Government
Prime minister departs for Moscow ahead of ASEAN summit
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday began a four-day visit to Moscow, where he is expected to sign a number of bilateral agreements and participate in the Russia-ASEAN summit. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-departs-for-moscow-ahead-of-asean-summit-112710/
Census of foreigners not finished
Interior Minister Sar Kheng called on immigration officials to finish counting and collecting information on all foreign nationals living in the Kingdom by July at the latest. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25072/census-of-foreigners-not-finished/
Deadline for right-hand drives delayed
As yet another deadline passed, right-hand drive vehicle owners will now have until June 12 to register their vehicles with the Ministry of Transport and Public Works or run the risk of being on the wrong side of the law, according to a ministry statement ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25023/deadline-for-right-hand-drives-delayed/
Gendarmerie to get 300 new trainees
The National Gendarmerie announced it will recruit 300 students for its upcoming training class of deputy gendarmerie officers, with entrance exam application forms to be available from May 16 to June 2 at the 25 gendarmerie headquarters nationwide. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24977/gendarmerie--to-get-300--new-trainees/
Drought weighs on fishery production target
While Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries aims to increase fish production by 1.3 per cent this year, members of fishery organisations believe that is an unlikely target as drought conditions have tapped out natural resources. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/drought-weighs-fishery-production-target
Rice sector predicts a worrying trend
Although data for first four months of this year have shown a slight rise in rice exports, millers and exporters continue to raise concerns on the back of April’s rapid decline. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-sector-predicts-worrying-trend
Sihanoukville beaches get public access
All beaches in Sihanoukville must be fully open to public access, including the currently guest-only beach in front of the Sokha Beach Resort, the National Committee for Cambodia Bay Management and Development decided at a meeting on Monday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-beaches-get-public-access-112666/
Officials told to pay traffic police their share
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Monday complained that traffic police had yet to be paid their promised share of traffic fines and threatened senior police officials with demotion unless they rectified the problem shortly. វេលា។ ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-told-to-pay-traffic-police-their-share-112668/
First direct flight with Japan set for September
Plans were finalized last week for the first direct flight between Cambodia and Japan, which is set to launch in September, according to Tourism Minister Thong Khon, who met with Japanese Ambassador Kumamaru Yuji on Thursday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/first-direct-flight-with-japan-set-for-september-112616/
Accurate scales to be placed at markets
The Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts is planning to install so-called “justice scales” at all markets throughout the Kingdom to ensure customers are not being overcharged for items that weigh less than their sellers claim, according to ministry spokesman Oum Sitha. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24981/accurate-scales-to-be-placed-at-markets/
Government struggles to ease capital congestion
Experts warn that soaring population, vehicle use, condominium construction, minimal enforcement of parking and vehicle tax laws and lackluster public transit options could spell decades of gridlock if action is not taken soon. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-struggles-to-ease-capital-congestion-112568/
Asian responses to Sino-US rivalry: Cambodia’s perspective
The Asian strategic environment is being overturned by a radical shift in the distribution of wealth and power between the major powers and the corresponding shift in their strategic expectations as well as by responses from smaller powers to those shifts. ...
Cheunboran Chanborey
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24971/asian-responses-to-sino-us--rivalry--cambodia---s-perspective/
Pig skin to kick off leather industry
Agro-industrial giant Mong Reththy Group is finalising construction on the Kingdom’s first pig skin processing factory and expects production to begin by the end of the year, a company executive said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pig-skin-kick-leather-industry
Nearly six million hectares to be protected
Minister of Environment Say Sam Al has sent a letter to the Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction asking to register nearly six million hectares of land as protected under the Ministry of the Environment. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24932/nearly-six-million-hectares-to-be-protected/
Cambodia, Vietnam sign security agreement
Cambodia and Vietnam’s security ministries signed a cooperation agreement yesterday to fight crime and strengthen security between the two neighbors. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24871/cambodia--vietnam-sign-security-agreement/
Ministry sees export market growing
Cambodia’s total agricultural production was down slightly last year while a larger share of this production went to exports, the Ministry of Agriculture said in its annual report, released yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-sees-export-market-growing
Ambassador brushes off black monday allegations
The US Ambassador to Cambodia yesterday denied American involvement in the Black Monday protest, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesman. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24872/ambassador-brushes-off-black-monday-allegations/
Nearly half of 2016 tax target already collected
In the first four months of the year, the government collected nearly half of its tax revenue target for all of 2016, local media reported yesterday, citing Kong Vibol, director of the General Department of Taxation (GDT). ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nearly-half-2016-tax-target-already-collected
Deforestation costs acknowledged
In a startling admission yesterday, the Ministry of Agriculture finally acknowledged that the Kingdom’s forest cover has decreased rapidly over the past few decades, down from a high of 73 percent in 1965 to now, where only 49.5 percent of the country’s forests remain. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24876/deforestation-costs-acknowledged/
Fleet of more than 100 fire trucks arrive from China
The first tranche of fire trucks headed to Cambodia in a deal the government struck with China last year to furnish the country with fire-fighting vehicles for the provinces arrived on Wednesday, the head of the national police force’s fire department said. ...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/112499-112499/
MEF and USAID launch transparency initiative
USAID and the US Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) have launched a joint initiative with the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) to improve fiscal transparency and accountability in the management of public finances, according to a press release issued yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mef-and-usaid-launch-transparency-initiative
Vathana ‘partner’ no fan of prime minister
A notorious fraudster with whom Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana allegedly had a business relationship has turned out to be a violent critic of Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vathana-partner-no-fan-prime-minister
ABA bank gets capital boost
With a $148 million injection of capital through a Share Purchase Agreement, National Bank of Canada (NBC) now holds a 90 percent stake in ABA Bank, according to ABA and NBC executives, who ensured that the agreement will not alter ABA Bank’s strategy but enhance ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24800/aba-bank-gets-capital-boost/
Logistics committee to be established
To help improve the logistics sector, the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation has announced it will set up the Logistics Committee, which will work to improve the flow of goods in the Kingdom. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24801/logistics-committee-to-be-established/