Khmer Times
Amret gets $245,000 grant from UNCDF
The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) provided Amret Microfinance Cambodia with a grant of $245,000 to help more women in the Kingdom access financial services and eventually contribute to local community development. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30961/amret-gets--245-000-grant-from-uncdf/
NGO to target PM, ACU head
The NGO preparing to file a complaint to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) against two opposition officials will also file complaints against Prime Minister Hun Sen and the ACU president after voter registration is finished, he announced yesterday. Ros Sarom, the director of the Victory Intelligent Standard ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30980/ngo-to-target-pm--acu-head/
Rice harvest largely escapes flood damage
The damage to the country’s rice crops from the recent heavy rains is likely to be small, according to provincial officials, as the Agriculture Ministry stressed that flood damage to rice crops was under control. As the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology continue to warn ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30962/rice-harvest-largely-escapes-flood-damage/
Government, labor body cement ties
Because of improved working conditions in garment and footwear factories across the Kingdom, the government yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to continue implementing the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program for three more years. During a celebration commemorating the 15th anniversary of BFC, Labor Minister ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30981/government--labor-body-cement-ties/
Call for border registration
The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) has submitted a letter to the National Election Committee (NEC), asking them to help Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand to register to vote in communes along the Thai border. The letter, signed by acting party president Kem Sokha yesterday and ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30983/call-for-border-registration/
Plastic bag reduction campaign underway
Eight markets in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap and Preah Sihanouk provinces have started trialing a campaign to reduce the number of plastic bags given to customers. Thol Buntha, a media relations officer for Italian-based NGO Fondazione ACRA, told Khmer Times that the markets, which include ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30917/plastic-bag-reduction-campaign-underway/
Cambodia eyes rice crown
Cambodia’s three-year reign as holder of the World’s Best Rice Award came to an end last year, but the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) is confident it will regain the title at next month’s ceremony in Thailand. CRF Secretary-General Moul Sarith told Khmer Times yesterday that they ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30901/cambodia-eyes-rice-crown/
Cambodia-China tourism pact
A tourism development agreement was signed last week between Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism and China’s Shanghai Spring International Travel Service Group to boost the influx of Chinese tourists to the Kingdom. In announcing the agreement on Saturday, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said: “The memorandum ...
Chea Vannak and Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30853/cambodia-china-tourism-pact/
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/
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/
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/
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/
Kampot pepper strong, rivals struggle
Kampot pepper sales both locally and internationally have continued to be strong since gaining coveted geographical indication (GI) status from the European Union in February, while domestic pepper competitors have complained of falling prices, industry figures said yesterday. Kampot Pepper Promotion Association president, Nguon Lay, told ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30743/kampot-pepper-strong--rivals-struggle/
Mango driers to boost exports
As part of ongoing efforts to boost exports of Cambodian mangoes, the Mong Rithy Group, an agro-industrial conglomerate that is heavily invested in the mango sector, announced yesterday that it was in negotiations to import drying machinery, which would greatly increase production of dried mango ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30745/mango-driers-to-boost-exports/
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/
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/
New local products campaign
The Federation of Associations for Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FASMEC) will launch its “Selling Cambodian Products” campaign throughout the country early next year to boost the sale of local products and reduce imports, the organization’s president said yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30667/new-local-products-campaign/
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/
Customs, excise tax collection rise
The tax collection from General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) in the first nine months of the year amounted to $1.3 billion, up 16 percent from the same period last year. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30669/customs--excise-tax-collection-rise/
Endangered civets, snakes rescued
Three men were detained in Tbong Khmum province on Saturday afternoon for smuggling civets and snakes in the back of a Toyota SUV, possibly with the intention of selling them in neighboring Vietnam. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30610/endangered-civets--snakes-rescued/
Accounting and finance top job listings
Cambodia’s accounting and finance industries have seen the healthiest growth over the past three months, followed by jobs in sales, hospitality, management and marketing, according to the latest report by jobs website Everjob. More than 2,500 positions in the accounting and finance sectors were listed on ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30601/accounting-and-finance-top-job-listings/