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Viet Nam, Cambodia pledge to further co-operative relations

Viet Nam and Cambodia vowed to further tighten the traditional friendship and comprehensive co-operation between the two nations in response to the wishes and aspirations of the governments and people of the two nations. By the end of 2014, Viet Nam had 167 investment projects ...

Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/277314/viet-nam-cambodia-pledge-to-further-co-operative-relations.html

Viet Nam, Cambodia pledge to further co-operative relations

Viet Nam and Cambodia vowed to further tighten the traditional friendship and comprehensive co-operation between the two nations in response to the wishes and aspirations of the governments and people of the two nations. By the end of 2014, Viet Nam had 167 investment projects ...

Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/277314/viet-nam-cambodia-pledge-to-further-co-operative-relations.html

Cambodia highlights opportunities, challenges of upcoming ASEAN Community

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Wednesday underscored the major opportunities and challenges of the ASEAN Community, which will be realized by the end of this year. ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-10/14/c_134713139.htm

Gov’t asks Laos to keep studying pending dam

Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong asked Laos’ deputy prime minister for further study of the Don Sahong hydropower dam before construction begins during a meeting with the envoy in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-asks-laos-to-keep-studying-pending-mekong-dam-96673/

Minister instructs incoming UNICEF director not to comment on NGO law

Human rights groups say the Foreign Affairs Minister was wrong to demand the incoming representative of Unicef not comment on controversial legislation to govern NGOs. In a statement Tuesday, the civil society groups said Minister Hor Namhong’s demands constitute a narrowing of democratic ideals. ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/minister-instructs-incoming-unicef-director-not-to-comment-on-ngo-law/2964637.html

Minister warns UNICEF rep over NGO law criticism

Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong on Monday told Unicef’s new country representative to focus on helping street children and refrain from criticizing a controversial new law regulating the country’s NGOs and associations, an official said Monday. ...

Sek Odom and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-warns-unicef-rep-over-ngo-law-criticism-94208/

Foreign ministry requests more help from UNICEF

Foreign Minister Hor Namhong has asked UNICEF for more help for the poor and street children, on top of the $10 million it already gives for education and health. ...

Ban Sokrith and Phun Chan Ousaphea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15704/foreign-ministry-requests-more-help-from-unicef/

Cambodia keen to boost ties with Iran: official

Cambodian deputy prime minister and foreign minister Hor Namhong on Monday expressed the country’s desire to expand ties and cooperation with Iran and hoped the two countries would soon reach a cooperation agreement on oil and gas sector, according to the  Chinese News Agency-Xinhua. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-keen-to-boost-ties-with-iran:-official-8954

Vice President of India to pay official visit next week

The vice president of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari will pay an official three-day visit to Cambodia next week. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/vice-president-of-india-to-pay-official-visit-next-week-8936

Minister declares Vietnam map issue resolved

Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong has demanded an end to opposition politicking on the Vietnam border issue, following the second and “final” verification of maps used by the government to demarcate the eastern boundary against French charts.Namhong, also a deputy prime minister, yesterday presided over ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-declares-vietnam-map-issue-resolved

French hand over the copies of maps to Cambodia

Chairman of the Ad-hoc Commission to Receive, Hand over, and Verify Cambodia’s Maps Hor Namhong who is also deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs received here this morning the copies of maps from French official. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/french-hand-over-the-copies-of-maps-to-cambodia-8917

Australian ministers deny collapse of refugee deal

Australia’s foreign minister on Monday insisted that a controversial refugee deal with Cambodia was alive and well, dismissing Australian news reports that efforts to resettle more refugees here from Nauru had collapsed. ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/australian-ministers-deny-collapse-of-refugee-deal-93037/

Ministry defends pro-CPP speech at university

The Education Ministry on Monday defended a pro-CPP speech delivered to some 1,500 students at a university in Phnom Penh on Sunday, reasoning that the school did not breach the ministry’s new directive against political activity at academic institutions because classes had finished for the ...

Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-defends-pro-cpp-speech-at-university-93048/

Border issue ‘big’ because no other problems

Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong said Sunday that the opposition CNRP has only been enjoying so much success in its recent campaign against Vietnamese incursions into Cambodia because no other problems exist in the country. ...

Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/border-issue-big-because-no-other-problems-92923/

Vietnam attends ASEAN cuisine festival in Cambodia

Vietnam is participating in the 2015 ASEAN cuisine festival that opened in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh on August 29. The event also includes art performances highlighting the unique culture of ASEAN countries. ...

VietNamNet Bridge News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/140061/vietnam-attends-asean-cuisine-festival-in-cambodia.html

Cambodian government minister cautions opposition not to exploit map issue

Cambodia’s foreign affairs minister on Wednesday warned the country’s opposition party not to exploit an issue surrounding the accuracy of official maps for political gain, following the government’s verification of its charts against ones provided by the United Nations. ...

Tha Thai
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/government-minister-cautions-opposition-not-to-exploit-map-issue-08262015151914.html

French will soon send Cambodia’s requested-maps

Deputy Prime Minister, minister for foreign affairs Hor Namhong said, French will soon send the Cambodia’s requested-maps.The France will soon be send next week or next two week the maps requested by government to Cambodia, he underlined. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/french-will-soon-send-cambodia%E2%80%99s-requested-maps-8893

Foreign minister calls on opposition to end its border ‘campaign’

Ruling party officials say the opposition is playing a “bad trick” on Cambodians, inciting nationalistic anger with claims of Vietnamese encroachment and accusations that the government is not using the proper maps to demarcate the border. ...

Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/foreign-minister-calls-on-opposition-to-end-its-border-campaign/2933067.html

Hor Namhong wants water institute built locally

Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong on Thursday requested that China construct its planned regional water resources institute in Cambodia, during a meeting with China’s special rapporteur in charge of Asia affairs, a spokesman said. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hor-namhong-wants-water-institute-built-locally-92215/

Government says UN maps validate its own

The U.N. loaned maps of Cambodia’s border with Vietnam to the government Thursday, with Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong hailing the maps’ similarity to the government’s own as proof that it has not been demarcating the border using illegal maps drawn by Vietnam. ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-says-un-maps-validate-its-own-92195/

Hor Namhong hopes map issues will be clear

Deputy prime minister Hor Namhong, minister of foreign affairs expressed his optimistic that the map issues for border demarcation will be clear. “I strongly hoped that the result of the verifying will make all of us clear”, he underlined. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hor-namhong-hopes-map-issues-will-be-clear-8861

Exact time of the Cambodian maps’ arrival was released

The royal government of Cambodia said the originals of Cambodian maps borrowed from the UN will arrived here on Aug. 18, at 22:12.  ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/exact-time-of-the-cambodian-maps%E2%80%99-arrival-was-released-8833

After turbulent term, US envoy bids farewell

Outgoing U.S. Ambassador William Todd met with Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Thursday in his final official meeting, bringing an end to a tenure that saw visits from the U.S. president and first lady, as well as the disputed 2013 national election and violence that ...

Khuon Narim and Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-turbulent-term-us-envoy-bids-farewell-91655/

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