Maize has local farmers’ ears
Growing demand for animal feed is driving up both the demand and price of corn, with smallholder farmers claiming the field crop offers a more stable market than cassava.Corn is grown on more than 140,000 hectares in Cambodia and can be harvested twice a year, ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/maize-has-local-farmers-ears
Forest loss data show 2016 increase
The new data, released by the University of Maryland, tracks forest cover loss globally using satellite imagery. Results showed that not only was 2016 worse than 2015, but of the 16 years for which deforestation was recorded, last year was the fourth worst – with ...
Phak Seangly and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-loss-data-show-2016-increase
Mega construction supply center
A Chinese company will spend roughly $60 million to build a construction supply center on the outskirts of Phnom Penh after finalizing a land leasing agreement with the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) on Friday. Yunnan Sengmao investment will build the aptly named Construction Material Supplies ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33862/mega-construction-supply-center/
Japan reaffirms commitment to Cambodia and national election
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reaffirmed his commitment to the country and the upcoming national election as Kem Sokha’s daughter has taken to social media to demand an explanation as to why Japan is supporting an “artificial” election. Last week Japan’s ambassador to Cambodia, Hidehisa ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50110505/japan-reaffirms-commitment-cambodia-national-election/
Chinese firm eyes steel mill
One of China’s largest steelmakers is seeking partners in Cambodia to build a steel mill that will reduce the Kingdom’s dependency on imported steel for its construction sector, a company executive said. Weng Wei Min, director of the economic cooperation department at Hangzhou Iron and ...
Cam McGrath and Joey Chua Xue Ting
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firm-eyes-steel-mill
Sugar rush puts monster mill well ahead of target
Cambodia’s biggest sugar mill has finished its two-month production run, producing half a million tonnes of refined white sugar, nearly five times what the company predicted at the beginning of the harvest season, a company representative said yesterday.The Cambodian government granted Rui Feng Cambodia an ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sugar-rush-puts-monster-mill-well-ahead-target
Exports rose 19 percent: Commerce Ministry
The Commerce Ministry yesterday announced a 19 percent surge in exports for the year and a quadrupling of revenue collected from import licence fees, but would not provide analogous figures for total imports or explain what could be driving the increases. According to the ministry’s annual ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-rose-19-percent-commerce-ministry
Ministry: Construction workers must upskill
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training official Teang Sak on Wednesday urged the private sector to work with the government in improving the skills of workers to meet the needs of the fast-growing construction sector. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-construction-workers-must-upskill
Inter-ministry committee clears draft access to information bill
The inter-ministry committee finalised its review of the draft bill on access to information on Friday and plans to submit it to the Council of Ministers in January before it is sent to the National Assembly. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/inter-ministry-committee-clears-draft-access-information-bill
Draft Lango amendments on the table
The Interior MInistry is due to hold a meetIng with representatives of local and foreign NGOs next week In a bid to review and give feedback over draft amendments to the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50665345/draft-lango-amendments-on-the-table/
Mekong countries vow drug action
Countries along the Mekong River have vowed to increase co-operation in cracking down on and preventing drug trafficking from the Golden Triangle area and the import of chemical substances for drug production. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mekong-countries-vow-drug-action
Garment factories opening despite potential loss of EBA deal: report
Garment factories continue to open in the Kingdom despite the looming threat Cambodia faces of losing its Everything-but-arms (EBA) status with the European Union, a report published recently notes. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50666883/garment-factories-opening-despite-potential-loss-of-eba-deal-report/
CAMBODIA: Strike continues at Gap supplier factory
A strike at the Ocean Garment factory in Phnom Penh, which supplies US retailer Gap, has entered its third week, despite a court ordering the 2,500 protestors to return to work. The unrest began on 11 August after six female employees accused their Bangladeshi manager of ...
http://www.just-style.com/news/strike-continues-at-gap-supplier-factory_id115380.aspx
Dredging licenses up for grabs
The government has granted contracts to three unnamed private companies to invest in dredging operations along parts of the , but is withholding the companies’ names and information on the specific areas for the large-scale projects. Lim Kean Hor, the Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology, told ...
Cellcard's COO Kay Lot resigns
One of Cambodia’s primary telecommunications companies, Cellcard, announced yesterday that longtime Chief Operating Officer Kay Lot has resigned. The departure of Kay Lot follows the departure of CEO David Spriggs who resigned his position about two months ago. Telecommunications industry insiders say the otherwise healthy and profitable ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090758552/Business/cellcards-coo-kay-lot-resigns.html
Refined sugar for domestic market
Phnom Penh Sugar will begin producing white sugar this month for the Cambodian market to reduce the demand for imported sugar, according to a spokeswoman for the firm. Chheang Kemsoun, a representative of Phnom Penh Sugar, told the Post yesterday the company would produce white sugar ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110759620/Business/refined-sugar-for-domestic-market.html
Cambodia, China's Guangxi sign deal to cement agricultural cooperation
Cambodia and China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on strengthening bilateral communication and cooperation in agriculture. The deal was inked between Lord Reasmey, secretary-general of Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, and Zhang Mingpei, director- general of Department of Agriculture of ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-01/08/c_132088306.htm
Hun Sen and EU Ambassador Talk Elections, Land Reform
The European Union’s ambassador to Cambodia raised issues of judicial reform, land reform and the upcoming national elections in a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday morning. The European Commission’s directorate-general for trade is currently reviewing a report by the U.N.’s human rights envoy ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-and-eu-ambassador-talk-elections-land-reform-11009/
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 ...
Tiger Airways launches daily service to Singapore
Direct daily flights between Phnom Penh and Singapore started yesterday with the first Tiger Airways flight departing at 8:30am and landing in Singapore at 11:30am, kicking off a seven-days-a-week low-cost service. The company is offering a special price of US$38 one-way from Phnom Penh to Singapore ...