The local Sathapana Bank Plc has received $10 million from OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I, the first global emerging markets impact fund in Finland, allowing the bank to expand its loan portfolio to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SmE), and especially female entrepreneurs. ...

In light of ongoing disputes over working conditions in the garment sector, the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) released yesterday details on hundreds of factories it believes will offer greater transparency along the garment supply chain – from producers to buyers – and shine ...

The government and the US Embassy yesterday signed off on half the nearly $65 million the US is giving Cambodia in aid this year, more than two months after Cambodia cancelled a major meeting with its foreign donors that was scheduled for November. Held roughly every ...

At its party conference on Sunday, the Khmer Will Party (KWP) claimed its plan was to gather the support of three million former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) followers as it heads for the national polls on July 29. It also criticised the populist call, ...

The German government announced on Tuesday that following negotiations with Cambodian officials it has decided to approve a package of $34 million in loans and $32 million in grants to develop rural infrastructure and reduce poverty. A press release by the German Embassy urged Cambodia, ...

Phnom Penh’s much-maligned waste-collection firm Cintri yesterday used a meeting with City Hall to ask for help in collecting between $10 million and $20 million in unpaid fees it says it’s owed by residents in the capital. ...

Foreign minister Julie Bishop announced that an additional $40 million in development assistance was given to Cambodia. The amount shall boost Cambodia’s effort to provide humanitarian aid to those who are in need of protection as part of the Refugees Convention and a member of ...

At the inauguration ceremony of the Heart Surgery Centre II – named Kantha Bopha-Sihamoni monineath – at Kantha Bopha I Children’s Hospital in Phnom Penh on Thursday, King Norodom Sihamoni said he and Queen mother Norodom monineath Sihanouk had donated $1.2 million towards its construction. ...

Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ tradeMark) has signed a contract on the delivery of tractor knock-down kits worth $5,359.4 billion to CaMbodia in 2014, BelTA learnt froM the coMpany. The construction of the asseMbly plant, Belarus Mekong, has been coMpleted. The opening cereMony is slated for 26-28 ...

South East Asia Telecom has partnered with Chinese infrastructure provider ZTE to deploy a FDD-LTE network in Cambodia. Earlier this year, the operator announced plans to invest $400 million over the next two to three years to deploy its 4G LTE network across Cambodia, and ...

Renaissance Minerals (ASX:RNS) has trenched several high grade gold assays within its Okvau licence in CaMbodia. In addition to a drilling prograM testing the potential for extensions to its 1.2 Million ounce Okvau Deposit, the CoMpany has been focusing exploration activities along a 5 kiloMetre prospective trend ...

Mondulkiri DepartMent of EnvironMent rangers arrested a Man in Ror Nhor coMMune’s Koh Nhek district last Saturday on suspicion of illegally hunting wildlife. ...

Japan has agreed to provide another loan of JPY 7.98 billion (approximately $55 million) to implement a project to improve and modernise the power grid in Phnom Penh.​ ...

Nearly a hundred of senior Thai officials and entrepreneurs from six lower northeastern provinces met with counterparts from five Cambodian border provinces on June 26th in Siem Reap, Cambodia, to discuss their cooperation in trade, investment and tourism. ...

Switzerland will donate $6 million to support demining work in Cambodia and clear all mines in the country by 2025, its ambassador announced on Wednesday. During a meeting with minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn, Swiss Ambassador to Cambodia Helene Budliger Artieda said ...

Cambodia exported $296 million of goods to Japan in the first two months of this year, up 2.4 per cent compared to the same period last year, data from the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) shows. Both countries committed to boosting bilateral trade to more ...

The government of New Zealand has provided about $3.8 million in aid to support mine clearance projects in Cambodia. ...

Fisheries production in Cambodia this year is expected to clock in at 936,300 tonnes, up 3.06 per cent from the 908,508 tonnes logged in for the entire year 2019, according to the ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery’s Fisheries Administration. ...

The South Korean government has vowed to provide a $3.3 million grant to the ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to implement a project to boost production of high-value vegetable crops and improve farmers’ livelihoods in the northeastern province of mondulkiri, according to a senior ...

Grow Asia has launched a $1.6 million fund aimed at promoting women empowerment and gender-inclusivity in rural enterprises across Asia, with up to a third of women on the continent engaged in the sector. ...