Việt Nam, Cambodia’s bilateral trade surged 30% in 2017
Bilateral trade between Việt Nam and Cambodia last year surged 29.7 per cent against the previous year to nearly US$3.8 billion, the General Department of Customs reported. Of the total, Việt Nam’s export turnover to this market was $2.77 billion, rising 26.1 per cent against the ...
Viet Nam News
http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/422484/viet-nam-cambodias-bilateral-trade-surged-30-in-2017.html#q1s8ssWTMd4ceTep.97
Nest of endangered royal turtles found in Koh Kong province
Conservationists in Koh Kong province have found a nest of 16 eggs of the critically endangered royal turtle, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced today. The discovery in Sre Ambel district, the first of the year, was made on February 3 by WCS staff working with the ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nest-endangered-royal-turtles-found-koh-kong-province
CPP claims all 58 seats up for grabs in Senate
Absent any legitimate competition, the ruling Cambodian People’s Party swept all 58 elected seats in Sunday’s Senate elections, giving it near-absolute control in the upper house of parliament, according to preliminary results. The four-party ballot was expected to be a blowout for the CPP, given its ...
Ben Sokhean and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-claims-all-58-seats-grabs-senate
Heavy rains washing out local salt industry in Kep, Kampot
Cambodia’s salt producers are suffering from a catastrophic harvest season that is likely to deplete their reserves and threaten the industry’s future prospects, according to leaders of the country’s largest salt federation. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/heavy-rains-washing-out-local-salt-industry-kep-kampot
Transport Ministry collects $500K in fines over 5 months
Some 500 overloaded trucks have been stopped and collectively fined more than $300,000 by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport in the past five months. According to a series of reports by the ministry, inspection stations across the country collected a total of $310,000 from ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/transport-ministry-collects-500k-fines-over-5-months
Revenue rises in Q3 at capital’s water firm
The capital’s listed water utility posted higher revenue against lower earnings during the third quarter of the year in a filing to the Cambodian stock exchange yesterday. Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) saw its revenue rise by $1 million, or 8 percent, year-on-year to $13.9 ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/revenue-rises-q3-capitals-water-firm
Acknowledging U.S. role in bombing, ambassador prioritizes demining efforts
William A. Heidt, U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, says he is “very aware” of the historical role the United States played in the conflict in Cambodia, which is why he is seeking to prioritize the clearance of unexploded ordinance left behind by years of bombing. ...
Boeung Kak rally: Eight held in capital over WB protest
Daun Penh district security guards briefly arrested eight women outside World Bank headquarters yesterday morning during a peaceful demonstration for Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak community. ...
The Phnom Penh Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/boeung-kak-rally-eight-held-capital-over-wb-protest
Rise in meth use, trafficking spur cross-border drug plan
Faced with an ongoing rise in drug trafficking and use, especially of methamphetamines, Cambodia and the other five Greater Mekong Subregion countries have joined forces to try and stem the narcotics tide. Cambodia was also among four countries where drug-making laboratories were found, Mr. Douglas ...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rise-in-meth-use-trafficking-spur-cross-border-drug-plan-129466/
In rare move, Hun Sen to hit the campaign trail
Prime Minister Hun Sen has said he will join in with campaigning for his ruling Cambodian People’s Party ahead of local elections next week in an unexpected move for a leader who would normally stay out of the fray.Hun Sen, who has been in power ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/in-rare-move-hun-sen-to-hit-the-campaign-trail/3871121.html
Speed Pay has plans for cash in a digital age
Speed Pay Plc, a newly licensed electronic payments service provider (PSP), is gearing up to join the ranks of mobile platforms tapping into Cambodia’s nascent digital payment sector. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/speed-pay-has-plans-cash-digital-age
A year of ‘hell’ in Prey Sar for Tep Vanny
Tep Vanny stood beside four effigies on a dusky evening last August, marshalling other Boeung Kak residents to light incense sticks, hold lotus stems and throw rice at the four life-size dummies while shouting curses. ...
Ananth Baliga and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/year-hell-prey-sar-tep-vanny
City to have mass transit system in place by 2023
Cambodia will have an automated gateway transit system (AGT) ahead of 2023 – when the country is due to host the Southeast Asian Games – with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on track to complete the feasibility study by May next year, accordIng to ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5090885/city-mass-transit-system-place-2023/
Beehive Social Democratic Party votes in Phat Sikan as president
Cabinet chief Phat Sikan was elected as the new president of the Beehive Social Democratic Party after the party held a congress on Sunday in Kandal province. Mr Sikan, 64, was elected to lead BSDP at the congress in Kien Svay district’s Koki commune, attended by ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5096715/beehive-social-democratic-party-votes-phat-sikan-president/
Economy to grow at 6.9 percent in 2018, NBC
The economy will grow by 6.9 percent this year, according to projections from the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), spurred by the robust performance of the tourism, construction and garment sectors. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101290/economy-grow-6-9-percent-2018-nbc/
CPP official called up as witness in Kem Sokha case
Cambodian People’s Party spokesman Chhim Phal Virun has been called as a witness in the controversial “treason” case against jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-official-called-witness-kem-sokha-case
NGO event interrupted yet again, this time in Tbong Khmum
Provincial police broke up a gender equality event in Tbong Khmum yesterday despite the fact that the NGO hosting the event had received permission for the celebration, members of the Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community (CCFC) said. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-event-interrupted-yet-again-time-tbong-khmum
Police find illegal timber in car en route to border
Police in Kampong Cham province on Monday found a haul of 41 rosewood logs in a Lexus heading towards the Vietnamese border, while police in Stung Treng province discovered some 30 cubic metres of illegal timber on Sunday. No suspects were arrested in either case. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-find-illegal-timber-car-en-route-border
Banking in CLMV: Things to know before making an investment
As business opportunities open wider ahead of the launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, the four less-developed economies, often referred to as CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) are among the most attractive for Thai investors The disparity between CLMV and the three ...
Gov't Reports $25M From Rents in Six Months
The government earned just over $25 million in rental fees from state land leased to private companies in the first six months of the year, according to new figures from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. While the data shows that earning have risen, critics say ...