ANZ keen to exit Cambodia bank stake
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd, the country’s third-biggest lender, is keen to exit its holding in Cambodia and will look at wholly owned business models wherever regulations allow. “We got out of a relationship, a small relationship, in Vietnam. We would like to ...
The Business Times News Staff
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/breaking-news/asia/anz-keen-exit-cambodia-bank-stake-20140325
Blogpost contest: ICT to study and work from home in times of COVID-19
COVID-19 has shaken the whole world and has changed our routines overnight. However, at ODC we believe that such bizarre days can also be an opportunity to learn from each other, strengthen relationships and discover new things.We encourage ODC users and ICT enthusiasts to participate ...
Open Development Cambodia
Huawei opens ICT training centre in Cambodia
China’s Huawei and Cambodia’s National Institute of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Communication Technology (NIPTICT) have opened a Huawei Authorized Information and Network Academy (HAINA) in the country. Huawei has now extended its HAINA program to more than 130 universities worldwide. ...
Cellular News Staff
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/Technology/68360.php
Export plans on hold
Local instant noodle company Men Sarun failed in its plan to export canned noodles to US markets this year, and an official confirmed that failures stemmed from both the unstable market price and increasing costs of transportation. Choun Kol, deputy general director of Men Sarun Investment, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032264621/Business/export-plans-on-hold.html
Social Work to shape Kingdom
Social work, long-established in developed countries but unheard-of in Cambodia, could be set to change the face of child protection in the country as interest in the field grows. Last week, a hundred potential social workers from around the country came to Phnom Penh for an ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092558885/Lifestyle/social-work-to-change-cambodia.html
HR forum sees role for digital technology
Business should embrace digital strategies that can improve the speed and efficiency of human resource management activities, speakers at a conference on the impact of digital transformation on human resources said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hr-forum-sees-role-digital-technology
NBC: Fintech fuels 2020 boom in Kingdom's payment systems
Payment systems in Cambodia have seen remarkable strides in line with the evolution of financial technology (fintech) and significantly contribute to the development of the national economy, as digital transactions witness a Covid-19 boom, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said in the 2020 annual ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-fintech-fuels-2020-boom-kingdoms-payment-systems
National Consultation Workshop on “Policy And Direction Of Cambodia’s Financial Technology” to be held
The Digital Economy and Business Committee under the National Digital Economy and Society Council is in the process of formulating Cambodia’s Financial Technology Development Policy and will organise the National Consultation Workshop on “Policy and Direction of Cambodia’s Financial Technology” next week, on April 26-27. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501060292/national-consultation-workshop-on-policy-and-direction-of-cambodias-financial-technology-to-be-held/
National consultation workshop on policy and direction of Cambodia's financial technology
On 27 April 2022, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on national consultation workshop on policy and direction of Cambodia’s financial technology. The Royal Government of Cambodia has been paying close attention to maximizing the benefits of digital technology in building ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Director General of Immigration urges officials at international gates to upgrade their technology skills
The Director General of Immigration, Lt. Gen. Sok Veasna, has instructed the officers at the international gates to continue to improve their technical skills, technology and foreign languages to make it easier to work quickly. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358462/director-general-of-immigration-urges-officials-at-international-gates-to-upgrade-their-technology-skills/
Child sex abuse posts halved but still of concern
The number of posts involving child sexual assaults from Cambodia last year was discovered to be around 220,000, which is still a problem even if it is down more than 100,000 cases from 2021. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501320171/child-sex-abuse-posts-halved-but-still-of-concern/
Cambodia eyes science, engineering to achieve high-income status
Cambodia aims to achieve high-income status by 2050 through a rapid shift from traditional to more inclusive and sustainable growth, using science and engineering. ...
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501288913/cambodia-eyes-science-engineering-to-achieve-high-income-status/
Cambodia's rice export to reach 1 mln tons in 2015: commerce minister
Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce Sun Chanthol said Tuesday that the country is expected to achieve its goal of exporting one million tons of milled rice in 2015. “The country had exported more than 400,000 tons in 2013 and there is two years more toward the goal, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-01/21/c_133062965.htm
Press release on the role of banking sector and fintech in digital economy in Cambodia
On 23 September 2022, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on the role of banking sector and fintech in digital economy in Cambodia.The workshop aimed to (1) disseminate the government’s policies, laws, and regulations on digitalization and the banking sector as ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
PM urges the strengthening of intellectual property rights
Prime Minister Hun Manet urged the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, including relevant institutions, to strengthen work related to intellectual property, copyright, and related rights to prevent plagiarism and to amend the relevant legal framework in line with the development of technology. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501453587/pm-urges-the-strengthening-of-intellectual-property-rights/
Arsenic in Kandal rice may be leaking into Phnom Penh markets
Once thought to be a problem that affected only rural areas, arsenic poisoning from tainted food could affect Cambodian cities such as Phnom Penh as well, according to research into rice and fish cultivated in Kandal province. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16767/arsenic-in-kandal-rice-may-be-leaking-into-phnom-penh-markets/
Fashion retail enters the online era
SOURSDEY Fashion occupies a small shopfront near the Russian Market. It looks similar to many of the small boutiques sprouting up across Phnom Penh, packed with the latest in fashion aimed at young, trendy consumers. But the shop’s business plan differs from that of many ...
Online biz registrations surging
The total capital of 28,618 companies registered in the online business registration system jumped to $8.4 billion as of Aug 27, compared to 20,693 companies with a total capital of $5.8 billion at the start of 2023. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/online-biz-registrations-surging
U.K.’s Prudential Set to Gain Cambodia License in First Quarter
Prudential Plc, the U.K.’s biggest insurer by market value, plans to begin selling insurance in Cambodia in the first quarter of next year to extend its presence in Asia across 13 markets. The firm is hiring sales agents and expects to gain a license to operate ...
‘Landmark’ $100 million project gets under way
Hongkong Land broke ground on Friday on a $100 million mixed-use development project in Phnom Penh’s financial district. Called Landmark, the building by the Hong Kong-based property group will be on a 10,700-square metre site on Street 106 near the capital’s Freedom Park. “One of Hongkong Land’s ...
Hin Pisei
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/%E2%80%98landmark%E2%80%99-100-million-project-gets-under-way