Japan Helps Cambodia Despite Difficulties
Japan on August 15th loaned Cambodia a package of US$ 53.3 million for the West Tonle Sap Irrigation and Drainage Improvement and a grant aid of US$ 0.7 million to improve education equipment of the Department of Geo-Resources and Geotechnical Engineering of the Institute of ...
Strike may be shifted to post-holiday date
A stay-at-home garment strike scheduled for tomorrow is in doubt after a number of workers and unionists urged that it be postponed until after the Khmer New Year, a union leader said yesterday. Pav Sina, president of the Collective Union of Movement of Workers, said some ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/strike-may-be-shifted-post-holiday-date
Current account deficit rises to $542M in 4Q15
Cambodia’s current account balance deficit was the equivalent of $542 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, the equivalent of 11.5 per cent of GDP, the National Bank of Cambodia said in a report released yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/current-account-deficit-rises-542m-4q15
Kampong Speu, Cambodia’s 13th province to be free of landmines
Cambodia Mine Action Authority (CMAA) has declared Kampong Speu a landmine-free province on October 30 with a celebration marked by the inauguration of an administrative building by Prime Minister Hun Manet. ...
Rov Hongseng
https://kiripost.com/stories/kampong-speu-cambodia-13th-province-to-be-free-of-landmines
CCF on mission to tackle counterfeits
Each year, more than 1,000 tonnes of counterfeit products are discovered and seized by officials of the General Department of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF). The counterfeit products are usually consumer goods, including food and beverage products that can affect the health of ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-post-depth/ccf-mission-tackle-counterfeits
Gov’t allocates $100M to prop up SMEs
The Ministry of Economy and Finance on February 14 allocated $100 million to two state-owned banks to provide additional support to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME), and the agriculture and agro-industry sectors. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-allocates-100m-prop-smes
Japan provides USD 692,522 for physical education project and food and nutrition security project
On 27th December 2018, Japanese government has agreed to provide USD 692,522 in total for two Japanese organizations under the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects: USD 396,033 for Heart of Gold to implement “Project on Developing 4-year University of Physical Education Course at National ...
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
Announcement on the international investment and trade exhibition
On 23 February 2021, the Ministry of Commerce released an announcement on the international investment and trade exhibition, organized by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in cooperating with the China International Chamber of Commerce which will take place from 27-29 April 2021. This fair aims to ...
Ministry of Commerce
Vietnam invests $9.5 million in Cambodia
Cambodia was recorded as the third largest recipient of Vietnamese investment during the first quarter of this year, according to a report released by the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Vietnam. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708029/vietnam-invests-9-5-million-in-cambodia/
Outcomes of the MoVT Annual Report Conference 2015-2016
On 17th and 18th of February 2016, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training has organized the Annual Report Conference 2015-2016 on the implementations of strategic plan for Development of Labour and Vocational Training 2014-2018. In summary, the ministry has offered career choices and job ...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Four Arrested In Attempt to Inspire ‘Rose Revolution’
Police said Sunday they have arrested four people believed to be involved in a conspiracy hatched by a dissident Khmer-American group plotting to topple the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen. Two men and two women were arrested on Thursday suspected of attempting to hand out ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-arrested-in-attempt-to-inspire-rose-revolution-39976/
About 1,000 migrants sent home
About 1,000 Cambodians allegedly working illegally in Thailand were arrested and deported after the Thai government declared an end to a grace period for labourers, a member of the official receiving committee at the border in Poipet said Monday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/about-1000-migrants-sent-home
Government creates logistics council to help sector stay competitive in the region
The Cambodian government recently laid out the framework for the creation of a National Council of Logistics, a specialised interministerial team designed to tackle the high costs of the Kingdom’s logistics sector to promote the efficient flow of exports, according to a royal decree issued ...
Cambodia’s oil imports up 64 pct in 2015
Cambodia imported 2.55 million tons of petroleum in 2015, up 64 percent from 1.55 million tons in the year before, according to the data of the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Hellenic Shipping News Team
http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/cambodias-oil-imports-up-64-pct-in-2015/
4,000 unlicensed health care providers: ministry
The Ministry of Health yesterday issued a tally of illegal health-service providers in the country, saying there were nearly 4,000 such facilities as of August. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/4000-unlicensed-health-care-providers-ministry
Ministry disputes forests data
The Ministry of Environment released a statement late Tuesday night vehemently refuting University of Maryland data that showed a 30 percent spike in forest cover loss in 2016 over the year before, pointing instead to its own data showing only minimal deforestation over the same ...
Phak Seangly and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-disputes-forests-data
Budget fund for agriculture disappoints
Cambodia’s agriculture sector is set to receive a funding boost, according to the government’s 2015 draft budget statements, but the anticipated increase has not impressed industry experts. The draft budget documents show the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will receive $126 million for 2015, ...
Dailymail News Staff
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-2819800/CAMBODIA-PRESS-Budget-fund-agriculture-disappoints--Phnom-Penh-Post.html
Deal inked for $19m biodiverse landscapes fund
The British Embassy Phnom Penh and the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Environment on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), formalizing cooperation on the UK’s Biodiverse Landscapes Fund (BLF) in Cambodia. ...
Mon Sokeo
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-deal-inked-for-19m-biodiverse-landscapes-fund
MoU to support S. Korea investors
The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) and the Korea Federation of Banks (KFB) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand and strengthen cooperation as well as provide support to South Korean investors, especially those in the banking sector who are now investing ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31603/mou-to-support-s--korea-investors/
State Bank of Vietnam strengthens relations with Cambodian partner
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) held a bilateral meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on September 16 to exchange and share experiences on macroeconomic management, especially in finance and banking. ...
Nhan Dan Newspaper
https://en.nhandan.org.vn/business/item/7922402-state-bank-of-vietnam-strengthens-relations-with-cambodian-partner.html