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Host of groups call for scrapping the NGO law
More than a dozen international advocacy groups wrote to National Assembly President Heng Samrin asking him to withdraw a controversial draft law on NGOs and associations. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/host-groups-call-scrapping-ngo-law
Senior Vietnamese officials pay respects to Chea Sim
A Vietnamese Communist Party delegation that included Vietnam’s National Assembly president Wednesday paid their respects to the late CPP President Chea Sim, who died Monday at the age of 82. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/senior-vietnamese-officials-pay-respects-to-chea-sim-85354/
Cambodia backs topics raised at 132nd IPU Assembly
Cambodian National Assembly (NA) supports topics that are raised by the 132nd Assembly of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) organizing committee and believed that those topics will be agreed among IPU members, said Heng Samrin, president of Cambodian National Assembly, while meeting with his Vietnamese ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-backs-topics-raised-at-132nd-ipu-assembly-8360
Local pol pushes on revenue at Angkor Wat
An opposition lawmaker in Siem Reap province is planning to file a complaint to the Constitutional Council to review National Assembly President Heng Samrin’s decision not to forward his request to terminate Sokimex’s Angkor Wat ticket collection licence. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/local-pol-pushes-revenue-angkor-wat
Lao president hails relations with Cambodia
President Choummaly Sayasone told Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni last week that Laos highly values the bilateral relations and cooperation it enjoys with Cambodia. Leaders of the two countries have maintained regular contact and exchanged visits. The two neighbours have cooperated in a broad range of ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/lao-president-hails-relations-with-cambodia-8255
Lao President in Cambodia for state visit
Mr. Choummaly Sayasone, President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, is paying a two-day state visit to Cambodia starting Thursday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/lao-president-in-cambodia-for-state-visit-8239
Brunei crown prince to visit Cambodia next week
Brunei Crown Prince Haji Al- Muhtadee Billah will pay an official visit to Cambodia from March 2 to 4 in order to further enhance bilateral ties and cooperation, according to a statement from the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/150225/brunei-crown-prince-visit-cambodia-next-week
Laos dam ‘elephant in room’
Conservation groups have called on Prime Minister Hun Sen to address “the elephant in the room” and lobby Laos’ president to postpone his country’s controversial Don Sahong dam project when the leaders meet later this week. Arriving on Thursday, Laotian Head of State Choummaly Sayasone will ...
Vong Sokheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/laos-dam-elephant-room
South Korea to double Cambodian migrant worker permits
The South Korean government will double the number of Cambodian migrant workers who are granted permits to take up employment in the country’s manufacturing, construction and agriculture sectors each year, officials said on Monday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/south-korea-to-double-cambodian-migrant-worker-permits-78099/
Cambodian parliament chief supports all activities to promote Cambodia-China ties
Cambodian President of the National Assembly Heng Samrin on Tuesday voiced his support to all joint activities between Cambodia and China in advancing ties and cooperation in culture and information, a spokesman said. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodian-parliament-chief-supports-all-activities-to-promote-cambodia-china-ties-8175
Cambodian parliament chief satisfied with ties with China
Heng Samrin, president of the National Assembly of Cambodia, said Friday that he was pleased with the good relations between Cambodia and China, which he believes would benefit both countries. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-01/02/c_133892779.htm
S Korea asked to better conditions for workers
Cambodia made a rare show of defending its migrant workforce in South Korea on Friday, calling attention to a labour scheme that has come under fire for perpetuating exploitation and abuse. During meetings with the outgoing South Korean ambassador, president of the National Assembly Heng Samrin ...
Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/s-korea-asked-better-conditions-workers
Vote held in contempt
The National Assembly yesterday appointed a ruling Cambodian People’s Party stalwart to fill the final seat of the judicial body that oversees the Kingdom’s judges and prosecutors and whose political independence is already a target of criticism. A majority of 66 parliamentarians voted Ith Rady, an ...
Meas Sokchea and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vote-held-contempt
Chhay presses graft case
Opposition lawmaker Son Chhay will send letters to National Assembly President Heng Samrin and First Deputy President Kem Sokha this week urging the leaders to take legal action against the parliament’s secretary-general, Leng Peng Long. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/chhay-presses-graft-case
Cambodian opposition lawmaker wants probe of nepotism claims
A senior Cambodian opposition lawmaker has lodged a complaint against a high-ranking, ruling-party official in parliament, accusing him of corruption and nepotism, but is frustrated by the lack of response. Son Chhay, from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), charged that Mith Karen, parliament’s deputy ...
Roseanne Gerin
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/nepotism-10282014183526.html
PM asked to clarify border issue
In what could lead to a sequel to his five-hour speech in the National Assembly in 2012, Prime Minister Hun Sen has been asked by an opposition lawmaker to answer questions in parliament over alleged border encroachment in Mondulkiri province. Mao Monivann, a Cambodian National Rescue ...
Meas Sokchea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-asked-clarify-border-issue
Workers strike over sacking of unionists
About 500 workers who have been on strike at a Chinese-owned footwear factory in Phnom Penh for the past two weeks protested in front of the Ministry of Labor yesterday asking for the government’s help in resolving the dispute. On September 15, more than 1,000 employees ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/workers-strike-over%E2%80%88sacking-of-unionists-68663/
Rule changes give assembly president broad new powers
National Assembly President Heng Samrin has given himself the power to deny access to the assembly compound, including the offices of all lawmakers, to anyone not employed by the government and has barred all private citizens from testifying before—or sitting in on—assembly commission meetings. In ...
Kuch Naren and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rule-changes-give-assembly-president-broad-new%E2%80%88powers-68216/
Kem Sokha hosts 1st visit as assembly leader
With National Assembly President Heng Samrin attending a conference in Laos, CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha on Wednesday hosted his first official foreign visit since becoming first vice president of parliament in late August. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-hosts-1st-visit-as-assembly-leader-68174/
Laos, Cambodia enhance legislative cooperation
Lao National Assembly and the National Assembly of Cambodia have vowed to continue the exchange and mutual support between the two legislative bodies. The vow was made at a meeting held in Vientiane between the high-level parliamentary delegations led by the Lao National Assembly President Ms ...
Somxay Sengdara
http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/FreeContent/FreeConten_Laos.htm
Cambodia's parliament chief to visit Laos
Heng Samrin, president of the National Assembly of Cambodia, will make an official visit to Laos from September 13-17 to advance bilateral ties and cooperation, the legislative body said in a statement on Monday. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-09/08/c_133628101.htm
Vietnam – Cambodia maintain solidarity and traditional relations
Cambodian National Assembly Chairman Samdech Heng Samrin paid an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung. It was the second visit of Cambodian National Assembly Chairman Samdech Heng Samrin to Vietnam in 2014. In early 2014, the Cambodian ...
VietNamNet Bridge News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/110930/vietnam---cambodia-maintain-solidarity-and-traditional-relations.html
Japanese parliamentary delegation visits Cambodia to strengthen ties
A Japanese parliamentary delegation, led by Azuma Koshiishi, vice president of the House of Councilors, is visiting Cambodia to strengthen and expand bilateral ties and cooperation. Speaking during a meeting with Heng Samrin, president of the Cambodian National Assembly, on Friday, Koshiishi said it was his ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-08/22/c_133576940.htm
Cambodia parliament denies chief's promise to punish Khmer Krom activists for protesting against Vietnam
A spokesman for the Cambodian Parliament on Wednesday strongly denied that the country’s Parliament chief Heng Samrin has promised Vietnam to take strict measures to punish ethnic Khmer Krom activists who had held protests against a Vietnamese diplomat. The denial came after Vietnamese media reported Monday ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140820/cambodia-parliament-denies-chiefs-promise-punish-khmer-krom-