Aid and development
Bilateral development assistance
Despite ban on foreign funding, Ranariddh says Funcinpec donation is up to China
Funcinpec President Prince Norodom Ranariddh yesterday doubled down on his seemingly illegal request for Chinese aid, claiming it was his “right”, despite the law explicitly prohibiting political parties from accepting foreign funds. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/despite-ban-foreign-funding-ranariddh-says-funcinpec-donation-china
Following US, EU withdrawal of funding, China to donate huge load of goods to NEC
China will donate more than 30 different kinds of equipment – including 60,000 polling booths and 15,000 ballot boxes – to the National Election Committee (NEC) ahead of next year’s general elections. ...
Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/following-us-eu-withdrawal-funding-china-donate-huge-load-goods-nec
Government will not look into Funcinpec request for aid from China
Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak said royalist party Funcinpec will not be investigated for requesting funds from China, despite an article in the Law on Political Parties banning parties from receiving financial support from foreign governments and institutions. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/government-will-not-look-funcinpec-request-aid-china
CMAC, Golden West renew cooperation agreement
Heng Ratana, president of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre, announced on Tuesday the renewal of a partnership with the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation, which is supported by the US State Department. ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-golden-west-renew-cooperation-agreement
WWF gets EU funds for conservation in Mondulkiri
The European Union will be funding conservation efforts in Mondulkiri’s Srepok and Phnom Prich wildlife sanctuaries to the tune of $3.3 million over the next five years, according to a press release yesterday. The project, Advancing CSOs Capacity to Ensure Sustainability Solutions (ACCESS), will be ...
Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wwf-gets-eu-funds-conservation-mondulkiri
Apparently flouting party law, Funcinpec requests Chinese funding
Following a meeting with a Chinese delegation yesterday morning, Funcinpec President Prince Norodom Ranariddh claimed to have requested monetary assistance from China, an apparent violation of the Law on Political Parties. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/apparently-flouting-party-law-funcinpec-requests-chinese-funding
China to provide funds of $7 million
China will provide Cambodia with more than $7 million today to implement a variety of projects across the kingdom through the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund. Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Xiong Bo will sign the agreement at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097272/china-provide-funds-7-million/
Japan grants cash for teacher schools
Japan has granted about $28 million in aid for the construction of teacher education colleges in the kingdom. The signing ceremony took place yesterday at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097270/japan-grants-cash-teacher-schools/
Hun Sen brushes off end of EU election support
The EU’s decision came in response to the government’s crackdown on the Kingdom’s largest opposition party – the Cambodia National Rescue Party – which was summarily dissolved last month, a development that the EU said rendered credible elections impossible. But in a speech to garment workers ...
Ben Sokhean and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-brushes-end-eu-election-support
NEC claims EU move to pull funding unfair
The National Election Committee’s newly minted press reaction team responded late on Wednesday to the European Union’s decision to cut funding for the 2018 election, claiming it was unfair to judge the elections before they took place. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/nec-claims-eu-move-pull-funding-unfair
Temple restoration gets US cash
The United States has provided $350,000 to the World Monuments Fund for the fifth phase of the conservation of Phnom Bakheng temple in Siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5095896/temple-restoration-gets-us-cash/
EU pulls NEC support, saying elections ‘cannot be seen as legitimate’ after CNRP dissolution
The European Union announced yesterday that it is suspending all support for Cambodia’s National Election Committee, calling credible elections impossible in light of the government’s dissolution of the ruling party’s only legitimate competitor. ...
Leonie Kijewski and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/eu-pulls-nec-support-saying-elections-cannot-be-seen-legitimate-after-cnrp
Japan to fund road, three hospitals
Japan has provided more than $300,000 to aid the government in its construction of a road and three hospitals in four provinces. The $329,736 grant was signed at the Japanese embassy yesterday by the Japanese ambassador, the director of the Preah Vihear provincial department of public ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5094166/japan-fund-road-three-hospitals/
Sweden stops new aid
Sweden said yesterday it was stopping new aid for Cambodia, except in education and research, and would no longer support a reform programme after the CNRP was dissolved last week. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5091718/sweden-stops-new-aid/
China gives demining supplies after pledge of support
The Chinese Embassy donated equipment to the Cambodian Mine Action Authority (CMAA) yesterday, marking the beginning of a new pledge to become a top donor to the sector, following the withdrawal of US funds. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-gives-demining-supplies-after-pledge-support
Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen challenges US to cut all aid to his country
The United States announced on Friday it was ending funding for the election, and promised more “concrete steps”, after the Supreme Court dissolved the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) at the request of the government, on the grounds it was plotting to seize power. ...
ABC News staff
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-19/cambodia-tells-us-to-cut-all-aid/9166672
Hun Sen brushes aside looming US cuts to aid
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday brushed aside any potential concern over the US cutting funding to the country over the recent dissolution of the opposition CNRP prior to next year’s general election. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5091088/hun-sen-brushes-aside-looming-us-cuts-aid/
US cuts funding to CMAC amid government’s war of words with superpower
The United States has cut funding next year for the Cambodian Mine Action Centre following months of criticism from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government of America’s war legacy in the Kingdom. ...
Ananth Baliga and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-cuts-funding-cmac-amid-governments-war-words-superpower
Japan gives $3.2 million for school breakfasts
The Japanese government on Friday granted $3.2 million to Cambodia through the World Food Programme to provide meals to students in vulnerable communities. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088219/japan-gives-3-2-million-school-breakfasts/
Japan promises to support 2018 polls
Japan has pledged to continue providing aid to Cambodia, including support to prepare for the general election next year. Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn yesterday met with Iwao Horii, the Japanese vice-minister of foreign affairs. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088011/japan-promises-support-2018-polls/
US funds foes: Top official
A senior Defence Ministry official said yesterday that the United States had provided financial assistance to its own organisations and to NGOs to carry out anti-Cambodian government activities. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5086991/us-funds-foes-top-official/
Japan builds bridges
Cambodia will today receive about $35 million in aid from the Japanese government to fund the reconstruction of seven bridges in flood-prone areas. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084255/japan-builds-bridges/
Japan to aid Institute of Technology
The Japan International Cooperation Agency has signed an agreement with the Institute of Technology of Cambodia to strengthen engineering education and research for industrial development. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083803/japan-aid-institute-technology/
New container terminal okayed
The construction of a new container terminal as part of an expansion project of the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) will start by early 2019 after Japan signed an agreement to provide a low-interest loan of about $209 million. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079196/new-container-terminal-okayed/