Pursat
Stung Pursat I dam ‘in 2026’
South Korean-owned SPHP (Cambodia) Co Ltd’s under-construction $231 million, 80 megawatt (MW) Stung Pursat I hydropower dam is scheduled to be commissioned and operational in 2026, according to Pursat provincial governor Khoy Rida. ...
May Kunmakara and Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stung-pursat-i-dam-2026
New Pursat governor vows to continue using out-of-court solutions
Pursat is the first successive province in using out of court solutions, and the new governor, Khoy Rida has vowed to apply mediation to resolve cases for the people. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501251768/new-pursat-governor-vows-to-continue-using-out-of-court-solutions/
$230M hydropower dam to start construction in Pursat province
The construction of $230 million Stung Pursat hydropower I dam with a capacity of 80 megawatt is set to break ground soon, after the ground preparation at the construction site has been made since last year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501251643/230m-hydropower-dam-to-start-construction-in-pursat-province/
Gender no barrier among ministry’s sanctuary rangers
The Kingdom’s park rangers play a vital role in protecting the precious natural resources of Cambodia’s protected areas. They sometimes spend weeks on patrol deep in the most remote parts of the country, monitoring wildlife and keeping an eye out for the perpetrator of forest ...
Keo Bosaba
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gender-no-barrier-among-ministrys-sanctuary-rangers
Activist march to Pursat for calling to release political prisoners and union leaders
A crowd of around 30 activists gathered at the base of Phnom Penh’s namesake Wat Phnom hill Wednesday before embarking down National Road 5 on a more than 200 kilometer journey by foot to Pursat province to promote social justice and morality. ...
Sovann Sreypich and Phon Sotthyroth
https://cambojanews.com/activist-march-to-pursat-for-calling-to-release-political-prisoners-and-union-leaders/
Environment ministry kicks off agroforestry project in Pursat
The Ministry of Environment announced the launch of a two-year project to stimulate local economies through the implementation of agroforestry and environmental agronomy in Kravanh district, Pursat province. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-ministry-kicks-agroforestry-project-pursat
CMAC embarks on demining efforts in five provinces
The Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) has deployed several groups of demining personnel to five provinces to embark on a new mine clearing effort. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501229018/cmac-embarks-on-demining-efforts-in-five-provinces/
Cambodia experienced below-normal vegetation conditions in December 2022
In December 2022, below-normal vegetation conditions were observed across the country, particularly in areas surrounding the Tonle Sap and northern parts of the country, which was likely linked to empty fields after harvesting wet-season paddy and/or lack of rainfall. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501222374/cambodia-experienced-below-normal-vegetation-conditions-in-december-2022/
Growing Pursat gains fifteen new villages
The Ministry of Interior has announced the establishment of 15 new villages in Pursat province. The new villages have been separated from existing ones in order to bring public services closer to the people and in a timely manner, as well as to address challenges ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/growing-pursat-gains-fifteen-new-villages
Ministry of Interior establishes 15 new villages
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng announced the establishment of 15 new villages in six districts of Pursat province to improve the provision of public services to the people. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501214802/ministry-of-interior-establishes-15-new-villages/
Cardamom Mountain villages join REDD+
Conservation International (CI) in Cambodia says 23 out of 24 target villages in three provinces of the Cardamom Mountain range have agreed to participate in the REDD + project. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cardamom-mountain-villages-join-redd
Citizens from two districts in Tbong Khmum province have submitted a petition to the relevant authorities to help resolve a long-running land dispute
More than 200 people from Memot and Tambor districts, Tbong Khmum province have filed a petition at Tbong Khmum Provincial Hall and appealed to the Court of Appeal to intervene in the years-long land dispute which makes their lives more difficult. ...
Flash floods expected in Northern provinces
Eight of the 24 provinces in Cambodia are likely to be at high risk of flash floods and overflow due to possible heavy rainfall across the country until the end of September. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501158476/flash-floods-expected-in-northern-provinces/
New fishways to strengthen local fisheries
Two new fishways, whose construction finished on August 24 will connect fish with critical upstream habitats vital to their life cycle. These fishways also demonstrate that small-scale fish passes are a feasible, relatively inexpensive solution to the problem of declining fish stocks. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501142196/new-fishways-to-strengthen-local-fisheries/
Farmers feel the pressure after conservation crackdown around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake
Bat Savoeun claims he has Prime Minister Hun Sen’s signoff to farm his 2 hectares of land in Prek Tabaek village, on the edge of the swelling Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia’s Pursat province. ...
Danielle Keeton-Olsen and Ly Vouch Long
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/07/farmers-feel-the-pressure-after-conservation-crackdown-around-cambodias-tonle-sap-lake/
Pursat City Administration requests ADB assistance for road curb project
The Pursat Municipality has been asking assistance from the ABD for a 20-kilometer curb project on both sides of Pursat City Road, while another road is under construction. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501103337/pursat-city-administration-requests-adb-assistance-for-road-curb-project/
500 people ordered to vacate sanctuary land
At least 500 people have been ordered to vacate Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in Pursat province immediately because they have encroached on protected land. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501097061/500-people-ordered-to-vacate-sanctuary-land/
Pursat Ford assembly plant opens
The Kingdom’s first Ford assembly plant was inaugurated on June 16 in Pursat province amid rising demand for brand-new vehicles among Cambodians. The facility is seen as a game changer for the domestic automobile industry, which could bring a wave of investors seeking to cash ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pursat-ford-assembly-plant-opens
Cambodia receives over 270,000 domestic tourists in last weekend of May
A total of 274,026 domestic visitors toured Cambodia in the fourth weekend of May, of them 259,393 were national tourists and 14,633 were foreign tourists, according to a report of the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501086601/cambodia-receives-over-270000-domestic-tourists-in-last-weekend-of-may/
Last weekend saw more than 270,000 domestic guests in Cambodia
Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, mentioned the situation of domestic tourists on the weekend of May 28-29, 2022, a total of 274,026 tourists, comprising 259,393 local and 14,633 foreign travellers converged on various tourism spots in the country. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501085186/last-weekend-saw-more-than-270000-domestic-guests-in-cambodia/
Tonle Sap Area in rezoning
Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a sub-decree on May 27 reassigning more than 34sq km of land in Zone 3 of the protected area surrounding Tonle Sap Lake to Zone 2. The rezoning will allow restricted use of the land for the 1,658 households in ...
Lay Samean and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tonle-sap-area-rezoning
PM hands over more than 3,000 hectares of land to people in Pursat
Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a sub-decree to amend the area of 3,448 hectares, 77 and hand it over to the people of Pursat to live in and enjoy. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501083820/pm-hands-over-more-than-3000-hectares-of-land-to-people-in-pursat/
Pursat encroachers told to clear out
The Pursat Provincial Hall has warned of administrative action – without exception – against those who have illegally encroached on or occupied land in the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pursat-encroachers-told-clear-out
Red Cross gifts 328 houses to veterans
The Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) on March 18 handed over more than 300 houses to veterans in “Bun Rany Sen Chey Damnak Trayoeng village”, Prangil commune, Phnom Kravanh district of southeastern Pursat province. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-cross-gifts-328-houses-veterans