WB puts GDP growth at 6.9 percent
The economy will grow at a rate of 6.9 percent in 2018, according to the latest report from the World Bank. Other international financial institutions have issued similar forecasts this month, with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) putting national ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50302559/wb-puts-gdp-growth-at-6-9-percent/
EU, Germany to provide $9M Asean fund
The EU and Germany have committed to help strengthen Cambodia’s economic integration with Asean member states by providing a €9.35 million ($10.5 million) fund to boost the Kingdom’s trade and investment in the region. The pledge falls under the Asean Regional Integration Support – Cambodia ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-germany-provide-9m-asean-fund
Tourist numbers in Siem Reap up 9 percent
Siem Reap’s Angkor Sangkranti festival this year was a big success with foreign tourist arrivals up almost nine percent to 29,500 over the four-day holiday from last year, the provincial tourism department said. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23870/tourist-numbers-in-siem-reap-up-9-percent/
Results on the evaluation of 9 ELC companies
According to a notification letter No. 1022 dated on 10 September 2015, the Council of Ministers decided on a reduction of the investment lifespans to 50 years for 9 economic land concessions (ELCs) companies that hold investment rights over total areas of 21,839 hectares in ...
Ministry of Environment
Siem Reap tourist traffic dips 9% in 2015
The number of international tourists visiting Siem Reap fell 9 per cent last year compared with 2014, largely on a decline in European visitor arrivals, a tourism official said yesterday. ...
Sor Chandara and Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/siem-reap-tourist-traffic-dips-9-2015
Passenger train to resume operations on April 9
After a 14-year wait, scheduled passenger train services between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville will resume on April 9, according to a statement issued by Royal Railways on Monday. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/passenger-train-to-resume-operations-on-april-9-109912/
Banking Sector Sees Growth in First 9 Months
Profits at Cambodia’s largest banks continued to grow through the first nine months of the year as loan disbursals across the sector increased by about 30 percent compared to the same period in 2011, bankers said yesterday. Acleda Bank, the largest bank in the country, this week posted ...
Ecotourism in Cambodia up 9.7 per cent
Ecotourism sites in the northeast of Cambodia last year saw visitor growth of 9.7 per cent – a total of 53,374 tourists – compared with 2011, an official said yesterday during the first Workshop on Northeast Ecotourism Development, organised by the Ministry of Tourism. Tith Chantha, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013021461366/Business/ecotourism-in-cambodia-up-9-7-per-cent.html
Tax revenues increase by 22.9 per cent
The Kingdom’s tax revenues increased by more than 20 per cent in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same period last year. Officials said the rise reflects an influx of new buinesses and investments. Opposition lawmakers, however, claim that the numbers are still far ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013041265054/Business/tax-revenues-increase-by-22-9-per-cent.html
Flood death toll rises to 9 in Cambodia
Flash floods have claimed nine lives and affected about 5,300 families in Cambodia since last week, a disaster control spokesman said Friday. Keo Vy, chief of the Cabinet of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said five of the dead were children. ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-08/16/c_132635976.htm
Cambodians traveling abroad increased by 11.9 percent
There were 509,050 Cambodians traveling abroad in the first seven months of 2013, an increase of 11.9 percent compared to the 455,017 travelers over the same period last year, according to a report by the Ministry of Tourism. Most of them visited Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ODJhOTBlZDgxNWU
Japan Pledges $9M to Demining in Battambang
The government of Japan will donate about $9.13 million to the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) to further their efforts in clearing Battambang province’s Bavel and Ratanak Mondol districts, two of the most heavily mined areas nationwide, officials said Wednesday. ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japan-pledges-9m-to-demining-in-battambang-45798/
Ocean Garment to stay shuttered until July 9
A garment factory will prolong its monthlong closure until at least July 9, when the Arbitration Council Foundation rules on a case brought by its workers. ...
Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ocean-garment-stay-shuttered-until-july-9
Cambodia has 1.9 mln agricultural households: census
Cambodia has approximately 1.9 million agricultural households with about 8.5 million people, or 57 percent of the country’s 14.96 million people, according to the first-ever agriculture census report released on Wednesday. “The 1.9 million agricultural households were engaged in growing of crops that were undertaken in ...
ASEAN-China Center News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-08/22/c_133575304.htm
EU gives $3.9 million to attract investment
The European Union will spend €3 million ($3.9 million) on a program to encourage small and medium enterprises to invest in Cambodia. Speaking at a conference yesterday in Phnom Penh, EU Ambassador to Cambodia Jean-Francois Cautain said the five-year grant – to be managed by EuroCham ...
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-gives-39-million-attract-investment
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Campu Bank sees gains in first 9 months
Cambodia Public Bank (Campu Bank), a subsidiary of the Malaysian Public Bank Group (PBB), posted strong gains during the first nine months of the year. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/campu-bank-sees-gains-first-9-months
Raid on coffee business nets 9 illegal Vietnamese
Nine illegal Vietnamese immigrants were arrested during a raid on a coffee importer in Phnom Penh on Monday as part of an ongoing nationwide census of foreigners in the country, an immigration official said. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/raid-on-coffee-business-nets-9-illegal-vietnamese-70411/
ADB’s assistance to Cambodia nears 2.9 bln
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has committed over $2.8 billion in lending, grants, and technical assistance to Cambodia since 1966, making it the country’s largest multilateral development partner. The development bank issued a report yesterday that puts its total contribution to Cambodia at $2.86 billion over ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50479970/adbs-assistance-to-cambodia-nears-2-9-bln/
Battambang mine raid nets 9,000 kilos of material
In a joint raid on an illegal mining operation, conducted by the departments of environment, mines and energy, and police in Battambang province’s Phnom Prek district on Sunday, over 9,000 kilograms of raw materials and explosives were confiscated. The materials belonged to Chinese company Phou ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-mine-raid-nets-9000-kilos-material
Soldier, 9 others jailed in Cambodia logging-patrol killings
Ten people, including a soldier, have been arrested over the murders of a forest ranger and a policeman who were investigating illegal logging in Cambodia, officials said on Friday. In the last few decades a surge in illegal logging has contributed to a sharp drop ...
AFP News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/764356/soldier-9-others-jailed-in-cambodia-logging-patrol-killings