Government
Commercial centres to open in Chinese cities
Cambodia will establish commercial centres in three major Chinese cities to provide information and support to Chinese traders and investors looking to do business in the Cambodian market, a Commerce Ministry official said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/commercial-centres-open-chinese-cities
China gives $2 billion for roads, bridge
The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping last week resulted in loan agreements worth almost $2 billion for road infrastructure development in Cambodia, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport said on Friday. According to Transport Minister Sun Chanthol, the money will be used to ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30849/china-gives--2-billion-for-roads--bridge/
NGO: ACU should investigate wealth of opposition politicians
An NGO is prepping to file a complaint to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) against Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) officials Kem Sokha and Eng Chhay Eang, claiming the two men somehow “increased their wealth” since the national elections in 2013. Ros Sarom, the director of the ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30870/ngo--acu-should-investigate-wealth-of-opposition-politicians/
National Bank to begin LPCO
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will unveil its initial rates that banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs) will be able to use, as the NBC begins its liquidity-providing collateralized operation (LPCO) to boost the country’s riel liquidity, according to a senior bank official. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30852/national-bank-to-begin-lpco/
Walkie-Talkie licenses required
The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) warned last week that it would take legal action over people selling, repairing and using walkie-talkies without permission and in dangerous ways, such as using frequencies reserved for officials. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30812/walkie-talkie-licenses-required/
Transport Ministry collects $500K in fines over 5 months
Some 500 overloaded trucks have been stopped and collectively fined more than $300,000 by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport in the past five months. According to a series of reports by the ministry, inspection stations across the country collected a total of $310,000 from ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/transport-ministry-collects-500k-fines-over-5-months
GI status sought for Battambang oranges
Amid increased demand for oranges grown in Battambang province, the Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to have the fruit’s unique and sought-after flavor recognized under the European Union’s geographical identification (GI) status. Ministry spokesperson Lor Reaksmey explained that the application process, involving ministry officials and international ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30800/gi-status-sought-for-battambang-oranges/
Rice fields destroyed by high waters in Prey Veng
Some 1,000 hectares of rice fields in Prey Veng province have been completely destroyed by flooding and thousands more are at risk elsewhere, according to Keo Vy, spokesman for the National Committee for Disaster Management. Vy said yesterday that the floods, caused by two weeks of ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rice-fields-destroyed-high-waters-prey-veng
China’s president Xi arrives bearing gifts
Chinese President Xi Jinping is not one to arrive without a gift. On his first visit to Cambodia as head of state on Thursday, he pledged some $237 million in aid, erased almost $90 million in state debt, offered nearly $15 million in military support and ...
Khy Sovuthy, Ben Paviour and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinas-president-xi-arrives-bearing-gifts-119274/
NEC cites inaccuracy rate of 3%
About 3 percent of registered voters’ data has been found to contain inaccuracies, according to a National Election Committee official, who said the figure was inconsequential. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-cites-inaccuracy-rate-3
Young voters face disenfranchisement
Young potential voters who have migrated abroad in search of work are facing the loss of their voting rights due to a lack of information and documents required to register to vote from a location different to their registered address, civil society groups said yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30819/young-voters-face-disenfranchisement/
Massive $23.2B project gets ‘green light’
Several subordinates of a senior minister within the office of the prime minister registered and rubber-stamped a gargantuan $23.2 billion investment project chaired by the minister’s wife, while officials in the know say the project stands little chance of getting off the ground. ...
Jack Davies, Kali Kotoski and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/massive-232b-project-gets-green-light
Heavy rain, flooding expected till monday
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has appealed again to residents and local authorities to be careful in the event of flooding from heavy rain expected throughout the country from today until Monday. The ministry said yesterday that a low pressure system will cause ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30821/heavy-rain--flooding-expected-till-monday/
Ahead of Xi visit, relations with China at level ‘never seen before’
Cambodia’s relationship with China is at an all-time high, officials said on Wednesday, as authorities braced for the arrival of the country’s premier Xi Jinping today with the deployment of some 7,000 security personnel. During a meeting between China’s new ambassador to Cambodia, Xiong Bo, and ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ahead-xi-visit-relations-china-level-never-seen-119221/
Security high ahead of Xi’s two-day visit
A total of 7,000 police officers, military police and soldiers will be deployed on the streets of Phnom Penh today and Friday to provide security for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two-day visit to the country, his first since becoming head of state, officials said. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/security-high-ahead-xis-two-day-visit
Minister of commerce meets with Chinese
The minister of commerce, Pan Sorasak, met with officials from the Chinese-based Jilin Provincial Investment Group Co Ltd yesterday to discuss strengthening rice-processing infrastructure in the Kingdom. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/minister-commerce-meets-chinese
NEC: army to vote near bases
In an effort to squelch fears of roving army units patrolling polling stations and terrifying local residents, National Election Committee (NEC) member Rong Chhun said the group plans to ask the Interior Ministry and Defense Ministry to have soldiers vote in communes near their garrisons. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30762/nec--army-to-vote-near-bases/
NEC receives heaps of hardware from China
The National Election Committee yesterday announced the details of an assistance package from China, which has pledged to support Cambodia’s upcoming commune and national elections, set for 2017 and 2018. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-receives-heaps-hardware-china
Mobile car inspection hits the road
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport yesterday inaugurated a mobile inspection kiosk that will provide automobile inspection services to all 13 provinces in the country that currently do not have an inspection station. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mobile-car-inspection-hits-road
Korea hands over aviation center
Three and a half years after signing a memorandum of understanding on the project, the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Cambodia handed over a $10.1 million aviation training center to the government yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30685/korea-hands-over-aviation-center/
Tourism sector ‘needs 200K new workers’
A Ministry of Tourism official announced yesterday that the country would need an additional 200,000 trained tourism professionals if it was to fulfill its target of receiving 7 million international tourists a year by 2020. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourism-sector-needs-200k-new-workers
Envoy calls for prison reform
Rhona Smith, the UN special rapporteur for human rights in Cambodia, who is on a three-day trip to the Kingdom, yesterday voiced her concern about overcrowding in prisons caused by an increase in temporary detentions before trials. Ms. Smith, on her third visit to Cambodia, raised ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30689/envoy-calls-for-prison-reform/
Malaysia MoU expands beyond domestic work
Labour Minister Ith Samheng and Malaysian Ambassador to Cambodia Dato’ Sri Hasan Malek yesterday announced that three more categories of workers are being added to a December agreement to send domestic workers to Malaysia. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/malaysia-mou-expands-beyond-domestic-work
UN envoy offers help with surrogacy laws
Visiting U.N. envoy Rhona Smith on Tuesday offered to help Cambodia draft its first laws on surrogacy, a ministry spokesman said. The special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, who arrived on Monday for a 10-day visit, met with Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana to discuss ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-envoy-offers-help-surrogacy-laws-119167/