Phnom Penh Post - In Brief: HQ for overseas Vietnamese opens
The Vietnamese
consulate general opened the new headquarters of the Overseas
Vietnamese Association in Sihanoukville on Friday, according to
Vietnamese state media. To coincide with the new office, the Committee
for Overseas Vietnamese inaugurated a new US$86,000 Vietnamese primary
school. The school, which already has 50 students, purchased its
supplies through a 20 million dong donation (US$1,120) from the
Vietnamese province of Kien Giang, Vietnamese state media reported.
Police seek arrest of Chinese ‘gang’Cambodian police remain on the lookout for 20 Chinese nationals who earlier this month posted a video clip threatening to stoke insecurity in Preah Sihanouk province, though the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh maintained the group posed no threats to Cambodia’s national security. National Police
Rapper deletes song critical of Cambodian social issuesA young musician has deleted from Facebook and YouTube a rap song that was critical of Cambodia’s social issues and announced that he will stop singing the song after officials visited his home in Siem Reap province and allegedly gave him a warning. Provincial
Sihanoukville authority orders structure dismantled The Preah Sihanouk provincial administration has ordered owners of two unauthorised construction sites to immediately dismantle them and warned of legal action if the owners failed to comply. Ly Chet Niyom, development management and construction bureau chief at the provincial hall, told The Post on
Man arrested for fake PM endorsement The owner of currency exchange company GCG Asia Co Ltd was temporarily detained by the court yesterday for attempted fraud after Prime Minister Hun Sen reacted to the company using his name and pictures to allege his endorsement of the firm. Phnom Penh Municipal Court