Joint press statement: The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC), Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA), Cambodian Association of Finance and Technology (CAFT)
On 08 December 2020, the Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC), Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA), and Cambodian Association of Finance and Technology (CAFT) issued a joint press statement stating their effort in fighting against the spread of Covid-19 in Cambodia with the Ministry of Health ...
Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC), Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA), and Cambodian Association of Finance and Technology (CAFT)
Joint press release on the twenty-year spatial plan for Mondulkiri province
On 18 February 2021, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) issued a joint press release on the twenty-year spatial plan for Mondulkiri province. This spatial plan is a process involving multilateral parties such as Mondulkiri provincial council, the United States Agency for International Development ...
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Cambodia)
Instructions on the termination of the provision of additional services to consumers in the form of "loan scheme"
On 22 September 2022, the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia has posted an Instruction on the termination of the provision of additional services to consumers in the form of “loan scheme” on their official Facebook site. According to the Instruction, all mobile phone service providers in Cambodia ...
Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia
US embassy welcomes PM to strengthen bilateral ties
US Ambassador W. Patrick Murphy welcomed Prime Minister Hun Sen to the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh in a move that aims to strengthen bilateral relations into 2023. It added that the United States has welcomed Cambodia’s leadership of ASEAN during a year of “global ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/us-embassy-welcomes-pm-to-strengthen-bilateral-ties
Commercial court one step closer, official says
The Ministry of Justice and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have advanced discussions to establish a commercial court, a first for the Kingdom. The ADB will provide technical assistance, said a senior ministry official. Ministry secretary of state Chiv Songhak chaired a meeting last week ...
Post Staffs
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commercial-court-one-step-closer-official-says
Press release: Cambodia, Japan to strengthen and broaden relationship
On 19 January 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has posted a press release Cambodia, Japan to strengthen and broaden relationship on their official website. According to the press, His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Cambodia government moves to quash fears of forced labour in garment sector
In a video conference with the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and VF Corporation, Cambodia’s Secretary of State of the Ministry of Commerce, Sok Sopheak, who heads the commission for manufacturing subcontract management in the garment, textile and footwear industry, said the country will ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501259866/cambodia-government-moves-to-quash-fears-of-forced-labour-in-garment-sector/
Press release: The Kingdom of Cambodia and Japan strengthen comprehensive strategic partnership
On 28 June 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release regarding the Kingdom of Cambodia and Japan strengthen Comprehensive Strategic Partnershipon on their official website.According to the press, His Excellency SOK Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia, and ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
CNRP to Forge Ahead With ‘Camp-In’ Despite Prohibition
The opposition CNRP said Thursday it is forging ahead with plans to hold a three-day demonstration, which the party has dubbed a “camp-in,” despite a letter from the Ministry of Interior that says the protests can only go on for one day. The Interior Ministry letter, ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-to-forge-ahead-with-camp-in-despite-prohibition-42242/
Toll may lose rail rights
A company with ties to one of China’s top state-owned firms will look to push Toll Royal Railways and its local partner Royal Group of Companies out of a 30-year railroad concession with pledge to invest nearly US$850 million to revamp existing lines and build an additional ...
Expropriation
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Land Law of 2001 both guarantee an individual’s right to property protection. Though part of the Government’s policy framework since 2002, not until 2010 did a legal framework exist to govern the process by which the ...
China Inks Agreement to Buy One Million Ton of Cassava Product from Cambodia
The China National Food Industry (Group) and Cambodia’s Le Ye Rubber on August 13th signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a cooperation agreement to acquire one million cassava product exports from Cambodia to China Cai Yong Feng [President of China National Food Industry Group] said: ...
National products chase GI recognition
A lack of funds would prevent Cambodia registering some of the country’s specialty products as geographic indications (GI), a form of international recognition that has boosted the sales of other domestic products such as Kampong Speu palm sugar. The government would like to see Siem Reap ...
In One City, a Tale of Two Asean Forums
Government officials did not, and Lao students could not, attend yesterday’s Asean Peoples’ Forum in Phnom Penh, where more than 1,500 members of civil society groups discussed the region’s most pressing issues, including human rights, poverty, land usurping and domestic violence. The three-day forum, which is not ...
New law set to benefit those working in the private sector
Workers and employees in the private sector will receive the same benefits as those in the public sector if they pay their income tax and fulfill other legal requirements. The recently passed Law on Social Security Schemes states that workers and employees in the private ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-law-set-benefit-those-working-private-sector
Petronas still eyeing Cambodia
After closing the last of its 19 petrol stations in Cambodia in April 2010, Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) is again eyeing the country’s oil and gas (O&G) sector. This will see Chevron and its partners developing the country’s first offshore oil field this year. According to ...
http://www.theedgemalaysia.com/highlights/229579-petronas-still-eyeing-cambodia.html
Prosecutor Wants Change To Sonando Charges
In a bizarre twist at the Appeal Court hearing of radio station owner Man Sonando, the prosecution yesterday asked that judges drop the charge against Mr. Sonando of inciting antigovernment violence, but then asked the court to uphold another charge leading to an insurrection. Mr. ...
Private Firms Approach Cambodia’s Bourse With Caution
When it became the first—and still the only—company to list on Cambodia’s stock market on April 18, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority saw its share price shoot up some 50 percent on its first day of trading before beginning two weeks of steady decline. Since ...
Cambodian Transparency Organization Applauds US Rule On Oil, Gas and Mining Payments Disclosure
Cambodians for Resource Revenue Transparency (CRRT) wrote a letter to Ms. Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 2012 to back up PWYP’s recommendations and to encourage the Commission to define the “Project” in relation to each lease, license ...
Aviation in the Kingdom soaring with new flights and airport plans
Cambodian aviation continues its ascent with the Oct. 1 launch of Singaporean low-cost carrier Tiger Airway’s daily direct service to Phnom Penh, ongoing airport expansions and the announcement of several new airport projects. Currently, there are more than 20 international airlines offering service to Cambodia for a ...
