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CPP nominates Prach Chan as chairman of electoral commission
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) nominated Prach Chan, head of the National Assembly’s (NA) First Commission, as the new chairman of the National Election Committee (NEC). The nomination will now be forwarded to the NA Plenary session for a vote of confidence. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-nominates-prach-chan-chairman-electoral-commission
CNRP: Vietnamese renting land
The government is in a seemingly never-ending PR battle to prove its independence from Vietnam, but that battle took a turn for the worse yesterday when opposition members told government officials that local residents in Svay Rieng province were renting land to Vietnamese farmers, an ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28992/cnrp--vietnamese-renting-land/
PM tries again on deforestation
In recent months Prime Minister Hun Sen has made an effort to show that the government has a handle on the voracious deforestation that has ravaged the country’s forests over the years. Yet his speeches and decrees have done little to slow down, much less stop, ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28927/pm-tries-again-on-deforestation/
PM: no land for Vietnamese
Prime Minister Hun Sen has implored those living along the border with Vietnam to stop renting land to Vietnamese nationals and ordered his government to speed up a demarcation process that has been slow to accurately define the country’s borders. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28647/pm--no-land-for-vietnamese/
Interior minister says land near borders not for rent
Interior Minister Sar Kheng reminded governors of border provinces yesterday to pay special attention to issues surrounding the lease of Cambodian land to foreign nationals. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23290/interior-minister-says-land--near-borders-not-for-rent/
New province Tbong Khmum officially launched
The new province of Tbong Khmum, which has been carved out of Kompong Cham, was officially launched Monday at a ceremony presided over by Interior Minister Sar Kheng. The ceremony was held at the new provincial capital of Suong City and also announced the appointments of ...
Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-province-tbong-khmum-officially-launched-60322/
Prach Chan appointed as governor of newly formed province
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday announced that Prach Chan is appointed as the Governor of newly-created Tbong Khmom province which was split from Kampong Cham, the biggest province of Cambodia. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZmVjOTRhYTJiYzk
Flood toll expected to rise further, gov’t warns
Flooding continues to ravage 15 of Cambodia’s 23 provinces, acutely affecting Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Pailin and Siem Reap, and claiming 83 lives, according to the latest figures released by the National Committee for Disaster Management. Nhim Vanda, first deputy chairman of the NCDM, confirmed that while ...
Sen David and Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flood-toll-expected-rise-further-gov%E2%80%99t-warns