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Ministry chided over factories
Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An has ordered the Industry Ministry to be stricter in its implementation and monitoring of industry and technical standards to ensure the safety of workers involved. Ms. Sam An, who is also Minister of the National Assembly-Senate Relations and Inspections ...
Holidays see record tourists
Cambodia’s top tourist destinations recorded a record number of visitors this Khmer New Year, with 2.5 million locals and foreigners traveling to celebrate the festival around the country. A Tourist Ministry report said Siem Reap province welcomed almost 1.7 million tourists, up 23 percent from last ...
White Building families agree to price drop
About 85 percent of 493 families being asked to sell their White Building homes have dropped their asking price to $1,800 per square meter, but insist they will not negotiate any lower. The agreement came at a meeting of about 100 people at the White Building ...
Tepco, Toshiba to manage power grids in Cambodia
Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings will team with Toshiba to manage power grids in Cambodia, hoping to secure a new earnings source as the utility grapples with soaring cleanup costs for the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. T.T. Network Infrastructure Japan, a joint venture between Tepco and Toshiba, ...
Dirty drinking water suspected as 59 hospitalized
Seventeen adults and 42 children from a village in Battambang province were hospitalized with suspected poisoning on Tuesday after possibly drinking contaminated water, a police official said on Wednesday. The 59 patients, all from Kroper Tbong village in Banan district’s Phnom Sampov commune, were treated ...
Village politician changes sides
After six years with the opposition, deputy commune chief Yoeun Yong has decided to jump ship and join the ruling CPP for the upcoming commune elections. Mr. Yong’s name was the seventh to appear on the CNRP ballot paper for the Koh Anlong Chin commune ...
PM: economy is resilient
The Cambodian economy continues to be resilient in the midst of global uncertainty, with a healthy GDP growth of seven percent, and with further prospects for improvement, said Prime Minister Hun Sen in his Khmer New Year address to the nation on April 12. “Despite all ...
Vietnam-bound timber seized
Ratanakkiri provincial forces and military police yesterday seized 15 logs of luxury wood bound for export to Vietnam. Provincial military police chief Kim Reaksmey said the haul was found when officers targeted the location in Patort village in Lumphat district for the second time. The team ...
PM: More roads, bridges
Prime Minister Hun Sen has highlighted his government’s achievements in building new infrastructure as part of a message to commemorate Khmer New Year. He said 15,376 kilometers of national roads and bridges have been built over the past year, including 12,100 km of asphalt roads. During ...
Domestic workers rescued from Malaysia
The Cambodian consul-general in Malaysia on April 12 helped repatriate eight Cambodian domestic workers who were forced to work in grueling conditions in Malaysia. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Chum Sounry said on April 12 that the Cambodian embassy in Kuala Lumpur intervened to help the ...
