Quality infrastructure needed to support economic growth
Cambodia sits at a crossroads in the Asean region, potentially making it a key part of regional economic development and trade flows, though improved infrastructure and more innovative financing approaches are still needed, infrastructure experts meeting in Phnom Penh said yesterday. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/quality-infrastructure-needed-support-economic-growth
Axiata sells 10% stake in Cambodia’s Smart
Axiata Group sold a 10 percent stake of its Cambodian subsidiary Smart Axiata to Japanese group Mitsui Co Ltd to form a strategic partnership and further the firm’s activity in the Kingdom, according to a company release on Friday. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/axiata-sells-10-stake-cambodias-smart
Banteay Meanchey villagers seek dispute resolution
Almost 100 people from Boeung Snor village gathered at Banteay Meanchey’s Provincial Hall yesterday, demanding that provincial authorities resolve a 13-year-old dispute involving land promised to a group of Khmer Rouge defectors by the government in 1997. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/banteay-meanchey-villagers-seek-dispute-resolution
Trade fair fees reduced for local garment firms
Germany-based apparel industry trade fair organiser Messe Frankfurt France signed a memorandum of understanding with the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia yesterday to offer discounted exhibitor fees to Cambodian manufacturers in a deal valued at €400,000 ($450,000). ...
The Phnom Penh Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-fair-fees-reduced-local-garment-firms
CNRP’s Phnom Penh party head summoned over beating
Police have summoned the CNRP’s top party boss in Phnom Penh to appear for questioning today about a clash between a motorbike driver and a group of opposition supporters campaigning earlier this week in the capital. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrps-phnom-penh-party-head-summoned-over-beating-130855/
Commune vote smooth but not perfect, says watchdog
Asian election monitor Anfrel yesterday commended authorities, citizens and political parties for Sunday’s smooth commune elections, but stopped short of calling the ballot “free and fair”, raising concerns over the heightened political rhetoric in the run-up to June 4. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-vote-smooth-not-perfect-says-watchdog
Women make few gains at polls
Despite vows by both major political parties to increase female representation in politics, women made up only a small proportion of commune chiefs chosen in this month’s elections, though some gains were made by the opposition party. ...
Leonie Kijewski and Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/women-make-few-gains-polls
Visa-free medical travel period tripled by Thais
The Thai government on Wednesday publicly announced that nationals of five countries, including Cambodia, can visit Thailand for up to 90 days without a visa to seek medical treatment, an official at the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh said yesterday. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/visa-free-medical-travel-period-tripled-thais
King again in Beijing for contested Party Law’s signing
King Norodom Sihamoni will once again be out of Cambodia on the day that widely condemned new laws are due to be signed into force, prompting some observers to suggest he is abstaining from affixing his signature to politically questionable legislation. ...
Meas Sokchea and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-again-beijing-contested-party-laws-signing
Kem Sokha tours country gathering post-election feedback
Taking stock of his party’s June commune elections losses, CNRP president Kem Sokha has embarked on a countrywide tour to gather feedback and intelligence the party can use to steer its national election campaign, party officials said on Tuesday. ...
Ben Paviour and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-tours-country-gathering-post-election-feedback-133383/
US businesses give Cambodia mixed marks
U.S. companies doing business in Cambodia are optimistic about the country’s overall investment environment, but remain dissatisfied with the supply of cheap and skilled labor, corruption, tax structure, and attitudes toward the U.S., according to a new survey. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-businesses-give-cambodia-mixed-marks-133739/
National Assembly seat reallocation floated on Fresh News
An opinion piece published by government mouthpiece Fresh News suggests, among other things, dissolving the Cambodia National Rescue Party and allocating its National Assembly seats to five minor parties, including Funcinpec, which plans to sue for the dissolution of CNRP. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-assembly-seat-reallocation-floated-fresh-news
Market for construction materials opened in Phnom Penh
A company based in China’s southern province of Guangdong opened a 2-hectare market for building and construction materials near the Preah Monivong Bridge in Phnom Penh on Saturday, according to a report by online Chinese news site Commercial News. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/market-construction-materials-opened-phnom-penh
Assembly gives thumbs up to anti-dumping measures
The National Assembly yesterday passed a trade remedy law that aims to protect and help local and foreign businesses by introducing anti-dumping measures that prevent the “dishonest” import of goods and produce from neighbouring countries, according to a press release. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/assembly-gives-thumbs-anti-dumping-measures
Assembly votes in new lawmaker
Ruling Cambodian People’s Party member Yin Bunnang will take the seat of recently deceased lawmaker Im Sethy, representing Kampong Cham province, the National Assembly announced yesterday. The assembly also selected a lawmaker to replace Sethy on the justice commission. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/assembly-votes-new-lawmaker
Military clearing claims dismissed as outdated
A REDD Programme representative yesterday said it would be concerning if recent claims of the military systematically clearing protected forest in Oddar Meanchey province covered under the scheme proved true – though a third-party company has dismissed the claims as outdated. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/military-clearing-claims-dismissed-outdated
Government signs contract for infrastructure projects
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol yesterday signed a $44 million contract with Chinese company Beijing Urban Construction Group Co Ltd to carry out sewage and road improvement projects in Battambang, Poipet and Bavet towns, among other projects. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-signs-contract-infrastructure-projects
Indonesia-Cambodia trade grows to $492M
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Indonesia amounted to $492.7 million in the first 11 months of last year, a 23 percent increase compared to the same period in 2016, according to a report from an Indonesian state-run news agency. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/indonesia-cambodia-trade-grows-492m
Asean property markets beckon investors
Aliwassa Pathnadabutr, managing director of property consultant CBRE Thailand, said prime residential property for rent in the Cambodian capital has posted the highest yield among all sectors at 8% per year. Selling prices remain relatively low, but rents are high. ...
Kanana Katharangsiporn
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/1124901/asean-property-markets-beckon-investors
EU pressure effective?
In recent years, communities displaced by sugar plantations have attempted to reclaim their land by targeting the plantations’ investors and buyers overseas, but a study published last week in the peer-reviewed Journal of Civil Society suggests such efforts may disappoint. ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-pressure-effective