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BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA A total of 10 Volleyball Teams from cities and provinces have attended the Samdech Techo Hun Sen’s Volleyball Cup 2010 on June 12th at the National Stadium in Phnom Penh to compete and to become Championship of the Premier’s Volleyball Cup 2010 in Cambodia. The Volleyball tournament was organized by the Cambodian Volleyball Federation in collaboration with the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport (MoEYS). Lak Sam Ath, General Director of the Sports Department in the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport, said that the volleyball competition marked the second year as the Cambodian Volleyball Federation and the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport has organized Samdech Techo Hun Sen’s Volleyball tournament in Phnom Penh in order to select the best volleyball players as well as the new champions of volleyball team in Cambodia. The General Director Lak Sam Ath continued to say that the purpose of the volleyball competition was to recruit qualified Cambodian volle...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA With financial support from the Cambodian Country Club (CCC) and EZECOM, the Tennis Federation of Cambodia (TFC), has established the Cambodian National Tennis Training Centre (CNTTC) on June 18th at the CCC in Phnom Penh. The purpose of the CNTTC establishment is to promote the playing tennis sport as well as to develop tennis and encourage people to play tennis in order that they can become the best player in tennis in order to attend both national and international tennis tournaments in the future. H.E. Dr. Cham Prasidh, Senior Minister and Minister of Commerce, and President of the Cambodian Tennis Federation, said that the establishment of CNTTC centre was important because it will become a resource and sport centre for people to play tennis in order that they can enjoy the sport and improve their health, and promote the development of sport in Cambodia. “When we started the Tennis Federation in Cambodia was just trying to review the sport not the event, t...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Department of Export Promotion in the Ministry of Commerce of the Royal Thai Government and the Royal Thai Embassy to Cambodia has organized the Thai Trade Exhibition 2010 for six days from the 17th -22nd of June at the Diamond Exhibition Center located in Koh Pich (Diamond Island), Phnom Penh. A total of 170 Thai companies with 263 exhibitions booths including household appliances, food and garment, textiles and leather, arts and handcrafts, chemical and cosmetics, construction materials, stationery and cultural products, pharmaceutical, and agricultural products were displayed at the Thai Trade Exhibition 2010 in Phnom Penh. The Opening Ceremony of the Thai Trade Exhibition 2010 was presided over by Mao Thora, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Commerce and Mr. Sri Rakroath Thakpaknak, Director General of the Department of Export Promotion in Ministry of Commerce of the Royal Thai Government on June 17th at the Diamond Exhibition Center in Koh Pich, Ph...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) in collaboration with Plan International has organized the 16th Cambodia Disaster Risk Reduction Forum for two days from the 16th to 17the of June at the Sunway Hotel in Phnom Penh. The purpose of the 16th Cambodia Disaster Risk Reduction Forum is to find solutions, measures and an action plan to prevent climate change in Cambodia, according to the Cambodian Disaster Risk Reduction Forum organizers. H.E. Nhim Vanda, First Vice-President of the National Committee for Disaster Management, said that the forum is important because it will help pave the way for the Royal Government of Cambodia to prepare its action plan and protect the issue of climate change in Cambodia. The First Vice President stated that currently climate change or global warming is a main concern for the people in Cambodia as well as the people in region and in the world. He added that to prevent this from happening, the governments and conc...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The United States of America has returned a total of seven items of the Khmer Artifacts which were confiscated from looters and smugglers during in the period of 20 years in its country. These seven items of the Khmer artifacts weighted 500 pound equal to 200 kilograms, and were brought by the hospital ship USNS Mercy to Cambodia on June 15th. The official handing over ceremony of the Khmer ancient artifacts was made between Mr. John Johnson, Spokesman and Representative of U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia Carol A. Rodley, and Mrs. Liza Franchetti, Director of the Pacific Partnership Project with Cambodian government, and H.E. Khim Sarith, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts on June 17th at the Sihanouk Port in Sihanouk province. The U.S. Army which are the partners of the hospital ship USNS Mercy are very happy to return these sven items of Khmer ancient artifacts to the Royal Government of Cambodia, said Johnson. Johnson continued to say t...

BY BUTH REAKMSEY KONGKEA General Chhum Socheat, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, said that the People’s Republic of China has promised to give a total of 257 new military trucks and 50,000 military uniforms to Cambodia. The Peoples Republic of China promised to donate 257 military trucks and 50,000 military uniforms during a meeting between Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, and the Chinese President Hu Jintao in Shanghai while he was officially visiting Shanghai, China, in May 2010. Socheat said that now as promised, the Chinese ship named “NA DANXIA” which carried a total of 257 military trucks has landed in Sihanoukville Port in Preah Sihanouk province on June 18th, 2010. “We are happy and honored as China has provided a total of 257 military trucks to the Kingdom of Cambodia in order to promote and strengthen a deeper military cooperation between the two countries in the future. We commit that we will use these military trucks for the sake of the Cambodian militar...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA H.E. Hor Namhong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has announced his victory of defamation case against Sam Rainsy, His victory announcement of defamation case against Sam Rainsy was made during a press conference on June 15th at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Phnom Penh. The Deputy Prime Minister said that the French Court has made a right decision and because he is an innocent person who was defamed by the opposition party, Leader Sam Rainsy. “I am happy that the Court’s decision has upheld a defamation conviction against Sam Rainsy as he called me a ‘criminal’. I am also pleased as the French Appeal Court found justice while regarding me,” he told reporters at the press conference. “Sam Rainsy accused me of being one of the headmen of the Khmer Rouge’s Boeung Trabek’s prison which was one of the notorious Khmer Rouge’s Re-Education Camps in Phnom Penh. Sam Rainsy also accus...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA Many women and youths now are becoming the target of the marketing of tobacco industry in Cambodia. This is seriously impacting on the peoples’ health especially women and youths are the main resources in developing in Cambodia. H.E. Im Sithay, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, said that due to the progress and the development in Cambodia, much tobacco industrial companies have been established and selling their tobacco products for people in Cambodia. The Secretary of Sate continued to say that to promote and advertise their tobacco product or cigarettes for Cambodian smokers, the tobacco companies have targeted the women and youths to be their marketing for cigarettes’ sales in Cambodia. “I am very worried about our Cambodian women’s health as well as children and youths’. Although they do not smoke or use the tobacco directly they now are becoming the target of the tobacco industry’s marketing in this country,” she told a recent press c...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The garment industry still remains a strong sector which provides jobs for Cambodians and to contribute for social development and economic growths in Cambodia. The affirmation was made by H.E. Mao Thora, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Commerce. Although there was a global economic crisis, Cambodia’s garment sector remained strong in terms of providing jobs for the people in Cambodia, he said, adding that the garment sector is one of the four pillars which are the main potential sectors in providing and generating jobs for Cambodians to work for social development and economic growth in Cambodia. H.E. Thora added that the four potential pillars included garment, agriculture, tourism and construction. “Current years, despite the global economic crisis, the garment sector still remains a strong sector in providing a lot of employment to the people in Cambodia. It has also contributed to the developments and economic growth in Cambodia,” he told The South...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The flow of migrant workers from Cambodia to Thailand has increased sharply in recent times. As of early 2010, it is estimated that there are at least 250,000 registered and unregistered Cambodian migrants cross the borders using regular channels. This has created more concerns for the Royal Government of Cambodia. The Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam On, said that the flow of Cambodian labor migrant workers from Cambodia to Thailand is high a concern of the Royal Government. They migrate with very little information about work prospects, living conditions, and the risk involved. To resolve this problem, the government now is working very hard in educating, providing the training skills and generating the jobs for the people in Cambodia, adding that the government has issued the measures and policies towards the protection and coordination of the Cambodian migrant workers to work abroad. Her Excellency Men Sam On said the government through the Ministry ...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA H.E. Dr. Mam Bunheng, Minister of Health, said that currently HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria are still threatening a lot of people’s lives. “As you know, despite the progress in the past controlling HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), and Malaria, there are a lot of challenges to overcome, so that Millionaire Development Goals (MDG) target will be met by 2015 worldwide. They have been threatening a lot of challenges and people’s lives in Cambodia,” he said at a Workshop for Proposal Development GFATM Round 10 in Phnom Penh. The Minister continued to say that globally, the three diseases are still major public health problems and account for nearly five millions deaths per year. He stated that particularly, WPRO Region still holds around one third of the global TB burden. Additionally, even though countries in the region have lower HIV/AIDS prevalence than that of sub-Sahara African countries the HIV/AIDS and TB are still the threatening a lot of patients lives. “There is st...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA Sok Bony, 20, one of The University of Cambodia’s “Samdech Hun Sen-Handa National Scholarships 2008” students. Bony was born in 1990 in Ponhear Leu district, in Kandal province, he is the youngest with three brothers in his family. His father had passed away and his mother selling goods at a market in Ponhear Leu district, in Kandal province. Sok Bony is now studying International Relation (IR) at The University of Cambodia (UC) after he passed the UC’s scholarship in 2008. Before he passed the UC exams, he studied at the Sunthor Muk High School in Phnom Penh and earned a Baccalaureate in 2008. “I was very happy that I passed the scholarship offered by UC. I am now studying very hard to complete my Bachelor Degree in International Relation with UC, and I hope that with my hard study and hard work, I will pass my Bachelor degree in next three years,” he said during an interview with The Southeast Asia Weekly. He pointed out that he decided to study Internationa...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA To promote the use of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for all the government institution levels, the Royal Government of Cambodia will enlarge and promote the use of basic and dedicated ICT services in all communes in Cambodia by 2016. H.E. So Khun, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (MTPC), said that nowadays, ICT sector has been playing an important role in providing a right directives contributing to the positive growth of Cambodia’s economy and social developments in Cambodia. The Minister continued to say that to encourage the use of the ICT in Cambodia, the Royal Government will promote the use of ICT services, 100 percent use, for all khans and communes in cities and provinces across the Kingdom of Cambodia by 2016. “It is expected that by 2016, 100 percent of communes will have basic and dedicated ICT services,” he said in a recent meeting at his Ministry. The ICTs development has expanded exponentially in line with the Econom...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA About 700 Cambodian boxers from 15 cities and provinces and three ministries including Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Industry will participated in the onwide Gymnastic Tournament 2010 Nationwide Boxing Championship Tournament 2010 over two weeks from the 9th to the 22nd of June 2010 in Phnom Penh. The Nationwide Boxing Championship Tournament 2010 is organized by the Department of Physical Education and Youth in the Ministry of Education Youth and Sports (MoEYS) in collaboration with the Cambodian Amateur Boxing Association (CABA) in Cambodia aiming to compete to become the boxing championships for 2010 in Cambodia. Mil Kado, Secretary General of the Khmer Boxing Amateur Federation, said that every year the CABA has organized the Nationwide Boxing Championship competition with the participation of boxers from various cities and provinces across the nation. The purpose of the boxing competition is to select the best boxers f...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA A 13-year-old girl, Bosba Panh, was considered as a Girl of Wonder in Cambodia as she has many skills and interesting work after receiving many successes in her life. She is one of the top teen young girls who has the capacity and she will become the best resource in the future. Bosba Panh is able to sing wonderful songs, playing piano, guitar, violin and swimming. She was also able to speak four languages such as Khmer, French, English and Chinese. She recently won the gold medal and became a champion of Judo in 2010 in Cambodia. “I am happy because I won the gold medal to become the Judo champion in 2010 in Cambodia. I think that I won the gold medal and received all my success with my Judo competitions because of my hard work, hard training and patience,” she told The Southeast Asia Weekly. Bosba Panh was born in 1997 with a Cambodian traditional family and she is the second daughter with two brothers in her family. Her father is a Cambodian and is former fa...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA In order to control the outbreak the Dengue fever and respond to people affected by Dengue fever, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport (MoEYS) and Phnom Penh Municipality and other involved ministries and institutions have marked the National Dengue Fever Campaign Day to Control the Outbreak and Response on the 25th of May at the Bak Touk High School in Phnom Penh. Dr. Mam Bunheng, Minister of Health, said that this event is very important because it will remind all Cambodians of the danger of Dengue fever and its outbreak in Cambodia. He continued to say that the event is also aimed to raise awareness about the disease of for the people especially the students so that can join with the ministry, and to reduce and combat the outbreak of the disease in Cambodia in the future. “I would like to appeal for all people, especially parents of children to join in and to combat the outbreak of Dengue fever by paying atte...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA In order to control the outbreak the Dengue fever and respond to people affected by Dengue fever, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport (MoEYS) and Phnom Penh Municipality and other involved ministries and institutions have marked the National Dengue Fever Campaign Day to Control the Outbreak and Response on the 25th of May at the Bak Touk High School in Phnom Penh. Dr. Mam Bunheng, Minister of Health, said that this event is very important because it will remind all Cambodians of the danger of Dengue fever and its outbreak in Cambodia. He continued to say that the event is also aimed to raise awareness about the disease of for the people especially the students so that can join with the ministry, and to reduce and combat the outbreak of the disease in Cambodia in the future. “I would like to appeal for all people, especially parents of children to join in and to combat the outbreak of Dengue fever by paying atte...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA In order to control the outbreak the Dengue fever and respond to people affected by Dengue fever, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport (MoEYS) and Phnom Penh Municipality and other involved ministries and institutions have marked the National Dengue Fever Campaign Day to Control the Outbreak and Response on the 25th of May at the Bak Touk High School in Phnom Penh. Dr. Mam Bunheng, Minister of Health, said that this event is very important because it will remind all Cambodians of the danger of Dengue fever and its outbreak in Cambodia. He continued to say that the event is also aimed to raise awareness about the disease of for the people especially the students so that can join with the ministry, and to reduce and combat the outbreak of the disease in Cambodia in the future. “I would like to appeal for all people, especially parents of children to join in and to combat the outbreak of Dengue fever by paying atte...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA In order to control the outbreak the Dengue fever and respond to people affected by Dengue fever, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport (MoEYS) and Phnom Penh Municipality and other involved ministries and institutions have marked the National Dengue Fever Campaign Day to Control the Outbreak and Response on the 25th of May at the Bak Touk High School in Phnom Penh. Dr. Mam Bunheng, Minister of Health, said that this event is very important because it will remind all Cambodians of the danger of Dengue fever and its outbreak in Cambodia. He continued to say that the event is also aimed to raise awareness about the disease of for the people especially the students so that can join with the ministry, and to reduce and combat the outbreak of the disease in Cambodia in the future. “I would like to appeal for all people, especially parents of children to join in and to combat the outbreak of Dengue fever by paying atte...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Royal Government of Cambodia has hosted the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Chiefs of National Police (ASEANAPOL) Conference on 25_27 May 2010 in Phnom Penh to further strengthen cooperation and mutual assistance among the police forces of the ASEAN member countries and the dialogue partners in the region. About 300 high-ranking police officers from the ten ASEAN member countries and the dialogue partner countries including China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and the representatives of the ASEANAPOL Secretariat and Interpol have also attended the four-day conference in Phnom Penh, and The opening ceremony was under the presidency of H.E. Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. The Deputy Prime Minister said the 30th ASEANAPOL Conference is always hosted during a time when the world is edging out of the economic and financial crises as trouble over the economies of many countries and negatively affected almost eve...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Royal Government of Cambodia has hosted the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Chiefs of National Police (ASEANAPOL) Conference on 25_27 May 2010 in Phnom Penh to further strengthen cooperation and mutual assistance among the police forces of the ASEAN member countries and the dialogue partners in the region. About 300 high-ranking police officers from the ten ASEAN member countries and the dialogue partner countries including China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and the representatives of the ASEANAPOL Secretariat and Interpol have also attended the four-day conference in Phnom Penh, and The opening ceremony was under the presidency of H.E. Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. The Deputy Prime Minister said the 30th ASEANAPOL Conference is always hosted during a time when the world is edging out of the economic and financial crises as trouble over the economies of many countries and negatively affected almost eve...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Royal Government of Cambodia has hosted the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Chiefs of National Police (ASEANAPOL) Conference on 25_27 May 2010 in Phnom Penh to further strengthen cooperation and mutual assistance among the police forces of the ASEAN member countries and the dialogue partners in the region. About 300 high-ranking police officers from the ten ASEAN member countries and the dialogue partner countries including China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and the representatives of the ASEANAPOL Secretariat and Interpol have also attended the four-day conference in Phnom Penh, and The opening ceremony was under the presidency of H.E. Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. The Deputy Prime Minister said the 30th ASEANAPOL Conference is always hosted during a time when the world is edging out of the economic and financial crises as trouble over the economies of many countries and negatively affected almost eve...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA Nagaworld is bringing to Cambodia the winner of the world’s most prestigious international Bartender competition, and one of the most respected people in the cocktail industry. Andrew Freeman, 35, has had about 20 year-cocktail working experiences and he has been working many bars and restaurants around the world. “I am happy as it is my first time visiting Cambodia. I hope that during my stay here I will share my knowledge with our Bartending staff at Nagaworld. I also plan to share my cocktail knowledge to the people and students in Cambodia,” he told a press conference at Nagaworld in Phnom Penh on May 25. Andrew Freeman will share his show around Phnom Penh which will take him around to the fruit markets to discover exotic Cambodia fruit which can be used for one of his signature cocktails. “The reason why I decided to learn making cocktails was because I like it the most and on the other hand, I wanted to become the World Cocktail Champion,” he said. “I am...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA Dr. Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism and also Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia, said that despite the world and global economic crisis, the national and international tourism has been increasing in Cambodia in 2009 and 2010. “Under the right leadership of Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Cambodia now has a full peace, political stability, security, public order and development of all sectors The Minister stated that although there was economic crisis in the world and region, Cambodia’s tourism sector especially the natural and cultural tourism has been attracting foreign tourists in the region. In 2009, Cambodia has received over two millions foreign tourists and increased by 1.7 percent compared in 2008 while the world’s tourism declined by about 4 percent and ASEAN’s tourism increased only 0.19 percent, he said, adding that the tourists to Cambodia have increased by 10.55 percent to 884,657 in the first four months of this year compa...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Export Promotion Department in the Ministry of Commerce of the Royal Thai Government and the Royal Thai Embassy in Cambodia in collaboration with the Paragon Cambodia Town Center has organized the Eastern Thai Fruits Exhibition 2010 for four days from the 27th to the 30th of May at the Paragon Cambodia Town Center in Phnom Penh. Over 30 tones of Eastern Thai Fruits exported from Chan Buri, Rak Yorng and Trat provinces in Thailand were displayed and sold within lower prices for the people in Cambodia. The Eastern Thai Fruits included Thouren fruits, Mongkhut fruits, Samav fruits, Longkong fruits, Mangoes and other fresh fruits. Chhalothan Phaoviboon, Secretary of the Royal Thai Embassy in Cambodia, said that it marked the second time as the Export Promotion Department in the Ministry of Commerce, the Royal Thai Government and the Royal Embassy of Thailand in collaboration with the Paragon Cambodia Town Center have organized this Eastern Thai Fruits in Phnom ...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Export Promotion Department in the Ministry of Commerce of the Royal Thai Government and the Royal Thai Embassy in Cambodia in collaboration with the Paragon Cambodia Town Center has organized the Eastern Thai Fruits Exhibition 2010 for four days from the 27th to the 30th of May at the Paragon Cambodia Town Center in Phnom Penh. Over 30 tones of Eastern Thai Fruits exported from Chan Buri, Rak Yorng and Trat provinces in Thailand were displayed and sold within lower prices for the people in Cambodia. The Eastern Thai Fruits included Thouren fruits, Mongkhut fruits, Samav fruits, Longkong fruits, Mangoes and other fresh fruits. Chhalothan Phaoviboon, Secretary of the Royal Thai Embassy in Cambodia, said that it marked the second time as the Export Promotion Department in the Ministry of Commerce, the Royal Thai Government and the Royal Embassy of Thailand in collaboration with the Paragon Cambodia Town Center have organized this Eastern Thai Fruits in Phnom ...