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Political parties grow by six to 44 after registration last year
Forty-four political parties are registered to legally conduct activities in the Kingdom, according to an Interior Ministry report. The report, obtained by Khmer Times yesterday, said six new parties were registered last year, bringing the total to 44. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50565377/political-parties-grow-by-six-to-44-after-registration-last-year/
Ministry praises redevelopment of White Building as ‘model for future’
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has released a book detailing the process of development at the site of Phnom Penh’s White Building leading to the iconic structure’s demolition in 2017. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-praises-redevelopment-white-building-model-future
Ministry of Environment celebrates achievements
The ministry said it had introduced a number of environmental procedures, rules and guidelines to protect, promote and manage environmental issues, and cited major laws such as the 1996 Law on Environmental and Natural Resource Management and the 2008 Law on Natural Protected Areas. The ministry ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-environment-celebrates-achievements
UDG denies links to naval base
The vice president of China’s Union Development Group has dismissed reports that it is involved in the construction of a Chinese naval base in Koh Kong province. A report published by Asia Times last month said that China has been lobbying the Cambodian government since ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50564717/udg-denies-links-to-naval-base/
All benefits will be provided: Labour Ministry
The Labour Ministry on Friday issued a statement asking all factory workers to remain calm and trust that all benefits they are lawfully entitled to will be provided in due time. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50564354/all-benefits-will-be-provided-labour-ministry/
Ministry warns six provinces of low temperatures
The Water Resources and Meteorology Ministry yesterday issued a statement warning that temperatures in six provinces could dip to as low as 17 degrees Celsius starting today. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50564387/ministry-warns-six-provinces-of-low-temperatures/
Government approves 269 trademarks
The Ministry of Commerce approved 269 business trademarks this year, bringing the total number of such registrations at the ministry to 4,186 – an increase from 3,917 last year, its annual report said. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-approves-269-trademarks
Commerce ministry makes $82M
The Ministry of Commerce generated more than $82 million this year in customs and public services, according to the ministry’s annual report. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/commerce-ministry-makes-82m
West ‘out to strain China ties’
The People’s Republic of China’s ambassador to Cambodia, Wang Wentian, accused the West of attempting to sabotage the two nations’ friendship during a meeting with Cambodian officials, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation spokesman Ket Sophann said on Tuesday. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/west-out-strain-china-ties
Land Ministry hails successes
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction on Monday held a convention in Phnom Penh to report on its accomplishments for the year, hailing the 263 land disputes it has resolved, and to set its plans for next year. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-ministry-hails-successes
Government responds to UN human rights concerns
Government officials on Monday hit back at UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) criticisms expressed ahead of the UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) scheduled for next month. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/government-responds-un-human-rights-concerns
Food safety set to be in curriculum
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport is set to finalise its draft national policy on student health, with food safety incorporated into schools’ curriculum throughout the country, according to a senior official at the ministry. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/food-safety-set-be-curriculum
The National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution gets new president
The Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, Chea Sophara, and a senior MP, Khun Haing, have been appointed NALDR president and deputy, respectively, following an order signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on December 13 and announced on Thursday. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-authority-land-dispute-resolution-gets-new-president
Outsourced government employees get pay rise
The government will raise the monthly wage for contracted government employees by just over 8 per cent next year, according to a sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday, seen by The Post on Wednesday. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/outsourced-government-employees-get-pay-rise
Three universities agree to found new research centre
The Royal University of Phnom Penh, the Royal University of Fine Arts, and the National Institute of Education inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday, agreeing to establish a joint higher education social sciences and humanities research institute. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-universities-agree-found-new-research-centre
China gifts Kingdom 20 new clinics
The China International Development Cooperation Agency on Wednesday donated 20 additional mobile clinics to the Ministry of Health as part of ongoing Chinese aid to the Kingdom. ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-gifts-kingdom-20-new-clinics
Phone app to report road damage launched
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport launched a phone app on Thursday which allows the people to report problems with the country’s roads directly to the ministry in a big leap forward for road safety in the Kingdom. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phone-app-report-road-damage-launched
PM open to wage demands
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday asked the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training to consider the request of six union groups who have petitioned the government to set a minimum wage for workers in the construction and service sectors. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-open-wage-demands
Gov’t: Thousands of migrant workers ‘not received rights’
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng on Wednesday said there are still thousands of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand who have not received the full legitimate rights that could protect them from abuses. This, he said was despite the two countries having laid out procedures and ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-thousands-migrant-workers-not-received-rights
Local and international experts to train 1,221 environmental rangers
The training will be conducted through a cooperation between the Ministry of Environment’s General Department of Administration for Nature Conservation and Protection and the US Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of Anti-Crime Programmes (INL/C), and US Forest Service. ...
Positive sign in EU rice tariff saga
The European Union yesterday failed to come to a consensus on taxing Cambodia fragrant and white rice, giving leaders of the local rice sector more time to plan the next step in their fight to stop the EU from imposing tariffs. ...
Sok Chan and Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50556403/positive-sign-in-eu-rice-tariff-saga/
Education Ministry urges the Kingdom’s youth to volunteer
The value of volunteering work is underestimated by Cambodia’s youth, according to Sean Borat, secretary of state at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS). More than 33 per cent of Cambodians are aged between 15 and 30 years old. However, only a small ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-ministry-urges-kingdoms-youth-volunteer
Trade logistics centre west of Phnom Penh is in planning
An assessement of plans to build a groundbreaking trade logistics centre west of Phnom Penh will begin soon, the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation said. An early stage feasibility analysis of the Phnom Penh Logistics Complex is set to begin early next year, supported ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-logistics-centre-west-phnom-penh-planning
‘Slow process causes overcrowding’
On Tuesday, Minister of the Interior Sar Kheng said slow judicial procedures and an ongoing crackdown on drugs are causing an increase in inmates in Cambodian prisons, resulting in serious concerns over prisoner welfare. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/slow-process-causes-overcrowding