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Tourism industry unruffled by election – experts
Tourism officials and industry insiders say the upcoming election is not affecting the flow on tourists into the Kingdom. Kong Sophearak, director of the Statistics Department of the Ministry of Tourism, told Khmer Times that despite this month’s election and the ongoing political rallies throughout ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50510282/tourism-industry-unruffled-by-election-experts/
National strategy for cassava industry launched
The government has officially launched its new strategy for the cassava industry, which aims to position Cambodia as a reliable supplier of cassava-based products to the global market, according to a high-ranking government official. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50510278/national-strategy-for-cassava-industry-launched/
Parties question NEC policy
Opposition party and civil society leaders spoke out on Tuesday against a move by the National Election Committee (NEC) that prohibits supporters of any party from attacking or criticising the platform of another. Several opposition politicians called it an act against democracy, while the NEC’s ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-question-nec-policy
Kingdom's trade deal with EU questioned before poll
A European Union (EU) mission met with senior government officials at the Ministry of Interior on Tuesday as the 28-member bloc monitors an agreement under which Cambodian goods reach the crucial European market tariff-free. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdoms-trade-deal-eu-questioned-poll
Forty Koh Kong families not happy with deal
Forty of the 375 families involved in a recently settled land dispute in Koh Kong province claimed on Tuesday that they have not yet received their promised cash compensation. Hence, the families requested the authorities to change the site of the land offered as they ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forty-koh-kong-families-not-happy-deal
Forest crimes are up, as elections occupy cops
Activists in the northern provinces of Cambodia claimed on Tuesday that while police forces are busy providing security for the July 29 national elections, they are witnessing a worrying spike in forest crimes. Prey Lang Community Network activist Phok Hong told The Post that forest ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-crimes-are-elections-occupy-cops
About 1,000 migrants sent home
About 1,000 Cambodians allegedly working illegally in Thailand were arrested and deported after the Thai government declared an end to a grace period for labourers, a member of the official receiving committee at the border in Poipet said Monday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/about-1000-migrants-sent-home
RDB projects rising rice loan demand for harvest
State-owned Rural Development Bank (RDB) projected that the demand for loans in the rice sector will increase this season, said CEO Kao Thach on Monday. He said while more rice facilities are ready for operation this year, there will be more demand for loans. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rdb-projects-rising-rice-loan-demand-harvest
Three parties promise to free Sokha, other ‘prisoners of conscience’
The campaign season is now underway in the Kingdom and at least three political parties have included in their platform promises to release the “political prisoners” of the court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) should they win the July 29 polls. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-parties-promise-free-sokha-other-prisoners-conscience
Second industrial lab centre on the way
A new laboratory for testing local products and issue quality certificates will open in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district by the end of 2019, the Ministry of Handicraft recently announced. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50509878/second-industrial-lab-centre-on-the-way/
Korea to help improve agriculture sector
South Korea has pledged to help Cambodia tackle some of the main issues affecting the agriculture sector. The pledge was made during talks last week between Veng Sakhon, Minister of Agriculture and Oh Nak-young, South Korean Ambassador to Cambodia. ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50509882/korea-to-help-improve-agriculture-sector/
Rice silo and warehouse launched
A new set of warehouse and silo funded through a government-led loan scheme was inaugurated Friday in Kampong Speu province. Khmer Food Group has built a warehouse with a maximum capacity of 50,000 tonnes, as well as a silo that can process up to 1,500 ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50509532/rice-silo-and-warehouse-launched/
New partnership promotes vocational training
The Cambodia Garment Training Institute (CGTI) and the National Employment Agency (NEA) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding that will make vocational training more widely available in Cambodia and help build up the local labour force. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50509571/new-partnership-promotes-vocational-training/
Cambodia, Thailand end cross-border rail transport talks
Cambodia and Thailand on Friday concluded negotiations on the transport of goods and people by train across their shared border, with an official agreement expected to be signed in upcoming months. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50509378/cambodia-thailand-end-cross-border-rail-transport-talks/
CPP aims to regain Svay Rieng seats
The ruling CPP held its first rally for the national election here on Saturday with the aim of drumming up enough support to reclaim the two seats that it lost to the former opposition in 2013. The rally was led by Deputy Prime Minister Men ...
Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50509608/cpp-aims-to-regain-svay-rieng-seats/
Salt body to name quota for imports
Salt producers in the Kingdom will meet next week to finalise import quotas in line with domestic demand, the chief technical officer of the Kep-Kampot Salt Producers community (KKSPC) said on Sunday. Last month, the KKSPC said Cambodia needed to import approximately 30,000 tonnes of ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/salt-body-name-quota-imports
Traffic deaths still plague Kingdom
Despite an increase in traffic law enforcement and awareness, traffic deaths continued to plague the country during the first six months of 2018. A National Police general department of traffic and public order report published yesterday said that 1,633 traffic accidents lead to 930 deaths ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50508968/traffic-deaths-still-plague-kingdom/
Battambang villagers have mixed feelings over new cement factory
A new cement factory in Battambang province has begun construction of a concrete road connecting it to one of Cambodia’s national roads, leaving nearby residents with mixed feelings. ...
Reducing the digital divide with free Wi-Fi at schools
Telecom Cambodia aims to enhance access to the internet for students across the nation with a recently launched programme that seeks to equip high schools in the provinces with modern equipment, including free Wi-Fi. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50508863/reducing-the-digital-divide-with-free-wi-fi-at-schools/
Asian demand for cement destroys stunning cliffs in Cambodia – pulverised for their limestone
Across the continent, a construction boom is driving record demand for a core constituent of cement – limestone – resulting in the utter destruction of unique and fragile ecosystems. ...
ADB disburses $90 million loan to modernise agriculture industry
The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) approved a $90 million loan on Wednesday to help Cambodia modernise the agriculture sector and enhance climate resilience. The Climate-Friendly Agribusiness Value Chains Sector Project will cost more than $141 million to implement, with the government of Cambodia and beneficiaries ...
Poachers destroy wildlife cams
At least 107 cameras deployed for tracking endangered wildlife in the northeast provinces of Cambodia were dismantled or destroyed by poachers, according to a provincial environment official on Thursday. Mondulkiri Provincial Environment Department director Keo Sopheak told The Post that the dismantling of the cameras ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poachers-destroy-wildlife-cams
The European Commission backs up EU’s demands
The European Commission (EC) has reiterated the European Union’s (EU) demand for the immediate release of opposition leader Kem Sokha and called on Cambodia to take the necessary measures to ensure that the court-dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) be swiftly reversed. ...
Mech Dara and Vong Sokheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/european-commission-backs-eus-demands
Kingdom ranks second for FDI from VN
The Kingdom ranked second in the first half of the year for overseas Vietnamese investments, receiving about $32 million of the total $263 million outflow from the eastern neighbour. The Vietnamese General Statistics Office (GSO) said from January to June this year, that country’s businesses ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-ranks-second-fdi-vn