Cambodian News

Svay Rieng provincial court has issued a summons to opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who is facing charges for allegedly leading a group of villagers to pull up demarcation posts near the Vietnam border in October.
Sam Rainsy has been asked to appear on Dec. 28, according to a summons issued Wednesday and obtained by VOA Khmer.
Sam [...]

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HANOI, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Comprehensive cooperation and border demarcation were two of the topics in the spotlight during discussions between Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong and Cambodian National Assembly President Samdech Heng Samrin, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Friday.
Samdech Heng Samrin paid an official friendship visit to Vietnam from Jan. 15 [...]

VietNamNet Bridge – A Cambodian delegation led by National Assembly Chairman Heng Samrin and his wife visited to the northern province of Ninh Binh on January 18.
At a meeting with the provincial officials, the Cambodia NA Chariman praised the renewal process of Vietnam in general and Ninh Binh province in particular.
On the occasion of Vietnam [...]

Two-way trade between Vietnam and Cambodia hit nearly US$1.7 billion in 2008, an increase of US$400 million from a year earlier, according to the Vietnamese Trade office in Phnom Penh.
Of the total figure, Vietnam exported US$1.45 billion worth of goods to Cambodia, the office said on January 10.
Between 2004-08, the volume of Vietnamese goods exported [...]

The Chairman of the Cambodian National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Commission, Chheang Vun, made the call while meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Chien Thang on Dec. 25.
Chheang Vun said Cambodia boasts large and fertile farmland acreages which are favourable conditions for investment in agriculture.
The move will benefit both nations as it [...]

The Vietnamese government has agreed to hand over 16 documentary films about the Khmer Rouge to the Documentation Center of Cambodia, which help in the prosecution of leaders of the regime, officials said Friday.
The film donation marked a first among Asean countries in aiding the tribunal, which is preparing for the first trial of five [...]

An awards ceremony for outstanding businesses and entrepreneurs from Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam will be held on January 18, 2009, according to the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium-sized enterprises (Vinasme).
According to the organizing board, the awards will be presented to successful businesses and entrepreneurs from Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam for their remarkable achievements in [...]

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) — Cambodia and Malaysia will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for anti-human trafficking cooperation, a Cambodian governmental official said here on Tuesday.
“We are preparing the draft MoU for anti-human trafficking cooperation between the Cambodian an Malaysian governments and it will be inked soon,” Ith Rady, [...]

HA NOI — More than US$2 million has been earmarked for human resource development in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), following the annual meeting of the Mekong Institute Governing Council in Vientiane, the capital city of Laos, the Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported yesterday.
The money will be used to finance more than 50 capacity – [...]