Government
More regulations for foreign construction projects: ministry
Foreign construction companies were warned not to violate Cambodia’s building laws during a meeting yesterday to review a number of projects that had been approved by the government. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24099/more-regulations-for-foreign-construction-projects--ministry/
Shift in focus for donors may spell trouble: study
Dwindling donor funding for combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis could have a critical impact on low-income countries like Cambodia, a new study has found, with some health workers in the Kingdom saying that the squeeze is already being felt. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/shift-focus-donors-may-spell-trouble-study
Green light for protected forest plans
The Ministry of Environment has given two NGOs the go-ahead to implement their proposed management plans for five protected community forest areas in Battambang and Pursat provinces, projected to cover 1,064 families and 2,761 hectares. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/green-light-protected-forest-plans
NEC says commune elections likely for June 2017
National Election Committee (NEC) Secretary-General Tep Nytha said on Thursday that next year’s crucial commune council elections would likely be held in June but that the decision must ultimately come from the government. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-says-commune-elections-likely-for-june-2017-111642/
Ministry wants snakehead fish farms again
The Ministry of Agriculture will ask Prime Minister Hun Sen to lift a ban on snakehead fish farms to reduce reliance on foreign food sources and raise the income of farmers, officials said on Thursday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-wants-snakehead-fish-farms-again-111619/
Cambodia-US militaries to strengthen maritime security
The United States promised to work with Cambodia on maritime security at a high-level meeting in Phnom Penh yesterday between senior officials from both countries. ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24095/cambodia-us-militaries-to-strengthen-maritime-security/
Governments halt migration to Thailand for four months
The Cambodian government has agreed to a request from the Thai Labor Ministry to temporarily block migrant workers from traveling to Thailand for the next four months as it conducts a census into migrants in the country, according to a statement released on Thursday. ...
Sek Odom and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/governments-halt-migration-to-thailand-for-four-months-111634/
UN agency to give $36 million for rural market access
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide $36 million to the Commerce Ministry to help improve market access for poor farmers and small entrepreneurs. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24087/un-agency-to-give--36-million-for-rural-market-access/
Critics: Cambodia's new Korea envoy has ‘no experience’
A direct phone call from Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen alerted Phnom Penh city hall deputy Long Dimanche to his new role as the country’s envoy to South Korea. ...
Pin Silvan
http://www.voanews.com/content/critics-cambodia-new-korea-envoy-has-no-experience/3294172.html
Hun Manet defends his father's record
Lieutenant General Hun Manet has defended his father Prime Minister Hun Sen’s record, saying people should remember the role Hun Sen played in bringing peace and national reconciliation to the country. ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-manet-defends-his-father-record/3293680.html
Ministry to install driver’s license vending machine at Aeon mall
A vending machine dispensing driver’s licenses will be installed at Aeon Mall, according to the Public Works and Transport Ministry’s website, as part of newly appointed Minister Sun Chanthol’s plan to bring in serious reform within his first 100 days in office. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24032/ministry-to-install-driver---s-license-vending-machine-at-aeon-mall/
Fire officials to aid CPP village push
Twenty-four officials from the Interior Ministry’s fire department have been ordered to join the ruling Cambodian People’s Party’s local working groups operating in Battambang province. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fire-officials-aid-cpp-village-push
Customs revenue up by 30 pct in first quarter
Revenue from customs duties and excise tax grew by around 30 per cent to $472 million during the first quarter of the year ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/customs-revenue-30-pct-first-quarter
Hun Manet, ‘son of communism,’ distances himself from father
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s eldest son Hun Manet has long been touted as his father’s chosen successor, an impression only strengthened by the searing “Never Manet” campaign launched by Cambodian-American opponents during his current trip to the U.S. ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-manet-son-of-communism-distances-self-from-father-111520/
Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam discuss trade deal
Representatives from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia gathered Monday in Vietnam’s Central Highlands Dak Lak province to discuss an agreement on trade promotion. ...
Xinhua Team
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-04/18/c_135290720.htm
Everything ‘OK’ on border, government says as Laos army base proceeds
The Stung Treng provincial government will once again allow trucks to transport building materials across the border into Laos, where a military base is under construction by Laotian authorities against the wishes of Phnom Penh and despite the area not being properly demarcated, officials said ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/everything-ok-on-border-government-says-as-laos-army-base-proceeds-111471/
Tourist numbers surge nationwide over new year
The number of tourists visiting provinces during the four days of Khmer New Year jumped 7.6 percent from last year as infrastructure, transport links and the number of nature resorts rise. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23912/tourist-numbers-surge-nationwide-over-new-year/
Culture ministry bans film on forest activist Chut Wutty
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts has banned a screening of a documentary film about murdered environmentalist Chut Wutty and threatened “strong action” against the venue if films continue to be shown without first being cleared by the government. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/culture-ministry-bans-film-forest-activist-chut-wutty
Offshore holdings are up for grabs, justice minister jokes
Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana quipped over the weekend that anyone who can find his offshore financial holdings—revealed earlier this month as part of the “Panama Papers” leak—can keep the money, according to Information Minister Khieu Kanharith. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/offshore-holdings-are-up-for-grabs-justice-minister-jokes-111464/
Finance Ministry Denies Sovereign Bond Reports
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has denied media reports the government will issue dollar-denominated sovereign bonds using Bangkok-based Twin Pine Consulting as advisers to raise more money and reduce reliance on foreign loans. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23913/finance-ministry-denies-sovereign-bond-reports/
NEC touts achievements
A year after a major overhaul, the National Election Committee (NEC) issued a statement touting its achievements – including testing electronic voter registration and consulting donors like the EU and Japan – with one observer saying that despite criticism of the deal that reformed the ...
Bun Sengkong and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-touts-achievements
Tax registration deadline pushed back
The tax department issued a notice yesterday extending the deadline for businesses to finish their tax registration until May 31, the latest in a long string of delays that followed the introduction of strict new rules on tax registration in 2014. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23887/tax-registration-deadline-pushed-back/
In Phnom Penh, a looming sewage crisis
Renderings of Casa Meridian, a new condominium complex, suggest that its wealthy buyers are investing in a glistening 414-unit skyscraper overlooking a placid, ocean-blue body of water surrounding Koh Pich island, which is sprouting a number of luxury towers developed by the Overseas Cambodian Investment ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/111364-111364/
In Cambodia, calls for Panama papers probe
Civil society groups and anti-corruption experts have urged Cambodia’s government to open an investigation into why Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana was named in the so-called Panama Papers. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-panama-papers-probe-justice-minister-ang-vong-vathana/3280296.html