Singapore works with Cambodia to hasten the process of getting patent grants
The Intellectual Property Office Of Singapore (IPOS) has started work with Cambodia on patent applications, a move which will allow firms from both countries to hasten the process. ...
Rachael Boon
http://www.straitstimes.com/business/economy/singapore-works-with-cambodia-to-hasten-the-process-of-getting-patent-grants
Rice, garment sectors push exports into record territory
Cambodian exports grew by 17 per cent last year, driven by increases in shipments of rice and footwear, with garment export growth easing to a little under 7 per cent, according to a new Ministry of Commerce report. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-garment-sectors-push-exports-record-territory
IDs are not ‘sufficient guarantee’ for loans
Cambodia’s central bank has asked all financial institutions, especially rural lenders, to refrain from accepting personal identity cards, residential records and family books as a guarantee while giving out loans to consumers. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ids-are-not-sufficient-guarantee-loans
Factory precautions urged as temps rise
The Ministry of Labour has urged the garment industry to take adequate health and safety measures to compensate for what they say is already an unusually hot dry season. ...
Bun Sengkong and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-precautions-urged-temps-rise
Phnom Penh to get new $23 million domestic airport terminal
A Malaysian company will begin construction on a new domestic terminal at Phnom Penh International Airport soon, at a cost of about $23 million, the firm announced in a filing to the Malaysian stock exchange on Wednesday. ...
Kang Sothear and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-to-get-new-23m-domestic-airport-terminal-111342/
Police put an end to gathering of farmers in Prey Veng
Police who shut down a gathering of 30 people in a private home in Prey Veng province yesterday justified the action by saying the organisers had failed to notify the district governor in writing beforehand. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-put-end-gathering-farmers-prey-veng
Rice export data show consistent decline
Cambodian rice exports have dramatically declined over the past three months compared to the same period last year, according to data released by the General Department of Agriculture yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-export-data-show-consistent-decline
Kandal drinking water contaminated with fecal matter, study says
A study of drinking water sources in Kandal province found widespread contamination from human excrement, posing a health risk to residents that likely mirrors the situation across Cambodia, the authors say. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kandal-drinking-water-contaminated-with-fecal-matter-study-115337/
Securities companies to provide market liquidity
A new initiative aimed at encouraging more trading on Cambodia’s persistently quiet stock exchange will allow securities underwriters and dealers to become liquidity providers who can hold and trade shares in listed companies. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://bit.ly/2ak6Xdl
Demand for flour on the rise
Wheat products have never had a big market in Cambodia, where meals revolve around rice, but Western influences are increasingly shaping local tastes and creating an appetite for flour products. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/demand-flour-rise
Minister discusses regional EU trade deal
Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak held a meeting with representatives of the European Union this week to discuss the formulation of a new trade program to be supported by the EU, the Ministry of Commerce announced yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/minister-discusses-regional-eu-trade-deal
Government’s plan to develop public housing takes on shape
Phnom Penh’s public housing policy, aimed to provide affordable housing for the middle income class and low income class, is expected to boost the construction sector in Cambodia as an increased population and rapid urbanisation is expected to create a demand of more than a ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/governments-plan-develop-public-housing-takes-shape
UK backs STEM push
Young Cambodians will be urged to consider a career in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), through a joint initiative launched yesterday by the Ministry of Education, the British Embassy and the international employment and training organisation IDP Education. ...
Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uk-backs-stem-push
Hungarian commercial office to open in capital
Hungarian businesses are keeping their eyes on Cambodia for investment, said László Kövér, speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary, during an official visit to the Kingdom. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17449//
Slight dip in rice yields ‘won’t affect exports’
As the harvest of wet-season rice ends this month, a report from the Ministry of Agriculture says the yield will fall slightly below the target but this will not affect exports. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17674/slight-dip-in-rice-yields----won---t-affect-exports---/
Cambodia and Laos to team up over border
The Defence Ministry is establishing a Cambodian-Lao border commission in the interest of combating cross-border crime and facilitating frontier demarcation between the two countries. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-and-laos-team-over-border
Labor ministry seeking arrests over factory closure rumors
The Labor Ministry has called on authorities to find the source of rumors that the country’s garment factories were planning to close for the month of December and arrest those responsible, according to a statement issued Saturday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/labor-ministry-seeking-arrests-over-factory-closure-rumors-101457/
Minister of Economy and Finance talks 2016 budget
The National Assembly passed the government’s $4.3 billion budget for 2016 this week, which includes a plan to take on nearly $1 billion in foreign debt. The Post’s Siv Meng sat down with Aun Porn Moniroth, Minister of Economy and Finance, to discuss the revenue ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/minister-economy-and-finance-talks-2016-budget
Shipments of organic rice picking up steam
Cambodian rice millers and exporters are increasingly eyeing the export of organic rice to the European Union and the United States, after shipments of this niche product increased this year. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/shipments-organic-rice-picking-steam
Access to clean water in rural areas hits 50%
Cambodia passed a key Millennium Development Goal milestone last year with half of rural areas now having access to clean drinking water, according to a Ministry of Rural Development annual report released yesterday. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/access-clean-water-rural-areas-hits-50