Journalists banned from covering Medvedev visit
The Russian Federation has requested a journalist-free environment for Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during most of his three-day state visit to the Kingdom, which began last night. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/journalists-banned-covering-medvedev-visit
Law enforcement must safeguard fish species
The Fisheries Administration and WWF yesterday urged the government to implement strict law enforcement on the illegal fishery and trade of endangered fish in the Mekong River. The WWF report stated 35 species of fish, including the Giant Barb and Isok Barb are classified as ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50740956/law-enforcement-must-safeguard-fish-species/
CRF requests year-long loans for rice millers
The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) has asked the state-owned Agricultural and Rural Development Bank (ARDB) to extend its loan repayment period to 12 months to help rice millers buy paddy. The request was made on Wednesday at a meeting with Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/crf-requests-year-long-loans-rice-millers
Villagers, Soldiers Tussle Over Land
Villagers from Chum Kiri commune in Banteay Meanchey province appealed to Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday to intervene in a land dispute concerning roughly 30 hectares of land they say was taken by district soldiers. Doeu Chay, a representative of 25 local families, said that land ...
Business registrations far speedier thanks to internet
“Within almost a four-month period as of October 2, 2020, we received a total of 1,793 applications, 1,367 of which have been approved and 426 of which are under review. The average number of days it takes to register a company is eight,” said Undersecretary ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50772450/business-registrations-far-speedier-thanks-to-internet/
SME Bank loans top $410M, help over 3K businesses
The state-owned Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia Plc (SME Bank) has disbursed some $418 million in loans to at least 3,185 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) since its foundation, as of October 31, to keep them from going under during the height of ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sme-bank-loans-top-410m-help-over-3k-businesses
New tourism-recovery loans slowing: SME Bank
A total of $53.46 million in loans have been disbursed to 346 tourism-linked businesses through state-owned Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia Plc’s (SME Bank) $150 million Tourism Recovery Co-Financing Scheme (TRCS) as of April 30, since the loans began to be offered in ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-tourism-recovery-loans-slowing-sme-bank
Senior officers of Commerce Ministry attend the 12th China Round Table on WTO Accessions in Abu Dhabi
Secretary of State of Commerce, Sok Sopheak, high representative of Cham Nimul, Minister of Commerce, led the Cambodian delegation to attend the 12th China Round Table on WTO Accessions on “Arab Perspectives on WTO Accessions and the Multilateral Trading System,” which is scheduled to take ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501445620/senior-officers-of-commerce-ministry-attend-the-12th-china-round-table-on-wto-accessions-in-abu-dhabi/
Outcomes of the video call between Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the State Administration Council of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
On 02 May 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the video call between Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
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Social Development Editor – ResearcherChanphalla is a Social Development Editor – Researcher of Open Development Cambodia. His main responsibilities are daily news summary, conducting research, producing social development related contents, translating, editing and other reporting tasks.Chanphalla is an International Relations (IR) graduate of Institute of ...
CSX Slated to Start Trading by the End of 2011
While the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) recently opened its doors for business, it’s not quite ready to actually do business. As it currently stands, there is no actual trade taking place, making it the smallest bourse in the world in terms of market capitalization. However, ...
Floods force GDP revision
Cambodia has lowered its economic growth projection from 7 to 6 per cent for 2011 after more than a month of flood devastation in the Kingdom and continued economic turmoil in the United States and Europe, Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon said yesterday. The full impact ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011101252083/Business/floods-force-gdp-revision.html
Cambodia Security Exchange to begin trading early next year
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance H.E Keat Chhon said Cambodia Security Exchange (CSX) will begin trading from January 2012. Inaugurated in July, the CSX would be put on hold until next year because some rules and regulations have been being discussed ...
Official says faintings a ‘scar’ on image of nation’s factories
A 10 per cent rise in the number of garment and footwear factories this year showed the government’s commitment to solving labour disputes, and that its mechanisms to do this were working, a senior official at the labour ministry said yesterday, while admitting that a ...
Net widens on fishing trap ban
Less than a week after banning commercial fishing in Tonle Sap Lake, Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a sub-decree on Monday extending the ban to four provinces along the Mekong River. According to the sub-decree, signed March 5 and released publicly yesterday, commercial fishing will be ...
Cambodia's first IPO nears
Cambodia’s first initial public offering is fast approaching, and demand is expected to be robust. Bookbuilding, the process during which bids are taken and a price set for shares, ended last Wednesday for Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA). The final offering price will be announced ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/284959/cambodia-first-ipo-nears
Cargo growth for Phnom Penh Port reaches 30% in September of 2011
“Cargo transferred to and from the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) is at 121,654.116 tones in September of 2011, increasing 30 percent if comparing to September 2010 with 92,648.796 tones,” according to the report from the PPAP obtained by SEAW on October 3rd. This September report ...
Kingdom relieved after US internet law fails to pass
The postponement of two US internet piracy bills last week was met with relief by human rights and media experts in Cambodia, who say the overreaching grasp of the proposed legislation would hinder the internet’s progress and growth in the Kingdom. The US House of Representative’s ...
In Need of Power, Phnom Penh Blacks Out
Rolling blackouts that plagued Phnom Penh this week were the result of the city’s power supply being unable to meet demand as the country moves into the hot season, officials at state-owned Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) said on Friday. Power Outages rolled over the city this ...
Government Probes 2,000 Hectare Land Grab
Government officials in Kompong Thom province said yesterday that they are investigating the ownership of more than 2,000 hectares of land currently being held by an unknown number of individuals who are suspected of illegal land grabbing. An Agriculture Ministry official pointed the finger of ...