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Sihanoukville property owners in limbo as unfinished high-rises litter the city

In 2018, Kheav Sothanny leased his 600 square meters of land in central Sihanoukville to a Chinese investor to build a 14-storey condo. The contract offered him a rental fee of $20,000 a month. ...

Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/sihanoukville-property-owners-in-limbo-as-unfinished-high-rises-litter-the-city/

Travel agents welcome free entry to Angkor Wat for expats

Free entry offered to expats who have completed two years of residency at Angkor Archaeological Park got a rousing welcome from the hospitality sector. ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501144786/travel-agents-welcome-free-entry-to-angkor-wat-for-expats/

Snaring remains a threat to wildlife

The number of endangered animals in Srepok and Phnom Prich wildlife sanctuaries in Mondulkiri province is still declining remarkably due to snares and the use of shotguns and hounds, according to Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra. ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/snaring-remains-threat-wildlife

UNDP to support development of Cambodia’s e-com ecosystem

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has partnered with the Cambodian commerce ministry and the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) to support development of the country’s e-commerce ecosystem through the ‘E-commerce Acceleration Programme’ (Go4eCAM). ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501144042/undp-to-support-development-of-cambodias-e-com-ecosystem/

Families Relocated From Angkor to Major New Development

The Apsara Authority in Siem Reap has continued demolitions of private structures in the Angkor temple park this week while providing land compensation for affected families in what appears to be a major new development area west of the city. ...

Keat Soriththeavy
https://vodenglish.news/families-relocated-from-angkor-to-major-new-development/

Task Force is investigating a military police officer in the case of logging around Prey Lang

A senior military official claims that they are investigating the Deputy Director of the Office of Military Police Defamation who cut down the trees and buy timbers in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. ...

Khan Leakhena
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/09/02/task-force-is-investigating-a-military-police-officer-in-the-case-of-logging-around-prey-lang/

Cambodia Earns $11.6m From Carbon Credit Sales

The Ministry of Environment​​ has announced that Cambodia has earned $11.6 million from the sale of carbon credits from REDD+, a financing mechanism to support forests in developing countries with access to funds to protect forest resources and improve the livelihoods of local communities and ...

Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-earns-116m-from-carbon-credit-sales

Gov’t tallies 4.6K ‘fake news’ articles since 2020

From the start of 2020 through the end of the first semester of this year, the Ministry of Information has documented the publication of 4,657 fake news articles online and 170 of those cases were serious enough to merit being brought to the attention of ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-tallies-46k-fake-news-articles-2020

NEC set for voter list, registration training

The National Election Committee (NEC) will hold a training course for officials, representatives of political parties and civil society organisation (CSOs) observers on the procedure for verifying voter list and registration. The three-day session is scheduled for September 5-7. ...

Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-set-voter-list-registration-training

Two firms to buy over 66,000 tonnes of paddy rice and cassava from Preah Vihear province

Two firms – Amru Rice (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. and Cambodian Agriculture Cooperative Corporation Plc. (CACC) – have renewed their agreement on contract farming with farmers in Preah Vihear province. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501143624/two-firms-to-buy-over-66000-tonnes-of-paddy-rice-and-cassava-from-preah-vihear-province/

Yellow-cheeked crested gibbons see tourist upswing

Endangered species conservation scientists from the NGO Conservation International (CI) have announced the resumption of their mission in the Veun Sai-Siem Pang National Park in Ratanakkiri and Stung Treng provinces after having made a series of discoveries since 2007 of nearly 400 groups of yellow-cheeked ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/yellow-cheeked-crested-gibbons-see-tourist-upswing

Wildfire and floods don’t need to turn into disasters: UN risk report

Hazards such as earthquakes, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires, can be prevented from becoming life-threatening disasters, according to the authors of a UN report launched on Wednesday. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501143759/wildfire-and-floods-dont-need-to-turn-into-disasters-un-risk-report/

Cambodia arrests 10,545 drug-related suspects in first 8 months

Cambodian authorities have arrested 10,545 drug-related suspects, including 154 foreigners in 4,384 cases during the first eight months of this year, said an Anti-Drug Police Department (ADP)’s report on Thursday. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501143641/cambodia-arrests-10545-drug-related-suspects-in-first-8-months/

Authorities repatriate over 600 citizens lured to work illegally in Cambodia

The Foreign Ministry and Vietnam’s representative agencies in Cambodia have coordinated with the two countries’ authorities to safely repatriate over 600 citizens who had been tricked or lured to Cambodia for illegal work so far. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501143752/authorities-repatriate-over-600-citizens-lured-to-work-illegally-in-cambodia/

Cambodia to assess student learning to strengthen post-COVID recovery efforts

In June, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) started their participation in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a significant step towards understanding student learning outcomes, taking stock of what learners know, gauging the readiness of Cambodia’s youth for the future and ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501143578/cambodia-to-assess-student-learning-to-strengthen-post-covid-recovery-efforts/

Chinese COVID-19 vaccines save lives, boost economic growth in Cambodia

Chinese COVID-19 vaccines have not only helped protect the lives of Cambodian people but also boosted the economic growth in the Southeast Asian nation, an academic said on Wednesday. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501143690/chinese-covid-19-vaccines-save-lives-boost-economic-growth-in-cambodia/

JETRO visit raises Japanese investment hopes

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) says it has greenlit a total of 148 Japanese investment project proposals planned outside of the Kingdom’s special economic zones (SEZ) as of July 31 worth about $2.85 billion since its establishment on August 5, 1994. ...

Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jetro-visit-raises-japanese-investment-hopes

Youths lobby for tax on extraction

The NGO Youth Resource Development Programme (YRDP) has launched a campaign to promote and lobby for the establishment of an “extractive industries fund”, with more than 100 youths from various universities participating. ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youths-lobby-tax-extraction

Primary healthcare framework introduced

The introduction of a new framework to promote primary healthcare in Cambodia will help ensure that the Ministry of Health’s latest strategic plan can be implemented effectively, its senior official said. The framework will be based on the National Health Policy, the fourth phase of which ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/primary-healthcare-framework-introduced

Mine-free status seen for K Chhnang in Dec as work barrels towards 2025 target

Accoording to senior minister Ly Thuch, Prime Minister Hun Sen has always regarded demining work as one of his core priorities and part of his mission of rescuing, restoring, building and developing the nation. Thuch also said that Kampong Chhnang province is a priority province and ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mine-free-status-seen-k-chhnang-dec-work-barrels-towards-2025-target

Future plans to create subways to ease capital’s traffic unveiled

Transport in Phnom Penh is slated for vast improvement in the future as plans to construct subways are unveiled. However, skytrains to connect the capital with other provinces have been ruled out. ...

Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/future-plans-to-create-subways-to-ease-capitals-traffic-unveiled

Unions push for minimum garment workers wage of $213

The latest round of negotiations on the minimum wage for garment workers has seen unions push for $213 a month, while employers are calling for $196. ...

Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/unions-push-for-minimum-garment-workers-wage-of-213

Cambodia, UNDP jointly launch SDG Investor Map to accelerate sustainable development

The Cambodian government and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Wednesday jointly launched the Cambodia SDG Investor Map, a market intelligence tool that identifies viable investment opportunity areas aligned with the Cambodia Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501142950/cambodia-undp-jointly-launch-sdg-investor-map-to-accelerate-sustainable-development/

Program aims​​ to assess learning levels in education

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) has signed up to a global scheme that aims to assess education quality in schools and students levels of learning, and aid post-Covid recovery in the sector. ...

Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/program-aimsto-assess-learning-levels-in-educationhttps://kiripost.com/stories/program-aimsto-assess-learning-levels-in-education

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