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Hun Sen urges end to scorn of entertainment sector workers
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for an end to discrimination against women working in the entertainment industry, underscoring their struggle to make a living. He urged the public to show compassion and respect, and asked authorities to act against those who engage in discriminatory ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-urges-end-scorn-entertainment-sector-workers
French pledge cont’d welfare, reforms advice
The French Development Agency (AFD) has announced its continued support for poverty alleviation, improved social welfare and the economic growth of developing nations, including Cambodia. The agency said it would do so through a focus on climate change and green financing, in line with the ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/french-pledge-contd-welfare-reforms-advice
Armoured vehicles on way to Mali
Cambodia is shipping 14 Mine Protected Vehicle (MPV) armoured vehicles to Mali to support its UN mission to the troubled African nation, with an official noting that the vehicles would mitigate the threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and landmines, which were sometimes employed by ...
Ry Sochan and Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/armoured-vehicles-way-mali
Japan aids Cambodia’s digital transformation
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has declared its intention to strengthen cooperation with the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, in order to contribute to assisting the Kingdom’s digital revolution. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-aids-cambodias-digital-transformation
PM asks VN to nab, extradite ‘criminal’
Prime Minister Hun Sen has publicly requested that Vietnam detain a “criminal” individual, should he attempt to enter the neighbouring country. Although he did not use the individual’s name, some analysts understood that he may have been referring to self-exiled former opposition leader Sam Rainsy. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-asks-vn-nab-extradite-criminal
Farmers warned to prep for imminent droughts
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has issued a warning to farmers regarding forecasts of an upcoming drought. It urged farmers to prepare for the absence of rain, in order to prevent any negative impact on paddy rice production. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/farmers-warned-prep-imminent-droughts
Kingdom seeks partners for planned Mondulkiri airport
Cambodia is looking for partners for the development of a planned airport in Mondulkiri province south of Sen Monorom town after PowerChina International Group Ltd (PIG) withdrew during the Covid-19 crisis and subsequent negotiations with other foreign companies fell through, according to a senior civil ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-seeks-partners-planned-mondulkiri-airport
Jan-Apr exports to Singapore quadruple on-year
Cambodian goods exports to Singapore reached $223.843 million in the first four months of 2023, up 345.7 per cent year-on-year from $50.224 million and up 1,087 per cent half-on-half (compared to July-October 2022) from $18.9 million, according to provisional Customs (GDCE) data compiled in “International ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jan-apr-exports-singapore-quadruple-year
Japan aids Kingdom’s digital transformation
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has declared its intention to strengthen cooperation with the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, in order to contribute to assisting the Kingdom’s digital revolution. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-aids-kingdoms-digital-transformation
Finance ministry absorbs French budgeting lessons
Vongsey Vissoth, permanent secretary of state and Minister attached to the Prime Minister, stressed the importance of learning from French budgetary practices to bolster Cambodia’s public financial management reform. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/finance-ministry-absorbs-french-budgeting-lessons
16 cranes recorded at Lumphat sanctuary, highest in five years
Naturelife Cambodia, a Cambodian conservation organisation, has reported a significant increase in sarus crane (Antigone antigone) numbers during the non-breeding season at Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary for 2022-2023. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/16-cranes-recorded-lumphat-sanctuary-highest-five-years
Furniture exports decrease by almost 29% on-year to $164M in January-April
Cambodia earned $164.111 million from the export of “furniture, lighting signs, prefabricated buildings” in the first four months of 2023, down 28.82 per cent year-on-year from $230.544 million and down 52.01 per cent half-on-half (compared to July-October 2022) from $341.97 million, according to provisional Customs ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/furniture-exports-decrease-almost-29-year-164m-january-april
Naga 3 pushed back till Sept 2029
Hong Kong-listed casino operator and developer NagaCorp Ltd, known for its flagship NagaWorld integrated resort in Phnom Penh, on June 4 announced that it has moved the $3.5 billion Naga 3 project’s planned completion date from September 30, 2025 to exactly four years later, in ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/naga-3-pushed-back-till-sept-2029
Crack down on land opportunists: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered that the pertinent ministries and local authorities take action to prevent forest encroachment and land grabs, saying that these activities always increased during the campaign period and the day of elections. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/crack-down-land-opportunists-pm
Investment projects promise almost 80K new job opportunities
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) notices issued in the January-May period reveal that the government agency approved 61 new private investment projects – both inside and outside of special economic zones (SEZ) – totalling $516.64 million and set to deliver an estimated ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/investment-projects-promise-almost-80k-new-job-opportunities
Korean philanthropists build houses for the impoverished
South Korean philanthropists have constructed over 260 houses for residents in the Banteay Srei district of Siem Reap province. Working through the Cambofriend organisation, their efforts aimed to enhance local livelihoods while strengthening the friendship between the two nations. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/korean-philanthropists-build-houses-impoverished
‘CPP vow to strengthen national solidarity, will ensure peace’: Samrin
National Assembly President Heng Samrin, in his capacity as honorary president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), said his party remains dedicated to enhancing national unity, disregarding political affiliation, gender, religion, ethnicity, or social status. ...
Tith Reanu Pichet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-vow-strengthen-national-solidarity-will-ensure-peace-samrin
Rare wildlife species released at Angkor park attract tourists
The Apsara National Authority (ANA) has collaborated with the Forestry Administration and the Wildlife Alliance on a project aimed at reintroducing wildlife to the Angkor Archaeological Park. Since its inception in 2013, the project has successfully released over 40 animals, representing more than 10 rare ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rare-wildlife-species-released-angkor-park-attract-tourists
Public transport touted as congestion solution
Public transport has been proposed by several key ministries and institutions as the optimal solution to reduce environmental pollution, alleviate traffic congestion, and decrease costs. They suggest it will make bus and other public transport services more efficient and practical. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/public-transport-touted-congestion-solution
PM calling for labour rights, swift resolutions
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on provincial governors to safeguard workers’ rights and promptly address labour issues at the grassroots level, without waiting for intervention from the labour ministry. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calling-labour-rights-swift-resolutions
In 7 months, Battambang province resolved 140 out-of-court disputes
Battambang Provincial Administration has mediated 140 cases of extrajudicial disputes in the last 7 months and confirmed commitment to resolve the issues. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2023-06-03-1024-250791.html
Cash transfers restart for suspended factory workers
The government, through the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, resumed cash transfer payments for factory workers whose contracts were suspended by their employers. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cash-transfers-restart-suspended-factory-workers
PM warns NGOS to submit financial reports or face closure
Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned that non-governmental organisations which fail to submit their financial statements, as required by law, would face being shut down. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-warns-ngos-submit-financial-reports-or-face-closure
Jan-Apr rubbers exports bounce up 38%: GDCE
Cambodia earned $206.728 million from the export of “rubber and articles thereof” in the first four months of 2023, up 38.0 per cent year-on-year from $149.808 million and up 22.7 per cent half-on-half (compared to July-October 2022) from $168.5 million, according to provisional Customs (GDCE) ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jan-apr-rubbers-exports-bounce-38-gdce