Khmer translated by ODC
Ministry chided over factories
Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An has ordered the Industry Ministry to be stricter in its implementation and monitoring of industry and technical standards to ensure the safety of workers involved. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37610/ministry-chided-over-factories/
Rainy season comes with warning
The rainy season will start in the first week of May, with heavy rain, storms and thunder, the Water Resources and Meteorology Ministry predicts. Some areas on the plains face high risks from heavy rain in the middle of the season. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37611/rainy-season-comes-with-warning/
Kratie University construction complete
The recently constructed Kratie University, which was mostly funded by the Chinese government, was handed over to the Education Ministry yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37563/kratie-university-construction-complete/
White Building families agree to price drop
About 85 percent of 493 families being asked to sell their White Building homes have dropped their asking price to $1,800 per square meter, but insist they will not negotiate any lower. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37566/white-building-families-agree-to-price-drop/
Thais deport 60 illegal workers
Nearly 60 Cambodian workers were sent home from Thailand yesterday after crossing the border illegally to return to work following Khmer New Year. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37568/thais-deport-60-illegal-workers/
Holidays see record tourists
Cambodia’s top tourist destinations recorded a record number of visitors this Khmer New Year, with 2.5 million locals and foreigners traveling to celebrate the festival around the country. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37547/holidays-see-record-tourists/
More than 50 dead in holiday traffic accidents
More than 50 people died and 200 were injured in 121 traffic accidents during the five days of Khmer New Year. According to an Interior Ministry report, 55 people were killed and 226 were injured, 126 of which were seriously hurt. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37567/more-than-50-dead-in-holiday-traffic-accidents/
Smart-AIA partnership
Smart Axiata Co., Ltd. and AIA (Cambodia) Life Insurance Plc. have jointly announced a long-term partnership in bringing differentiated life insurance products and services to people in Cambodia to meet their growing financial protection and long-term saving needs. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37545/smart-aia-partnership/
World Bank predicts GDP growth easing
The World Bank has predicted that Cambodia’s GDP will grow at a more modest 6.9 percent this year and next, and slow slightly to 6.7 percent in 2019. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37549/world-bank-predicts-gdp-growth-easing/
Opposition fears voter card chance for lobbying
The opposition CNRP has cried foul over the delivery of election cards to voters, arguing that many government-aligned officials will be able to lobby for the CPP while handing out the cards. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37565/opposition-fears-voter-card-chance-for-lobbying/
Meet women making it work in a male-dominated world
As Cambodia goes through rapid development and economic growth, changes are being felt in the workplace as women look to make their mark in professions traditionally seen as male preserves. According to the Cambodia Inter-Censal Population Survey 2013, women are predominantly employed in agriculture and the ...
Hang Sokunthea
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/meet-women-making-it-work-in-a-male-dominated-world-128116/
Erratic weather portends future farming woes
Record low temperatures and unseasonable rainfall over the past week were a glimpse into the potential, intensifying effects of climate change in Cambodia, experts said, a phenomenon that studies suggest could seriously hinder future agricultural productivity through flooding, unpredictable rains and warming of up to ...
Laurence Stevens
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/erratic-weather-portends-future-farming-woes-128065/
Tepco, Toshiba to manage power grids in Cambodia
Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings will team with Toshiba to manage power grids in Cambodia, hoping to secure a new earnings source as the utility grapples with soaring cleanup costs for the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. ...
Nikkei
http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Deals/Tepco-Toshiba-to-manage-power-grids-in-Cambodia
Village politician changes sides
After six years with the opposition, deputy commune chief Yoeun Yong has decided to jump ship and join the ruling CPP for the upcoming commune elections.Mr. Yong’s name was the seventh to appear on the CNRP ballot paper for the Koh Anlong Chin commune in ...
Ven Rathavong And Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37522/village-politician-changes-sides/
Thousands of election body workers missing weeks of wages
Tens of thousands of workers contracted by the government to prepare Cambodia for the June 4 commune elections, many of whom are still waiting to be paid for work in February, will have to wait for their March and April salaries until after Khmer New ...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thousands-of-election-body-workers-missing-weeks-of-wages-127966/
PM: More roads, bridges
Prime Minister Hun Sen has highlighted his government’s achievements in building new infrastructure as part of a message to commemorate Khmer New Year.He said 15,376 kilometers of national roads and bridges have been built over the past year, including 12,100km of asphalt roads. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37520/pm--more-roads--bridges/
Date set to decide fate of the CNRP deputies
The opposition CNRP will meet on Monday to discuss the validity of their three vice-presidents after the Interior Ministry insisted the appointments were invalid.“Our president Kem Sokha is abroad, but we will invite him to a video conference for the meeting,” Pol Ham, one of ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37521/date-set-to-decide-fate-of-the-cnrp-deputies/
Bilateral trade with China jumps to $4.8 billion
Trade between China and Cambodia swelled to $4.8 billion last year, up by about $200 million from the year before, while Beijing has now given the government $4.2 billion in grants and loans, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday. ...
Kuch Naren and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bilateral-trade-with-china-jumps-to-4-8-billion-127916/
PM backs China’s key role
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that China has been playing a critical role in contributing to the development of the Cambodian economy through direct investment and helping to develop infrastructure. In 2016 trade reached about $4.8 billion of which exports from Cambodia amounted to ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37454/pm-backs-china---s-key-role/
Master plan for tourism development
The Tourism Ministry has prepared a master plan for the development of the industry in provinces and cities to attract investment in the sector and create more products for tourists. However the country needs growth of at least 10 percent year-on-year to reach the target ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37450/master-plan-for-tourism-development/
PM: Save our flooded forests
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the Agriculture Ministry to do more to prevent land grabbing in the country’s endangered flooded forests.Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Agriculture Ministry’s annual meeting yesterday, Mr. Hun Sen said encroachment risks wiping out fish populations that ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37427/pm--save-our-flooded-forests/
Hun Sen endorses ‘One China’
Prime Minister Hun Sen has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to supporting Beijing’s One China policy during a meeting with a Chinese official, a stance one expert called “obsequious”. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-endorses-one-china
Wood confiscated from timber trader’s land
Authorities in Ratanakkiri province have confiscated about 700 small pieces of luxury-grade wood found on an empty plot of land belonging to Yeay Pralit, a timber trader whom local authorities had long suspected of committing forest crimes, deputy provincial court prosecutor Hak Phoan said on ...
AUN PHEAP
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/wood-confiscated-from-timber-traders-land-127795/
Motorcycle registrations streamlined countrywide
Motorcycle license registrations can now only be renewed at one-window service offices nationwide in a bid to streamline services.The announcement, issued by the Transport Ministry on Wednesday, ordered provincial transport departments and ministry delegates to stop issuing motorcycle ownership cards, license plates or ownership transfer ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37379/motorcycle-registrations-streamlined-countrywide/