Cambodia to set 2014 wage for garment workers next month
The Ministry of Labour, Government of Cambodia, would set the 2014 minimum wage for garment workers next month, reports The Phnom Penh Post. A working group consisting of representatives of the Garment Manufacturers’ Association in Cambodia (GMAC), workers’ representatives and factory managers met officials at ...
Fibers2fashion News Staff
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=156451
Government to Consider New Minimum Wage
The Ministry of Social Affairs on Friday established four sub-committees tasked with finding a new minimum wage for the country’s 300,000-plus garment factory workers, Minister Ith Sam Heng said on Friday. “The sub-committees have a limited time of five weeks for research before they have to ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-to-consider-new-minimum-wage-42317/
Cambodia ready for rice bid
Cambodia will join the bidding for the Philippine government’s latest rice import offer, a senior rice industry official says. The Philippine government’s National Food Authority (NFA) last week authorised the import of 500,000 tonnes of rice to the country. The bidding process, which is looking for the ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-ready-rice-bid
EU crisis hurting silk sector
Europe’s continued economic troubles have weighed heavily this year on Cambodian silk producers, officials and industry insiders said yesterday. Debt woes in the euro zone, the Kingdom’s main export market for silk, have caused job losses, among other issues, according to officials. Cambodian Craft Cooperation, ...
Rann Reuy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011120153074/Business/eu-crisis-hurting-silk-sector.html
Interbank lending gains traction
The central bank’s efforts to foster development of an interbank lending market appears to be taking off as the demand for negotiable certificates of deposits (NCDs) increased sharply last year, with the financial tool seeing wider usage among the Kingdom’s financial institutions. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/interbank-lending-gains-traction
Decline in labor complaints compared with last year
Labor dispute complaints in the garment and textile sector declined last year compared with 2015, according to the Arbitration Council, which attributed the drop to the Trade Union Law. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35923/decline-in-labor-complaints-compared-with-last-year/
Tax revenue of $2.3b meets nearly 65% of GDT target
The continuous reform of tax procedures and understanding taxpayers have helped the tax revenue increase steadily, industry observers say. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-revenue-23b-meets-nearly-65-gdt-target
Thailand’s gem industry may move to Cambodia
Cambodia could overtake Thailand’s gem export market to the United States within five years, officials said yesterday. Thailand’s growing economic status could soon disqualify it for tax exemption when exporting gems to the US market, but Cambodia’s standing as a Least Developed Country would allow it ...
Cambodia marks 30 years under Hun Sen’s rule amid uncertain future
On January 14, Cambodia will mark three decades under the rule of its prime minister Hun Sen, making him the world’s sixth-longest serving political leader. ...
Prashanth Parameswaran
http://thediplomat.com/2015/01/cambodia-marks-30-years-under-hun-sens-rule-amid-uncertain-future/
Joint building of Belt and Road highlighted
President Xi Jinping called on Thursday for China and Cambodia to maintain high-level strategic communication and cooperate on the Belt and Road joint building to promote common development. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501379752/joint-building-of-belt-and-road-highlighted/
Education ministry’s reform strategies to improve the quality of teachers
While celebrating this year’s World Teachers’ Day on October 5, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) offered its gratitude and sincere thanks to all teachers in Cambodia and beyond for their efforts in enhancing the quality of education for all students. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-ministrys-reform-strategies-improve-quality-teachers
Higher education institutions instructed to enhance quality of doctoral training
The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport has observed a steady increase in the number of students pursuing PhD degrees and is taking steps to enhance the quality control of doctoral training. ...
The Sihanoukville MAKEOVER?
Aiming to attract investors to broaden the Kingdom’s manufacturing base and to boost the country’s industrial development, the government is alledgedly preparing a master plan to turn Sihanoukville province into a new special economic zone, said an official.The advisor to the Cambodian government, Dr Sok ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/sihanoukville-makeover
Joint statement on strengthening the Cambodia-Vietnam friendship and cooperation
At the Peace Palace on 20 July 2017, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Hun Sen, met with Mr. Nguyen Huu Dung, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Both parties have discussed on a number of issues, including the South China Sea.After ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Mines Ministry issues new dredging licences
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced that it will grant two sand dredging licences around Phnom Penh Port, just days after declaring that no new licences would be issued until economic impact assessments had been carried out. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mines-ministry-issues-new-dredging-licences
New parties on horizon
Political analyst Kem Ley plans to create a diverse set of independent Political parties in the new year, tackling what he says is an autocratic “disease” infecting both the ruling party and the opposition. Using his newly founded “social network” Khmer for Khmer as a springboard, ...
David Boyle and Bennett Murray
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/new-parties-horizon
$23 million boost in education budget
The Finance Ministry is planning to raise the national education budget to more than $700 million next year in a bid to improve standards in schools. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40325/-23-million-boost-in-education-budget/
Hor Namhong Rejects Blame For Failed Talks
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Friday put the blame for last week’s failure among Asean countries to release a joint communiqué on territorial disputes in the South China Sea firmly back on Vietnam and the Philippines. More than a week since discussions related to the territorial dispute between Asean’s members ...
Thousands protest outside Gladpeer Garment Factory
More than 2,000 workers demonstrated in front of Phnom Penh’s Gladpeer Garment Factory yesterday, demanding a higher minimum wage and several other concessions. The workers decided to strike after the Por Sen Chey district factory did not respond to repeated requests to raise their monthly minimum ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013011560786/National/thousands-turn-out-for-strike.html