Khmer translated by ODC

A former employee of a microfinance institution (MFI) was Tuesday jailed on charges of embezzling some $300,000 from the company, a court official said. ...

The Foreign Affairs Ministry released a statement on Tuesday clarifying the policies that will be used to collect service passports from public servants after they have returned from their missions abroad and are no longer authorized to use them. ...

A former employee of a microfinance institution (MFI) was Tuesday jailed on charges of embezzling some $300,000 from the company, a court official said. ...

Vegetables, fruit and other food products imported from neighboring countries are undermining domestic agricultural production and steps need to be taken to assist the industry here, a forum was told yesterday. ...

With the costs of health care on the rise, Health Minister Mam Bun Heng yesterday revealed plans to increase public health funding in order to provide greater medical coverage for those unable to afford it. ...

Germany has given a grant to Cambodia worth $45.7 million to promote economic and social development in three ways. Three agreements were signed yesterday by Keat Chhon, first vice-chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, and Joachim Baron von Marschall, the ambassador of the ...

Among the few women working in the technology sector in Cambodia is 29-year-old Sok Sikieng, who was recently named “Technovation Ambassador” for the country. ...

The United Nations World Food Program has extended its activities in Cambodia for 30 months from July 2016 to Dec. 2018 in order to improve food and nutrition security for the most vulnerable children in the country, Gianpietro Bordignon, WFP Representative to Cambodia, said Wednesday. ...

An extension of the terminal at Phnom Penh International Airport will be officially opened late next week, a senior official from the State Secretary of Civil Aviation (SSCA) told Khmer Times yesterday. ...

Tourism officials in Cambodia and Thailand are accelerating efforts to link the two countries to create the most attractive single destination in the region, according to the Ministry of Tourism. ...

Korean company HMM Logistics will start shipping goods to Sihanoukville port this month in a move expected to increase regional trade, speed up deliveries of goods from South Korea and accelerate the growth of the Cambodian economy. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that the government is considering raising family allowances for the wives and children of public servants across the Kingdom. ...

The Interior Ministry has asked Cambodians to continue applying for new electronic identity cards that will be crucial to the upcoming commune and general elections after noticing that the number of people signing up for the cards has slumped. ...

An additional 70 gas stations will be set up across the country by 2020 by PTT (Cambodia) Limited, a subsidiary of Thailand’s PTT oil and gas conglomerate, while retail prices will soon be regulated to reflect the fluctuations in global oil prices. ...

Ahead of International Women’s Day, the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) issued a statement highlighting the important roles rural women and girls play in society while stressing the need to protect and promote their rights. ...

Health officials say they now doubt there is a new outbreak of HIV in Kandal province, following an investigation. ...

Recently, several local newspapers reported that Cambodia surpassed Viet Nam to become the fifth largest exporter of garment and textile products to the EU. ...

One Belt One Road refers to the “Silk Road Economic Belt” and the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road.” Chinese President Xi Jinping first brought up the concept during foreign visits in late 2013. It is Xi’s signature world economic strategy. ...

The Japanese government has given a grant to the International Volunteers of Yamagata (IVY) group, which supports poverty reduction projects and organic product markets in Svay Rieng and Preah Vihear. ...

A Cabinet reshuffle is expected this year after Prime Minister Hun Sen warned that if there were no quick and effective reforms, several cabinet ministers would be removed. The Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Agriculture have been rated as the lowest performers, but other ...

The head of the Interior Ministry’s bodyguard unit has called for more women to be recruited into the force to protect senior female officials and visiting dignitaries. ...

The owners of the boats that ferry customers to the floating villages on Tonle Sap Lake have seen their profits increase as gas prices fall and ticket prices rise. But one group has not profited from the lake’s tourism boom: the men who pilot the ...

More than 80 truck drivers used their vehicles to temporarily block a highway in Stung Treng province early Sunday morning in protest after authorities stopped them for being overloaded, officials said. ...

The number of microfinance institutions has been growing steadily over the past decade and this has contributed rising living standards in the Kingdom, according to the Cambodian Microfinance Association (CMA). ...