Aid and development
Bilateral development assistance
EU pledges nearly $9M to eleven local NGOs
Six months after the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the Cambodian government to scrap a draft NGO law that came into effect in August, the E.U. announced on Monday that it had pledged 8.2 million euros (about $8.9 million) to local and international ...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-pledges-nearly-9m-to-eleven-local-ngos-105849/
Cambodia PM stands by hydropower, dismisses critics as 'extremists'
Cambodia’s prime minister defended his government’s energy policy on Wednesday and hit back at environmentalists opposed to hydropower plants by suggesting their electricity be cut off and they should use resin torches instead. ...
Reuters News Staff
http://www.trust.org/item/20151223095104-8zknw
Japan gives more grants for schools
The Japanese government Friday granted nearly $20,000 to repair and upgrade fascilities at schools in two provinces. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18903/japan-gives-more-grants-for-schools/
DPRK-invested museum opens in Cambodia's Siem Reap city
After five years of building, the 24-million-U.S.-dollar Angkor Panorama Museum, invested by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), opened in northwest Cambodia’s Siem Reap city, a local English newspaper reported on Monday. ...
Xinhua News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/07/c_134892948.htm
Japan loans will finance Cambodia highway upgrade
Loans from Japan to Cambodia will help finance work on a key highway upgrade. The loan package totals US$150 million and will be used for the project to upgrade Cambodia’s National Road No 5. ...
World Highways News Staff
http://www.worldhighways.com/categories/auctions-equipment-supply-servicing-finance/news/japan-loans-will-finance-cambodia-highway-upgrade/
China to donate $3.5m for senate office space
The Chinese government has agreed to donate $3.5 million to build a ninth building inside the compound of the Senate on Norodom Boulevard, Senate Secretary-General Oum Sarith said on Tuesday following the signing ceremony in Phnom Penh. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/china-to-donate-3-5m-for-senate-office-space-101718/
Museum funded by North Korea in Cambodia ready to open
A museum bankrolled by North Korea on Cambodia’s tourist trail in Siem Reap is ready to open, according to local media.The $10 million Grand Panorama Museum sits near Cambodia’s famous Angkor Wat temple complex and is scheduled to open on December 4. ...
Leo Byrne
http://www.nknews.org/2015/11/museum-funded-by-north-korea-in-cambodia-ready-to-open/
Aid threatened as EU calls for Rainsy’s return
The European Parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on the Cambodian government to revoke the arrest warrant for opposition leader Sam Rainsy, with its parliamentarians suggesting some $435 million in aid be canceled if it is ignored. ...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/aid-threatened-as-eu-calls-for-rainsys-return-101357/
US slams gov’t over recent political turmoil
A U.S. State Department official told the country’s Senate on Thursday that recent political events in Cambodia, including the beatings of lawmakers outside the National Assembly and the removal of opposition officials from their seats and positions in parliament, were a cause for “grave concern.” ...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-slams-govt-over-recent-political-turmoil-101119/
Japanese aid building goodwill in Cambodia by addressing human resources development
For many Southeast Asian countries, Japanese developmental aid may be synonymous with building bridges, roads and public facilities. But besides its infrastructure-building capacity, Japan is also boosting one of the strategic tools of diplomacy at its disposal: human resource development. ...
Cambodia faces turning point on foreign aid
Despite failing to meet many of the expectations of its foreign donors over the past two decades, Cambodia’s government has never struggled to secure aid from abroad. ...
Tej Parikh
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-faces-turning-point-on-foreign-aid-100205/
Training program boosts electronics skills
A three-year vocational training project aimed at creating employment opportunities in the electronics industry while eliminating electronics waste, or e-waste, wrapped up yesterday, with its organisers calling for more funding in order to continue its training component. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/training-program-boosts-electronics-skills
Experts call for more sustainable development
As Cambodia has the highest rate of deforestation among developing countries. Experts say that the country needs a more sustainable development plan to protect its ecosystem. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17735/experts-call-for-more-sustainable-development/
PM pitches ASEAN access to French investors
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday called for more investment from France, telling business leaders in Paris that they could access the entire region when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) kicks off at the end of the year. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17217/pm-pitches-asean-access-to-french-investors/
France signs off on $115m in loans and extradition treaty
About $115 million worth of concessional loans to Cambodia and a mutual extradition treaty were approved during a meeting between Prime Minister Hun Sen and French President Francois Hollande in Paris on Monday, according to Mr. Hun Sen’s Facebook page. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/france-signs-off-on-115m-in-loans-and-extradition-treaty-98523/
PM meets china’s Xi, receives $150m grant
Prime Minister Hun Sen met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday to receive a grant worth more than $150 million, the majority of which will go toward the construction of a massive sports and entertainment complex in Phnom Penh, a senior official ...
Kuch Naren and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-meets-chinas-xi-receives-150m-grant-97440/
PM urges greater economic integration with China
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called for more collaboration and integration of financial markets at the regional level, especially with China – the world’s second-largest economy – to offset the effects of a slowing global economy. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16773/pm-urges-greater-economic-integration-with-china/
Nine Cambodian provinces face loss of EU funding for forestry management project
Nine forest communities across Cambodia on Friday expressed concern about illegal land encroachment and logging operations as a European Union-funded sustainable forest management project which helped communities in wooded areas thrive comes to an end. ...
Hang Savyouth and Oum Rainsey
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/nine-cambodian-provinces-face-loss-of-eu-funding-for-forestry-management-project-09182015165712.html
China's financial power play: How a £530m dam in Cambodia symbolises the growing, sometimes ruthless, influence of Beijing across Asia
Beijing is spreading its influence by stumping up the cash to build desperately needed infrastructure throughout Asia, but with little consideration for communities or the level of corruption. “Without infrastructure, you can’t revive,” said Cambodia’s Commerce Minister, Sun Chanthol. “We have been blamed for always ...
Railway families file separate complaint against ADB bank
Another group of families living along Cambodia’s dilapidated railway tracks is filing a complaint with the compliance review panel of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), accusing the lender of failing to abide by its own resettlement policies. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/railway-families-file-separate-complaint-against-adb-bank-92933/
World Bank urged to help Boeng Kak families
A group of local and international NGOs are urging the World Bank to include a program for helping the thousands of families evicted from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood as part of the plan to start funding new projects in Cambodia. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-bank-urged-to-help-boeng-kak-families-91236/
Cambodia to build Phnom Penh-Preah Sihanouk expressway next year
The first Phnom Penh-Preah Sihanouk expressway is expected to be constructed next year in order to facilitate goods transportation from the capital to the international seaport, according the state’s news agency- AKP. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-to-build-phnom-penh-preah-sihanouk-expressway-next-year-8805
Henan to draw up road network master plan for Cambodia
China’s Henan Provincial Communications Planning Survey and Design Institute (HPCPSDI) signed a contract with Cambodia’s Transport Ministry on Tuesday to draw up a road network master plan for Cambodia. ...
Want China Times News Staff
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20150806000061&cid=1201
Labor rights council gets funding boost in Cambodia
A new three-year, U.S.-funded project to promote labor rights was launched Thursday afternoon at Cambodia’s independent labor dispute resolution body in Phnom Penh. ...
Erol Ersoy
http://news.videonews.us/labor-rights-council-gets-funding-boost-in-cambodia-0629777.html