Inmates to get AstraZeneca jabs
The General Department of Prisons (GDP) is preparing to vaccinate prisoners with the AstraZeneca vaccine, marketed as Covishield, on June 7 in Preah Sihanouk province, followed by Kampong Speu and Kandal provinces. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/inmates-get-astrazeneca-jabs
High-end labels coming to Cambodia
The world’s most prestigious brands will be entering the market over the next 12 months as Blue Bell Group announced yesterday that it has secured a landmark deal to manage one of the country’s most-anticipated retail projects. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50917137/high-end-labels-coming-to-cambodia/
Sinking feeling: CAA making a splash over aquaculture as sector flounders
Aquaculture production could experience a marginal decline this year as discouraging prices and other market forces prompt farmers to reduce the amount of juvenile fish used to stock their ponds, or go as far as to temporarily halt operations, according to the Cambodian Aquaculturist Association ...
Senate nod for draft APTERR law on agri ties
The Senate yesterday approved the draft law on amendments to the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR), a regional cooperation aimed to strengthen food security, poverty alleviation, and malnourishment eradication within the region without distorting normal trade in the global market. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918767/senate-nod-for-draft-apterr-law-on-agri-ties/
Cup plant to use rice, corn, cassava
Local enterprise TK&D Manufacturing on September 19 inaugurated a new production line for paper cups and straws made from rice, corn and cassava in Pursat province’s easternmost Krakor district, to supply domestic and international markets. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cup-plant-use-rice-corn-cassava
Apply for licence by Nov 30, e-commerce players told
The Ministry of Commerce has ordered all foreign enterprises, sole proprietorships, legal entities and branches of foreign companies that engage in the Cambodian e-commerce market to apply for the proper licences or permits by November 30, or face fines, closure, or other legal consequences. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/apply-licence-nov-30-e-commerce-players-told
Race against time for Chinese approval of longan shipments
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Pailin Longan Association (PLA) are fast-tracking negotiations for market access to China in a race against time to reach a prompt and meaningful resolution to the plight facing longan growers before peak harvest season. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/race-against-time-chinese-approval-longan-shipments
Cashew exports grows by 340 percent
Figures from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries show that from January to August 2021, Cambodia exported about 876,521 tonnes of cashew products to foreign markets, a significant increase of 340 percent compared to the same period the previous year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50928483/cashew-exports-grows-by-340-percent/
Paddy exports surge as milled rice sales falter
Cambodia earned over $685 million from rice exports to international markets in the first eight months of 2021, as the volume of paddy sold abroad nearly doubled year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/paddy-exports-surge-milled-rice-sales-falter
Invest in longan processing: ministry
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has called for increased private sector investment in longan processing for export, as the Kingdom seeks to negotiate market access with phytosanitary authorities in a number of countries. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/invest-longan-processing-ministry
Industry ministry rolls out KhmerSME information portal
The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation has rolled out the KhmerSME website to provide micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) access to comprehensive business information, as well as ASEAN and global markets. ...
May Kunmakara
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/industry-ministry-rolls-out-khmersme-information-portal
Cambodia eyes Alibaba SME accord
Cambodia is looking to work with Alibaba Group to bring local products to markets in China and countries in Asia, Europe and Africa through the Lazada app, and increase exports by domestic small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME). ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-eyes-alibaba-sme-accord
Carbon credits fund forests
The government and partner organisations are seeking new markets in which to sell carbon credits in order to raise funds for its efforts to increase and strengthen the protection of natural resources in the Kingdom. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/carbon-credits-fund-forests
Gov’t to issue bonds worth $300 million this month
The Cambodian government plans to issue bonds worth 1.2 trillion riels, equivalent to approximately $300 million, for the first time this month for creating a new source of public financing and a new financial instrument for investors in the securities market. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501086195/govt-to-issue-bonds-worth-300-million-this-month/
Cambodian travel agents meet up with Malaysian counterparts in tourism seminars
Tourism Malaysia beefs up its international marketing efforts by organising seminars in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, packed with business-to-business (B2B) sessions and networking luncheons, to arrange possible tie-ups between Malaysian tourism industry players and its Cambodian counterparts. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501345769/cambodian-travel-agents-meet-up-with-malaysian-counterparts-in-tourism-seminars/
Cambodia sets ambitious targets to boost cashew processing and exports
Cambodia is trying to establish itself as a leading cashew-producing and exporting country through its National Policy on Cashew 2022–2027. The government aims to boost cashew output, develop processing facilities, diversify export markets, and simplify trade facilitation programs. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501342976/cambodia-sets-ambitious-targets-to-boost-cashew-processing-and-exports/
Cambodia’s exports earn $13 billion in January-July period
Cambodia exported $13.525 billion worth of goods to international markets in the January-July period of 2023, a year-on-year decrease of 2 percent, a report of the General Department of Customs and Excise showed on Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501341450/cambodias-exports-earn-13-billion-in-january-july-period/
Cambodia’s garment, footwear, and travel goods exports are down 17.8 percent in the first nine months
Cambodia exported $8.14 billion worth of garment, footwear, and travel products to international markets in the first nine months of 2023, down 17.8 percent from last year, according to the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501375252/cambodias-garment-footwear-and-travel-goods-exports-are-down-17-8-percent-in-the-first-nine-months/
Australia pledges support to Cambodia’s agri-food SMEs
Australia and Cambodia on Friday joined together to launch a Food Innovation Partnership to support Cambodia’s agri-food small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing new products, meeting food safety standards, and improving their market reach. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/australia-pledges-support-to-cambodias-agri-food-smes
Cambodia sees soaring demand for electrical factory machinery
In the first nine months of 2023, Cambodia witnessed a substantial uptick in its imports of electrical machinery, equipment and related products from the international market, totalling more than $1.1 billion. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-sees-soaring-demand-electrical-factory-machinery-0