The Phnom Penh Post
Teams to compile data, give titles to citizens on state land
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon on Monday created 18 teams to compile and compare data on forests which are occupied by citizens in 24 provinces. The group’s formation came after Prime Minister Hun Sen last week ordered ministries to accelerate the release ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teams-compile-data-give-titles-citizens-state-land
More than 10,000 workers suspended
More than 10,000 workers at 18 factories in Svay Rieng province have been suspended because of Covid-19, said provincial deputy governor Ros Pharith. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-10000-workers-suspended
VN firm implicated in lake poisoning
Ratanakkiri provincial environment officers plan to inspect a lake after a fishing community accused a Vietnamese company of dumping bananas and plastic waste in it, poisoning the fish. The authorities said the company had removed all its waste, but the recent reports have led to ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vn-firm-implicated-lake-poisoning
Fish, frogs to boost local food supply
The government has disbursed more than $4.5 million to boost aquaculture production and domestic market supply amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon told The Post on Monday that in boosting agricultural production, the ministry has received financing from development ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fish-frogs-boost-local-food-supply
Police visit Phnum Prech to inspect logging
Indigenous people in Mondulkiri province called in the police and environment officials to visit a logging site in the Phnum Prech Wildlife Sanctuary after reports to a village leader were acted upon. Pu Neav village secretary Liv Kheam said on Monday that 10 indigenous people ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-visit-phnum-prech-inspect-logging
Provincial governor’s stern warning against destruction of mangroves
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun on Sunday warned that criminals destroying mangrove forests to occupy state land will face strict legal repercussions. The warning came as he attended the replanting of mangroves on 2ha that had been destroyed in Tuol Totoeng commune’s Chumpu Khmao ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/provincial-governors-stern-warning-against-destruction-mangroves
CEO: Up to 300,000 tonnes of palm oil ‘possible’ this year
Crop-friendly weather is set to underpin growth in Cambodia’s output of crude palm oil beyond prior estimates, industry insiders have said. The oil palm, also known by its botanical name Elaeis guineensis, is a tropical plant cultivar which is said to have originated in the ancient ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ceo-300000-tonnes-palm-oil-possible-year
Planning ministry hands out cash to 420,000 poor families in Kingdom
The Ministry of Planning has identified 20,000 more poor families in the country, bringing the total to over 580,000, while over 420,000 of them have received the government’s cash assistance. In the meantime, many social security cards from families not deemed to be poor have ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/planning-ministry-hands-out-cash-420000-poor-families-kingdom
Lower Sesan II dam substation injects Ratanakkiri with 50MW more power
The 400MW Lower Sesan II Hydropower Dam will provide Ratanakkiri province with 50MW of electricity via a newly completed substation that was officially launched last week, said a provincial electricity authority official. The official, who declined to be named, told The Post on Sunday that ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/lower-sesan-ii-dam-substation-injects-ratanakkiri-50mw-more-power
Investors’ $14.4M projects approved
In just the first week of this month, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved three new investment projects worth more than $14.4 million. They are expected to generate 625 jobs. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/investors-144m-projects-approved
ASEM supports Kingdom’s decision to postpone meeting amid Covid
The 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM13) scheduled to be held in Cambodia in November has been postponed until mid-2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation press statement released on Saturday said. The decision was made during a two-day meeting ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/asem-supports-kingdoms-decision-postpone-meeting-amid-covid
Protected land given to people
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered three ministries to allocate land in protected areas, including wildlife sanctuaries, to the people. Possible recipients can receive previously banned land if they can show they are truly dependent and lived there for many years. He also warned of ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protected-land-given-people
Schools to be reopened in ‘three stages’
With guidance from Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, is in the process of reopening schools in three stages. But no timeline has been set, ministry spokesperson Ros Soveacha said on Thursday. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/schools-be-reopened-three-stages
Rocky road for logistics after dull H1
Cambodia Logistics Association (CLA) president Sin Chanthy told The Post on Thursday that despite the current surge in agricultural product exports – especially milled rice – overall activity in the sector saw minimal growth last month compared to March, April and May, with goods shipments ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rocky-road-logistics-after-dull-h1
CRF requests year-long loans for rice millers
The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) has asked the state-owned Agricultural and Rural Development Bank (ARDB) to extend its loan repayment period to 12 months to help rice millers buy paddy. The request was made on Wednesday at a meeting with Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/crf-requests-year-long-loans-rice-millers
Deputy governor in graft probe
Battambang provincial deputy governor Sou Arafat was questioned by the anti-corruption unit (ACU) in Phnom Penh on Wednesday about land corruption in Koas Krala district involving Oknha Sorng Thorn. ACU head Om Yentieng told The Post on Thursday said the probe is ongoing and there ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deputy-governor-graft-probe
Cash handout programme 80% complete
Minister of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation Vong Soth confirmed on Thursday that the implementation of the Cash Transfer Programme For Poor and Vulnerable Households During Covid-19 had been implemented for more than 80% of the over 560,000 families. The programme was introduced one ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cash-handout-programme-80-complete
Family and residence books put under commune control
The Ministry of Interior has announced that the authentication of residence books and family books will now fall under the purview of the commune instead of district administrations. A ministry press release entitled Transferring of the police chiefs in providing residence and family books dated ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/family-and-residence-books-put-under-commune-control
Milled-rice exports up 41%
Cambodia’s milled-rice exports gained 41 per cent to 397,660 tonnes in the first half of this year from the 281,538 tonnes shipped in the same period last year. Their combined value was $264.5 million, Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) secretary-general Lun Yeng told The Post on ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/milled-rice-exports-41
Ministry and NGOs set to discuss proposed amendments to Lango
The Ministry of Interior will hold a sixth meeting with civil society organisation representatives on July 6 to review and discuss amendments to the Law on Association and Non-Governmental Organisations (Lango). The organisations are hopeful the points they have raised will be included in the ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-and-ngos-set-di
Ministry seeking to create national brain trust
Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation Cham Prasidh wants to create a national brain trust by forming a team of scholars dedicated to sharing knowledge. The initiative aims to register human resources in science, technology and innovation to work in the ministry, universities and ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-seeking-create-national-brain-trust
400 factories in Cambodia suspend operations, affecting over 150,000 workers due to COVID-19
About 400 garments, footwear and travel goods factories in Cambodia have suspended their operations, leaving over 150,000 workers jobless due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a joint statement on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50740479/400-factories-in-cambodia-suspend-operations-affecting-over-150000-workers-due-to-covid-19/
Royal pine plantation now protected
The roughly 40ha of land in Mondulkiri province’s Sen Monorom town where the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk historically presided over the royal “Vegetation” ceremonies to plant pine trees will soon be transferred to state property and protected. Provincial governor Svay Sam Eang said citizens ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/royal-pine-plantation-now-protected
Minister warns of drought, land degradation
At a conference entitled Sustainable production and use of food, animal feed and fibre, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon said deforestation, unhealthy environmental practices and climate change has led to a decrease in land quality. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-warns-drought-land-degradation