Moo Moo plans more milk
American-owned dairy farm Moo Moo Farms is looking to markedly increase production of its raw – unpasteurized – milk and increase its current herd of 25 cows. The farm, located in Kandal province, began operations earlier this year. According to a statement from the Ministry of ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31519/moo-moo-plans-more-milk/
Heavy spending for Chinese New Year
Chinese-Cambodians have been busier than usual buying decorations and religious items for Chinese Year New which starts today.Shops yesterday were full of customers looking for decorations and other religious items. Flower venders near Sampov Meas pagoda in Phnom Penh were flooded with customers and sellers ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34805/heavy-spending-for-chinese-new-year/
Parties told to get ready for election
The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday reminded political parties participating in the upcoming commune elections to expedite the registration of their party to ensure they met the March deadline. NEC spokesperson Hang Puthea said there will be 221,458 polling stations nationwide across the 1,646 communes ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35667/parties-told-to-get-ready-for-election/
Chinese, local firms sign agricultural deals worth $526M
More than a dozen Chinese companies inked deals to purchase about $526 million worth of agricultural products from Cambodian firms on Monday. The 34 agreements between 14 Chinese firms and 18 Cambodian firms were announced by the two country’s commerce ministries at a press conference ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-local-firms-sign-agricultural-deals-worth-526m
Chinese premier vows to build community of shared future with Cambodia
Calling the two countries close neighbors with profound friendship, Li said China always respects Cambodia’s sovereignty and independence, and supports the country to stick to a development path with Cambodian characteristics. China hopes to take the opportunity of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of ...
Mu Xuequan
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/11/c_136888907.htm
Killings fail to deter WCS
The Wildlife Conservation Society has said it is committed to continue working with the authorities and other partners to protect Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary after three conservationists, including one WCS staff member were killed last month. Tern Soknai, a forest ranger with the Environment Ministry, Sek ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50108637/killings-fail-to-deter-wcs/
Foreign Affairs Ministry requests Sweden to continue demining aid
Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn has reiterated his request for Swedish government to consider continuing to provide aid for demining action in Cambodia, a senior official said. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50665723/foreign-affairs-ministry-requests-sweden-to-demining-aid/
PTT offers $960 mln to buy out Sakari to increase coal assets
Thailand’s top energy company, has offered to buy out Singapore-listed Sakari Resources Ltd for $960 million as the oil and gas firm expands into coal to meet rising regional demand for the fuel On Aug. 13, Sakari announced a joint venture with the Royal Group of ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/27/sakari-ptt-idUSL3E8JR02420120827
Singapore & Cambodia to strengthen energy cooperation, starting with study visit
Singapore and Cambodia have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in energy. As a first step, a delegation led by a Secretary of State of the Ministry of industry, Mines and Energy of Cambodia will conduct a study visit to Singapore from 21 to 24 October. The ...
FAT's direct Angkor Wat flights to resume Dec. 25
The Taipei-based Far Eastern Air Transport Corp. (FAT) will resume its direct flights from Taiwan to Angkor Wat in Cambodia starting Dec. 25 Soon after the FAT reopened its flight operations on April 18, 2011 following several years of suspension caused by financial troubles, the Tonlesap ...
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/business/2012/11/01/359511/FATs-direct.htm
Burger King to Open at Phnom Penh Airport
U.S. fast-food chain Burger King is set to open its first restaurant in Cambodia next month, an official confirmed yesterday. Advertisements have gone up at the Phnom Penh international Airport bearing the famous Burger King logo, with a message saying that the chain is “Coming soon.” ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/burger-king-to-open-at-phnom-penh-airport-8309/
Rail looks for new funding
It’s a nearly 300-kilometre stretch of rail in disrepair. More than 60 bridges – some crumbling, some dotted with landmines at the base – lie on the line between the towns of Bat Deong, northwest of Phnom Penh, and Sisophan near the Thai border. The ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052356314/Business/rail-looks-for-new-funding.html
4th Cambodia Gems And Jewelry Fair
Cambodian Ministry of Commerce in association with Hong Kong’s World Trade Fair (international) Limited as international sole agent), the annual national flagship jewelry fair – The 4th Cambodia Gems & Jewelry Fair (4th CGJF), will be held on June 14 to 17, 2012 at Diamond Island Convention & Exhibition Centre (Koh Pich), at the ...
Ministry eyes Boeung Kak sentence
The Ministry of Justice has called on the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to re-examine whether the decision to sentence 13 Boeung Kak women to two and a half years in jail was just, according to a letter obtained by the Post yesterday. The letter was ...
Sihanoukville port sees steady growth
Revenue at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port increased 13.6 per cent year on year between January and June, port officials confirmed yesterday. As the state-owned enterprise gears up for listing on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, the neighbouring Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone will play an increasingly important role in ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070357157/Business/sihanoukville-port-growth.html
City Starts Building Road Near Boeng Kak Lake
The Phnom Penh Municipality has begun construction work on a road skirting the area formerly taken up by the Boeng Kak lake, according to a statement posted on the city’s website. On Monday, the municipality held an inauguration ceremony for construction of a 615-meter concrete road ...
Corruption Continues To Stymie Development, Transparency Advocate Says
Corruption remains a major impediment to Cambodia’s development, but the systemic practices associated with it can be curbed if the government takes serious action, a transparency advocate says. Preap Kol, executive director of Transparency international Cambodia, told VOA Khmer in a studio interview recently that Cambodia ...
Two Soldiers Shot Dead by Thai Military After Crossing Border
The Thai military shot dead two Cambodian soldiers from Preah Vihear province on Friday after they crossed illegally into Thai territory to log for luxury rosewood, officials said yesterday. Three soldier based in Choam Ksan district’s Sra Em commune crossed into Thailand’s Sisaketh province to search ...
CPP still rules Boeung Kak, Borei Keila
Criticism of the Cambodian People’s Party has been overt in recent months as those from Boeung Kak lake and Borei Keila have taken to the streets to vent their frustration and anger at their housing situations. But an equivalent backlash at the polls was nowhere to ...
Union boss accused of strike incitement
The president of the Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions has been summonsed to Kandal Provincial Court to answer incitement and defamation allegations levied against her by the owner of the strike-plagued Tai Yang Enterprise factories. The court complaint comes ahead of major negotiations today in the ...