SMEs urged to register
The country’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been urged to register with the Ministry of Industry by early next year, in order that government policy intended to aid competitiveness can be more effective. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31365/smes-urged-to-register/
Kingdom pursuing tax treaty with South Korea
South Korea is pushing forward with discussions to hammer out a double taxation agreement (DTA) with the Kingdom that would provide an additional incentive for Korean businesses to set up shop and increase fiscal transparency while shielding individuals and corporations from being taxed twice. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-pursuing-tax-treaty-south-korea
Government, labor body cement ties
Because of improved working conditions in garment and footwear factories across the Kingdom, the government yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to continue implementing the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program for three more years. During a celebration commemorating the 15th anniversary of BFC, Labor Minister ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30981/government--labor-body-cement-ties/
Alliance an advocate for industry
The executive committee of the Alliance of Rice Producers and Exporters of Cambodia, ARPEC, decided earlier this month to set up a commercial arm to help members get financing for a variety of rice-related activities. According to ARPEC secretary-general Hun Lak and deputy secretary-general David Van, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Special-Reports/alliance-an-advocate-for-industry.html
Cambodia greets 333,900 Chinese tourists in 2012, up 35 pct
Cambodia attracted 333,900 Chinese tourists last year, a 35 percent rise compared with 247, 200 Chinese visitors in a year earlier, according to a report of the Ministry of Tourism on Tuesday. “We see a steady rise of Chinese tourists to Cambodia from year to ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/travel/2013-02/12/c_132165732.htm
Cambodia’s tourism soars
Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered a 16.9% growth in September according to the country’s statistics and tourist Information department. The country attracted 283,787 visits compared to 242,747 during the same month in 2012. Released by the Ministry of Tourism, late last week, data showed the percentage ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2013/11/cambodias-tourism-soars/
Cambodia marks Disability Day
Cambodia celebrated its 15th annual Cambodia Day of Persons with Disabilities and the 31st annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities, on Tuesday at the Phnom Penh Cultural Center. Prime Minister Hun Sen attended the event themed, “Removing barriers to create an inclusive and accessible ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MDNlNDA4NWNkZTM#sthash.KW36yrfM.dpuf
New fees, political crisis mean fewer businesses
The number of new businesses registering in Cambodia continued to plummet through the third quarter of this year amid tightened rules for start-ups and waning investor confidence following the still-unresolved national elections. Data from the Ministry of Commerce yesterday showed that 853 new businesses registered with ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-fees-political-crisis-mean-fewer-businesses
Salt farmers fear little output due to rainfall
As salt farmers in Kep and Kampot provinces prepare for the upcoming salt season, they have expressed concerns that unstable weather conditions could cause a supply shortage on the growing domestic market. Salt production in Cambodia usually starts in early January and ends in late ...
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/salt-farmers-fear-little-output-due-rainfall
Small-scale protests continue
A day after authorities carted away 11 protesters intending to camp out in front of the United States embassy, a similarly ad hoc group of citizens struggled to deliver petitions to three embassies in the capital yesterday. The group of about 50 were blocked by police ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/small-scale-protests-continue
Eco-tourists made to leave
An eco-tourism initiative in Mondulkiri hit a snag this week when authorities asked management to vacate overnight guests while provincial officials determine whether the project is properly licensed to operate a guesthouse. Guests of the Elephant Valley Project (EVP), which is located in a Forestry Administration ...
Sean Teehan and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eco-tourists-made-leave
Cambodia's progress cannot be separated from China's support: PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that the country’s development in all fields could not be detached from China’s aid and vowed to further deepen ties between the two countries. According to the figures recorded by the Cambodian Finance Ministry, to date, China has ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/829836.shtml#.Up_pgtIW2ls
Increased residential, office and retail demand fueling rise in construction imports
Cambodia spent more than $414 million on imported construction materials to meet increasing demand in the local construction and property sectors last year – a rise of 7 per cent compared to 2012. According to officials and industry insiders, the increased value of imports reflected steady ...
Japan diversifies Cambodia investments
While more Japanese companies are flocking to Cambodia for investments in recent years, they are more diversified, ranging from restaurants to manufacturing industries and electronics. Yoshihito Katsuo, first secretary in charge of trade at the Japanese embassy in Phnom Penh, told Kyodo News on Friday that ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/396322/japanese-firms-diversify-investments-in-cambodia
IDEA activist denied bail
Moments after Prak Sovannary heard the Court of Appeal denied her husband’s request for bail, she sobbed over a speaker affixed to the top of a tuk-tuk, condemning the decision to about 150 supporters. “Release him! Release him!” said Sovannary, the wife of Independent Democracy of ...
Chhay Channyda and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/idea-activist-denied-bail
Police make arrest, file complaints in Bavet strike
Police in Svay Rieng province on Tuesday arrested a garment worker for allegedly breaking a car window during a strike that turned violent in Bavet City the day before, and have filed complaints to the provincial court against two union representatives accused of defamation. The arrest ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-make-arrest-file-complaints-in-bavet-strike-57856/
FTU trio held at factory by rivals in union clash
Workers aligned with the Collective Union of Movement of Workers locked three officials from the Free Trade Union inside the Ocean Garment factory in Phnom Penh for eight hours Tuesday after the two unions argued over who would represent workers in a wage dispute. Ocean’s approximately ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ftu-trio-held-at-factory-by-rivals-in-union-clash-63579/
Cambodia, Belarus set to boost bilateral ties
Cambodia and Belarus set to promote bilateral relations in politics, diplomacy, economics, trade, and tourism for mutual benefits of the two countries and peoples, a Cambodian spokesman said Thursday. Cambodia and Belarus established diplomatic relations in 1995, he said, adding that economic and trade relations ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/16/c_133049868.htm
Taiwanese firm in court over trafficking fishermen to Africa
A Taiwanese woman and five associates charged with trafficking Cambodians to work in slave-like conditions on fishing boats off the coast of Africa had their case heard by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday. Lin Yu Shin, the 54-year-old owner of the now defunct Giant ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/taiwanese-firm-in-court-over-trafficking-fishermen-to-africa-55673/
Notification of the offers on employment and training services, technical expertises and professions to Khmer laborers, who just returned from the Kingdom of Thailand
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training is honored to inform Khmer laborers, newly returned from the Kingdom of Thailand, as well as the public to know that the Ministry has prepared mobile information booths of the National Employment Agency and the General Directorate of Education, ...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training