E-Revolution equals jobs
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) in cooperation with a number of organisations launched a new e-waste management project yesterday in Cambodia in a bid to recycle the country’s burgeoning electronic waste and to provide job opportunities, as Hurleypalmerflatt opened an office in Cambodia to provide jobs for ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/e-revolution-equals-jobs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
As US Economy Slows, Investment in Asean Nations Necessary
Siem Reap City – With a host of uncertainties still hanging over the U.S. economy, more than 100 American businesses—the largest delegation to ever visit Cambodia—gathered here over the weekend, and all of them were in agreement about one thing: The slowdown in the U.S. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/as-us-economy-slows-investment-in-asean-nations-necessary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
E-money, pay&go alliance
E-MonEy, which opEratEs undEr MEtfonE, and Pay&Go SEA (Cambodia), EntErEd into a partnErship for monEy transfErs, mobilE phonE top-ups and thE paymEnt of utility bills. Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/E-monEy-paygo-alliancE/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26522/e-money--pay-amp-go-alliance/
‘E-premier’ eyes digital future
Prime Minister and self-proclaimed “e-premier” Hun Sen shamed technological troglodytes throughout the government yesterday for their laggardly embrace of new communication tools, which he maintained would quicken the government’s work if properly applied. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/e-premier-eyes-digital-future/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/e-premier-eyes-digital-future
E-commerce surges in Cambodia
As Internet use spreads across Cambodia, e-commerce outlets are mushrooming. Some are online shopping centers like MAIO Mall, which offers a plethora of functions, including lending and booking services. Others, like Shop168, link brick-and-mortar stores with customers via web portal and delivery services. Others, like Mall ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/e-commerce-surges-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Un Raksmey and Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13987/e-commerce-surges-in-cambodia/
South Korea loans $21 million for rural improvement
H.E. Aun Pornmonirath, SEcrEtary of StatE of thE Ministry of Economy and FinancE of Cambodia and Mr. Sang Wang Byun, ExEcutivE DirEctor of Export-Import Bank of thE REpublic of KorEa, on SEptEmbEr 21 signEd $21 Million Loan AgrEEmEnt for Cambodia’s Rural Roads ImprovEmEnt ProjEct. “ThE Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/south-korEa-loans-21-million-for-rural-improvEmEnt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
France helps Microfinance and Hevea Sector
Two financing agreements, implemented by the French Development Agency, were signed on 12 July 2012 at the Ministry of economy and Finance, in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of economy and Finance, H.e.M. Keat Chhon, to support two key sectors for economic and rural development of Cambodia. A financing agreement of 800,000 euros (1 ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/france-helps-microfinance-and-hevea-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Villagers pin big hopes on little dam
In the past four years, families in Anlong Chrey village, in Kampong Speu provinces’s Thpong district, have watched a small multipurpose dam being built at their back doors. For village chief Soung Pao, 59, who gave up two hectares for the dam – one of ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-pin-big-hopes-on-little-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013031361911/National/villagers-pin-big-hopes-on-little-dam.html
U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia returns from reverse trade mission in U.S.
U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, William E. Todd rEturnEd from a rEvErsE tradE mission in thE UnitEd StatEs to promotE tradE and invEstmEnt opportunitiEs in Cambodia. Around 50 Cambodian businEss rEprEsEntativEs accompaniEd Mr. Todd in mEEtings with sEvEral U.S. businEssEs, invEstors, and tradE associations in Long BEach, Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/u-s-ambassador-to-cambodia-rEturns-from-rEvErsE-tradE-mission-in-u-s/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MTZjMjQxMDAzOGI
A Tough Ride for S Korean Property Projects
GS EnginEEring & Construction brokE ground on JunE 18, 2008 of Cambodia’s largEst building thE IntErnational FinancE ComplEx in Phnom PEnh but sincE thEn has bEEn suspEnd or forcEd to downscalE likE all of thE othEr building projEcts in thE city. Worth morE than $4.5 Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/a-tough-ridE-for-s-korEan-propErty-projEcts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Post office Wings e-commerce deal
Cambodia Post Office (CPO) and Wing (Cambodia) Specialized Bank have signed a partnership allowing Wing customers to transfer money and pay bills through the government agency as the post office moves into e-commerce. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/post-office-wings-e-commerce-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24146/post-office-wings-e-commerce-deal/
Asia set for e-commerce boom
A new report by market research firm TNS identifies five triggers that acted together as catalysts for the dramatic changes in consumer behaviour that led to China’s “explosive” e-commerce growth, and suggests other Asian economies could be on the same trajectory. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asia-set-for-e-commerce-boom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cam McGrath and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/asia-set-e-commerce-boom
Cambodia's e-commerce struggles amid potential
It was only in July this year when German-owned internet start-up incubator Rocket Internet launched shop.com.kh in Cambodia, an online retail store selling electronics such as mobile phones, laptops and tablets. Rocket Internet Cambodia co-founder Karl Seilern told the Post in July that the country’s growth ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-e-commerce-struggles-amid-potential/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Press release on e-Visa fee
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia wishes to inform all foreign nationals, who wish to enter Cambodia, of the new e-Visa fee. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-e-visa-fee/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Europe Adopts Resolution on Cambodian Rights Situation
Drawing from a long list of human rights abuses, the european Parliament has urged the Cambodian government to stop forced evictions, called on the european Commission (e.C.) to investigate the country’s controversial land concessions policy, and raised the prospect of sanctions. In a resolution passed Friday ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/europe-adopts-resolution-on-cambodian-rights-situation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/europe-adopts-resolution-on-cambodian-rights-situation-4862/
UNDP to support development of Cambodia’s e-com ecosystem
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has partnered with the Cambodian commerce ministry and the enhanced Integrated Framework (eIF) to support development of the country’s e-commerce ecosystem through the ‘e-commerce Acceleration Programme’ (Go4eCAM). ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/undp-to-support-development-of-cambodias-e-com-ecosystem/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501144042/undp-to-support-development-of-cambodias-e-com-ecosystem/
NEC kicks off e-voting registration test
The National election Committee yesterday kicked off the 15-day trial of its new electronic voting registration system at 25 stations throughout the country.NeC spokesman Hang Puthea said that the registration test plans to enrol about 30,000 people, though those people will have to register again ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-kicks-off-e-voting-registration-test/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-kicks-e-voting-registration-test
Voter e-registration test run going ‘smoothly’
Testing of a new electronic voter registration system is “running smoothly”, with more than 14,000 people registered across 24 provinces since the pilot project began on November 1, the National election Committee announced yesterday. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/voter-e-registration-test-run-going-smoothly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-e-registration-test-run-going-smoothly
Cracks Put Future of Historic Buildings in Doubt
Running down the middle of Mak Sitha’s newly renovated fashion boutique in Phnom Penh is a crack that is splitting her floor tiles in two. Yesterday, part of the floor at Lady Penh Designs began to cave into the ground. Like several other business and ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cracks-put-future-of-historic-buildings-in-doubt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Wage demands: Workers hit streets in bid for pay rise
More than a thousand garment workers went on strike yesterday morning to demand a minimum wage increase and better working conditions, following the failure of minimum wage negotiations between unions and employers on Monday. Some 600 workers in Kandal province yesterday protested in front of ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wage-demands-workers-hit-streets-in-bid-for-pay-rise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...