Lao dam collapse hits Vietnamese firms
Two Vietnamese firms have been hit by the dam collapse in Laos, and 26 citizens are among thousands trapped in flooded Attapeu Province.Keep reading ...
Ky Duyen
Block A oil partner inks finance deal
Chevron partner KrisEnergy Holding Company has secured $115 million for its projects in the offshore petroleum area known as Block A . Block A is leased by Chevron Overseas Petroleum Cambodia Limited with 30 percent interest, KrisEnergy Holding Company with 25 percent, Mitsui Oil Exploration ...
National population database centre makes debut
The national population database center and The system for making, granting, and managing citizen identity cards made debut on June 22, and They will officially come into operation on July 1.It is an important event helping affirm The efforts to promote digital transformation in The ...
ASEAN, Mekong River Commission produce water security solutions
ASEAN and the Mekong River Commission (MRC) have come up with three solutions to help riparian countries address their water security challenges.the solutions, relating to policy, technology and partnerships, were highlighted at the ASEAN-MRC Water Security Dialogue held last week, the commission announced in a ...
Minh Nga
Unionists at casino betting on a strike
Almost 500 Tropicana Casino staff from gambling hub Poipet have threatened to strike on Saturday if the casino’s Thai owner does not reinstate their union leader, Sath Ser, sacked by the company for supporting another terminated employee, workers said yesterday. A staff member who did not ...
Online launch voice
Internet Service provider OnlIne is aimIng to compete In the voice call market with its latest product, TalkMobile, a Skype-like application for handsets. Customers are not required to connect via OnlIne to use the application and may connect through rival ISPs and mobile companies. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070450152/Business/online-launch-voice.html
RDB projects rising rice loan demand for harvest
State-owned Rural Development Bank (RDB) projected that the demand for loans in the rice sector will increase this season, said CEO Kao Thach on Monday. He said while more rice facilities are ready for operation this year, there will be more demand for loans. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rdb-projects-rising-rice-loan-demand-harvest
Royal group ordered to dismantle jetty on O’tres beach
Six months after it started construction, Kith Meng’s Royal Group has been ordered to demolish a nearly finished jetty on O’Tres Beach near Sihanoukville, with local officials saying the tycoon’s company was never granted permission to build it in the first place. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/royal-group-ordered-to-dismantle-jetty-on-otres-beach-106093/
Sihanoukville beach vendors protest new relocation notice
Vendors along O’Chheuteal Beach yesterday protested against a new Preah Sihanouk provincial project that requires them to build new stalls – set back from their current ones – before the Sea Festival starts on December 17, in order to expand the beach area for tourists. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sihanoukville-beach-vendors-protest-new-relocation-notice
Graft hindering fight against human trafficking, report says
Widespread corruption among government officials is thwarting Cambodia’s efforts to combat human trafficking, the U.S. State Department said in an annual assessment that upgraded the country’s ranking, but found that it still failed to meet minimum standards. ...
Sonia Kohlbacher
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/graft-hindering-fight-against-human-trafficking-report-says-114944/
Mango exporter targets Hungary and Russia
Mong Reththy Group, an agro-industrial conglomerate that invested heavily in the mango sector, is expanding markets for exports to Russia and Hungary. Group president Mong Reththy said the new markets will increase group exports from Cambodia to 5,000 metric tons a year. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36314/mango-exporter-targets-hungary-and-russia/
Thy Sovantha threatens new suit
Social media celebrity and card-carrying CPP member Thy Sovantha yesterday said she will file a lawsuit against wildlife NGO head Suwanna Gauntlett alleging discrimination after the latter allegedly denied her access to an ecotourism program the group is launching today in Koh Kong province. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thy-sovantha-threatens-new-suit
Siem Reap hotels oversupplied
Potential real estate investors in Siem Reap are being advised to look towards retail strips rather than hotels, according to Cambodian real estate professionals. Knight Frank’s Cambodia chief, Sunny Soo, said that while the hotel industry is well supplied, the town lacks an organised retail strip. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/Real-Estate/siem-reap-hotels-oversupplied.html
Villagers say dredging a danger, disturbance
About 50 villagers living along the Mekong River in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district protested outside their local pagoda Sunday to demand that authorities take action against a company illegally dredging sand from the riverbed. ...
Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-say-dredging-a-danger-disturbance-67660/
Top court denies bail for CNRP official, activist
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld previous decisions to deny bail to CNRP information department chief Meach Sovannara, who was jailed in November on insurrection charges relating to a July protest led by The opposition that erupted into a brawl between demonstrators and municipal security ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/top-court-denies-bail-for-cnrp-official-activist-79563/
Illegal migrants rounded up at Talat Thai
Police have arrested more than 500 illegal migrant workers at the huge Talat Thai market in Pathum Thani. Police said the illegal migrants would face legal action before being deported to their home countries. ...
Pongpat Wongyala
http://bit.ly/1NT1B0y
Royal Railway and Cambodian government talks still on track
Negotiations are still under way between Royal Railway Cambodia and the Cambodian Government on implementing a new concession agreement designed to improve Cambodia’s railway systems as well as keeping the infrastructure running in an orderly manner. ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50779061/royal-railway-and-cambodian-government-talks-still-on-track/
Indigenous youth take lead protecting threatened communities
The young people sitting togeTher in a classroom at Chiang Mai University came from countries across The region, yet They do not only identify as Cambodian, Lao, Myanmar, Thai or Vietnamese. Keep reading ...
Prime Minister pushes textbook, curriculum reform
Moves to reform textbooks and the general education curriculum must be undertaken to reduce work overload among students, the Prime Minister said in an instruction.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
PM Hun Sen: Cambodia will not die without preferential EBA agreement
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday reiterated that he would not be overly concerned if Cambodia had its access to the EU’s preferential “Everything But Arms” (EBA) agreement withdrawn because the Kingdom would not die without it. Hun Sen was speaking to factory workers in ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-hun-sen-cambodia-will-not-die-without-preferential-eba-agreement