GMAC is confident the EU won’t suspend EBA scheme
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has expressed confidence that the probability of the European Union (EU) suspending the Kingdom’s access to its Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme is “very low”. GMAC deputy secretary-general Kiang Monika said his belief is based on the fact ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gmac-confident-eu-wont-suspend-eba-scheme
Hun Sen praises Japan’s lending policies while lashing out again at US
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday shot another arrow at the Kingdom’s relations with the US, calling his country’s yet-unpaid loan of $500 million borrowed by the regime of Lon Nol “a very dirty debt”. He contrasted that by praising Japan for its aid to ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-praises-japans-lending-policies-while-lashing-out-again-us
Sihanoukville to welcome four new industrial parks
The coastal province of Preah Sihanouk will soon be home to four more special economic zones, bringing the total number of industrial parks there to nine, the prime minister said Saturday. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50661037/sihanoukville-to-welcome-four-new-industrial-parks/
Crash payouts still in limbo
The families of victims killed or injured by a deadly road accident in Svay Rieng province in May are accusing the bus company involved of not paying out the court-ordered compensation in full.On May 20, a tourist bus from the 15 SH Bus Company tried ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/crash-payouts-still-limbo
PPSEZ revenue drop due to land sales
The 50 percent drop in revenue of the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) recently announced for the first nine months of the year is due mainly to a significant decline in land sales, a senior official said yesterday. According to the initial, un-audited revenue statement ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32100/ppsez-revenue-drop-due-to-land-sales/
Homes for ‘sorcerers’ in short supply: Cops
Authorities in Ratanakkiri province are struggling to find a plot of land that could safely house an accused sorcerer who has been held in protective custody at a district police station for the past two months. Forty-eight-year-old ethnic Jarai Rocham Kin fled his home in the ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/homes-sorcerers-short-supply-cops
Rough start for CSX’s second listing
Grand Twins International launched its IPO one year ago to much fanfare, but a dwindling stock price has failed to generate much confidence in Cambodia’s fledgling bourse Despite the initial fanfare at the Cambodia Securities Exchange over the listing of Grand Twins International 12 months ago, ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/rough-start-csxs-second-listing
Cambodia new investments totaling $900 million spread over nine provinces
Cambodia registered 40 new investment projects worth more than US$900 million in the first three months of this year, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50706552/cambodia-new-investments-totaling-900-million-spread-over-nine-provinces/
Vietnam ambassador questioned over border tents
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has questioned Vietnamese ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh over the setting up of tents by its soldiers in a disputed border area in Kandal province. .. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50729509/vietnam-ambassador-questioned-over-border-tents/
Unemployment rate in Cambodia at 0.3 percent
Some 99.7 percent of the total 10 million workforces in Cambodia have jobs, according to a message of Prime Minister Hun Sen on the 134th International Labour Day. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719240/unemployment-rate-in-cambodia-at-0-3-percent/
Cambodia Post sees income increase in the first semester
State-run Cambodia Post has registered an increase in January to June income despite the volume of parcels decreasing due to the limited availability of cargo transport available during the pandemic. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50915073/cambodia-post-sees-income-increase-in-the-first-semester/
City Hall plans to extend Phnom Penh curfew
Phnom Penh City Hall will extend the curfew with additional measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19, especially the Delta variant, following a series of community-based infections. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918766/city-hall-plans-to-extend-curfew/
Villages reach 99 % electrification
The electrification rate of all villages across the country has now reached 99% as of September this year since works have been accelerated to connect them to the power grid. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50929760/villages-reach-99-electrification/
Cambodia-Vietnam trade volume inches closer to $10 billion in 2021
Cambodia-Vietnam trade volume touched $9.3 billion last year—a rise of 75 per cent compared to 2020 figures—despite the impact of the pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501015577/cambodia-vietnam-trade-volume-inches-closer-to-10-billion-in-2021/
Cambodia ushers in new era with new parliament, gov’t on horizon
Marking a new chapter in the Kingdom’s history, the National Assembly on the morning of August 21 convened its inaugural session under the auspices of King Norodom Sihamoni. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cambodia-ushers-new-era-new-govt-horizon
France to continue close dialogue with Cambodia
President of the French Republic H.E. Emmanuel Macron has expressed his willingness to continue working closely with the new Royal Government of Cambodia led by Dr. Hun Manet. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501364823/france-to-continue-close-dialogue-with-cambodia/
Cambodia’s Hun Sen outlines new strategies for agriculture development
Cambodia’s Prime Minister, Hun Sen, has outlined the government’s new strategies for the development of the agriculture sector to create the fifth economic pole in the northeast part of the country ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501264939/cambodias-hun-sen-outlines-new-strategies-for-agriculture-development/
Cambodia-ASEAN trade valued at over $7 billion in H1
Cambodia’s trade with ASEAN member countries was valued at $7.1 billion in the first six months of this year, accounting for 30 percent of the Kingdom’s total international trade. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501331365/cambodia-asean-trade-valued-at-over-7-billion-in-h1/
Cambodia records 3.7 million air passengers in the first 9 months
Cambodia received nearly 3.7 million air travelers during the first nine months of 2023, a year-on-year increase of 162 percent, said a senior official on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378854/cambodia-records-3-7-million-air-passengers-in-the-first-9-months/
Bio-fuelled power plant to go online
A rice-husk powered power plant will officially open in Kampong Speu at the end of the year, set to provide electricity to the district’s rice millers, according to officials from operator Golden Rice Cambodia. The US$2 million generator is set to supply power to all of ...
