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Relationship with Cambodia going strong: NA leader
National Assembly (NA) Chairman, Nguyen Sinh Hung, and his Cambodian counterpart, Heng Samrin, met in Ha Noi yesterday where the former described the latter’s visit as an important milestone in bilateral ties between the two parliaments, contributing to the Viet Nam-Cambodia friendship and solidarity. Chairman Hung ...
Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/258984/relationship-with-cambodia-going-strong-na-leader.html
Cambodia's parliament leadership reshuffle set for next week: PM
The 123 Cambodian Members of Parliament (MPs) from the ruling and opposition parties will vote on Tuesday next week to elect their leadership, Prime Minister Hun Sen, vice president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), said on Monday. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP)’s ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140818/cambodias-parliament-leadership-reshuffle-set-next-week-pm
Cambodia Orders Halt to Anti-Vietnamese Protests After Flag Burning Incident
suspend protests against Vietnam over a territorial dispute as Phnom Penh expressed “regret” to Hanoi over the burning of a Vietnamese flag during the demonstrations last week. Horn Nam Hong met at his office with the head of the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation, Thach Setha, who agreed ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/protests-08192014163708.html
Cambodian leader pays visit to Vietnam
A delegation of high-ranking officials from the kingdom of Cambodia, led by Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei Heng Samrin, the Cambodian National Assembly’s President, arrive in Ha Noi this morning to begin their official visit to Viet Nam. ...
Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/258950/cambodian-leader-pays-visit-to-viet-nam.html
Cambodian speaker regrets activists'move to burn Vietnamese flag
President of the National Assembly of Cambodia Heng Samrin said on Monday that the Cambodian side ” regrets” that activists set Vietnamese flag on fire in protests in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh. Heng Samrin made the statement while meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140818/cambodian-speaker-regrets-activistsmove-burn-vietnamese-flag
Cambodian parliament chief to visit Vietnam next week
Heng Samrin, president of the National Assembly of Cambodia, will make a 3-day official visit to Vietnam from Aug. 18 to 20 in order to further enhance bilateral ties and cooperation, the legislative body said in a statement Tuesday. ...
Cambodian opposition MPs attend session for 1st time after boycott
All fifty-five Members of Parliaments (MPs) from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) attended a parliamentary session for the first time on Friday after they had boycotted the parliament for 10 months following a disputed election results in July last year. CNRP’s president Sam Rainsy ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140807/cambodian-opposition-mps-attend-session-1st-time-after-boyco
Cambodia achieves border demarcation of 80 pct with Vietnam, 75 pct with Laos
Cambodia has achieved border demarcation of 80 percent with Vietnam and 75 percent with Laos, Keo Piseth, a spokesman for Cambodian Parliamentary President Heng Samrin, said Thursday. The spokesman told reporters after a meeting between Heng Samrin and delegations of Vietnamese lawmakers led by Nguyen Kim ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-07/17/c_133490689.htm
Energy Minister to be questioned in parliament over Se San 2 dam construction
Energy Minister Suy Sem will answer in the National Assembly (NA) on Thursday this week over the construction plan of Se San 2 dam in Stung Treng province, according to a press statement by the General Secretariat of the National Assembly. ...
The Cambodia Herald New Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZDNlZWE0MjhjNjQ
Villager travels to Parliament over land row
A representative of villagers involved in a land dispute in Mondolkiri province appealed to the government Tuesday to address their displacement after their shelters were destroyed by police and soldiers in a forced eviction Monday. Chan Rithy stood outside the National Assembly in Phnom Penh on ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villager-travels-to-parliament-over-land-dispute-59795/
Cambodian King returns from visit to France
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni arrived in Phnom Penh, capital city of Cambodia, on Monday morning after the tour to France for two weeks to strengthen and expand bilateral ties and cooperation. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-05/12/c_133327201.htm
National Assembly to hold second session next month
The National Assembly will hold its second session on April 1 under chairmanship of Heng Samrin, Chairman of the National Assembly. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=MGM4ZGQ5MWNiOTV
New Cambodian Ambassadors Told to Counter CNRP ‘Distortion’
CPP National Assembly President Heng Samrin has ordered Cambodia’s newest ambassadors to Asia and Europe to go on a public relations offensive against mounting news abroad that the country’s respect for democracy and human rights is slipping. Cambodian security forces have shot dead seven people ...
Sek Odom and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-cambodian-ambassadors-told-to-counter-cnrp-distortion-51099/
Chinese company plans to invest USD 200 millions in Cambodia
A Chinese company, Chong Chi Khong Group, is planning to invest USD 200 millions in several projects in Cambodia during the first five years, said its CEO. Chang Chi Yong said his company is willing to invest in several projects such as dry port, special ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NGFiMGI1NDc0ZmU
CPP Parliament Approves Two Ministers, 2014 Budget
CPP lawmakers including Prime Minister Hun Sen unanimously voted Friday for their party members, Suy Sem and Cham Prasidh, to become heads of the newly created Ministry of Mines and Energy, and the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, respectively. The 67 ruling-party parliamentarians present also approved ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-parliament-approves-two-ministers-2014-budget-49542/
Cambodia to attend CLV united front meeting in Laos
Heads of the national united fronts from three Indochina countries will meet in Vientiane on Wednesday for the Second Summit Meeting. The Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) President, Dr Phanduangchit Vongsa, informed the media about the planned agenda last week. President of the Solidarity Front for ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=YmUxZTVjNGY3OTU
Cambodia, Vietnam to complete overland border demarcation by 2015
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said Tuesday that the country will expedite overland boundary demarcation with Cambodia and expects to fully complete the process by 2015. Speaking at a meeting with Cambodian Parliament Chief Heng Samrin, Nhan said that so far, the two countries ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/03/c_132938712.htm
Industry Ministry to Be Split, New ‘Handicraft’ Focus
The National Assembly is set to dismantle the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, rebuilding it as the Ministry of Mines and Energy and creating a new Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, a senior CPP lawmaker confirmed on Friday. The move comes just a few weeks ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/industry-ministry-to-be-split-new-handicraft-focus-46782/
VN donates rice to victims of Cambodian floods
The National Assembly of Viet Nam presented 1,000 tonnes of rice to Cambodian flood victims at a ceremony held in Phnom Penh yesterday. The latest floods took the lives of 80 people and resulted in economic losses of around US$1 billion. ...
Saigon-GP Daily News Staff
http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/National/2013/11/106808/
Cambodian parliament chief hails excellent ties with China
Cambodian President of the National Assembly Heng Samrin on Monday expressed his satisfactions with China-Cambodia relations and cooperation and vowed to further enhance for the benefits of the two countries and peoples. He made the remarks during a meeting with Lei Yulan, vice- chairwoman of the ...
Xinhua
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2013-10/29/c_132841698.htm
Armed Man at Rally Claimed to Be ‘Samdech Bodyguard’
A man apprehended by participants at a rally in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Sunday after he was spotted carrying a concealed pistol, signed himself into Calmette Hospital by listing his occupation as “Samdech Bodyguard,” in apparent reference to one of the three leaders of ...
Mech Dara and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/armed-man-at-rally-claimed-to-be-samdech-bodyguard-45091/
CPP fills seats with … CPP
Ruling party lawmakers yesterday unanimously voted to fill each of the National Assembly’s nine commissions with their own members. The vote was made without the presence of the opposition, which has been boycotting parliament since its opening late last month. Among the five Cambodian People’s Party members ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-fills-seats-%E2%80%A6-cpp
First CPP National Assembly Plenary Session Set for Thursday
The National Assembly will hold its first plenary session meeting on Thursday since Prime Minister Hun Sen’s 68 members of parliament last month approved an Assembly president and chairpersons to head the body’s nine committees, and despite the opposition CNRP still refusing to take their ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/first-cpp-national-assembly-plenary-session-set-for-thursday-44452/
Five More Years For Hun Sen; Some Ministers Reshuffled
A day after its opening session and still devoid of the 55 lawmakers-elect of the opposition CNRP, the country’s new, one-party National Assembly voted Prime Minister Hun Sen in for yet another five-year term Tuesday and approved an extensive reshuffle of his Cabinet. In a ...
Hul Reaksmey and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/five-more-years-for-hun-sen-some-ministers-reshuffled-43133/