Condo sales up but glut looms
Some 13,730 condominium units were sold in Phnom Penh in the first half of this year compared to 13,050 units in the same period last year representing an approximate five percent increase in sales, according to figures from a real estate company. However, insiders believe ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27004/condo-sales-up-but-glut-looms/
New fisheries office inaugurated in Kep
The Fisheries Administration (FA) plans to strengthen its presence in Kep province with the opening of a new cantonment there, officials announced in an official ceremony yesterday morning.The move comes after what conservationists say has been a steady increase in illegal trawling in Kep Bay, ...
Brent Crane
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-fisheries-office-inaugurated-kep
Vietnam and Cambodia trying to keep China and US happy
The United States army plans to store disaster relief equipment in Vietnam and Cambodia, a top American general has revealed. General Dennis Via, who heads the US Army Materiel Command, told reporters at an Alabama symposium recently that the stockpiling of such equipment in these two ...
Tan Hui Yee
http://www.straitstimes.com/world/vietnam-and-cambodia-trying-to-keep-china-and-us-happy
Cambodia waiting for WHO dengue vaccine approval
Although the number of dengue fever cases in Cambodia nearly tripled during the first 17 weeks of 2016 compared to the same period last year, a health official said a vaccine for the mosquito-borne virus still needs to be vetted by the WHO before local ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-waiting-who-dengue-vaccine-approval
Irrigation in Mekong basin threatens VN’s delta
The lower basin of the trans-boundary Mekong River starts from Laos and runs through Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam before emptying into the East Sea (South China Sea). Any attempts to interrupt the natural status of the river would pose risks to Viet Nam’s Cuu ...
VietNamNet Bridge Team
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/160889/irrigation-in-mekong-basin-threatens-vn-s-delta.html
Speed up rice loan, China told
The government has asked China to make good on its pledge to buy 200,000 tons of rice annually from the Kingdom and also to speed up the approval of a $300 million loan to the country’s beleaguered rice sector. This request was made yesterday during a ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30195/speed-up-rice-loan--china-told/
Minebea opens third plant
Minebea, the largest Japanese company in Cambodia, officially opened a third manufacturing plant in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone yesterday to coincide with the fifth anniversary of its presence in the country. Yoshihisa Kainuma, president and CEO of Mineba (Cambodia), told reporters at the ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32942/minebea-opens-third-plant/
Palm oil price drop to hit local market
Palm oil production is expected to drop over the next few months but instability in the international market is likely to drive down local prices by the start of next year, a Cambodian palm oil producer has warned. The price of crude palm oil in ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36454/palm-oil-price-drop-to-hit-local-market/
NEC finishes complaints; voter registration prep continues
The National Election Committee (NEC) can now turn its attention to preparations for next year’s national election, which are already underway as voter registration will start in September, said Khorn Keo Mono, director of the NEC’s communications department. Mr. Keo Mono said on Tuesday that ...
Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-finishes-complaints-voter-registration-prep-continues-131568/
Smooth sailing for port’s IPO
Earlier this month Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) became the fifth listed firm on the Cambodian Securities Exchange (CSX) following an initial public offering that raised $27 million. The Post’s Brian Ng sat down with Shuzo Shikata, CEO of SBI Royal Securities (SBIR), the sole underwriter ...
Brian Ng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/smooth-sailing-ports-ipo
Gov’t officials expect high fish yield
Government officials are predicting a better haul of fish, typically used to make prahok, this season due to higher water levels in the Tonle Sap Lake and River. The fishing season, which began on Thursday and is expected to last until February, will see higher yields ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33046/gov---t-officials-expect-high-fish-yield/
Startups turn heads in Silicon Valley
Cambodia’s startups have clamoured to attract foreign venture capital, and now even Silicon Valley is paying attention. Last month, local media and entertainment site Khmerload – described by some as Cambodia’s version of Buzzfeed – secured $200,000 in investment from the regional arm of California-based ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/startups-turn-heads-silicon-valley
Sokha says most Cambodians looking for ‘positive change’
Opposition leader Kem Sokha on Wednesday maintained that a majority of Cambodians are yearning for political change, a claim a ruling party spokesman branded a lie.In a three-minute video uploaded to his Facebook page ahead of Khmer New Year, Mr. Sokha said he believed the ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sokha-says-most-cambodians-looking-for-positive-change-127960/
Cambodia’s economic freedom down slightly last year: report
Cambodia’s economic freedom score dropped seven ranks in the annual Economic Freedom Index released by the Heritage Foundation, a US-based, conservative-leaning think tank. The 0.8 point dip in the score from last year put Cambodia’s economy in the “Mostly Unfree” category, ranking 101 out of ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-economic-freedom-down-slightly-last-year-report
Money discussed for families set to be displaced by new Kandal airport
Officials are negotiating cash compensation for hundreds Of villagers in Kandal province who will likely be displaced to make way for a massive airport project. Villagers and Officials met at Kandal Stung District Hall yesterday to discuss the land dispute, one Of several that have ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/money-discussed-families-set-be-displaced-new-kandal-airport
US-Cambodia relations to stay strong
As business mogul and reality television personality Donald Trump was announced as the next president of the United States yesterday, Cambodian political figures called for continued good relations. Shortly after president-elect Trump gave his victory speech in New York yesterday afternoon, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31900/us-cambodia-relations-to--stay-strong/
Uber now eyes Cambodia
US-based Uber will conduct a study on the feasibility of operating its ride-sharing services here in Cambodia, its representatives told the Commerce Ministry on Friday. Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak told Uber Asia-Pacific representatives Chan Park and Brian Shroder that the increased proliferation of internet and mobile ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34343/uber-now-eyes-cambodia/
Disabled musicians get three areas to perform
Phnom Penh City Hall has decided to allocate three places for disabled musicians to play instead of along public streets or at markets. Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong said on his Facebook page on Friday after meeting with a representative of the disabled musicians that City ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34593/disabled-musicians-get-three-areas-to-perform/
Hun Sen taunts Sam Rainsy, branding him a coward for not returning home
Prime Minister Hun Sen used a public speech yesterday to mercilessly mock former opposition leader Sam Rainsy, taunting him to make good on a promise to return to Cambodia, sarcastically referring to him as a “hero” and even singing a few bars of a classic ...
Meas Sokchea and Alex Willemyns
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-taunts-sam-rainsy-branding-him-coward-not-returning-home
Sesan locals set up ‘illegal’ village
Families living in a commune flooded by the Lower Sesan II dam have set up a new village on their community forest without the permission of local authorities. Residents of Sre Ko commune were offered new homes in a different area and compensation to leave ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5090324/sesan-locals-set-illegal-village/