Cambodia sees 21 pct rise in garment exports in first 8 months
Cambodia’s garment industry, the kingdom’s largest income maker, recorded 3.65 billion U.S. dollars in export value in the first eight months of the year, up 21 percent from 3.01 billion U.S. dollars over the same period last year, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday. Cambodian ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-09/20/c_132736137.htm
IDEMITSU of Japan to build bio-fuel factory in Cambodia in 2015
A world class Japanese Company, IDEMITSU, will build a bio-fuel factory in Cambodia in 2015, and will commence exploring bio-fuel in Cambodia for the first time in 2017, Mr. Heng Ratana, General Director of Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) told reporters yesterday. IDEMITSU has been ...
The Cambodia Herald
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NjQ3MGQ1NmRlY2R
Cambodia sees 87 pct drop in dengue fever cases in Q1
Cambodia had recorded 179 dengue fever cases in the first three months of this year, a 87 percent decrease from 1,393 cases over the same period last year, a health official said Friday. ...
ASEAN - China Center News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-04/05/c_133240824.htm
Cambodia sees 16 pct rise in garment, footwear exports in 6 months
Garment and footwear industry, Cambodia’s largest income earner, saw a 16 percent increase in exports in the first six months of 2014, according to a commerce ministry’s report on Sunday. The country exported apparel and footwear products worth 2.92 billion U.S. dollars during the January-June period ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-07/20/c_133497592.htm
Second haul of illegal ivory in a month found in Svay Rieng
Military police in Svay Rieng province on Friday seized more than 250 kg of elephant tusks stashed inside 10 suitcases in a van heading for the Vietnamese border, officials said. This is the second such haul in the space of a month, leading to fears Cambodia ...
Saing Soenthrith and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/second-haul-of-illegal-ivory-in-a-month-found-in-svay-rieng-54762/
Cambodia sees 83 pct drop in dengue fever cases in first half
Cambodia has reported 1,005 dengue fever cases in the first six months of 2014, down 83 percent from 6,039 cases in the same period last year, a health official said Friday. Char Meng Chuor, director of the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, said ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2014-07/04/c_133460228.htm
Families affected by land disputes in Cambodia tripled in 2014: rights group
A surge in land disputes in Cambodia affected more than three times as many families last year as in 2013, a local rights group said Thursday, urging Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government to address the issue with “long-term lasting solutions” instead of making empty promises. Rights ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/families-02192015114159.html
ADB provides US$67 mln in loan for three projects in Cambodia
Asian Development Bank (ADB) provided US$67 millions in loan to support and improve water supply, tourism and financial sectors in Cambodia. The loan agreement was signed Thursday between Aun Pornmoniroth, Cambodia’s Minister of Economy and Finance, and Eric Sidgwick, ADB Country Director for Cambodia. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/adb-provides-us67-mln-in-loan-for-three-projects-in-cambodia-7889
Dengue fever cases up 63 pct in Cambodia in first 5 months
Cambodia has seen 957 dengue fever cases in the first five months of 2015, a 63 percent rise compared with 586 cases over the same period last year, a health official said Thursday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1Gy17NH
Thousands sit for language test in hopes of working in South Korea
Thousands of people flocked to high schools across Phnom Penh over the weekend to sit for a Korean language test in the hopes of finding higher-paying work in South Korea, students said Sunday. According to a schedule released earlier this month by the Labor Ministry, which ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thousands-sit-for-language-test-in-hopes-of-working-in-south-korea-86764/
Landmine casualties in Cambodia down 36 pct in 5 months of 2015
Cambodia has seen 57 landmine casualties in the first five months of 2015, down 36 percent compared with 89 casualties over the same period of last year, the latest report said Saturday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6611927/2015/07/11/landmine-casualties-cambodia-down-36-pct-5-months-2015
Prisoners 'utilised' in violent eviction
Twenty convicts in Preah Sihanouk Provincial Prison were employed by military and local authorities to tear apart a nearby village on land slated for a second prison compound, villagers and rights groups alleged yesterday. However, prison authorities denied that any incarcerated people were involved in the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012062557001/National-news/prisoners-in-eviction.html
Japan interested in Cosmetic Plant construction in Preah Sihanouk
Japan has expressed interest in investing on construction of a cosmetic plant in Preah Sihanouk province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501066889/japan-interested-in-cosmetic-plant-construction-in-preah-sihanouk/
Rights worker fights defamation claims
How should one react when accused in court of defaming a provincial judge and prosecutor? Ny Chakrya just laughs. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13507/rights-worker-fights-defamation-claims/
Boeng Kak Families Pitch a New Solution to Land Dispute
A group of Phnom Penh residents locked in a long-running land dispute with a real estate project owned by CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin are pitching City Hall a plan they hope will prevent them from being evicted and keep them close to home. “We ...
NBC won’t recognise bitcoin
Cambodia’s central bank won’t recognise bitcoin as a form of payment, making the Kingdom the latest Asian country to reject the digital currency. National Bank of Cambodia director-general Chea Serey confirmed the regulator’s stance on the issue on Wednesday, citing the absence of any e-commerce law ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-won%E2%80%99t-recognise-bitcoin
PM: Govt committed to anti-human trafficking MoU signed with Cambodia
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has affirmed the government’s determination to push forward the memorandums of understanding (MoUs) recently signed with Cambodia, particularly the one seeking to eradicate human trafficking. Speaking of his official visit to Cambodia during October 30-31, Gen Prayut stated in his weekly televised ...
Pattaya Mail News Staff
http://www.pattayamail.com/business/pm-govt-committed-to-anti-human-trafficking-mou-signed-with-cambodia-42693
Poipet Casino Dragging Feet on Promise
A casino in Poipet that pays wages only in Thai baht is yet to fulfil its promise to improve conditions for its 500 workers, a union representative said yesterday. Workers are still working 12-hour days – often without a break – at the Tropicana Casino, one ...
Cambodia Will Host Forum of Rice Product to Boost Rice Export
The league of Association of Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia will conduct a forum on rice products in 17 October at Koh Pich center to boost the export of milled rice product to one million tons by 2015 as guided by the government. Cambodia ...
Families Evicted by Railway Project File Complaint With Bank
More than 150 residents evicted from Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district to make way for a railway rehabilitation project filed a complaint yesterday with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) office in Phnom Penh, one of two principal financiers for the project, saying their relocation site ...