan India Paryatan Pvt Ltd (PIPPL), the owner of Mumbai-based EsselWorld, one of India’s largest amusement parks, has shown interest in developing a theme park in Cambodia after a meeting with the minister of tourism late last week. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/indian-firm-considers-setting-fun-park
Gov’t and NGO seek to expand access to water
As the Kingdom grapples with water shortages, the Ministry of Rural Development and NGO Plan International have set a goal to bring clean water sources to 60 per cent of Cambodia’s 12 million rural residents by 2018. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-and-ngo-seek-expand-access-water
Ministry warns of alcohol, food poisoning ahead of new year
The Ministry of Health has advised the Kingdom’s citizen’s to be wary of food and alcohol poisoning during the Khmer New Year celebrations, according to a joint press release between the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization (WHO) issued last week. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23244/ministry-warns-of-alcohol--food-poisoning-ahead-of-new-year/
Ministry denies talk of reopening Thai access to Preah Vihear temple
A Defense Ministry spokesman yesterday denied Thai media reports that Cambodian Minister of Defence Tea Banh had discussed the potential reopening of access to Preah Vihear temple from the Thai side of the border during recent talks. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-denies-talk-reopening-thai-access-preah-vihear-temple
‘Eco-schools’ to try for a clean sweep in coming year
The Environment and Education Ministries will expand their eco-school program to all primary and secondary schools across the country over the course of 2017, provided they have the necessary human and financial resources to do so. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23235/---eco-schools----to-try-for-a----clean-sweep-in-coming-year/
Ministry encourages conservation, domestication of wild animals
The Ministry of Environment is encouraging people living in or around protected areas to start feeding and domesticating wild animals, and to abstain from eating them, with similar strategies in animal conservation being attempted in communities in Preah Vihear province. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23236/ministry-encourages-conservation--domestication-of-wild-animals/
Lack of transparency hinders budget progress
On Monday, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced a new phase of the Public Financial Management Reform Program, a donor-assisted initiative established in 2004 to bolster the country’s ability to soundly manage its budget. In a speech at the launch event, he touted the government’s progress ...
Tej Parikh and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lack-of-transparency-hinders-budget-progress-110437/
Justice minister, opposition talk pretrial detention, Khaou case
Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana met on Friday with the National Assembly’s opposition-led human rights commission to discuss issues related to judicial independence and court procedure, including government interference in the court system and abuse of the pretrial detention system. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/justice-minister-opposition-talk-pretrial-detention-khaou-case-110444/
Government unaware of at least 128 orphanages, report says
The government was unaware of about half of the residential child care centers operating in four provinces and Phnom Penh prior to a study conducted last year, according to a report released on Thursday. ...
Buth Kimsay and Sonia Kohlbacher
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/110401-110401/
Magistracy meet calls for order in the court
Judge and prosecutors were called to a two-day workshop to address the sector’s pervasive ethics challenges, but legal experts said change could not occur until there were concrete rules, instead of vague moral guidelines. ...
Mech Dara and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/magistracy-meet-calls-order-court
Number of orphanages in Cambodia rises to 267 last year, up 92 pct: survey
A new survey released by Cambodia’s Social Affairs Ministry on Thursday showed that the number of residential care institutions in the country’s five key provinces increased to 267 last year, up 92 percent from only 139 in the year before. ...
Shanghai Team
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=324810
Fish exports down, income rises
Despite a decline in the amount of exports, income from the fisheries sector rose almost 30 percent last year compared with 2014. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23124/fish-exports-down--income-rises/
Reththy, agriculture ministry continue to squabble
The Ministry of Agriculture has rejected a request from private-sector rubber firms – led by agricultural tycoon Mong Reththy – for a meeting to discuss the floundering fortunes of the nation’s rubber sector, claiming the ministry was busy and was already addressing the issue. ...
Sor Chandara and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/reththy-agriculture-ministry-continue-squabble
Taxes on local alcohol and cigarettes increased
The government will increase the special tax on alcohol and cigarettes produced locally, with the implementation of the new tax to be effective from April 1, a move that has concerned producers. ...
Chea Vannak and Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23126/taxes-on-local-alcohol-and-cigarettes-increased/
New prison for Pursat as inmate population grows
Interior Minister Sar Kheng announced yesterday that his ministry plans to construct a prison capable of holding 7,000 inmates on an 800 hectare plot of land in Pursat province. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23144/new-prison-for-pursat-as-inmate-population-grows/
No case of yellow fever detected in Cambodia
Cambodia is closely watching the situation of yellow fever virus, though the country has not seen any case of the virus, said a joint statement from the Health Ministry and the World Health Organization on Wednesday. ...
Shanghai Team
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=324726
Gold, Riel not affected by dollar fluctuations
With global oil prices down and a devalued United States dollar, the price of gold has remained stable and has risen slightly while trade at gold shops has been steady, a gold shop owner said yesterday. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23066/gold--riel-not-affected-by-dollar-fluctuations/