UXO blasts wound two in Oddar Meanchey, Pailin
Two men were wounded in separate unexploded ordnance blasts on Saturday in Oddar Meanchey and Pailin provinces. CMAC director-general Heng Ratana told The Post on Sunday that the first incident occurred in Trapaing Prasat district’s Bak Anloung commune in Oddar Meanchey province at 9:55am on ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uxo-blasts-wound-two-oddar-meanchey-pailin
Number of building projects up in 1H
The number of construction projects approved in Cambodia during the first half of the year increased 28 percent compared with the same period last year, amounting to a total value of around $4.9 billion, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Land Management, ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/number-building-projects-1h
Prison rates soaring in Cambodia
Cambodia’s incarceration rate has doubled in the past 10 years, according to statistics obtained from the General Department of Prisons. Department spokesman Nouth Savna said that in 2006 there were just 9,634 people behind bars; as of earlier this week, that figure had increased 125 ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prison-rates-soaring-cambodia
China pledges to speed up Phnom Penh-Poipet Expressway project
The Chinese government is planning to form a technical working group to speed up the Phnom Penh-Poipet Expressway project. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-china-pledges-to-speed-up-phnom-penh-poipet-expressway-project
Road repairs increased last year
The Transport Ministry repaired more roads last year when compared to work done in 2017, according to its annual report. In the report issued on Wednesday, the ministry noted it repaired a total of 9,671 kilometres of national and provincial roads, an increase when compared ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50568071/road-repairs-increased-last-year/
Drainage system set for Battambang
The Ministry of Transport yesterday signed an agreement with a Chinese company to build a $9 million drainage system in Battambang town to reduce flooding. The project is being funded by aid provided by the Asian Development Bank for the greater Mekong subregion, which includes $44 ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50105455/drainage-system-set-for-battambang/
Garment sector’s lackluster results
Cambodia’s garment exports grew slower than expected by about 4 percent in the first half of the year compared with 9 percent in the same period last year while foreign investment in the sector fell by 30 percent, according to a report released by the ...
Sok Chan and Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074380/garment-sectors-lackluster-results/
ANRPC sees higher rubber output
Natural rubber (NR) production in Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) this year is set to rise by 4.9% to 10.83 million tonnes from 10.33 million tonnes in 2011 The members of ANRPC are Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, China, Papua New Guinea, the ...
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/9/6/business/11977003&sec=business
Berjaya Food share rises after Cambodia unit formed
Berjaya Food Bhd’s share on Bursa Malaysia rose in early trade today following the announcement yesterday that it had incorporated a new subsidiary in Cambodia. As at 9.57am, the counter rose four sen or 2.45% to RM1.67, after opening at RM1.64, with 47,000 shares changing hands. ...
Free Malaysia Today News
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2014/07/10/berjaya-food-share-rises-after-cambodia-unit-formed/
Embassy asked to intervene
Boeung Kak residents delivered a petition to the Singaporean Embassy yesterday, calling on it to pressure Singapore-listed HLH Group to halt dealings with a controversial development project at the site until a land row is settled. HLH Group entered a $14.9 million purchase deal in June ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/embassy-asked-intervene
Plantations lose land for encroaching on farms
Environment Minister Say Sam Al on Monday said that more than 9,000 hectares granted to companies as economic land concessions (ELCs) were recently taken back from the owners because local villagers had been farming the land first, and announced that 14 companies had been put ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/plantations-lose-land-for-encroaching-on-farms-79364/
Cambodia earns nearly $21 million in taxes from e-commerce
Cambodia’s General Department of Taxation (GDT) made e-commerce value-added tax (VAT) income of $20.9 million from the operations of electronic goods and services in the first quarter of 2023, a GDT report said on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501278795/cambodia-earns-nearly-21-million-in-taxes-from-e-commerce/
Regulator sees growth
Camcontrol revenues for the first nine months of the year hit US$7.9 million, surpassing the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s revenue goal of $6 million for the year. Kong Putheara, director of the Ministry of Commerce’s statistics department, this week said the unexpected growth came from ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011110352505/Business/regulator-sees-growth.html
Kampong Thom wetland picked as the latest Ramsar Site
The Stung Sen wetland has become the Kingdom’s latest Ramsar Site, said the Ministry of Environment. The seasonally-flooded 9,293ha freshwater swamp, located along the southeastern edge of the Tonle Sap great lake in Kampong Thom province, was declared Cambodia’s fifth Ramsar Site on Friday under ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-thom-wetland-picked-latest-ramsar-site
Government officials increasingly on Facebook
In July, an estimated 2.9 million Cambodians were on Facebook, up from 1.7 million a year earlier.The social networking website Facebook has grown increasingly popular with government officials, who use it to communicate with their constituents and to push their political positions to a younger ...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/government-officials-increasingly-on-facebook/3084608.html
Water levels ‘alarming’ across three provinces
Oddar Meanchey provincial authorities yesterday warned those living along the Ta Mok reservoir in Anlong Veng district to take precautions. Khin Nhean, director of the Oddar Meanchey provincial Department of Water Resources and Meteorology, said the water level at the reservoir rose to 3.2 metres – ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/water-levels-alarming-across-three-provinces
Economy to grow by 7 percent in 2018: IMF
According to the latest forecast from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Cambodia economy will grow by 7 percent this year on the back of higher public spending and steady growth in construction and tourism. The IMF’s forecast is slightly higher than the figure released by the ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114978/economy-to-grow-by-7-percent-in-2018-imf/
60,000 register to vote in one week
Nearly 60,000 people have registered to vote in next year’s national election during the first week of registration. Hang Puthea, spokesman for the National Election Committee, said yesterday that 59,185 people across the country went to register from September 1 to September 10. Voter registration runs ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082540/60000-register-vote-one-week/
Cambodia-Vietnam trade nears $2 bn
Trade between Vietnam and Cambodia exceeded US$1.9 billion (Bt60 billion) in the first seven months of this year, the High Quality Vietnamese Goods Business Association said yesterday The news conference coincided with Thursday’s opening of a five-day trade fair promoting high-quality Vietnamese goods and the association’s ...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/aec/Cambodia-Vietnam-trade-nears-$2-bn-30189110.html
Passenger Traffic At International Airports Continues Upward Trend
Passenger traffic at Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanouk international airports saw a combined 18.9% growth in May 2012, with passenger numbers totaling 283,000, the report from SCA, society concession airport said on June 7. It adds: ‘This brings the year-to-date passenger arrivals and departures to 1.89 million, a sterling 21.8% jump.’ ...