Government services

Last week’s brutal attacks by off-duty soldiers on two opposition lawmakers were retribution for anti-government protests in Paris and New York, Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech yesterday. “If there is no fire, there will be no flames,” he said. “If there had ...

Phnom Penh Municipality has anticipated the connection of city bus service to other provinces across Cambodia, reported state news agency-AKP. With intention to assist the sector, the Government of Japan agreed to provide 130 buses and China, 100 buses to Cambodia shortly. ...

The Ministry of Health has issued a warning to provincial bosses, telling them to guarantee that staff members are not drinking and gambling on the job because it can “affect” the provision of care and emergency services for patients. ...

In “Goodbye Cambodia”, a song written by the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk, he expressed the sadness and melancholy in his heart about the state of his country and about being forced to leave. Many of these same feelings bubbled to the surface as people ...

Decades after her mother died, Orn Bottumrasmey was finally reunited with her ashes three days ago. ...

The government yesterday took another step towards completing an affordable housing plan for low- and mid-income families by seeking private-sector partners to help develop and implement it. ...

Phnom Penh is studying the prospect of a toll highway to run from the capital to Phnom Penh International Airport, a dangerous stretch of road that kills many people each year. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a high delegation to attend the “United Nations Summit for the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda that will be held in New York from 25-27 September. ...

The General Secretariat of the National Assembly held a workshop on using information and communication technology to improve the transparency of the legislative branch. ...

The effort to speed up the process of issuing new electronic national identity cards is well underway, according to Mao Chandara, a director of the Ministry of Interior’s passport department. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen was awarded an honorary doctorate in “transformational leadership” by Malaysia’s Limkokwing University on Wednesday, adding to his extensive list of honorary degrees. ...

The government will prune superfluous “deputy” manager roles from the state bureaucracy’s many branches by restricting the number of people able to hold the title from the ministerial level down to kindergartens and hospitals. ...

Six families in Kampot City accepted compensation of $3,000 each on Monday for their houses situated on a road that authorities want to expand, after initially rejecting the offer last week. ...

In another push to facilitate bilateral trade, Cambodian and Thai delegates met for two days last week to discuss developments on a handful of new border crossings, a rail line connecting the two countries at Poi Pet, and special economic zones designed for those living ...

The storm that swept through Phnom Penh on Saturday evening resulted in the city’s highest rainfall on record, the municipal government said in a statement posted to its Facebook page Sunday. ...

Borith has been on the payroll of Cambodia’s parliament for 15 years but rarely shows up for work. He is busy with his other job at a non-governmental organization, and no one notices his absence. ...

Borith has been on the payroll of Cambodia’s parliament for 15 years but rarely shows up for work. He is busy with his other job at a non-governmental organization, and no one notices his absence. ...

On a walkthrough visit of Phnom Penh’s Prey Speu social affairs center on Friday, municipal governor Pa Socheatvong pledged to send 10 new caretakers to work at the center, which has been the subject of claims of serious abuse at the hands of staff. ...

Following a visit to Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey Speu detention centre on Friday, the United Nations, NGOs and authorities have vowed to work together to find solutions for those detained there. ...

Social affairs officials met Thursday with the U.N.’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to discuss the notorious Prey Speu social affairs center, with the government giving permission for the U.N. to visit the center Friday and identify residents who require psychiatric assistance ...

The Cabinet approved a Law on Accounting and Audits at a meeting Friday morning. ...

CPP lawmaker Chheang Vun and CNRP lawmaker Un Sam An got into a heated back-and-forth following a meeting at the National Assembly on Wednesday, with Mr. Vun refusing to allow Mr. Sam An to speak to a reporter while inside parliament. ...

The head of the Interior Ministry’s immigration department called on provincial governors and police chiefs on Wednesday to help rein in illegal immigration as the number of Vietnamese migrants doubled over a five-year period. ...

Deputy Prime Minister Sok An will respond to a summons to appear before the National Assembly in writing rather than in person, a spokesman said Wednesday, with an opposition lawmaker saying the move could prompt a bid to impeach Mr. An. ...