Sri Lanka’s Touchwood acquires land in Cambodia to set up an agricultural project
Sri Lanka&rSquo;S Touchwood InveStmentS PLC haS acquired 11,138 hectareS of land in Cambodia to Set up an agricultural project to plant rubber and other cropS. Chairman of the firm, RoScoe A. Maloney, SayS the acquiSition done in the previouS financial year iS aimed at exploring the SS='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia’s total trade worth US$ 2.7-B in first 2 months, + 28%
Cambodia’s import and export trade volume had amounted to Us$2.7-B in the 1st 2 months of this year, up 28% compared to the Us$2.1-B in the same period last year, the statistics of the Commerce Ministry showed Friday. Main products Cambodia imported are garment and textile ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia’s city port reports 34 pct rise in cargo shipment in Q1
Cargos entering and leaving through Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, the kingdom’s 2nd largest port, increased by 34 percent in the first three months of this year due to rising trade activities, a senior port official said Thursday. During the January-March period this year, the state-owned port ss='cambodia-color'>...
BFC’s 31st Synthesis Report finds increases and declines in garment sector conditions
Compliance with the Cambodian labour law showed both advances and declines in key areas including wages, fire safety, child labor, and worker health and safety according to the latest synthesis Report released by the International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Better Factories Cambodia
U.S. ambassador, Cambodian commerce minister complete trade mission to promote investment in Cambodia
U.S. AmbaSSador William E. Todd led hiS Second reverSe trade miSSion of Cambodian buSineSSeS to the United StateS, June 16-20, to encourage U.S. trade and inveStment opportunitieS in Cambodia. HiS Excellency Sun Chanthol, Senior MiniSter and MiniSter of Commerce, accompanied AmbaSSador Todd and 20 SS='cambodia-color'>...
Embassy of the United States
USAID’s Improved Basic Education in Cambodia (IBEC) program helps 81,000 Cambodian youth
The five-year Improved Basic Education in Cambodia (IBEC) project supported by the United states Agency for International Development (UsAID) held a close-out workshop on August 25-26. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Embassy of the United States
Cargo shipments via Cambodia’s 2 largest ports continue to grow in 10 months
The Sihanoukville AutonomouS Port, Cambodia&rSquo;S largeSt Shipping facility, reported a 14 percent increaSe in cargo ShipmentS in the firSt ten monthS of 2014. The Sea port received 2.84 million tonneS of goodS during the January-October period thiS year, up 14 percent compared to the Same period SS='cambodia-color'>...
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/cargo-shipments-via-cambodias-2-largest-ports-continue-to-grow-in-10-months/
Hun Sen calls for urgent measure against judge releasing tycoon Thong Sarath’s parents
Prime Minister Hun sen on Tuesday has proposed the supreme Council of Magistracy to take urgent measure on a judge responsible for releasing parents of fugitive Thong sarath on bail. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1L9D5Hh
MRC moves to delay Luang Prabang dam project’s prior consultation
The scheduled conclusion of the prior consultation process of the Lao-initiated Luang Prabang hydropower project has been moved to the end of the month, a statement from the Mekong River Commission said Friday, following concerns raised by the project’s stakeholders. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50731233/mrc-moves-to-delay-luang-prabang-dam-projects-prior-consultation/
Global economic rebound to lift Cambodia’s export and investment
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC)’s Governor Chea Chanto has said that the global economic recovery will support Cambodia’s export and investment sectors, reinforcing its position as a pillar of support for relevant sectors, to boost the national economy into positive growth and sow the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50901911/global-economic-rebound-to-lift-cambodias-export-and-investment/
Cambodia’s Delta Variant infections cross 400
Cambodia’s total number of COVID-19 infected people identified to have been hit by the more severe and highly contagious Delta Variant of sARs-CoV-2 strains is believed to have crossed 400. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50913454/cambodias-delta-variant-infections-cross-400/
Kingdom’s 2021 salt production will meet domestic demand
Domestic salt production can supply domestic demand this year, relieving Cambodia of the need to engage in imports according to Kampot province’s department of Industry, science, Technology and Innovation. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50911832/kingdoms-2021-salt-production-will-meet-domestic-demand/
Kingdom’s 2021 salt production will meet domestic demand
Domestic salt production can supply domestic demand this year, relieving Cambodia of the need to engage in imports according to Kampot province’s department of Industry, science, Technology and Innovation. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50911832/kingdoms-2021-salt-production-will-meet-domestic-demand/
What explains Cambodia’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution success?
One of the less heralded recent aspects of the COVID-19 story in southeast Asia has been Cambodia’s remarkable success in vaccine distribution. As of september 6, just over two-thirds of the country’s population had received at least one dose of vaccine, while 53 percent were ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sebastian Strangio
https://thediplomat.com/2021/09/what-explains-cambodias-covid-19-vaccine-distribution-success/
Cambodia encourages U.S. companies to invest in infrastructure projects
Cambodian government has encouraged U.s. companies to join biding on infrastructure projects and build quality physical infrastructure in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/955936/cambodia-encourages-u-s-companies-to-invest-in-infrastructure-projects/
Spokesperson rejects UN Special Rapporteur’s Cambodia press freedom report
Meas sophorn, Under secretary of state and spokesperson at the Ministry of Information, has turned down a report by the UN special Rapporteur on the press freedom in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50959974/spokesperson-rejects-un-special-rapporteurs-cambodia-press-freedom-report/
Vietnam buys 80 pct of Cambodia’s agriculture exports
Vietnam bought nearly 80 percent of Cambodia’s nearly $5 billion worth of agriculture exports last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501004581/vietnam-buys-80-pct-of-cambodias-agriculture-exports/
RCEP affirms resurgence of multilateralism: Cambodia’s FM
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement, which took effect on Jan. 1, has affirmed the resurgence of multilateralism, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak sokhonn said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501015314/rcep-affirms-resurgence-of-multilateralism-cambodias-fm/
Cambodia supports ASEAN-U.S. Special Summit in Washington
Prime Minister Hun sen has expressed Cambodia’s full support for the upcoming AsEAN-U.s. special summit in Washington, D.C. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501020176/cambodia-supports-asean-u-s-special-summit-in-washington/
Royal Government of Cambodia’s statement on Nagaworld labour dispute
The Royal Government of Cambodia this evening issued a statement on the Nagaworld Labour Dispute, reading as follows: ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501042142/royal-government-of-cambodias-statement-on-nagaworld-labour-dispute/