Government
124 candidates vying for top posts in NEC
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Saturday wrapped up its 10-day call for applications for top administrative positions with 124 forms submitted, the agency said in a statement, with one secretary- general and four deputies set to be selected. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/124-candidates-vying-for-top-posts-in-nec-104011/
Key Vietnam-Cambodia border marker inaugurated
Vietnam and Cambodia jointly held a ceremony on December 26 morning in Duc Co district of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai to inaugurate their border marker No.30 and the road connecting two checkpoints of the Le Thanh-O Za Dao international border gate. ...
Saigon-GP Daily News Staff
http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/National/2015/12/116915/
Cambodia sets up three border-related committees
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has approved a decision to establish three committees on land border demarcation and landmark planting with Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, reports Vietnam News Agency (VNA). ...
Bernama News Staff
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v8/wn/newsworld.php?id=1202238
New youth-oriented political party launches
A former garment worker announced plans on Thursday to launch a political party focused on alleviating the problems faced by Cambodia’s youth, targeting what he says is a lacuna in current policy. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-youth-oriented-political-party-launches-103850/
Hats in ring for key NEC position
Contenders for the National Election Committee’s secretary-general role include the first Cambodian to graduate from Harvard University, a prominent NGO worker and the long-serving incumbent.With the submission deadline on Saturday, the NEC has so far received 11 applications for the position, which has been opened ...
Lay Samean and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hats-ring-key-nec-position
Gov't extends 2 poverty alleviation projects
Two government-run emergency food assistance projects will be extended after evaluations found that they had significant impacts on reducing poverty in 200 communes in eight provinces, although the projects – which received financial support from developmental partners – have been completed, an official said yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19098/gov-t-extends-2-poverty-alleviation-projects/
Prison chiefs shuffled; PJ prison to relocate
The Interior Ministry on Thursday reassigned the directors of three of the country’s prisons during a ceremony at Phnom Penh City Hall, where it was also announced that the city’s minimum-security PJ Prison would itself be relocated. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prison-chiefs-shuffled-pj-prison-to-relocate-103863/
Viet Nam, Cambodia border demarcation basically completed
With the construction of markers No.30 and No.275, the border demarcation between Viet Nam and Cambodia has been basically completed, Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Ministry’s National Boundary Commission Nguyen Anh Dung commented. ...
Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/280335/viet-nam-cambodia-border-demarcation-basically-completed.html
‘Youth Party’ latest to target upcoming polls
A new political party has entered the election race, becoming the seventh to launch since the 2013 poll.The Cambodian Youth Party (CYP), which claims to have 3,000 members, will hold a press conference today to publicise its platform. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-party-latest-target-upcoming-polls
Cambodia’s energy rising with new hydro plant: officials
The $540 million Tatay River hydropower plant was inaugurated yesterday in Koh Kong, making it the second hydropower plant in the province after the Russei Chrum Krom River plant opened earlier this year. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19053/cambodia---s-energy-rising-with-new-hydro-plant--officials/
Minister confirms purchase of shares in China-led Development Bank
The government will spend $62.3 million to buy 623 shares of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), paving the way for it to obtain funds from the bank for infrastructure development, Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Porn Moniroth confirmed during a meeting at ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19054/minister-confirms-purchase-of-shares-in-china-led-development-bank/
Gov’t warns big dry spell, extreme weather coming
The country is headed for a prolonged dry spell for the first half of next year as the El Nino weather phenomenon hits hard, the government warned yesterday, urging people to put water conservation plans into effect now. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19069/gov---t-warns-big-dry-spell--extreme-weather-coming/
Chea Sim's son named Prey Veng governor
Marking the latest scion of the Cambodian People’s Party’s leadership to ascend into a prominent public position, the youngest son of late former ruling party president Chea Sim has been promoted to governor of his father’s native Prey Veng province. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chea-sims-son-named-prey-veng-governor
Poipet customs director removed in riot’s wake
Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities yesterday promoted a new director of Provincial Customs and Excise to replace his predecessor, seven months after an office under his jurisdiction was at the centre of a riot. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poipet-customs-director-removed-riots-wake
Hun Sen: Cambodia is full of peace, stability and development
Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen once again announced that Cambodia presently has no political crisis but it is full of peace, stability and development. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hun-sen:-cambodia-is-full-of-peace-stability-and-development-9119
Defence Minister meets Cambodian veterans
The Vietnam People’s Army will work hard to preserve, cement and develop the solidarity between Vietnam and Cambodia, Minister of Defence General Phung Quang Thanh said. ...
Vietnamnet News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/149144/defence-minister-meets-cambodian-veterans.html
NA lawmakers to receive medals for 'hard work'
The National Assembly will on Thursday decorate lawmakers from both the ruling party and opposition with medals for their hard work for the nation. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/na-lawmakers-receive-medals-hard-work
China-donated surveillance cameras go live
Five months after plainclothes Chinese police officers began installing more than 200 surveillance cameras at intersections in Phnom Penh, Interior Ministry officials on Tuesday switched them on. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/china-donated-surveillance-cameras-go-live-103625/
Cambodia set to benefit as India ‘acts East’
India is set to bring new development opportunities to Cambodia as it challenges China’s established influence in Southeast Asia, experts say. ...
Tej Parikh
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-set-to-benefit-as-india-acts-east-103619/
Protest leader assistant to PM
The head of the youth group seen leading a protest outside the National Assembly in October – attendees of which brutally assaulted two opposition lawmakers – is an assistant to Prime Minister Hun Sen, according to a decree released online. ...
Shaun Turton and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protest-leader-assistant-pm
Tax revenues grow state coffers by $1.3B
Revenue from tax collection jumped 25 per cent in 2015, government officials revealed yesterday, saying the tax department has collected about $1.3 billion on the back of better compliance and awareness among the private sector.At a seminar in Phnom Penh, Kong Vibol, director of the ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-revenues-grow-state-coffers-13b
Government urges local settlement of minor cases
The Ministry of Justice on Tuesday urged the commune authorities to resolve more civil disputes at the local level to avoid burdening the courts with unnecessary and costly proceedings. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-urges-local-settlement-of-minor-cases-103627/
Cambodia, Thai military to fight border crime
The Cambodian and Thai military will step up cooperation to crack down on crime along their extensive border to improve security and make conditions easier for boosting cross-border trade. ...
Ban Sokrith and Phun Chan Ousaphea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19005/cambodia--thai-military-to-fight-border-crime/
Police admit to no control of illegal weapons
Following a meeting at the Justice Ministry held in the wake of a recent spate of violent armed robberies across Cambodia, officials on Tuesday conceded that they were unable to control the use of illegal weapons in the country. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-admit-to-no-control-of-illegal-weapons-103631/