Oil refinery project on hold again
Construction of Cambodia’s first oil refinery oil plant has once again been put on hold, this time because of finance issues. The project, which sits on a site spanning the borders of Kampot and Preah sihanouk province, is a joint venture between local investment firm, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50791450/oil-refinery-project-on-hold-again/
UNDP’s Chief Technical Advisor for the Cambodia Climate Change Alliance programme describes how a remote Cambodian village became a beacon for sustainable energy solutions in the Mekong
On a visit to Koh Kantheay in Cambodia’s north, I hear residents talk about their expectations from the new solar micro-grid being installed in the village. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hun Sen tells CNRP to be more civil
Angry at a new Facebook post by an opposition party spokesman and another CNRP lawmaker’s mention of the 1980s government’s deadly “K5 Plan,” Prime Minister Hun sen on Tuesday used the floor of the National Assembly to warn opposition lawmakers to be more civil. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-assembly-hun-sen-tells-cnrp-to-be-more-civil-97722/
Commuter rail link from city to airport considered
Royal Railways, the company that holds a 30-year concession to operate the Kingdom’s railway network, is conducting a feasibility study on establishing a commuter rail service to run between the capital’s airport and its central district, the company’s chief executive said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/commuter-rail-link-city-airport-considered
Slowing China to impact Cambodia, region: WB
Cambodia’s economy is expected to grow at 6.9 percent this year, the same rate it expanded last year, due to slowing growth in leading economies in region, especially China, Asia’s largest and the world’s second-largest economy, according to the World Bank. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19591/slowing-china-to-impact-cambodia--region--wb/
Wing plans for more growth
Wing SpecialiSed Bank iS trying to Stay ahead of the game in the money tranSfer and mobile payment Sector by forging new partnerShipS. The PoSt&rSquo;S Ayanna Runcie Sat down with Wing&rSquo;S recently appointed CEO Jojo MaloloS to diScuSS hiS plan for the company&rSquo;S future. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/wing-plans-more-growth
Lawmaker requests funds to help pay HIV villagers’ debt
The head of the National Assembly’s commission on public health submitted a letter to the Assembly’s president on Thursday requesting that the government find funds to help HIV-positive villagers in Battambang province’s Roka commune pay back the debts they have incurred due to the virus. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawmaker-requests-funds-to-help-pay-hiv-villagers-debt-79828/
Cambodia hedges its bets as sea tensions rise
As Ashton Carter toured Asia this week amid rising tensions over the south China sea, Cambodia once again backed China’s position in the dispute, warning that recent remarks by the U.s. defense secretary were “provocative” and threatened the very peace the U.s. claims to be ss='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-hedges-its-bets-as-sea-tensions-rise-84954/
Cambodian government minister cautions opposition not to exploit map issue
Cambodia’s foreign affairs minister on Wednesday warned the country’s opposition party not to exploit an issue surrounding the accuracy of official maps for political gain, following the government’s verification of its charts against ones provided by the United Nations. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Current accounts in control
Cambodia’s current accounts deficit has increased in recent years, but is not yet a cause for concern, according to experts. The Asian Development Bank’s July update showed Cambodia’s current accounts deficit stood at 11 percent of GDP in 2010, and statistics show the trade gap ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011080450869/Business/current-accounts-in-control.html
Nike Representatives Visit Factory, Talk Faintings
Representatives from Us sports brand Nike yesterday visited the company’s supplier factory in Kompong speu province to investigate the cause of last week’s mass faintings, officials from the Ministry of Labor said. Pok Vanthath, deputy director of vocational safety for the Labor Ministry’s health department, said ss='cambodia-color'>...
Indian mining firm prepares to dig deep in Ratanakiri
The Ministry of Mines and Energy is set to issue the country’s first commercial underground mining license to Indian company Mesco Gold in two weeks, despite opposition by residents of two villages concerned about compensation and environmental damage. The company plans to break ground on its ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aisha Down and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/indian-mining-firm-prepares-dig-deep-ratanakkiri-117474/
As surrogacy trade grows, government charts course
The government will meet this month to begin addressing concerns that the lack of regulation for the surrogacy trade could lead to a proliferation of brokers working in Cambodia and foreign couples traveling to the country to take advantage of their services. The Ministry of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sonia Kohlbacher
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/surrogacy-trade-grows-government-charts-course-117169/
Sokha still in crosshairs
The National Assembly is preparing to discuss the “people’s proposal” to oust Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy leader Kem sokha from his position as the assembly’s vice president, a ruling party lawmaker said yesterday.Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker and parliamentary spokesman Chheang Vun said that Monday’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sokha-still-crosshairs
Cambodia's garment export reaches 3.54 bln USD in 8 months, up 11%
Cambodia has exported garment and textile products in equivalent to 3.54 billion U.s. dollars in the first eight months of 2012, a 11 percent rise from 3.19 billion U.s. dollars at the same period last year, a report from the Commerce Ministry showed Friday According to ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2012-10/19/c_131916898.htm
Plans for 7-Eleven chain in Cambodia
Thailand’s biggest convenience store operator, CP All, plans to apply for licences to open 7-Eleven stores in countries including Cambodia by 2015, according to a Reuters news report yesterday. The other two countries are Myanmar and Laos, and the plan is part of CP All’s expansion ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013013161087/Business/plans-for-7-eleven-chain-in-cambodia.html
Cambodia's micro-lenders record 24 pct lending growth in Q1
Cambodia’s 35 microfinance institutions had lent 1 billion U.s. dollars to customers by the end of March this year, up 24 percent from 808 million U.s. dollars it lent at the end of last year, the data of Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) showed Wednesday. On the ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2013-05/03/c_132357476.htm
Power-grid study to tackle supply problems
U.S. conglomerate General Electric (GE) on ThurSday inked a $1 million deal with Cambodia&rSquo;S State-owned Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) to conduct a Six-month Study to identify weakneSSeS in Cambodia&rSquo;S electrical grid with the aim of enhancing the reliability of the power Supply. According to the EdC, SS='cambodia-color'>...
George Styllis and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/power-grid-study-to-tackle-supply-problems-74517/
Costs thwart potential exports
Following Cambodia’s loss of a hefty Filipino rice tender to Vietnam last week, industry insiders say logistics and production costs are hampering the competitiveness of the Kingdom’s rice exports. Cambodia lost a 100,000-tonne tender for the fourth time running after its final price of $455.50 per ss='cambodia-color'>...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/costs-thwart-potential-exports
CNRP may sit out rules change
Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers are considering boycotting next week’s extraordinary plenary session vote to strip away their role as the National Assembly’s minority group, saying the ruling party-backed proposal highlight’s the parliament’s weakness. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-may-sit-out-rules-change