National government
Ministries and other national bodies
Crackdown on illegal fishing in Tonle Sap
Pursat provincial police and fishery administration officials cracked down on a large scale illegal fishing operation along Tonle Sap lake and seized equipment including over 5,300 fishing nets in Kandieng district’s Raing Til commune. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50524750/crackdown-on-illegal-fishing-in-tonle-sap/
Over 100,000 Kingdom high school students sit exams
A Total of 117,062 students sat for their high school examinations nationwide on Monday, braving incessant rains and the marauding floods in some provinces, said the Ministry of Education. And the number of candidates this year was much higher compared to last year’s 103,112 students. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-100000-kingdom-high-school-students-sit-exams
First highway to break ground in November
Construction of the Kingdom’s first-ever highway, stretching 190 kilometres to connect Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville, was confirmed to start in November. The highway will begin in Phnom Penh’s Chaom Chao area, starting at street Tom Nop Kop Srov, which links national roads 4 and 5, ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50524648/first-highway-to-break-ground-in-november/
Kingdom counts 18 dead from Mekong floods
At least 18 people in the Kingdom have died and more than 40,000 families impacted by the Mekong River flooding this season, National Committee for Natural Disaster spokesman Keo Vy, told The Post on Monday. He said floodwaters in the five riverside provinces of Tbong ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-counts-18-dead-mekong-floods
Ministry to monitor Kirirom national park
Senior Environment Ministry officials on Saturday agreed to continue to work together and cooperate with local forest rangers in order to maintain order and prevent forestry crimes from occurring in Kirirom national park. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50524365/ministry-to-monitor-kirirom-national-park/
Number of flood deaths rises to 18
The Ministry of Water Resources and Metereology said yesterday that flooding of the Mekong, Sekong and Sesan rivers was caused by tropical storm Bebinca and that the death toll from floods in some provinces have risen to 18. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50524368/number-of-flood-deaths-rises-to-18/
KrisEnergy set to review bids for drilling services
Singapore-based firm KrisEnergy, which operates Cambodia’s offshore Block A, is now reviewing bids submitted by contractors for integrated drilling services and a facilities platform. They were submitted during the second quarter. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/krisenergy-set-review-bids-drilling-services
Sea festival to take place in Koh Kong
The seventh Sea Festival will be held in Koh Kong province in December, serving as a platform from which to introduce local tourism products to domestic and international travellers. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50522978/sea-festival-to-take-place-in-koh-kong/
Chinese experts begin study on agriculture
As part of a deal signed between Cambodia and China, a group of officials from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has started a study on improving the modernisation of the local agricultural sector. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50522983/chinese-experts-begin-study-on-agriculture/
Water levels rising in two provinces
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology yesterday announced that the provinces of Battambang and Ratanakkiri are facing floods following a rise of water levels in the Sesan river. Nhem Samoeun, Ratanakkiri provincial spokesman, said that the floods have affected Veun Sai, Andoung Meas and ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50523120/water-levels-rising-in-two-provinces/
Officials dispute money for survey claims
A joint-ministerial working group and Koh Kong provincial authorities on Tuesday denied claims that officials have demanded money from people who want to be identified as true land owners in a dispute between villagers and the Union Development Group in the province’s Botum Sakor and ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50523121/officials-dispute-money-for-survey-claims/
Cambodia to conduct population census in March
Cambodia is going to conduct a population census in March next year, Minister of Planning Chhay Than said here on Tuesday. “We plan to spend 8.5 million U.S. dollars for the one-week census, which will be commenced from March 3, 2019,” he told reporters after a ...
Xinhua
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/14/c_137389562.htm
Health Ministry warns travellers of Ebola outbreak
The Health Ministry on Monday released a statement warning travellers of Ebola after the World Health Organisation declared a new outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50522667/health-ministry-warns-travellers-of-ebola-outbreak/
Ministry says Mekong floodwaters are receding
The Water Resources Ministry yesterday announced that floodwaters in the Mekong river are receding, while some provincial authorities are still donating money to affected families. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50522227/ministry-says-mekong-floodwaters-are-receding/
Health Ministry warns travellers of MERS disease
The Health Ministry has warned Cambodians travelling to some Middle Eastern countries for religious purposes to be aware of a disease that has infected thousands of people. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50521835/health-ministry-warns-travellers-of-mers-disease/
Women lack full rights at Appeal Court
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) has released an observational report on the rights of woman defendant’s at the Appeal Court, claiming that many weren’t granted due process. Having monitors attend 453 trials from December 2016 to June this year, CCHR found that there ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/women-lack-full-rights-appeal-court
Crackdown nets 43 cases of illegal fishing
Fisheries administration officials and local authorities on Wednesday discovered off-season fishing activities in 43 areas along Tonle Sap lake in Kampong Chhnang province. ...
Or Sreypich
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50521263/crackdown-nets-43-cases-of-illegal-fishing/
Talks on new minimum wage start
A ministry announcement yesterday said initial talks to set the parameters for the mew minimum wage were scheduled for this month and discussions between it, employers and unions will take place next month. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50521380/talks-on-new-minimum-wage-start/
Failing students urged to take up skills training
Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron yesterday advised Grade 12 students who fail the national exam to study vocational skills instead of ending their education. Speaking at the launching of a pilot project “Basic Education Equivalency Program” in Phnom Penh, he said that students who ...
Or Sreypich
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520587/failing-students-urged-to-take-up-skills-training/
More than 300 fires recorded so far this year
There were more than 300 fires in the first half of this year, an increase from the number of cases recorded during the same period last year, the Interior Ministry said yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520569/more-than-300-fires-recorded-so-far-this-year/
Gov’t: move to revoke improper documents nearing conclusion
The General Immigration Department said that the program to revoke official documents that were not properly issued, to mostly 70,000 ethnic Vietnamese, was about 70 per cent complete. Khun Sambo, deputy director general of the department, which is under the Ministry of Interior, said it ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-move-revoke-improper-documents-nearing-conclusion
Ministry lauds businesses for cutting down plastic bag usage
The Ministry of Environment yesterday praised local supermarkets and shopping centres for reducing plastic bag usage following legislation passed last year that requires them to charge customers for plastic bags. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520131/ministry-lauds-businesses-for-cutting-down-plastic-bag-usage/
Ministry releases preliminary figures for flood damage
More than 3,000 hectares of paddy fields have been destroyed and 20,000 damaged by recent floods in the provinces of Stung Treng, Kratie, Kampong Cham, and Tbong Khmom, according to a preliminary report from the Ministry of Agriculture. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520132/ministry-releases-preliminary-figures-for-flood-damage/
Tour guides voice concern over app that will offer audio tours
Tour guides at the Kingdom’s historical sites are voicing concern over an audio tour app they said is threatening their careers. Developed by local company Angkor Audio, the app provides spoken tours in 14 languages. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tour-guides-voice-concern-over-app-will-offer-audio-tours