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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
India to modernise rural areas in Cambodia with digital village
In a move to bring technology to the rural areas and boost the development of the local agricultural sector, India will set up a digital village in Cambodia, the Indian Ambassador to Cambodia announced this week. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520128/india-to-modernise-rural-areas-in-cambodia-with-digital-village/
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/
Cambodia, China team up to boost local silk sector
With the aim of boosting the local sericulture sector, the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) and the South China Agricultural University (SCAU) will soon begin a collaboration to conduct research in the industry and train farmers. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520133/cambodia-china-team-up-to-boost-local-silk-sector/
Hun Sen: New government will serve with ‘double work’
Cambodian People Party (CPP) president Hun Sen on Tuesday promised that his new government would serve the people by doing “double work” for Cambodia’s development. Meanwhile, Cambodia National Rescue Movement (CNRM) president Sam Rainsy hinted at accepting the caretaker prime minister’s challenge to swear on ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-new-government-will-serve-double-work
Mondulkiri land given to those who cleared it
The district governor of Koh Nheck in Mondulkiri province, Sin Vannvuth, on Tuesday confirmed that land located between the Phnom Prich wildlife sanctuary and protected forests in Royer commune, will not be seized by the state after authorities stopped its clearing. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-land-given-those-who-cleared-it
United Kingdom to aid demining until 2020
The United Kingdom will provide aid until 2020 for demining operations to clear unexploded ordnance in Cambodia. Senior Minister Ly Thuch, who is also the first vice chairman of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victims Assistance Authority, met with Elizabeth McGarva, senior policy adviser with ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520187/united-kingdom-to-aid-demining-until-2020/
Villagers face floods and droughts
The number of weather related deaths across the country rose to eight as provincial authorities scrambled to evacuate residents and prevent crops from being destroyed by floods and droughts this week. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520185/villagers-face-floods-and-droughts/
Timber seized, suspects at large
The Stung Treng Provincial Forestry Administration yesterday said it confiscated 52 pieces of illegal wood in Stung Treng city on Monday after getting a tip that the cargo was being loaded onto a boat on the Sekong river. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520183/timber-seized-suspects-at-large/
Demand for water in capital increases
The general director of the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority yesterday said that the capital is facing a shortage of water as facilities across the city struggle to produce enough to meet rising demands. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520186/demand-for-water-in-capital-increases/
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
Hun Sen tells Rainsy to stake life on poll figures
Caretaker Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday called out former opposition leader Sam Rainsy and swore on his life that the latter’s claims of inflated voter turnout figures or intimidation surrounding the July 29 national elections were unfounded. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-tells-rainsy-stake-life-poll-figures
Wildlife seized, suspects questioned
Military police in Banteay Meanchey province’s Preah Neth Preah district on Sunday confiscated endangered animals from two men suspected of poaching wildlife in Thailand. District military police Commander Sin Rasy said yesterday that authorities managed to stop an SUV transporting endangered wildlife. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519715/wildlife-seized-suspects-questioned/
Preah Vihear Temple bombs being removed
The Cambodian Mine Action Center has begun searching for and removing unexploded ordnances left behind from a dispute between Cambodia and Thailand over the Preah Vihear Temple complex in 2008. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519712/preah-vihear-temple-bombs-being-removed/
Local logistics sector is well despite ranking slip: Official
Cambodia’s global logistics performance ranking dropped 25 spots to 98th this year after achieving a commendable 73rd in 2016, the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI) said, but local experts questioned the lack of clarity on the ranking slip. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519679/local-logistics-sector-is-well-despite-ranking-slip-official/
EU urged to help with 2030 targets
The European Union (EU) should not falter in its support of the government’s target to transform the country into a higher middle-income nation by 2030, said the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) last week. ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519680/eu-urged-to-help-with-2030-targets/
Local mango planters can still depend on EU market: Exporter
Despite the failure to export to China and South Korea local planters can expect a boost in the exportation of fresh mangoes to the European Union (EU) provided they have quality products, said an exporter yesterday. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519681/local-mango-planters-can-still-depend-on-eu-market-exporter/
Exports to US see 26% growth
Exports to the US grew 26 per cent in the first half of this year, despite tensions over the Kingdom’s July 29 national elections. This stands in stark contrast to last year when export growth to the US was in single digits. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-us-see-26-growth
China should invest in Battambang milling plant
The Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak urged a Hunan-based company to take advantage of the vast, untapped potential in the agricultural sector and to invest in an export processing plant in Battambang. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519249/china-should-invest-in-battambang-milling-plant/
Further Phnom Prich protection ordered
The Mondulkiri provincial authorities on Sunday ordered the prevention of land and forest clearing in the protected Phnom Prich wildlife sanctuary in Koh Nhek district and neighbouring Lumphat wildlife sanctuary in Ratanakkiri province. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/further-phnom-prich-protection-ordered
Families resolve land dispute with port official
Families in Preah Sihanouk province’s Muoy commune are withdrawing their request for the Land Management Ministry to intervene in a land dispute with Sihanoukville Autonomous Port official Chan Kang as the matter has been resolved. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519332/families-resolve-land-dispute-with-port-official/
Drive to replenish trees in Mondulkiri
Junior Chamber International Cambodia, in collaboration with WCS Cambodia, will hold a two-day tree planting event in Mondulkiri province starting on August 17 as part of a campaign to grow about 50,000 trees from this year to 2020. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519337/drive-to-replenish-trees-in-mondulkiri/
Rising water level alert
In a statement yesterday the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said that Mekong river water levels in Stung Treng and Kratie provinces have increased, while water levels in Kampong Cham have begun to recede after authorities deployed water pumps. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519334/rising-water-level-alert/