SEZs investment potential relies in infrastructure
In 2005, after special economic zones (SEZs) were formally introduced in Cambodia through a sub-decree, Svay Reing’s Manhattan SEZ became the first to began construction the same year. The Sihanoukville SEZ remains Cambodia’s largest with over 1,000 hectares in the area. The $320 million development is ...
James Whitehead
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/sezs-investment-potential-relies-infrastructure
Arbitration Council receives funds from the US, Sweden
The Arbitration Council said on Thursday that it handled 2,882 cases from 2003 to 2019, which affected over 1.11 million workers in the industrial and service sectors across the country. Of these, it found solutions to 75 per cent of the cases, said Arbitration Council Foundation ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/arbitration-council-receives-funds-us-sweden
ICRC races to prevent virus transmission in prisons
The International Committee of the Red Cross in Phnom Penh on Friday donated 20 tonnes of health care, hygiene and sanitation supplies to the Directorate General Prison at the Correctional Centre 1. The humanitarian aid aims to assist the General Department of Prisons in preventing ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50712382/icrc-races-to-prevent-virus-transmission-in-prisons/
Geopacific Resources could have unearthed major gold copper system in Cambodia
Geopacific Resources’ (ASX: GPR) may have discovered a major gold and copper system from drilling in Cambodia which on the results could yet get bigger. Standout results from preliminary gold assays from follow-up RC drilling at the 150 Prospect have extended the strike length of high ...
Proactive Investors News Staff
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/54565/geopacific-resources-could-have-unearthed-major-gold-copper-system-in-cambodia-54565.html
Traffic fine increase gets green light
Nearly a year after being signed into law, Cambodia’s new traffic code is just weeks from finally being enforced.National Police chief Neth Savoeun yesterday said that drivers have had plenty of notice, and the time for implementation has come. As of January 1, fines for ...
Taing Vida and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/traffic-fine-increase-gets-green-light
Cambodia exports two million tonnes of agricultural products in first five months
A total of 1.9 million tonnes of agricultural products have been exported in the first five months of this year, a 7 percent increase compared to the same period last year. Of the total exported agricultural products, milled rice was accounted for about 350,000 tonnes, ...
Chea Vannak/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736330/cambodia-exports-two-million-tonnes-of-agricultural-products-in-first-five-months/
Exports climb 20% on $14B worth of Cambodian goods
Cambodia exported $14.1 billion worth of goods in the first nine months of this year, up 20.07 per cent from the same period last year, despite Covid-19’s production-chain disruptions and its impact on global demand, the Ministry of Economy and Finance reported. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-climb-20-14b-worth-cambodian-goods
Deadline set for telecom operators to hand over data
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) has asked the nations’ telecom operators to connect to its Data Management Centre (DMC) by January 1, 2021. Based on the telecom laws, all operators and stakeholders involved in telecom must provide data service information to the MPTC. ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50794919/deadline-set-for-telecom-operators-to-hand-over-data/
CDC okays new $13M projects
The government approved three projects worth a total of $13.5 million last week, bringing the total number of projects in the first three weeks of this month to nine with total investment value of $1.1354 billion, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-okays-new-13m-projects
Agri-exports surge 55% in Jan-Feb
Cambodia exported a total of 1,599,922.37 tonnes of major non-milled-rice agricultural products in the first two months of this year, an increase of 569,493.88 tonnes or 55.27 per cent compared to the same period in 2020, according to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agri-exports-surge-55-jan-feb
Phnom Penh officials rehabilitates drainage canals to combat flooding
On June 22, a team from the Phnom Penh Capital Administration began the rehabilitation of 5 drainage canals with s combined length of 1 km in Sangkat Stung Meanchey 3, Khan Meanchey. The rehabilitation was done with the purpose of preventing the canals from overflowing ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50879174/phnom-penh-officials-rehabilitates-drainage-canals-to-combat-flooding/
Kingdom produces 137kg of gold dore bars
Australian miner Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Ltd has produced 137kg dore bars with 90 per cent gold solution, in just over a month since it kicked off commercial operations of its flagship gold mine in northeastern Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen on ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-produces-137kg-gold-dore-bars
PM Hun Sen tells the Minister of Education to discuss with the capital-provincial Governors to choose schools that do not have Covid-19 to reopen again
PM Hun Sen tells the Minister of Education to discuss with the capital-provincial governors to select schools on sites that are not affected by the Covid-19 disease to reopen since the Kingdom has undergone vaccination process to kids aged from 12 to 18 for more ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2021-08-31-1019-222713.html
Sea forum focuses on sustainability
The Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) kicked off its two-day 7th East Asian Sea (EAS) Congress on December 1 with Cambodia hosting the event in the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sea-forum-focuses-sustainability
Innovation crucial for future of Kingdom’s farming
Approximately 1.9 million households in Cambodia are currently engaged in agriculture production and feed around 15.8 million people. In 2012, one agri-food sector worker had to produce enough food to feed 2.8 people. And by 2030, predicted growth of towns and urban areas will mean ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/innovation-crucial-future-kingdoms-farming
LNY makes up 23% of 2022 domestic trips
A total of 4,106,034 domestic trips were recorded in the first 34 days of this year, from January 1 to February 3 – 23.08 per cent in just the first three days of this month alone – statistics that observers are regarding as positive signs ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/lny-makes-23-2022-domestic-trips
Five river port terminals due by November: minister
The TS11 multi-purpose port terminal on the Tonle Sap River in northern Phnom Penh is 85 per cent complete and is on track to be launched on July 1, with four more terminals to be opened by November, according to transport minister Sun Chanthol on ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/five-river-port-terminals-due-november-minister
ASEAN’s first Maritime Outlook highlights region’s blue economy
ASEAN has launched its inaugural ASEAN Maritime Outlook (AMO) at the 13th ASEAN Maritime Forum, held in the Indonesia resort island of Bali on August 1. This publication is set to be a cornerstone in managing various maritime issues, with a special focus on streamlining ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/aseans-first-maritime-outlook-highlights-regions-blue-economy
SEZs drive $26B exports since 2011
Cambodia has 24 special economic zones (SEZ) operating from 2016 to the end of the first half of 2023, with capital investment of $8.1 billion, mainly in sectors such as garment, footwear and travel products, auto parts, electronics, car tyre manufacturing, automotive and bicycle assembly. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sezs-drive-26b-exports-2011
Enhancing road safety on NR5: JICA employing a multi-faceted approach
Cambodia is taking decisive action to improve road safety on National Road 5 (NR5), a vital artery linking the Thai and Vietnamese borders via NR1, punctuated by the Tsubasa Bridge, also known as Neak Leoung Bridge. The impressive structure was constructed with funds donated by ...
Hong Raksmey
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/enhancing-road-safety-nr5-jica-employing-multi-faceted-approach