For Cambodian writers, new festival offers rare audience
Visitors and locals unaware that the inaugural Kampot Writers and Readers Festival, which wrapped up Sunday, was happening may not have noticed anything different about the relaxed riparian town at first. ...
Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/for-cambodian-writers-new-festival-offers-rare-audience-99758/
Holdouts reject new offer to leave dam site
More than 90 villagers in Stung Treng province on Tuesday rejected compensation packages for the land they will lose to the under-construction Lower Sesan 2 hydropower dam, a local official said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/holdouts-reject-new-offer-to-leave-dam-site-110297/
CLMV markets offer huge opportunities for Thai brands
Riverorchid Group, a Thai marketing and communication agency specialising in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV), has said advertising spending in the region will continue to grow and play an increasingly important role in brand communication, particularly for Thai companies. ...
Watchiranont Thongtep
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/CLMV-markets-offer-huge-opportunities-for-Thai-bra-30264442.html
Premier predicts high growth
Cambodia’s economic growth could surpass previous estimates and hit 8.7% this year, Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech yesterday. Earlier government forecasts estimated growth of 6% for 2011, though increasing garment exports and a strong recovery in the tourism sector have stimulated the economy ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011091351608/Business/premier-predicts-high-growth.html
Trial of Minister’s Wife Opens Without Plaintiffs
Opening statements started yesterday in a trial pitting Kompong Chhnang province villagers against the wife of Minister of Industry Suy Sem over a long-standing land dispute. However, the plaintiffs and human rights workers monitoring the trial criticized yesterday’s proceedings, which were allowed to proceed despite ...
Viettel Dominates Cable Network in Cambodia
Military-run telecom Viettel has deployed more than 16,000km of fibre optics for its Metfone network and is now has the biggest internet coverage in Cambodia. According to a report from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of Cambodia (MPTC), cable network coverage in the country ...
http://vietnambusiness.asia/viettel-dominates-cable-network-in-cambodia/
Minister seeks funds for climate change
Finance minister Keat Chhon yesterday identified reforming the management of natural resources as a priority in the government’s efforts to reduce poverty. Keat Chhon also called on wealthier nations to help fund climate change-related projects in developing nations like Cambodia. Minister of Environment Mok Mareth said ...
Kingdom’s arable land all but gone
If the government continues to grant economic land and mining concessions at the current rate, there will be no more arable land left in the country to give away within one year, a researcher from the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights said yesterday. Pointing to the ...
Cambodia, Vietnam to fight financial crimes
The National Bank of Cambodia this week signed a Memorandum of Under-standing with the State Bank of Vietnam that would allow for the exchange of information to fight money laundering and terrorism financing. The MoU, signed by NBC Governor Chea Chanto and SBV Governor Nguyen Van ...
Clothes exports kick into high gear
Cambodia’s garment and footwear exports recorded double-digit growth to some $4 billion in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, a National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) report has said. Industry insiders have speculated that the growth could be due ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/clothes-exports-kick-high-gear
Dropouts to get online education scheme
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport is working in conjunction with Unesco and the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) to launch an internet-based education programme for Cambodian youths in grades seven to nine who have dropped out of school. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dropouts-get-online-education-scheme
Experts stress efforts to up food standards
Cambodian experts on Tuesday urged entrepreneurs, traders, producers and suppliers to pay more attention to food safety standards to ensure the welfare of consumers. The appeal was made at the Food Safety Forum held at the Mekong Institute under cooperation with Institute of Standards of ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/experts-stress-efforts-food-standards
Rice forum aims to strengthen value chain
The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) and the Association for SMEs of Cambodia will jointly hold the fifth Cambodia Rice Forum to discuss the future of the country’s rice industry with major stakeholders. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17865/rice-forum-aims-to-strengthen-value-chain/
New international airport on table as PPIA expansion plans halted
A senior government minister yesterday announced a halt to plans to expand the Phnom Penh International Airport, and instead revived talk of a new airport altogether, mentioning plans to identify a location 30 to 40 kilometres outside the city in hopes of completing the new ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-international-airport-table-ppia-expansion-plans-halted
PM’s sons begin to take center stage
As Prime Minister Hun Sen ages, more and more talk is surfacing of his sons taking his mantle and leading the country into the future. Two were in the spotlight this past week as they bolster their credentials for their eventual rise to the top ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16893/pm---s-sons-begin-to-take-center-stage/
Petroleum law a step closer
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) yesterday sent the newly-drafted petroleum law to civil society organizations and other partner institutions working in the extractive sector for consultations before submitting it to the Council of Ministers for approval by the end of this year. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27469/petroleum-law-a-step-closer/
Maids repatriated from Malaysia
Five Cambodian workers imprisoned in a Malaysian jail were repatriated yesterday, with 13 more expected to make their way back to the Kingdom in the coming days. All 18 were jailed for allegedly lacking the proper work permits and all had been brought to Malaysia by ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28048/maids-repatriated-from-malaysia/
Workers arrested amid dispute between Unions
Two garment workers who broke away from the only union operating at their factory in Kompong Speu province in an attempt to provide workers an alternate choice for representation were charged Wednesday with a slew of crimes and are being held in provisional detention, officials ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/workers-arrested-amid-dispute-between-unions-97867/
Ministries discuss long-promised handicap accessibility
Officials from the ministries Of social affairs and urban planning met with the Disability Action Council (DAC) on Monday to discuss issuing a prakas to standardise long-promised handicap accessibility in public buildings, according to a Facebook post by DAC. ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-discuss-long-promised-handicap-accessibility
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/