Land allotted for Kampong Chhnang boat people must be rented
Kampong Chhnang deputy provincial governor Sun Sovannarith reaffirmed that the 40ha the provincial authoritieS allocated to VietnameSe boat people iS Cambodian national RoS Chamroeun&rSquo;S private land. He Said there waS no cutting of land for them, but the VietnameSe immigrantS will have to pay rent SS='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-allotted-kampong-chhnang-boat-people-must-be-rented
Dolphin death rate spikes
Conservationists have expressed alarm over the increase in the mortality rate of Irrawaddy dolphins in Cambodia’s Mekong River last year, compared to previously. The director of the Fisheries Conservation Department, Ouk Vibol, said on Wednesday: “Though we are happy at the birth of 13 dolphins ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dolphin-death-rate-spikes
One cent off of electricity costs for industrial sector
The government is poised to reduce the price of electricity by 40 riel ($0.01) per kilowatt-hour for the industrial sector next month, said Minister of Mines and Energy suy sem on Tuesday. Insiders lauded the announcement but called on the government to improve the quality ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/one-cent-electricity-costs-industrial-sector
Meng: FTA with China will help us forget EBA
The loss of trade preferences in Europe would be more than offset if Cambodia manages to enter a free trade agreement (FTA) with China, said Cambodian Chamber of Commerce (CCC) president Kith Meng. Meng on Tuesday said landing an FTA with the second-largest economy in the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/meng-fta-china-will-help-us-forget-eba
Ministries unclear over who needs work permits
About three weeks after the interior and labor ministries announced a crackdown on foreigners without work permits, officials this week could provide few answers on how expatriates can comply with the country’s labor regulations. According to the 1997 Labor Law, all foreigners working in Cambodia are ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chris Mueller and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministries-unclear-over-who-needs-work-permits-76262/
PPWSA stock to list today
Investors, along with the next two companies expected to list on the Cambodia securities Exchange, will watch carefully this morning the action on the country’s first initial public offering, nine months after the CsX officially opened. After a book-building process that was 17 times over-subscribed, Phnom Penh ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012041855632/Business/ppwsa-stock-floats-today.html
Companies lag on listing rules
Adding its name to a rapidly growing list of private companies, Tonlesap Airlines is gearing up for an initial public offering on the Cambodia securities Exchange. And like many of these companies, the listing is still years off as Tonlesap prepares the tax and financial information ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012083058376/Business/companies-lag-on-listing-rules.html
Pi Pay goes cashless with app
Cash may be king in Cambodia, but Pi Pay Asia is banking on rising smartphone penetration and an arsenal of digital payment solutions to help dethrone it.The company’s soon-to-be-released mobile-phone application provides a one-stop platform for cashless transactions, digital money transfers and e-wallet solutions, while ss='cambodia-color'>...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pi-pay-goes-cashless-app
Stock market rings in PPAP
ShareS in Phnom Penh AutonomouS Port (PPAP) debuted on Cambodia&rSquo;S Sleepy Stock exchange yeSterday morning, ending the day at 5,140 riel ($1.28), down 1.15 per cent from the 5,200 riel opening price, after a lukewarm SeSSion of SidewayS trading that daShed Some inveStorS&rSquo; hopeS for SS='cambodia-color'>...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/stock-market-rings-ppap
Youth urged to join STEM fest
Minister of Education, Youth and sports Hang Chuon Naron encouraged youths to participate in the annual Cambodia sTEM Festival, which is held online from January 25-29. This year’s theme is “Prepare for the Future” because Cambodia will need an increase of professionals in science, technology, engineering ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-urged-join-stem-fest
Cambodia will attend “The 5th China International Import Exposition (CIIE)”
On 10 May 2022, the Ministry of Commerce issued an announcement on Cambodia will attend “The 5th China International Import Exposition (CIIE)”.On behalf of the Cambodian Inter-Ministerial Committee for Participation in the World Expo and International Trade Exhibitions, the Ministry of Commerce has the honor ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Commerce
Growth pegged at 5.5% for ‘23 recovery stage by World Bank
The World Bank has upheld its economic growth forecast for Cambodia this year at 5.5 percent, supported by the resurgence of the services sector, particularly tourism, following the post-pandemic recovery. This projection is in contrast with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which revised its growth ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/growth-pegged-55-23-recovery-stage-world-bank
Autumn equinox over Angkor showcases ‘ancestors wisdom’
The autumnal equinox will occur this year on september 23. The phenomenon, which signifies an equal duration of day and night due to the Earth’s position in its orbit around the sun, happens twice a year in september and March. At these times, the sun ss='cambodia-color'>...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/autumn-equinox-over-angkor-showcases-ancestors-wisdom
FM to NGOs: Submit financials
Foreign minister Prak sokhonn urged international NGOs to respect Cambodia’s Law on Accounting and Auditing, noting that less than 50 per cent of them have submitted their required annual financial reports. While presiding over the opening of the third round of consultative meetings with foreign NGOs ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fm-ngos-submit-financials
Greed for land consumes lakes, forests: Environment 2022
Timber, monkeys, orchids, sand: Cambodia’s protected areas and natural resources continue to be a lucrative source of income, in spite of all the promises (and international funding) to protect them. Above all else, the hunger for land has consumed Cambodians and foreigners alike, triggering a constant ss='cambodia-color'>...
Danielle Keeton-Olsen
https://vodenglish.news/greed-for-land-consumes-lakes-forests-environment-2022/
Media release on Cambodia - Australia partnership for resilient economic development
On 17 September 2022, AuStralian EmbaSSy Phnom Penh iSSued a media releaSe on Cambodia &ndaSh; AuStralia partnerShip for reSilient economic development. CAP-RED iS a five-year partnerShip that iS built on more than a decade of AuStralia&rSquo;S Support to Cambodian agriculture and infraStructure through the now SS='cambodia-color'>...
Australian Embassy Phnom Penh
UNICEF urges govt to enhance efforts to end child violence
During a three-day visit to Cambodia, UNICEF’s East Asia and Pacific Regional Director Debora Comini met with ministry officials and development partners to enhance efforts to end violence against children and end unnecessary family separation. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Som Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501404777/unicef-urges-govt-to-enhance-efforts-to-end-child-violence/
Phnom Penh Internet Forum calls attention to digital illiteracy and the fight for internet freedoms
Despite the rapid digitalization of Cambodia’s economy and society, many online citizens continue to struggle with digital illiteracy – particularly vulnerable groups exposed to online discrimination and fraud. As digitalization efforts increase, experts are urging the government to implement laws that protect social media users and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Seoung Nimol and Tang Porgech
https://cambojanews.com/phnom-penh-internet-forum-calls-attention-to-digital-illiteracy-and-the-fight-for-internet-freedoms/
Open Data Day 2019: Tracking public money flows
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) in collaboration with the open data community was pleased to host the Open Data Day 2019 on March 1st in Phnom Penh. It was the 4th time that ODC joined this global event and organized the Open Data Day in Phnom ss='cambodia-color'>...
Investment Or Imperialism? Tracking China's Big Ambitions In Cambodia
A few years ago this scene would have played out in China. More specifically, it would have played out in a Chinese coastal region to which millions of rural folks had arrived looking for work. A huge hangar, piles of fabrics of all colors at both ss='cambodia-color'>...