Endangered gaur gives birth
The Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre has announced the arrival on Monday of a male gaur calf to a female that was brought from the Kingdom’s northeastern region seven years ago as part of a pioneering breeding programme. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/endangered-gaur-gives-birth
Launching the Open Up Guide on Land Governance
The Land Portal and Open Data Charter are launching the Open Up Guide on Land Governance, the latest addition to a lauded series of practical Guides for governments to address key policy changes. This launch comes as part of the Open Gov Week (OGW), an annual ...
The Mae Chaem Development Model
Solving land right and environmental impacts in Northern Thailand through Sustainable AgricultureBackgroundMae Chaem District, with a population of about 60,000, is a key strategic watershed area in Thailand’s Northern Highlands. The District is primarily made up of Mae Chaem National Reserved Forest1 which is classified as a ...
First-ever FDI survey identifies $20B in capital inflow
Foreign direct investment (FDI) to Cambodia over a 20-year period – from 1994 to 2014 – is estimated to have reached $19.2 billion and was heavily weighed by inflows of capital from China, according to the first-ever comprehensive survey on FDI, released yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/first-ever-fdi-survey-identifies-20b-capital-inflow
China donates 1 mln U.S. dollars to Cambodia for flood victims
China on Thursday donated one million U.S. dollars to Cambodia for the relief of the flood- affected people. Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo handed over the cash donation to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace in the Cambodian capital. Bu, on behalf of ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-10/31/c_132848826.htm
Mekong River Commission Defends Seven-Week Silence on Lao Dam Project Submission
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) Wednesday defended its decision to wait nearly seven weeks before officially notifying the public that Laos began a preliminary procedure for the construction of a large dam that would be its fifth on the Mekong river.The Lao government informed the ...
RFA’s Lao Service
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/laos-mrc-silence-submission-mekong-dam-09252019170454.html
Environmental management innovation needed to reduce pollution
The environment is suffering great pressure from socio-economic activities with an increase in environmental pollution both in quantity and scale, calling for more effective solutions to handle the issue.The country has been implementing a national plan on climate change adaptation for 2021-30; speeding up scientific research ...
Cambodia ratifies agreement on visa exemption for Asean nationals
The Royal Government of Cambodia has deposited their instrument of ratification to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Framework Agreement on visa exemption for Asean nationals last week with Surin Pitsuwan, secretary-general of Asean, in accordance with the Article 8 of the agreement The agreement ...
Vietnam police search for creator of Facebook ads for tiger, bear claws
Police in Kon Tum Province in the Central Highlands are looking for the person advertising tiger and bear claws on Facebook. Keep reading ...
Men rescued from fishing boat slavery
Two Cambodians were repatriated yesterday after being rescued from a fishing vessel at a port in Senegal on Friday, thanks to collaborative intervention by the International Organization for Migration and Senegalese authorities. Toy Koeun, 29, from Pursat province, and Som Pich, 20, from Kampot province, said ...
GMS Countries To Explore Tourism Linkages In Annual Meeting
Member states of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) will meet at an annual meeting in Hanoi on Dec 19 to explore measures to embrace tourism linkages, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported. Cao Van Ban, development assistance committee head of Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia Association for Economic Cooperation Development (VILACAED), ...
Bernama News Staff
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1001973
Gov’t slams UN rapporteurs over Sokha trial statement
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the UN Office in Geneva deplored the statement of three UN special rapporteurs who claimed that Kem Sokha’s trial was “tainted” due to irregularities. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-slams-un-rapporteurs-over-sokha-trial-statement
Senate unanimously passes the amendment to Article 45
The amendment to Article 45 of the Law on Political Parties was approved by the Senate on Tuesday. It will be reviewed by the Constitutional Council (CC) on Friday for its consistency before passing into law, the CC said. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senate-unanimously-passes-amendment-article-45
Khmer Krom monks, activists petition NA, UN as protest enters fourth day
Khmer Krom monks, youth and activists marched on Tuesday to present a petition to the National Assembly President Heng Samrin as their protest against Vietnam entered the fourth day. The protesters will also submit a petition to the UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/khmer-krom-monks-activists-petition-na-un-as-protest-enters-fourth-day-7449
Low ranking for rule of law
The World Justice Project yesterday ranked Cambodia 91st out of 99 nations and at the bottom of the barrel regionally in terms of its devotion to the rule of law, despite its midlevel performance in terms of providing order and security. In its annual Rule of ...
Stuart White and May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/low-ranking-rule-law
Free online Chinese language training
On 06 January 2022, the Ministry of Tourism issued a notice On free Online Chinese language trainingTo help improve the quality of tourism services and promote the skill development and human resources in the tourism sector, the Ministry of Tourism will open an Online tourism ...
Ministry of Tourism
PMs talk migration, statues
The shooting of a Cambodian woman by Thai soldiers was left off the agenda during recent talks between Cambodia and Thailand’s prime ministers, which instead focused on issuing migrants passports and the ownership of ancient treasures. Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Thai counterpart General Prayuth ...
Sen David and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pms-talk-migration-statues
Migrant rights group presses government on stalled registration
A migrant rights network has appealed to the Myanmar and Thai governments to reach a solution on a worker registration standoff, and to take steps to alleviate the exploitation of workers by brokers. The call comes as the two sides prepare to meet in Thailand on ...
Practice for grade-12 test goes online
The Ministry of Education next week will launch a new online system for students to practice for the high-stakes grade-12 national exam, though one observer noted it would do little to help students who lack internet access. ...
Sen David and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/practice-grade-12-test-goes-online
RUPP seal Sweden’s $10M funding
The Swedish Embassy in Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding with the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) on Wednesday to fund a high-quality training and research institute. The agreement is worth in the region of $10 million for a four-year pilot phase focusing on ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rupp-seal-swedens-10m-funding