Price of Water Spikes as Sihanoukville Shortages Drag On
As Sihanoukville’s water shortage drags on, the price of water being delivered by private suppliers has skyrocketed with residents and business owners growing ever more desperate to get clean water into their homes, hotels and restaurants. Over the past week, since a reservoir supplying the city ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/price-of-water-spikes-as-sihanoukville-shortage-drags-on-17341/
WWF unveils bid to help Mondulkiri forests
In the latest bid to protect Mondulkiri’s ravaged forests, World Wildlife Fund is rolling out a new project designed to give locals financial incentives to help preserve Mondulkiri Protected Forest and Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary. Cultivating small-scale, community-run businesses such as resin tree tapping and beekeeping ...
Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wwf-unveils-bid-help-mondulkiri-forests
Hun Sen says wage hikes should be linked to increased productivity
Prime Minister Hun Sen has told local business leaders that increased wages should be linked to improvements in the productivity of workers. Speaking at the 17th Government-Private Sector Forum on Tuesday, he said higher wages “must be attached to the production capacity of each worker and ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZDQ4MzRlMDg1ZDh
Cambodia could lose competitive edge in bicycles: report
Cambodia could lose its competitive advantage in bicycle manufacturing and assembly, an industry source says. In a report from the Taipei Cycle Show late Wednesday, the US-based Bicycle Retailer and Industry News said Cambodia had used low wages and zero tariffs in the European Union to ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OGJjZWE0MTM4YzR
Key stakeholders report Kingdom’s investment climate friendly, favourable
In a series of interviews conducted by a World Economic Forum team with key stakeholders across policymakers, firms, business associations and researchers, amounting to 41 separate entities, firms have reported Cambodia as possessing a friendly investment and business environment. ...
Poovenraj Kanagaraj
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50691650/key-stakeholders-report-kingdoms-investment-climate-friendly-favourable
CCF carries out raids on 17 fuel fraudsters
Officials from the General Directorate of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF) found 17 fuel businesses in four provinces conducting illegal business, while more than 1,000kg of defective goods and over 500 litres of counterfeit alcohol were confiscated and destroyed from October 18-20. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ccf-carries-out-raids-17-fuel-fraudsters
Phnom Penh late waste service fees due June 15
The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration has reminded residents and business owners who have failed to pay for their rubbish and solid waste collection service fees that they must settle the bills by June 15, or risk additional penalties including a record of unpaid debt and ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-late-waste-service-fees-due-june-15
New Zealand forges closer Cambodian ties
New Zealand says it will set up a business association in Cambodia to boost trade with the rapidly growing economy. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14680/new-zealand-forges-closer-cambodian-ties/
Tourism industry debates visa exemptions
Cambodia’s tourism industry is looking for ways to become more competitive, with some businesses suggesting visa exemptions for top visiting countries. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13275/tourism-industry-debates-visa-exemptions/
South coast holds development key
Real estate and hotel developers have identified the southern coast of Cambodia as having tourism potential to encourage more business investment. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36111/south-coast-holds-development-key/
Toyoko inn set to open
The three-star Toyoko Inn hotel is set to open next week, filling the gap in the capital’s budget-business hotel market. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12197/toyoko-inn-set-to-open/
Vattanac: A Tale of Two City Developments
Vattanac may still be a family business, but a symbol of its big aspirations can be seen emerging from Phnom Penh’s skyline on Monivong Boulevard, where the company is building a 38-story tower that will house its headquarters next year. The tower, which was designed ...
The Siam Cement PCL : Siam Cement 3Q Net Profit Falls 13% but Meets Forecasts
Siam Cement PCL’s (SCC.TH) third-quarter net profit fell 13% as higher expenses and cost of sales weighed, but the fall in earnings at Thailand’s largest industrial conglomerate by revenue was in line with analysts’ expectations. Despite the profit decline, the conglomerate said before Wednesday’s earnings statement ...
China's Nanning City officials visit Cambodia to promote tourism ties
A group of about 20 officials and tourism-related business owners from Nanning City, capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is visiting Cambodia to broaden bilateral relations and cooperation in tourism. The delegation is led by Yang Min, Nanning’s vice mayor. On Tuesday, the group ...
National brokerage opens first overseas office
National insurance broking firm MGA Insurance Brokers is opening a new office in the developing market of Cambodia. The Cambodian operation was being set up as a joint venture with two local brokers, Chantol Seng and Sophat Meas, who had extensive international experience. “Cambodia has a ...
Insurance Business News Staff
http://www.insurancebusinessonline.com.au/news/national-brokerage-opens-first-overseas-office-181017.aspx
Commercial Court could function ‘as early as 2024’: Justice ministry officials
A Ministry of Justice official said that a Commercial Court could be established and put into action as soon as 2024. Addressing the February 2 “AmCham Business Law Conclave: Critical Updates That You Need to Know for 2023” in Phnom Penh, justice ministry secretary of state ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/commercial-court-could-function-early-2024-justice-ministry-officials
Forest on the auction block
Almost 30,000 hectares of a wildlife sanctuary in Oddar Meanchey, Siem Reap and Preah Vihear provinces have been reclassified as state private land for agricultural development, drawing sharp criticism from rights groups. Four sub-decrees signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on July 22 reclassify land ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011080950943/National-news/forest-on-the-auction-block.html
Rice dealer ‘cheated’ partner out of $30k
Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged a businessman yesterday after he was accused of cheating his business partner out of more than $30,000 in 2014. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rice-dealer-cheated-partner-out-30k
Talk of betrayal as CNRP loses council race in Prey Veng
Anyone passing through Prey Doeum Thnoeng could be forgiven for pinning the tidy little village for a stronghold of the ruling CPP. Just about every second house along the red dirt road through town sports a bright blue banner with a checkmark next to the ...
Zsombor Peter and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/talk-of-betrayal-as-cnrp-loses-race-in-prey-veng-58973/
Cambodia, China sign MoU on e-commerce
Cambodia and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Friday to support the development of the Kingdom’s e-commerce business operations. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-china-sign-mou-e-commerce