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Government Launch Body in Effort to Up Rice Exports

April 5, 2012 Agriculture
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The Ministry of Commerce is setting up a National Confederation for Rice Exporters to achieve Prime Minister Hun Sen’s target of exporting 1 million tons of milled rice by 2015. The confederation will serve as an umbrella group to bring together various rice growers, millers and exporters’ associations in Cambodia to make the production and [...]

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Bilingual Cambodian Play to Be Performed in Rwanda

April 5, 2012 Culture
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A bilingual version of “Breaking the Silence,” a critically acclaimed play about the legacy of Cambodia’s genocide, will be stage for the first time in Rwanda this Saturday to mark the 18th anniversary of the start of the 1994 genocide in the African nation. The play written and directed by Annermarie Prins in 2009 and [...]

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Electoral Watchdog Calls for Volunteers Ahead of June Vote

April 4, 2012 Social
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The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) has put out a call for 5,000 volunteers to sign up as observers for the June 3 commune elections. A statement issued by Comfrel Executive Director Koul Panha called for “participant from diverse non-government organizations/associations/unions and university students to take part in the election processes, [...]

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More Than 65% of Registered NGOs Inactive, Report Shows

April 4, 2012 Social
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Approximately 65 percent of the country’s 3,492 registered international and local NGOs are inactive, leaving only about 1,350 active NGOs in the country, according to a report issued by NGO network Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC). The report, “CSO Contributions to the Development of Cambodia 2011,” also sates that an estimated $550 million is dispersed [...]

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New Mosquito Infection Detected in 98 People

March 20, 2012 Health
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An outbreak of a mosquito-borne virus new to Cambodia with similar symptoms to dengue fever has been detected in Kompong Speu’s Kong Pisei district, a Health Ministry official said. Director of the Ministry of Health’s communicable disease control department Dr. Sok Touch said that 98 people were diagnosed with the “chikunguny” virus after experiencing joint [...]

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Government Reveals Chinese, Korean Railway Plans

March 20, 2012 Infrastructure
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The Chinese and South Korean governments have been granted permission to build 565 km of new railroad in Cambodia and have already conducted feasibility studies, according to a government report. In its annual report, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport said that plans were in store to build 450 km of railroad from Preah [...]

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Businesses Feels Strain of High Gas Price

February 25, 2012 Businesses
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The price of gasoline rose to a 5,800 riel ($1.44) per liter Monday, a 14 percent rise since the beginning of the year. Economists and businesses said the high prices are having negative impact economy, as everything from transportation companies to agricultural firms that depend on fuel to run machinery are starting to feel the [...]

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Rural Area Need Hundreds More Midwives, Official Say

February 22, 2012 Health
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Despite already having reached UN development goals on maternal mortality, health centers in rural area across the country still lack hundreds of midwives, Health Ministry officials said at a conference on health care for mothers and their children. Keth Ly Sotha, deputy director of the National maternal and Child Health Center, said that while the [...]

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United Nation Hails Progress in Bilingual Education for Minorities

February 22, 2012 Education
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Cambodia’s indigenous minorities are increasingly gaining across to primary education in their own language, as bilingual education is expanding and being incorporated into government schools, the UN said. Adding that Cambodia had become a regional leader in bilingual education. “Cambodia is recognized as a role model in the Asia-Pacific region for its mother tounge-based bilingual [...]

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Government Predicts GDP Growth of 6.5% for 2012

February 17, 2012 Economic
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The government estimated that economic growth will reach 6.5 percent in 2012, though it warned that debt woes still being played out in markets in Europe and the US could dampen this year’s prospects and said more efforts should be made to trade with other country in the region. With more than three-quarters of Cambodia’s [...]

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The Mekong Express Bus Honored for Accident-Free Year in 2011

February 14, 2012 Traffic Issue
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The car accident happens in Cambodia almost every day not even the small car, but the bus accident is also common. Talking about the bus accident, Mekong Express is on the of the bus companies in Cambodia that provides transportation from Phnom Penh to other provinces throughout Cambodia. We rarely hear about the accident from [...]

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