Ministries and other national bodies

Ministry of Public Works and Transport

Ministries announce lower licensing costs

Driver’s licence and vehicle inspection fees have been cut nearly in half, the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation announced late last week. ...

Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-announce-lower-licensing-costs

Roadside builders told to back off by ministry

The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation in an announcement yesterday warned that action would be taken against those who illegally construct on the shoulders of, or fill in canals along, National Road 4 between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville. ...

Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/roadside-builders-told-back-ministry

Cheap helmets make new safety rules futile

Pon Lichantha was heading home from a market in Kompong Speu province with her mother and father when the rear tire of the Honda Dream they were riding on exploded, sending the family flying off the motorbike and onto the road. ...

Meghan Tribe and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cheap-helmets-make-new-safety-rules-futile-100055/

Registered vehicles increase by 18%

Officials registered 326,620 vehicles for the first ten months of 2015, reflecting an increase of about 18 percent for the same period last year, according to State News Agency-AKP. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/registered-vehicles-increase-by-18-9066

Plan for 10 km expressway unveiled

Construction of a 10-kilometer elevated highway connecting Phnom Penh and the airport is slated to begin next year, Minister of Public Works and Transport Tram Iv Tek said yesterday. ...

Ban Sokrith and Phun Chan Ousaphea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16043/plan-for-10-km-expressway-unveiled/

Despite conflict, Cambodia’s borders continue to open

The opposition has accused Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government of a litany of sins, including ceding territory and allowing Vietnamese companies to exploit Cambodian resources. ...

James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15039/despite-conflict--cambodia---s-borders-continue-to-open/

Vietnam affirms close cooperation in transport with Laos, Cambodia

The transport ministries of Vietnam and Laos have affirmed close cooperation in all aspects of the transport sector at an annual bilateral ministerial meeting in Hanoi on August 22. Vietnam and Cambodia reached consensus on a range of traffic matters at a ministerial-level meeting held ...

VietNamNet Bridge News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/139512/vietnam-affirms-close-cooperation-in-transport-with-laos--cambodia.html

Gov’t to finish Northern rail line in 2016

The government has set aside some $33 million to finish rebuilding Cambodia’s northern rail line by late next year, according to the Transportation Ministry, reanimating a long-delayed and over-budget project that had been one of the Asian Development Bank’s priorities in the country. ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-finish-northern-rail-line-in-2016-89463/

Ministry to curb illegal checkpoints

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport called on the directors of public works in Phnom Penh and the provinces to crack down on fraudulent truck-weighing checkpoints around the country. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ministry-curb-illegal-checkpoints

Capital shortage main obstacle for Cambodia in connectivity development: official

A lack of capital is the main obstacle for Cambodia to expedite connectivity development and the Southeast Asian country hopes that the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Silk Road Fund will fill the shortage, a spokesman said. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://bit.ly/1HSN1UT

Kids to get schooled on Traffic Law

High school and university students, considered particularly at risk of road accidents, may soon be taking lessons on the new traffic law if a proposal from the Transport Ministry comes to fruition. Tram Iv Tek, minister of public works and transport, yesterday said that the government ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/kids-get-schooled-traffic-law

New bus links plan between far South, Malaysia

The Transport Ministry is speeding up work on a joint plan for bus services that would link the far South and Malaysia to meet the needs of commuters between the two countries. Thailand also plans to hold talks with Cambodian authorities this month over increasing ...

Amornrat Mahitthirook
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/491558/bus-scheme-seeks-more-malaysia-links

New border crossing set to make trade easier

Planning for the Stung Bot checkpoint on the Thai border is almost finalised, with the construction of new infrastructure to support trade facilitation to be completed by the end of 2018, officials said yesterday. Vasim Sorya, the director general of administration at the Ministry of Public ...

Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/new-border-crossing-set-make-trade-easier

PM proposes law to prevent rent increase

During a graduation ceremony at Royal University of Law and Economics, Prime Minister Hun Sen said he and the opposition leader agreed to create a law to prevent landlords from raising rent. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/pm-proposes-law-to-prevent-rent-increase-8172

Cambodia records 2.78 million registered automobiles, motorcycles as of last year

Cambodia reported 2.78 million registered automobiles and motorcycles as of last year, up 15 percent year-on-year, said the figures of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport Monday. ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/150105/cambodia-records-278-million-registered-automobiles-motorcyc

Cambodia says increased networks with ASEAN, China key to boosting economy

Cambodia sees the development of physical networks between itself and other Southeast Asian nations and China as key to boosting its economy and achieving closer regional ties, government officials said recently. Transport Minister Tram Iv Tek said Cambodia has well-developed overland roads to connect the country ...

Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/2014/12-10/146092.shtml

CNRP lawmaker challenges minister on state of roads

An opposition lawmaker Wednesday used a sitting of the National Assembly—called to pass the third and fourth chapters of the new traffic law—to demand that Transport Minister Tram Iv Tek repair Cambodia’s dilapidated roads or resign from his position. The National Assembly on Monday passed the ...

Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-lawmaker-challenges-minister-on-state-of-roads-73614/

Cambodia imports vehicles worth 554 mln USD in 9 months

Cambodia spent 554 million U.S. dollars to purchase automobiles and motorcycles from foreign countries in the first nine months of this year, up 85 percent from 299 million U.S. dollars a year earlier, according to the Commerce Ministry Friday. ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-10/31/c_133756588.htm

People to be allowed to use new Chroy Changvar bridge during Water Festival

Phnom Penh capital will open second Chroy Chanvar bridge temporarily for traffic from November 1st for the celebration of Water Festival, an official at Ministry of Public Works and Transport, said Monday. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/people-to-be-allowed-to-use-new-chroy-changvar-bridge-during-water-festival-7562

Corrupt ghosts to be caught

The Anti-Corruption Unit announced campaign Friday to clean up ghost names from the lists, according to president of the unit Oum Yingtieng. Tieng said that the campaign called ‘catch corrupt ghosts’ would be launched next week. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YTc3OWNlY2U0OTE

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