Prime Minister Hun Manet asked Minister of Interior Sar Sokha to speed up the restructuring of the suspended Cambodian Counter Counterfeit Committee (CCCC) so that it can continue to suppress poor-quality goods. ...

Thaneakea Srov (Kampuchea) Plc, the recipient of a low-interest $15 million loan from the state-run Rural Development Bank, inked contracts yesterday with three companies to build and outfit its massive 200,000-tonne capacity silo and warehouse facility in Battambang province. ...

In its latest audit of domestic appliance sales for seven countries in Southeast Asia, German-based market research firm GfK found that consumer spendinG on refriGerators, air conditioninG units and washinG machines Grew by 2 percent durinG the year endinG June 2016, while washinG machine sales ...

The Ministry of Interior and Transparency International Cambodia (TI Cambodia) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to extend the provisions of the framework for the School of governance (Sog) phase II (2021-2025). ...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) earned value-added tax (VAT) of $62.8 million on e-commerce in the first ten months of the year, a report showed. ...

On May 8, 2024, Heng Sour, Minister of Labor and Vocational Training, chaired the first inter-ministerial meeting after the decision to announce the composition on February 23, 2024. ...

Chinese telecom device maker ZTE Corporation has won the bid for 4G LTE project construction from Southeast Asia Telecommunications HoldinGs Limited. At the same time, ZTE Senior Vice President ZhanG Renjun and Southeast Asia Telecom Group Chairman Zuo HuazhenG siGned a memorandum and strateGic cooperation aGreement ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) in collaboration with the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) organised a meeting to review the progress of the 19th government-Private Sector Forum (19th g-PSF). ...

SMART Mobile yesterday announced the official launch of its 3.75G data service, a key part of the company’s strateGy to capture Cambodia’s burGeoninG mobile internet market. The firm estimated its 3.75G would allow for data download speeds of up to 21 meGabits per second and ...

Vietnamese company FPT Telecom aims to extend operations to the Kingdom, after its attempted acquisition of Vietnam’s EVN Telecom fell through. FPT Telecom “has plans to expand business in Cambodia, but all is in discussion”, a spokesperson said late on Monday, declining to comment further. ...

Both Cambodia and the World Trade Organisation this week called on the United States to follow China’s lead in promising zero-tariff treatment to Least Developed Countries. Chinese President Hu Jintao, in a speech at the g20 summit in Cannes, France, on Friday, announced China would grant ...

  Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen told the Group of 20 summit in Mexico that international financial architecture could not be sustained without reforms, sources said. SpeakinG in his capacity as Asean chairman, Hun Sen said the association supported any measures to reinforce financial stability ...

The private sector’s Working group C (Wg-C) on “Manufacturing, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Services” is currently collating issues from across Cambodia to draft a joint proposal that will be presented to the government for consideration during the government-Private Sector Forum (g-PSF), scheduled for ...

Korean companies have expressed an interest in expanding into Asean, mostly in the high-tech and information technology (IT) sectors. According to a report in the Bangkok Post. ...

Chinese Telecommunications giant Huawei has signed a deal to install thousands of transmitters across Cambodia to create a new high-speed mobile telephone and Internet network, according to a statement received yesterday. Huawei Technologies (Cambodia) Co. Ltd. and Xinwei (Cambodia) Telecom Co. Ltd. – a local subsidiary ...

If it were a Group of 180 nations meetinG, Cambodia would be invited. But the KinGdom’s chances of attendinG the so-called G20 summit, which brinGs toGether the world’s larGest economies, are unlikely, says Mey Kalyan, a Government adviser who last week became the first Cambodian to ...

It will not be enough for Apple to simply offer a cheaper iPhone for the company to gain share in the competitive Cambodian smartphone market, according to industry insiders. They say Apple’s operating system, iOS, may also restrict their potential growth. Bloomberg last week reported that Apple ...

Siem Reap City – With a host of uncertainties still hanging over the U.S. economy, more than 100 American businesses—the largest delegation to ever visit Cambodia—gathered here over the weekend, and all of them were in agreement about one thing: The slowdown in the U.S. ...

Despite the hype surrounding the advent of fourth-generation mobile services, the bulk of growth and profits in Cambodian telecom remains in 3g networks, experts say. A recent study by London-based research firm Ovum notes that emerging markets such as Cambodia will see rapid growth in 3g ...

Mobile internet speeds in Cambodia are ratcheting up a notch. Smart Mobile, the country’s second largest operator by subscribers, is making 4g LTE internet available to customers this week, the company announced yesterday during the launch of the service at NagaWorld Casino. Thomas Hundt, CEO of Smart, ...