FASMEC partners to introduce SME clusters
The Federation of Associations of Small and Medium-size Enterprise of Cambodia (FASMEC) will cooperate with the Thailand-based Mekong Institute to train master teachers in an effort to implement a small and medium enterprise (SME) cluster and export consortia in the coming years, according to officials. The two-day workshop ...
Mineral exploration firm to work with ethnic minorities
Canada-based Angkor Resources Corp – formerly Angkor Gold Corp – has entered into a “ground-breaking” collaborative engagement with Ratanakkiri province’s Jarai minority ethnic communities on the Andong Meas licence. “The agreement covers exploration through mining and also includes reclamation,” Angkor said in a May 4 press ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mineral-exploration-firm-work-ethnic-minorities
Credit growth in Cambodia's banking sector slightly up in 1st two months
Cambodia’s banking industry recorded a slight increase in lending in the first two months of this year after a sharp rise last year, according to a consolidated data provided by the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Saturday. The data showed that the kingdom’s 33 commercial ...
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2013-04/28/c_132347546.htm
Giving more than 100%
Nearly all of Phnom Penh’s communes have voter registration rates in excess of 100 per cent, amounting to more than 145,000 additional names, with one commune topping the 200 per cent mark, an analysis of previously unseen government population data reveals. Further analysis of the already ...
Insurance Sector Sees Growth in First 6 Months
Revenue generated by the country’s insurance firms increased 25 percent to $22 million in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year, according to data released Tuesday by the General Insurance Association of Cambodia (GIAC). Engineering insurance has become the ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/insurance-sector-sees-growth-in%E2%80%88first-6-months-42216/
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’s tourism steady
Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered a 4.7% growth in March according to the country’s statistics and tourist Information Department. The country attracted 400,076 visits compared to 382,206 during the same month last year. Released by the Ministry of Tourism, late last week, data showed Vietnam led the field ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2014/05/cambodias-tourism-steady/
Cambodia faces supply chain crunch, no thanks to COVID-19
Southeast Asian suppliers from Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam have become increasingly important to global fashion brands. Nearly 20% of Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing’s disclosed core sewing factories are in Vietnam, though China is still home to about half. However, these suppliers now face a supply ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50694492/cambodia-faces-supply-chain-crunch-no-thanks-to-covid-19
China reaps concession windfalls
About half of the land concessions granted since 1994 are in the hands of Chinese companies, according to data released yesterday by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights. Ouch Leng, CCHR land reform project coordinator, said that from 1994 to 2012, the Cambodian government granted 4,615,745 ...
Inflation weighs on Kingdom's rice exports
Cambodia’s rice export revenues jumped by more than 200% on increasing world food prices during the first eight months of the year, according to Ministry of Commerce data. Price increases, however, drove total exports down. Cambodia exported US$59.8 million in rice, or 105,452 tonnes, between January and ...
Nonperforming microloans swell due to floods
Total outstanding loans in the microfinance sector reached $815.47 million in the third quarter, a 25.8 percent rise compared to beginning of the year, according to data released yesterday by the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) Despite growth in the sector, microfinance institutions said nonperforming loans were ...
Cambodia's EU rice exports fall sharply after tariffs; China sales up
Cambodia’s rice exports to the European Union fell sharply in the first half of the year following the imposition of tariffs, official data showed on Monday, but the loss was offset by increased sales to China. The EU in January imposed tariffs for three years ...
Cambodia's tax revenue totals $683 million
The Cambodian government collected $683 million in taxes over the first 11 months of this year, according to data from the General Department of Taxation released last week. An economist said the increase in domestic tax revenue emphasised that Cambodia still has room for improvement in ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012121160203/Business/tax-revenue-totals-683-million.html
Flooding damage escalates
Flooding has affected close to 287,000 hectares of rice fields, with about 27,800 considered damaged beyond repair, according to government statistics released on Monday. The data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reveal that rising waters have affected about 11 per cent of the ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/flooding-damage-escalates
Telecoms unconsulted on cyberlaw provisions
Telecommunications companies say they are being left in the dark on the controversial draft law on cybercrime, despite provisions in the proposed law allowing prosecutors to order internet service providers to preserve data for them as part of criminal investigations. Three large telecom firms providing internet ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/telecoms-unconsulted-cyberlaw-provisions
Port volume on the rise in Q1
Cargo volumes at Cambodia’s two largest ports increased steadily during the first three months of the year, signalling stability in the Kingdom’s economy, port officials say. Data from Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP), Cambodia’s largest shipping dock, showed more than 860,000 20-foot-long shipping containers passed through the ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/port-volume-rise-q1
Cambodia’s tourism slows a mite
Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered a 0.3% decline in June according to the country’s statistics and tourist Information Department. The country attracted 300,454 visits compared to 301,412 during the same month last year. Released officially by the Ministry of Tourism, last week, data showed Vietnam led the field ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2014/08/cambodias-tourism-slows-a-mite/
Cambodia's trade volume exceeds 16 bln USD in 11 months
Cambodia’s trade volume with foreign countries rose by 16 percent year on year in the first eleven months of 2014, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday. The country exported products in equivalent to 7.05 billion U.S. dollars, up 12 percent year-on-year ...
EastDay.com News Staff
http://english.eastday.com/auto/eastday/business/u1ai8467542.html
Domestic production strengthens as F&B imports fall
Food and beverage imports to Cambodia have fallen over the past 12 months, marking a notable shift in domestic production and the public’s recognition of the “Made in Cambodia” brand, officials say. Cambodia spent around $223 million on food and beverage imports to supply the domestic ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/domestic-production-strengthens-fb-imports-fall
Half million tourists travel Cambodia in one week
Nearly half a million tourists travelled across the country during the first week of January, with Preah Sihanouk province becoming the top destination, the Ministry of Tourism said. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/half-million-tourists-travel-cambodia-in-one-week