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Vietnamese tourists to Cambodia rank 1st

89,816 Vietnamese tourists visited Cambodia in first quarter of 2014, ranking first, according to the tourism minister on Thursday. Speaking at a workshop on Cambodian-Vietnamese Investment and Trade Promotion, Tourism Minister Thong Khon also said 133,485 Cambodian people visited Vietnam in the same period of 2014. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YzZjZWNiY2UyMzI

Ministry seeks to limit cheating during exams

It is exam time in Cambodian schools. But the Ministry of Education warned on Thursday that this year it is working hard to rein in rampant cheating that plagues testing in the country’s schools. ...

Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ministry-seeks-to-limit-cheating-during-exams/1910571.html

Exports of rubber up, but prices on the fall

Despite a large increase in exports during the first quarter, natural rubber producers continue to see declining revenues, as world prices fall further. The latest figures from the Ministry of Commerce show natural rubber exports grew 26 per cent during the first quarter of 2014, compared ...

Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-rubber-prices-fall

Survey says firms confident despite deadlock

Local and foreign firms have a high level of confidence in the current economic climate in Cambodia despite the political deadlock in the country since last year’s disputed election, and are optimistic about business over the next year, according to a study to be released ...

Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/survey-says-firms-confident-despite-deadlock-58295/

No party defections during election: CPP

A ruling party lawmaker yesterday dismissed days of claims by the opposition that this year’s council elections will see a number of secret defections when it comes to the polls. Chheang Vun, a lawmaker with the Cambodian People’s Party, said opposition leader Sam Rainsy had been ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-party-defections-during-election-cpp

Police presence has strikers on edge

A day after police in Kampong Speu province arrested six striking workers, the unexpected presence of about 100 military police officers at a garment factory in Takeo province had some union activists fearing the worst. Collective Union of Movement of Workers (CUMW) president Pav Sina yesterday ...

Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-presence-has-strikers-edge

Developers see near completion of cable-stayed bridge as positive for trade and property prices

Set to open next year, Cambodia’s first cable-stayed bridge is now more than 70 per cent complete, according the government. Chhim Phalla, director of the Ministry of Public Work’s Department of International Cooperation, which is overseeing the Neak Loeung Bridge and improvements to National Road 1, ...

Siv Meng and Sum Manet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/developers-see-near-completion-cable-stayed-bridge-positive-trade-and-property-prices

GI products closer to fruition

Three of Cambodia’s most iconic natural products – Thma Koul rice, Kampot durian and Cambodian silk – have been earmarked by the government to obtain the World Trade Organization’s Geographical Indication (GI) status. Speaking to reporters after a press conference on GI registration at the Ministry ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gi-products-closer-fruition

Helmet use means huge savings, study finds

The government could save nearly $100 million between now and 2020 if it passes the draft traffic law and enforces mandatory helmet usage as soon as possible, a road safety group said Wednesday. Madeleine Carr, an advocacy and strategic planning advisor with the Asia Injury Prevention ...

Lauren Crothers and Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/helmet-use-means-huge-savings-study-finds-58301/

Gov’t failing to implement fake milk law

Baby formula manufacturers are flouting a sub-decree that bans promotions of formula in stores and health-care facilities, the World Health Organization, Unicef and three NGOs said in a statement Wednesday. According to the statement, 41 percent of stores selling breast milk substitutes in Phnom Penh had ...

George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-failing-to-implement-fake-milk-law-58291/

Government wants money for use of .kh suffix

The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) on Wednesday issued a notice warning private companies and state institutions to pay their 2013 fees for using the country suffix .kh on their websites. “TRC would like to invite excellencies and okhnas that use websites with .kh to communicate ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-wants-money-for-use-of-kh-suffix-58322/

In Northwest, CNRP resumes campaign attacks on CPP

The opposition CNRP’s campaign for the May 18 council elections rolled through these northwestern provinces Wednesday, with party leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha casting aside their promises last week to refrain from attacks on the ruling CPP. A growing cavalcade moved across Battambang province and ...

Sek Odom and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-northwest-cnrp-resumes-campaign-attacks-on-cpp-58283/

Cambodia calm as Yingluck falls

The ouster of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra by that country’s Constitutional Court yesterday reverberated throughout the region, raising questions about how a Thailand without Yingluck at the helm would get along with its neighbours. But Cambodian officials and analysts were broadly in agreement that little ...

Amelia Woodside and Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-calm-yingluck-falls

For communities, threats routine

Two disputes involving a land developer with ties to the highest ranks of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party have once again exposed the lack of justice faced by impoverished communities in the capital, affected residents and rights groups have said. In Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district, ...

Daniel Pye and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/communities-threats-routine

Report sees increasing foreign investment in industrial sector

The latest CBRE Cambodia Market View on the industrial market is upbeat about investment in the Kingdom, despite frequently touted political risks. “Cambodia remains an attractive destination for industrial work and operations, with low inflation rates of 2.9 per cent and comparatively low minimum wages,” says ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/report-sees-increasing-foreign-investment-industrial-sector

Police net 5 cubic meters of luxury wood in raid

Authorities in Ratanakkiri province raided the house of a Vietnamese national Tuesday and seized about five cubic meters of illegal luxury timber, but failed to arrest any suspects. “We are now looking for two Vietnamese nationals who jumped over the gate of their house and escaped ...

Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-net-5-cubic-meters-of-luxury-wood-in-raid-58324/

Cambodia-U.S. trade up 11 pct in Q1

Bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and the United States had amounted to 845 million U.S. dollars in the first three months of 2014. The number saw a 11-percent rise from 758 million U.S. dollars over the same period last year, figures release by the U.S. Department ...

Shanghai Daily
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=216833

Subnational election campaigning continues

Council elections quietly continued in Cambodia on Monday, with five parties hoping to place leaders within sub-national positions. This is the fourth day of campaigning, for an election that is undertaken by about 11,500 members of commune councils, and not by the general public, to place ...

Suy Heimkhemra,
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/subnational-election-campaigning-continues/1907956.html

NEC allows political parties to campaign, removes ban by authority

The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday removed a ban by Phnom Penh authority which didn’t allow political parties to parade and campaign at public places during council election campaign. In a letter yesterday, the NEC called on the city and provincial authorities to maintain security ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=YjUyNWIzNmM4M2M

Union says three workers arrested over wing star protest

At least three workers were arrested Tuesday morning outside the Wing Star Shoes factory in Kompong Speu province, where the Free Trade Union (FTU) has been leading a strike calling for benefits and back pay, according to police and a union representative. An FTU representative said ...

Mech Dara and Sany Sinary
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/union-says-three-workers-arrested-over-wing-star-protest-58169/

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