Immigration arrests illegal foreigners
The Ministry of Interior’s department of immigration temporarily arrested 31 foreign nationals, including one Frenchman, on suspicion of staying in The Kingdom illegally in raids of two businesses in The capital yesterday. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27484/immigration-arrests-illegal-foreigners/
Draft rubber law to reach Council of Ministers in 2019
The Ministry of Agriculture is now discussing The Rubber Law with industry players and plans to send a draft to The Council of Ministers for approval next year, according to a high-ranking official. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50561136/draft-rubber-law-to-reach-council-of-ministers-in-2019/
A $3.1 million garment factory project in Takeo province to create more than 700 jobs
A $3.1 million garment factory will be built in Bati district of Takeo province, creating 702 jobs for the locals. the update was shared in a press release from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) yesterday following its approval of the investment project. ...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807925/a-3-1-million-garment-factory-project-in-takeo-province-to-create-more-than-700-jobs/
Cambodia to make auto-rickshaws
Locally-assembled electric auto-rickshaws could hit the Cambodian market as soon as early in May after the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) gave the greenlight to an investment project at the weekend. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-make-auto-rickshaws
Mine, energy sector air snags
The far too frequent inspections of mining sites by The different sets of authorities and exceedingly high costs of The equipment required to supply electricity to mining- and energy-related businesses remain a couple of The predominant issues hobbling The sector. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mine-energy-sector-air-snags
Local IT firm eyes off-shore expansion
Information technology firm First Cambodia on Friday joined forces with little-known Singaporean investment company GlobalVision, in a move that aims to expand the local company’s international footprint. As part of the joint partnership, GlobalVision has purchased a 50 per cent stake in First Cambodia for an ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/local-it-firm-eyes-shore-expansion
Kingdom becoming more self-reliant on vegetables
A senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture has called on more investment in the horticulture and subsidiary crops sector because the demand for vegetables in the country has increased nearly 1,000 tonnes per day. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50726932/kingdom-becoming-more-self-reliant-on-vegetables/
Roadmaps drawn up for auto, electronics sectors
The government has drafted official roadmaps for The development of The automotive and electronics sectors in Cambodia, to create more than 22,000 new jobs and raise exports past $2 billion over The next five years. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/roadmaps-drawn-auto-electronics-sectors
PM Inaugurates a new international school in Phnom Penh
Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over here on Saturday the inauguration ceremony of the International School of Phnom Penh (ISPP), an international school in Cambodia, according to the State News Agency-AKP. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/pm-inaugurates-a-new-international-school-in-phnom-penh-8972
Half of nation’s orphanages fail to register
Nearly half of the known orphanages in Cambodia missed on Tuesday’s deadline for registering with the government, further delaying attempts to reform the country’s wayward residential child care sector, an official said on Tuesday. ...
Buth Kimsay and Taylor O'connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/half-of-nations-orphanages-fail-to-register-113320/
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training notified to Cambodian laborers who have just turned from Thailand
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training notified to Cambodian laborers, who have just turned from Thailand, as well as the public about the available job opportunities at the companies, enterprises, and industrious and service sector which amounted to 16,146 posts. ...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Revenues from taxes tops $1B
The General Department of Taxation collected more than $1.06 billion in tax revenue in 2014 up by about 17.7 per cent on The $900 million collected in 2013, according to a statement from The tax department released yesterday. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/revenues-taxes-tops-1b
King OKs judiciary laws
Three widely condemned laws concerning the operation of the Kingdom’s judiciary were officially signed into effect by King Norodom Sihamoni last month, according to recent copies of the Royal Book. ...
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-oks-judiciary-laws
Name and shame for tax payment defaulters
The General Department of Taxation of The Ministry of Economy and Finance yesterday re-announced The invitation to all enterprises to come forward and pay Their tax debts. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50975671/name-and-shame-for-tax-payment-defaulters/
Mixed results for protesters
Two protests by garment factory workers in Phnom Penh yesterday achieved very different outcomes. One strike will continue today, but the other ended when company management agreed to workers’ demands. Din Sam Ath, president of the Cambodian Federation of Labour Unions, said the company would comply ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012031555047/National-news/mixed-results-for-protesters.html
Nearly $70 million investment projects licensed, to create 5,000 jobs
Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to five new investment projects with a total investment capital of $65.6 million. According to the council’s press releases issued recently, the new projects approved are expected to create nearly 5,000 jobs for ...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732891/nearly-70-million-investment-projects-licensed-to-create-5000-jobs/
CDC okays new $13M projects
The government approved three projects worth a total of $13.5 million last week, bringing The total number of projects in The first three weeks of this month to nine with total investment value of $1.1354 billion, The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) said ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-okays-new-13m-projects
NBC head underscores value of women’s access to finance
Unlocking greater access to formal finance for Cambodian women will play a strategic role in the process of the Kingdom’s economic development, National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) director-general Chea Serey said on Monday. She said this at the Training on the Trainers (ToT) Programme on Financial ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-head-underscores-value-womens-access-finance
EDC tells banks to stop outsourcing collections
State-run energy utility Electricité du Cambodge (EdC) has asked banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs) to stop using third-party services to collect payment of customer electricity fees, local media reported yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/edc-tells-banks-stop-outsourcing-collections
Local officials given power to issue ag origin certificates
In a bid to decentralise the certificates of origin (COs) process to help promote international exports and ease cross-border trade, the Ministry of Commerce launched a pilot project yesterday that allows officials in the provinces of Battambang and Pailin to directly issue certification. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/local-officials-given-power-issue-ag-origin-certificates