Independent labour unions will take part in the Ministry of Labour’s Labour Advisory Committee (LAC) meeting today, possibly making their decision on next year’s minimum wage in Cambodia’s garment sector. NIFTUC and the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU) considered boycotting the LAC ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance is urging ministries to avoid overlapping each other’s programs when it comes to tackling the Kingdom’s long-lamented human resource skills gap. A workshop was held yesterday between the Finance Ministry, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Labour, the private ss='cambodia-color'>...

Meng Saktheara wantS to take Some of the riSk out of one of the riSkieSt buSineSSeS in Cambodia &ndaSh; commercial gold mining. AS Indian mining giant MeSco Gold SeekS a permit to build and operate the country&rSquo;S firSt commercial gold mine in Ratanakkiri province, Mr. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s eastern Mondulkiri province will become the country’s first hub for potato growing after a successful pilot project, researchers say.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Companies from Europe’s frigid north are taking steps toward moving into the fish and environmental industries in Cambodia’s warmer climes.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Tourism will shift its focus to ecotourism development in the Kingdom’s northeast after efforts to promote travel to Cambodia’s coastline proved successful. ss='cambodia-color'>...

India is continuing to assist in preserving Cambodia’s heritage by helping to maintain and repair it’s ancient temples. ss='cambodia-color'>...

BANGKOK – The Pheu Thai-led coalition government’s planned 300 baht daily minimum wage hike has forced some businesses to shift their production bases to areas bordering Cambodia and Myanmar, the Employers’ Confederation of Thailand (ECOT) told a seminar on Monday. At a seminar on implementing the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The first-ever report on the direct effect of climate change on Cambodia’s population was launched yesterday in Phnom Penh, highlighting significant flaws in the country’s ability to deal with future health, finanace and food supply issues. The UN Development Program’s Cambodia Human Development Report 2011, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The share price of the Phnom Penh Water supply Authority (PPWsA), the only stock so far to trade on Cambodia’s recently launched bourse, fell yesterday to the lowest price since its first day of trading nearly three months ago. At the day’s close, stock in PPWsA ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition lawmaker son Chhay said yesterday that he would ask the government to cancel the land concession of a Vietnamese rubber firm in Ratanakkiri province he accused of logging and exporting wood illegally. Mr. Chay, a candidate in July’s national election for the Cambodia National Rescue ss='cambodia-color'>...

SaleS of Cambodia&rSquo;S World Trade Organization-certified pepper from Kampot province fell to 21 tonneS at the end of thiS year&rSquo;S harveSt SeaSon, a Slight decline from 22 tonneS after the end of laSt year&rSquo;S SeaSon. Nguon Lay, preSident of the Kampot Pepper ASSociation, Said faSt-changing SS='cambodia-color'>...

High-ranking members of the royalist Funcinpec party have said they are set to file a court complaint against the party’s senior leaders for allegedly attempting to sell the party’s headquarters for their own personal gain. sok sa Vann, a member of the party’s steering committee, maintained ss='cambodia-color'>...

International legal experts are expressing deep concern over proposed changes to Cambodia’s legal system that critics say hand over too much power to the executive.  At a meeting in Phnom Penh Tuesday, a group recommended the three judicial reform laws should be returned to parliament ss='cambodia-color'>...

Mobile internet speeds in Cambodia are ratcheting up a notch. smart Mobile, the country’s second largest operator by subscribers, is making 4G LTE internet available to customers this week, the company announced yesterday during the launch of the service at NagaWorld Casino. Thomas Hundt, CEO of smart, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen’s brother Hun Neng and a Vietnamese state-owned rubber firm are involved in an illegal logging cartel involving several well-connected companies operating on a “massive scale” in the embattled Prey Lang forest, forest monitors working in the area allege. Video footage and photographs ss='cambodia-color'>...

A new Russian-Cambodian digital satellite television service plans to have 400,000 subscribers in the next two years with 60 channels in Khmer, English, Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese and other languages. The venture between Russia’s General satellite and Cambodia’s Royal Group was soft-launched last night at sofitel, with ss='cambodia-color'>...

Japan’s investment in Cambodia continues to grow and its investors are playing a leading role in developing and diversifying the Kingdom’s light industrial sector. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s state-owned water utilities firm – one of the only two companies listed on Cambodia’s fledgling stock exchange – will boost its annual dividend almost twofold.  ss='cambodia-color'>...

Patrick Devillers, the French national and associate of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, seemed to be putting down roots in Cambodia. The architect – whose shadowy presence has been on the fringes of one of modern China’s largest political scandals – owned land and a restaurant ss='cambodia-color'>...