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Gov’t releases data on timber baron’s deal

Tycoon Try Pheap has collected an estimated 1,500 cubic metres of timber from Forestry Administration offices since the government in July issued his companies permission to confiscate “waste wood” from their offices and from the Ministry of Environment, according to preliminary government figures obtained by ...

Daniel Pye
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/gov%E2%80%99t-releases-data-timber-baron%E2%80%99s-deal

NA asks Labor Ministry to provide Korean-language test for free to workers

The National Assembly asked Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng to provide Korean-language test paper for free to or sell in the lowest price for workers as the current test paper costs USD 24. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OGE2NzA0MmI5OTg

New community-based drug program to launch

Municipal officials on Tuesday announced a new initiative to help rehabilitate Phnom Penh’s drug addicts by offering discreet treatment services at local health centers. The initiative will encourage commune-level officials to visit known drug addicts in their community and tell them about the treatment options available at ...

Khy Sovuthy and George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-community-based-drug-program-to-launch-68130/

Interior minister pledges merit-based ministry

Interior Minister Sar Kheng told an audience of university graduates on Tuesday that recent efforts to clean up the education system would extend to his ministry to combat claims that the civil service is plagued by nepotism. ...

Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/interior-minister-pledges-merit-based-ministry-68123/

Cambodian officials pledge to further promote cultural, people-to-people ties with China

Senior Cambodian officials on Tuesday vowed to further enhance cultural and people-to-people relations between Cambodia and China for the benefits of the two countries and peoples. “Cambodia supports all activities to broaden cultural ties with China,” Cambodian Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeurng Sackona said ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-09/16/c_133647345.htm

Six Cambodian women to be returned from China

Six Cambodian women trafficked to China to become brides and seven Cambodian victims of labor exploitation in Saudi Arabia will be repatriated by the end of the month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Monday. ...

Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/six-cambodian-women-to-be-returned-from-china-68087/

Cambodia plans to allow locals in national casinos

The government of Cambodia is considering to allow local citizens to gamble in casinos. Currently, only foreigners are allowed to gamble in the country’s local casinos. According to an official from Cambodia’s Ministry of Economy and Finance, the government is considering to lift the restrictions on local residents, since ...

Jason Glatzer
http://www.pokernews.com/news/2014/09/cambodia-to-allow-locals-in-casinos-19284.htm

Cambodian PM, businessmen head to Nanning for 11th ASEAN-China Expo

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, accompanied by businesspeople and senior officials, flew to Nanning City of southwest China’s Guangxi province on Monday to attend the 11th ASEAN-China Expo. Senior officials accompanying the prime minister included Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol, Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia Chea ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-09/15/c_133643051.htm

Israeli businessmen interested in cassava investment in Cambodia

A group of investors from Israel showed their interest in investing in cassava in Cambodia, according to a statement by Ministry of Commerce. Chanthol expressed his support for this cassava investment project and recognized the importance of advance technology in agriculture production and processing to ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZGY4NjczNGZhNTY

China to deliver 200 ambulances to Cambodia for health sector development

The Chinese government provided 200 sets of ambulances to​ the Cambodian Ministry of Health on Friday to contribute to the development of health sector. Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo signed to deliver the ambulances to​ Cambodian Minister of Health Mam Bunheng. ...

People's Daily Online News Staff
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/n/2014/0912/c90883-8782114.html

Cambodia receives 2.54 mln foreign tourists in 7 months, up 4.5 pct

Cambodia had attracted some 2. 54 million international visitors in the first seven months of 2014, up 4.5 percent compared to the same period last year, the latest tourism report showed Friday. Kong Sopheareak, chief of the Tourism Ministry’s Statistics and Planning Department, said Vietnam, China, ...

Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=240762

Vietnam requests Cambodia to stop "wrongful actions of protesters": spokesperson

Vietnam foreign ministry spokesperson on Thursday requests the Cambodian administration to “take effective measures to stop those wrongful actions of protesters, which are not in line with the traditional friendship and sound relationship between Vietnam and Cambodia.”​ ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140911/vietnam-requests-cambodia-stop-wrongful-actions-protesters-s

Ministry simplifies teacher salary payments

Teachers will receive their base salaries and additional benefits in a single package starting later this month, in an effort to simplify the payment process and avoid confusion, Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron said Wednesday. Health, risk and rural bonuses will all be folded into teachers’ ...

Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-simplifies-teacher-salary-payments-67860/

Cambodia holds construction, property expo as construction sector booms

An international construction and property exhibition kicked off here, in the capital city of Cambodia, on Wednesday as the country’s construction continued enjoying strong growth, officials said. Andrew Siow, chief executive officer of AMB Event-Cambodia, which organized the expo at the capital’s Diamond Island Exhibition Center, ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-09/10/c_133632913.htm

Two Vietnamese deported as census continues

Police in Ratanakkiri deported two more Vietnamese nationals living illegally in the northern province last week, bringing the number of expulsions to 14 as the Ministry of Interior’s census of foreigners continues, police said. This year’s census—which is now complete in Ratanakkiri, according to officials ...

Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-vietnamese-deported-as-census-continues-67812/

As banking sector booms, overbanking looms

Last month, Cambodia’s nascent yet rapidly expanding banking sector saw the new arrival of Phillip Bank through the acquisition of Hwang DBS Commercial Bank by Singapore’s Philip Capital in a $40 million deal. The number of banks in the country has more than doubled since 2005, ...

Kang Sothear and George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/as-banking-sector-booms-overbanking-looms-67824/

Cambodia imports construction materials worth 229 mln USD in first 6 months

Cambodia had spent about 229 million U.S. dollars buying construction materials from foreign countries in the first six months of 2014, up 3 percent from 223 million U.S. dollars over the same period last year, a report of the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday. ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140909/cambodia-imports-construction-materials-worth-229-mln-usd-fi

Cambodia has 514,278 business establishments: survey

Cambodia currently has approximately 514,278 business establishments, up 11 percent compared with 463,363 in 2011, according to the results of the intercensal economic survey released Monday. ...

ASEAN - China News Centre News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-09/09/c_133630329.htm

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