Government
Cambodia embarks on E-Government
Early this month Prime Minister Hun Sen stated that his administration was moving toward e-government, praising the efforts made by the Ministry of Commerce, under the leadership of Minister Sun Chanthol to make services like commercial registration available online. He also urged all ministries to ...
Chheang Vannarith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21840/cambodia-embarks-on-e-government/
Drug busts up in 2015: ministry
The Interior Ministry yesterday called for Beijing’s cooperation in tackling a ring of Chinese methamphetamine traffickers operating in Cambodia, one day after an annual Interior Ministry report announced that the number of drug busts in 2015 had more than doubled compared to 2014. ...
Kong Meta and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drug-busts-2015-ministry
MFI summit to mark decade of growth
The National Bank of Cambodia is hosting the National Summit on the Development of the Microfinance Sector in Cambodia next month, marking a decade since the government announced that 2006 was the “Year of Microfinance.” ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21836/mfi-summit-to-mark-decade-of-growth/
Cambodia wants two warships from China, general says
Cambodia’s modest navy is apparently a point of sensitivity for its commander, who on Wednesday said he would seek to acquire two warships from China to prevent neighboring countries from “looking down” on his fleet. ...
Khuon Narim and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-wants-two-warships-from-china-general-says-108943/
Cambodian FM to attend ASEAN retreat in Laos this week
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong will attend the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat to be held on Feb. 26 and Feb. 27 in Vientiane, Laos, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday. ...
Xinhua
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=320967
South Korea supplies equipment for artefact restoration
Cambodia on Monday received $124,000 worth of resources from South Korea to speed up the process of restoring ancient artefacts. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/south-korea-supplies-equipment-artefact-restoration
Thai princess technology institute to begin construction
Prime Minister Hun Sen and Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn have high expectations for the Kampong Speu Institute of Technology, which was funded by the Thai royal in order to develop human resources in Cambodia. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21782/thai-princess-technology-institute-to-begin-construction/
Ministry warns against spread of swine flu
The Ministry of Health has appealed to the public to protect itself from the H1N1 swine flu virus in a video posted on Facebook yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21784/ministry-warns-against-spread-of-swine-flu/
Tonle bassac dredging necessary, say officials
In order to aid waterway transport, sand-dredging – largely banned since a 2011 decree – will soon begin reappearing at dozens of locations along the Tonle Bassac river, a spokesman from the Ministry of Mines and Energy confirmed yesterday. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tonle-bassac-dredging-necessary-say-officials
Foreign ministry investigating allegations of service passport
A Cambodian Monk in South Korea alleged that there are some officials in the Foreign and Interior Ministries illegally issuing service passports for Cambodian migrants in order to work in South Korea, according to video footage posted by a local media outlet on Monday. The ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21777/foreign-ministry-investigating-allegations-of-service-passport/
Access to clean water in rural areas hits 50%
Cambodia passed a key Millennium Development Goal milestone last year with half of rural areas now having access to clean drinking water, according to a Ministry of Rural Development annual report released yesterday. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/access-clean-water-rural-areas-hits-50
Opposition casts doubt on NEC leadership, staff
The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday appointed Tep Nytha to another term as secretary general, in a selection process that civil society and opposition party members have criticized as fraudulent and closed from public scrutiny. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21786/opposition-casts-doubt-on-nec-leadership--staff/
Voters give government mixed marks
Just a quarter of Cambodian voters are fully satisfied with the government’s efforts to deliver on its promises thus far in the fifth mandate, though more than half rated themselves partly so, according to the results of a nationwide survey conducted by election watchdog Comfrel. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voters-give-government-mixed-marks
Reported rape cases up in 2015
Reported rape cases increased by 12 percent last year compared to 2014, despite an overall drop in crime in 2015, according to an Interior Ministry report released on Tuesday. ...
Khuon Narim and Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/reported-rape-cases-up-in-2015-108884/
Major Thai lender Kasikornbank to open first Cambodia branch
Kasikornbank, Thailand’s fourth-largest lender by assets, plans to open its first branch in Phnom Penh by August, according to a report from Nikkei Asian Review. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21765/major-thai-lender-kasikornbank-to-open-first-cambodia-branch/
Chinese warships visit Cambodia
Two Chinese guided-missile frigates docked at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port on Monday for a five-day goodwill visit to Cambodia. ...
Xinhua Team
http://en.chinagate.cn/2016-02/22/content_37846059.htm
PM, Sokha spar over road toll
Political leaders from both parties have once again taken their grievances to Facebook as they fight to take credit for the decision to remove the tolls on National Road 4. ...
Ros Chanveasna and Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21731/pm--sokha-spar-over-road-toll/
Firetruck fleet set to double with China deal
The Interior Ministry has struck a deal with China to buy 200 firetrucks this year, nearly doubling Cambodia’s current fleet in a bid to better serve the country’s rural reaches, officials said on Monday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firetruck-fleet-set-to-double-with-china-deal-108838/
Indonesian firm lands deal to supply uniforms
Indonesian firm Sri Rejeki signed a $50 million deal with the Ministry of Interior last week to supply Cambodia’s police and armed forces with new uniforms, according to the Indonesian Embassy and media reports. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/108800-108800/
Labour ministry eyes minimum wage law
The Ministry of Labour is eyeing the creation of a draft law that would codify the sometimes-nebulous process that determines the garment industry’s minimum wage, attendees at the ministry’s annual meeting were told last week. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-ministry-eyes-minimum-wage-law
Gov’t mulls suspending duty on rubber exports
The government will consider suspending its $50 per ton export duty on rubber following lobbying by local producers who say they are operating at a loss due to the sharp fall in global prices for the commodity, Agriculture Ministry secretary of state Eang Sophalleth said ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21714/gov---t-mulls-suspending-duty-on-rubber-exports/
Thai princess helicopters to Ratanakkiri, inspects bathroom
Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn flew from Phnom Penh to Ratanakkiri province and back again on Monday, alighting for a lakeside lunch and the opening of a health center on the first day of her three-day visit to the country. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thai-princess-helicopters-to-ratanakkiri-inspects-bathroom-108843/
New border link expected to boost trade with Thailand
Cambodia and Thailand are set to have a new international border crossing on National Road 5, linking Banteay Meanchey province and Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21667/new-border-link-expected-to-boost-trade-with-thailand/
SIM sales stagnate as internet use soars
Mobile SIM card sales slowed to a crawl in 2015 while the number of new subscribers using mobile internet services leaped by 30 per cent, according to a Ministry of Telecommunications factsheet. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sim-sales-stagnate-internet-use-soars