Phnom Penh Post - ASEAN trade leaders meet in SR
Sixty officials from Cambodia, Indonesia,
Laos, the Philippines and Vietnam met March 17-20 in Siem
Reap for an overview of South East Asia Commercial Legal and Institutional
Reform. The purpose of the meeting was to compare progress on commercial law
and trade reform and to discuss approaches to working together on reforms that
will support ASEAN integration. The conference was sponsored by USAID.
Phnom Penh authorities ban march for Human Rights DayPhnom Penh authorities have banned a planned march as local NGOs and workers’ unions gear up to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Monday, with a youth group leader saying they would march nonetheless. The UN
Government deports 235 Chinese scammersTHE Immigration Department of the Ministry of Interior on Thursday deported 235 Chinese nationals, 35 of whom were female, via the Phnom Penh International Airport for their part in a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) online money extortion scam. The deportees were arrested on November 26 over the
Phnom Penh’s Jet’s Container Night Market shuts downThe famous Jet’s Container Night Market in central Phnom Penh has shut down due to the high cost of the land rental, company representatives claim. Jet’s Container Night Market is the largest such market in Phnom Penh. It operated for just over two
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