Foreign Minister, US ambassador discuss coming meets
Minister of Foreign Affairs Prak Sokhon on Tuesday met with US Ambassador William Heidt to discuss a pair of upcoming meetings of mutual interest: the ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit (EAS). The events will be held in Laos on September 3-8, and will ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/foreign-minister-us-ambassador-discuss-coming-meets
Burger King Says No Plans to Open in Country
U.S. fast-food chain Burger King said yesterday that no one holds the rights to open a branch of its restaurant in Cambodia, despite job advertisements appearing online featuring the company’s logo. . “Currently, we do not have any established franchisee in Cambodia,” Tan Ching Ee, marketing ...
Mittapheap Hotel on track
The five-star, 17-story Mittapheap Hotel in Sihanoukville province, being constructed by Khouch Asia Company, is on track to be completed in 2014 as planned, according to the project manager. The company is aggressively developing the project and the first floor has just been completed. The numbers of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Real-Estate/mittapheap-hotel-on-track-in-sihanoukville.html
Cambodia hosts int'l vaccine, immunization meeting
The Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI) Board meeting was held here on Thursday to decide which new vaccines will be added to the organization’s portfolio. The two-day meeting brought together 160 people who are representatives of donors and developing countries, civil society organizations, vaccine ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-11/21/c_132906783.htm
Avis pulling into town
International car rental operator Avis is bringing its brand to Cambodia and Laos, according to a statement released last week from local licensee RMA Group. If the deal is seen through, Avis would be the first global car rental company to compete in the Kingdom. The company ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/avis-pulling-town
AAA takes flight from Japan to Siem Reap
Asia Atlantic Airlines (AAA) made its first flight from Japan’s Narita International Airport to Siem Reap on May 3 with more than 260 tourists on board – and there are more to come. AAA ran the test flight last week before committing to two flights per ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/aaa-takes-flight-japan-siem-reap
Cambodia earns US$2.6 billion from tourism
Cambodia attracted some 4.2 million foreign tourists last year, up 18 percent year-on-year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Monday. Five largest sources of tourists to Cambodia are Vietnam, China, South Korea, Laos and Thailand. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MzAzZTU5MWNkMzB
Human Rights Watch Finds Widespread Anti-Union Practices
In a new report highlighting abuse in Cambodia’s garment industry, Human Rights Watch has called on the Cambodian government to cease “intimidation and threats” against workers. The group interviewed nearly 200 factory workers from 55 different factories, and found that anti-union discrimination and poor workers conditions ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/human-rights-watch-finds-widespread-anti-union-practices/1843580.html
‘A threat to Cambodia’s sacred forests’
In southwest Cambodia, at the foot of the Cardamom Mountains, is a single dirt road that meanders through the heart of the pristine Areng valley. Ten miles down this road, villagers have set up an encampment to stop a hydroelectric dam project that they fear ...
New York Times News Staff
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/29/opinion/a-threat-to-cambodias-sacred-forests.html
Much to discuss at upcoming regional forum, analysts say
Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries are preparing for a major regional meeting, which will be held in Burma Aug. 10. Analysts say Cambodia should raise ongoing security issues that threaten regional economic integration at the Asean Regional Forum. The South China Sea issue continues to ...
Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/much-to-discuss-at-upcoming-regional-forum-analysts-say/1968851.html
Push to ban public smoking
The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a joint memo yesterday advising recipients to take measures to ban smoking in public places. The “circular” is the first of its kind in Cambodia, and is to be distributed by all government ministries in ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/push-ban-public-smoking
Diamond Island complex reveals towering ambitions
Construction of the luxury Diamond Island Riviera residential project on Koh Pich is under way after a groundbreaking ceremony last month. The Western-themed, all-modern residential project – a $700 million joint-venture between the Overseas Chinese Investment Company (OCIC) and Chinese Jixiang Investment – is just one ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/diamond-island-complex-reveals-towering-ambitions
Hong Kong's Pacnet expands to Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar
Hong Kong technology company Pacnet says it’s expanding its virtual private network (VPN) services to Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. In a statement released Wednesday, the company said the expansion involved global internet protocol VPN services based on multi-protocol label switching (MPLS). ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OTg3YWUwNmRhYWJ
Drug-resistant malaria widespread in Southeast Asia: study
Drug-resistant malaria is now widespread in Southeast Asia, seriously threatening global efforts to control malaria, a new study warned Wednesday. An analysis of blood samples from 1,241 malaria patients in 10 countries across Asia and Africa found resistance to the world’s most effective anti-malarial drug, artemisinin, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2014-07/31/c_133521082.htm
Hun Sen to leave for 10th Asia-Europe summit Wednesday
Prime Minister Hun Sen will leave Cambodia Wednesday afternoon to attend the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM) in Italy. The ASEM will be held from 16-17 October in Milan. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hun-sen-to-leave-for-10th-asia-europe-summit-wednesday-7489
Hun Sen to Hold Bilateral Talks With Obama During Summit
Prime Minister Hun Sen will hold bilateral talks with U.S. President Barack Obama when the newly re-elected American leader visits Phnom Penh during this month’s East Asia and Asean Summits. Mr. Hun Sen announced the bilateral meeting in a letter to Mr. Obama on Wednesday congratulating ...
PetChem sees healthy growth in 2013, eyes Myanmar, Cambodia
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 18) : Petronas Chemical Group Bhd (PetChem) said that its top and bottom line growth was going to be in “healthy mode” next year, with prices of its chemical products seen to be firming up. Speaking at a media briefing on Tuesday, its ...
Blame game on removal of Kem Sokha
Political analysts across the Kingdom are buzzing about the ramifications of the decision the National Assembly made last week to remove Kem Sokha, deputy president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), as deputy president of the legislative body. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17381/blame-game-on-removal-of-kem-sokha/
Australian gaming company probed for Cambodia payment
Australian gaming firm Tabcorp on Tuesday confirmed that it was under investigation by Australian police over a possible bribe it paid in 2009 to a Cambodian consultancy connected to a sister of Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Zsombor Peter and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/australian-gaming-company-probed-for-cambodia-payment-109949/
Microsoft's Super Wi-Fi could change game
A technology called “Super Wi-Fi” that uses the frequency spectrum between television channels called “white spaces” could be a game-changing force in how people connect to the internet, especially in places like Cambodia. The technology, which requires specialised equipment costing about US$2,000 for a base station ...