Cambodia News: Phnom Penh Post

Father, son arrested for trafficking to Vietnam
The Phnom Penh Post
Remony said the suspects Nguyen Yungyoeng, 47, and Nguyen Wangphoc, 21, of Vietnam's Dong Thap province denied knowledge of the drugs, claiming that a person had simply asked them to send a package from Phnom Penh to Vietnam. According to ...

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Smart posts Q1 growth despite stiff competition
The Phnom Penh Post
Cambodian telecom Smart Axiata retained healthy growth in the first quarter, with revenue rising 17 percent year-on-year to 318,000,000 ringgit ($74.5 million), fuelled by data monetisation and effective cost management despite aggressive price ...

Eight deported from Thailand for working illegally, National, Phnom ...
The Phnom Penh Post
Eight Cambodian workers, aged 25 to 32, were deported from Thailand on Saturday after being detained for working there illegally, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...

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Inmates break out in Ratanakkiri, National, Phnom Penh Post
The Phnom Penh Post
Five inmates managed to escape from the Ratanakkiri Provincial Prison in the wee hours of Friday night, though one was quickly rearrested, authorities said ...

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UN rapporteur for rights defenders in Cambodia
The Phnom Penh Post
Michel Forst, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, is in Cambodia on an “academic visit” and will speak this morning at Meta House in Phnom Penh. The French national arrived yesterday for a two-day visit ...

Transgender HIV rate on rise
The Phnom Penh Post
The study, published in BMC International Health and Human Rights last week, finds that out of 1,375 adult transgender women surveyed across 12 provinces and Phnom Penh, 5.9 percent were HIV-positive. This compares with 0.6 to 0.7 percent in the ...

Agriculture fund aims to sow seeds of growth
The Phnom Penh Post
The government recently launched a programme in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to help thousands of Cambodian smallholder farmers commercialise their operations. The Accelerating Inclusive Markets for ...

Training centre to help locals climb ladder at garment firms
The Phnom Penh Post
Construction broke ground last September inside the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone. According to Ly Tek Heng, operations manager at GMAC, foreigners occupy about 8,000 of the 700,000 positions in the Kingdom's garment sector. He said the new ...

Parties push on with rallies, Commune Elections, Phnom Penh Post
The Phnom Penh Post
A new section of road will be built on Phnom Penh's Koh Dach if the Cambodian People's Party wins the island commune at Sunday's elections, an official told ...
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Pi Pay goes cashless with app
The Phnom Penh Post
Cash may be king in Cambodia, but Pi Pay Asia is banking on rising smartphone penetration and an arsenal of digital payment solutions to help dethrone it. The company's soon-to-be-released mobile-phone application provides a one-stop platform for ...

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