Government
International relations
Australia’s top brass in town
A senior Australian military official will visit Cambodia today and tomorrow to boost armed forces cooperation as part of a tour to strengthen peace in the region. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074766/australias-top-brass-town/
China funded 70 percent of Cambodian roads, bridges: Minister
About 70 percent of roads and bridges in Cambodia have been funded by China, with loans for their financing adding up to about $2 billion, government-affiliated Fresh News reported the transport minister as saying on Friday. ...
Sek Odom and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/china-funded-70-percent-cambodian-roads-bridges-minister-132786/
Vietnam pledges $25m to cambodia for national assembly building
Vietnam has pledged $25 million to Cambodia to build a new National Assembly secretariat building in Phnom Penh, while also promising greater cooperation on a range of issues between the two nations, officials said on Thursday. ...
Vietnam border boost for farms
Cambodia and Vietnam yesterday inaugurated the O’Yadav International Border Checkpoint in Ratanakkiri province in a move hailed as a boon to the northeastern agriculture industry. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074019/vietnam-border-boost-farms/
Takeover of Zaman possible, ambassador says
Turkey is in talks with the Cambodian government over the possibility of taking control of the Zaman-operated schools in Phnom Penh, which it alleges have links to a “terrorist organization” behind last year’s attempted coup, the Turkish ambassador said on Friday. ...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/takeover-of-zaman-possible-ambassador-says-132562/
Visa-free medical travel period tripled by Thais
The Thai government on Wednesday publicly announced that nationals of five countries, including Cambodia, can visit Thailand for up to 90 days without a visa to seek medical treatment, an official at the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh said yesterday. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/visa-free-medical-travel-period-tripled-thais
Cambodia, Myanmar cooperation
Cambodia and Myanmar have agreed to further enhance trade between the two countries by encouraging investment from small and medium enterprises and exchanging agricultural products, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40333/cambodia--myanmar-cooperation/
France backs commune polls
The French government has thrown its backing behind Cambodia’s recent commune elections, saying the polls went smoothly and were free and fair. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40322/france-backs-commune-polls/
New city buses
Phnom Penh municipal officials and Chinese Embassy representatives yesterday commemorated the handover of 98 Chinese buses and two cranes to the city yesterday at a ceremony on Koh Pich. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-city-buses
Yunnan offers to help tourism sector
The Ministry of Tourism is to collaborate with Yunnan’s Tourism and Vocational Training Institution to develop human resources in tourism and seek the methodology to attract more Chinese tourists to visit Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40085/yunnan-offers-to-help-tourism-sector/
‘Peace Museum’ opens
Defence Minister Tea Banh is slated today to preside over the official opening of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre’s new $700,000 “Peace Museum for Mine Action” at its Siem Reap regional headquarters, with Japan set to donate $12 million worth of demining equipment, an official ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/peace-museum-opens
Japan donates $5.7m to train senior officials
Japan has pledged $5.7 million to train government officials from Cambodia. The deal was signed yesterday by Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn and Japanese ambassador Hidehisa Horinouchi. . ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39996/japan-donates--5-7m-to-train-senior-officials/
Pros and cons of China’s Belt and Road plan
Cambodia has been a vocal supporter of the BRI since the initiative’s conception in 2013. The BRI will offer a new framework of cooperation between Cambodia and her neighbours, through the increased connectivity that will arise in the region once the work on the improved ...
Samithi Sok
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39680/pros-and-cons-of-china---s-belt-and-road-plan/
NBC, South Korea team up for research
The central banks of Cambodia and South Korea signed an agreement on Friday to jointly conduct research and analyse the relationship between exchange rates and inflation in the Cambodian economy, according to bank officials. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-south-korea-team-research
Kingdom asks WTO to share trade information
Cambodian Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak put forward a proposal last week requesting that the World Trade Organization (WTO) share information of bilateral and regional trade agreements with all its members to help smaller economies integrate into global trade markets. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-asks-wto-share-trade-information
Finland to help develop energy plants
Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn yesterday met with the newly appointed Finnish ambassador Satu Suikkari-Kleven, who is based in Bangkok. “Ms Suikkari-Kleven told the Foreign Minister that some Finnish companies are interested in cooperating with Cambodia to invest in energy and electricity from waste,” Foreign Affairs ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39177/finland-to-help-develop-energy-plants/
Cambodia wins place on UN board of development
Cambodia has been elected as an executive board member of the United Nations Development Programme.A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the country would hold the position for a three-year term, beginning in January 2018. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38996/cambodia-wins-place-on-un-board-of-development/
Non-aligned? Cambodia is neutral: Sokhonn
The minister of foreign affairs maintained yesterday that Cambodia is not allied with China, stating that the Kingdom is “neutral”, despite an apparent diplomatic shift towards the nascent superpower and away from the West. Minister Prak Sokhonn told a crowd of over 200 students at the ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/non-aligned-cambodia-neutral-sokhonn
Cambodia lifts 6-year ban on maids working in Malaysia: Minister
Cambodia has lifted its six-year ban on citizens going to Malaysia to work as maids, said Malaysia’s Human Resources Minister Richard Riot on Thursday (May 25). Riot said the decision was reached ”on the spot” during his meeting with his Cambodian counterpart in Phnom Penh ...
Channel News Asia Staff
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/cambodia-lifts-6-year-ban-on-maids-working-in-malaysia-minister-8882602
Trade fair fees reduced for local garment firms
Germany-based apparel industry trade fair organiser Messe Frankfurt France signed a memorandum of understanding with the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia yesterday to offer discounted exhibitor fees to Cambodian manufacturers in a deal valued at €400,000 ($450,000). ...
The Phnom Penh Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-fair-fees-reduced-local-garment-firms
Single-visa initiative puts Myanmar flights on course
Myanmar’s Ministry of Tourism is pushing forward with the implementation of a “two countries, one destination” campaign that hinges on establishing direct flights between the historic cities of Bagan and Siem Reap. The campaign’s single-visa programme would allow tourists holding either a Myanmar or Cambodia ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/single-visa-initiative-puts-myanmar-flights-course
Mapping out border issues
Prime Minister Hun Sen met outgoing French Ambassador Jean-Claude Poimboeuf yesterday and talked about border issues with Vietnam, which both sides said they wanted to resolve. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38618/mapping-out-border-issues/
Slain peacekeepers returned
The bodies of four Cambodian peacekeepers killed by a Christian militia in Central African Republic two weeks ago were repatriated to the Kingdom and honoured in an airport ceremony late last night. ...
Touch Sokha and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/slain-peacekeepers-returned
Business centre lure for Chinese
Cambodia is to open commercial centres in China to help Chinese investors understand the potential of Cambodia. The centres will soon be established in some provinces, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on his Facebook page during his trip to the Commercial and Tourism Cooperation Forum in ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38508/business-centre-lure-for-chinese/