Government
Russian crude oil imports not on refinery’s wishlist
Russia is looking to expand its crude oil exports to ASEAN countries – including Cambodia – despite the Kingdom being years away from having refinery capabilities. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/russian-crude-oil-imports-not-refinerys-wishlist
Russia to import agricultural products
Russia has agreed to import agricultural products from Cambodia, while the leaders of the two countries pledged to boost bilateral trade during meetings between the two countries’ senior officials in the past week. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25272/russia-to-import-agricultural-products/
Government readies new Nauru visit to meet refugees
The Interior Ministry has made tentative plans to send a delegation of three people to the South Pacific island of Nauru next month to meet and vet two more refugees who have volunteered to resettle in Cambodia. ...
Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-readies-new-nauru-visit-to-meet-refugees-112947/
Vietnam to host annual trade fair in October
Vietnam will host its seventh annual trade fair in Cambodia during the second week of October of this year, the Department of Economics in the Vietnam Ministry of National Defense (MOD) announced in Ho Chi Minh City last week. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnam-host-annual-trade-fair-october
Kofi Annan foundation head visits to talk election reform
Alan Doss, executive director of former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s eponymous foundation, met with officials from the CPP, CNRP and National Election Committee (NEC) on Monday as the first step in the body’s efforts to help election reform here. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kofi-annan-foundation-head-visits-to-talk-election-reform-112949/
Justice ministry to join committee to settle strikes
Officials at the Ministry of Justice will join members of the Labor Ministry, local authorities, police and provincial governors on the Committee for the Settlement of Strikes and Demonstrations after a union leader requested they be included. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25283/justice-ministry-to-join-committee-to-settle-strikes/
Cham muslims protest government’s planned road beside mosque
About 200 Cham Muslims turned out to the Al-Serkal Mosque near the old Boeng Kak lake in Phnom Penh on Friday to protest a controversial road that the government plans to build through the mosque’s land. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cham-muslims-protest-governments-planned-road-beside-mosque-112899/
NEC seeks regular meetings to dispel bias suspicions
Cambodia’s election body has called for regular meetings with political parties, journalists and civil society organisations (CSOs) in a bid to stave off suspicions of bias as two of its non-CPP aligned officials face prosecution. ...
Bun Sengkong and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-seeks-regular-meetings-dispel-bias-suspicions
Gold tower 42 hits another hurdle
The developer of the controversial Gold Tower 42, which has sat idle for years, has been refused permission to restart development and finish off the hulking, half-built concrete shell. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25180/gold-tower-42-hits-another-hurdle/
Replica temple dispute drags on, but soldiers unfazed
Cambodian soldiers stationed at Preah Vihear temple said relations with their Thai counterparts have remained friendly despite reports that a controversial replica temple built by the Thai military could be reopened. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25238/replica-temple-dispute-drags--on--but-soldiers-unfazed/
Health ministry will levy fines for public smoking offenders
People smoking tobacco in offices, restaurants and other public spaces will have to indulge their habit in clearly demarcated smoking areas or both the smoker and establishment owner will face fines, the Ministry of Health announced. ...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/health-ministry-will-levy-fines-for-public-smoking-offenders-112894/
Disaster response on agenda at ASEAN meet
Defence Minister Tea Banh will lead a delegation of about 10 other senior military officials to Vientiane, Laos, to attend the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting from May 24 to 27, which will focus on regional cooperation in defence technology and natural-disaster response. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disaster-response-agenda-asean-meet
Cambodia sends 45 troops to join multinational peacekeeping exercise in Mongolia
Cambodia dispatched a group of 45 troops to take part in the 2016 multinational peacekeeping exercise in Mongolia late on Thursday. ...
New EIA rules for mining
The Ministry of Mines and Energy signed joint prakas with the Ministry of Environment to simplifying the environmental impact assessment (EIA) requirements for artisanal and small-scale mining practices. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-eia-rules-mining
Officer convicted of fraud still employed at Defense University
A military officer convicted of fraud and sentenced to one year in prison in October is still employed by the National Defense University (NDU), the school confirmed this week, despite the fact that the officer’s co-conspirator is now behind bars. ...
Buth kimsay and Taylor O'connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officer-convicted-of-fraud-still-employed-at-defense-university-112874/
If Rong Chhun goes, CPP can veto any new NEC member
Any appointments to the National Election Committee (NEC) to replace CNRP-appointed Rong Chhun, who now faces a criminal trial for “intentional violence,” would have to be approved by the ruling CPP under current laws, a lawmaker said on Thursday. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/if-rong-chhun-goes-cpp-can-veto-any-new-nec-member-112828/
Cambodia tourism grows 2.6%
Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered an increase of 2.6% during January to March, this year, according to the Statistics and Tourist Information Department. ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2016/05/cambodia-tourism-grows-2-6/
Khmer specialized bank opens
Khmer Specialized Bank, a subsidiary of Khmer Holding Group, was officially inaugurated to offer financial services to Cambodians yesterday, with $21 million worth of investment capital and becoming the 13th specialized bank in Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25178/khmer-specialized-bank-opens/
Bilateral trade with Thailand declines
Bilateral trade between Thailand and Cambodia decreased by 13 per cent in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2015, according to statistics provided by the Royal Thai Embassy. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bilateral-trade-thailand-declines
UN helps ministries budget for climate change
As Cambodia continues its battle against raging thunderstorms and stifling droughts, officials from a variety of ministries attended a three-day workshop last week on how to incorporate the wide-ranging effects of climate change into the national and provincial budgeting process. ...
Jonathan Greig
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25133/un-helps-ministries-budget-for-climate-change/
Russia and Cambodia look to increase investment
Cambodia and Russia have officially inked agreements to promote bilateral trade and investment until 2020, although concrete details about how that will be accomplished have yet to be released. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/russia-and-cambodia-look-increase-investment
Interpol offices coming to border
The Ministry of Interior has installed Interpol offices at eight major checkpoints along Cambodia’s borders, the Interior Ministry’s Interpol office acting director Major General Lim Sokha Raksmey said yesterday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25128/interpol-offices-coming-to-border/
Kingdom eyes improved food safety standard
While food safety control services and inspection systems for food products at the Industrial Laboratory Center of Cambodia (ILCC) have showed some improvements, the ILCC still lags behind Asean standards, according to Ministry of Industry and Handicraft secretary of state Sat Samy. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25063/kingdom-eyes-improved-food-safety-standard/
Koh Kong families reach agreement with UDG
About 100 additional families have accepted compensation packages from Union Development Group (UDG) to relocate and make way for the massive development project the Chinese firm is building along the coast of Koh Kong province, according to the Environment Ministry. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koh-kong-families-reach-agreement-with-udg-112713/