CCC inks 18 MoUs with Chinese firms
The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) on Thursday signed 18 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with a visiting delegation of Chinese business leaders from 24 firms. They involved various forms of cooperation. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ccc-inks-18-mous-chinese-firms
Cambodia will put refugees at risk: academics
Dangerous political instability in Cambodia could put asylum seekers at grave risk, a leading academic has warned, as Immigration Minister Scott Morrison gave his strongest indication yet that refugees may be resettled there. University of NSW emeritus professor Carl Thayer said he was shocked the government would ...
Sarah Whyte
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/cambodia-will-put-refugees-at-risk-academics-20140407-zqrv5.html
Laos plans new consulate
Laos plans to establish consulate general in Siem Reap province to boost bilateral cooperation with Cambodia through tourism and trade, a senior official from Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday. “Tourism from Laos is increasing annually, so Lao PDR will establish a general consulate based ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/laos-plans-new-consulate
Vietnam trade passes $6B in Jan-Jul
The bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and Vietnam topped $6 billion in the first seven months of 2021, more than doubling over the same period last year even, as both countries amp up their battles against the novel coronavirus and its more virulent variants. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnam-trade-passes-6b-jan-jul
Investment protection law with Russia set to pass senate
A new law protecting investment from Russia and Belarus will help Cambodia diversify its export markets as well as encourage more investments from Russia and Eastern Europe, Senate spokesman Mam Bun Neang said yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17761/investment-protection-law-with-russia-set-to-pass-senate/
Major facelift for notorious Prey Speu
Officials in the Ministry Of Social Affairs are planning to make a set Of major changes to the infamous Prey Speu detention center, aimed at improving its healthcare services, educational options, and the quality Of the housing it Offers. But some critics say the changes ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18784/major-facelift-for-notorious-prey-speu/
Cemetery community rejects land offer
Families living occupying cemeteries in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district are showing reluctance in moving to a new location offered by City Hall, saying that the new houses are inadequate. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50500234/cemetery-community-rejects-land-offer/
Deportation figures triple
A year-long crackdown on illegal immigration equated to a threefold increase in deportations in the first 11 months of 2015, with 4,312 foreigners sent home versus just 1,307 in the same period last year, according to a Department of Immigration report obtained yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deportation-figures-triple
Ministry, TV stations agree on locally made programming block
In an effort to boost Cambodia’s entertainment industry, local television broadcasters will soon dedicate an hour of prime time programming to airing Cambodian-produced shows and films. During a meeting with the Ministry of Information on Monday, TV station representatives agreed to broadcast locally produced films and ...
Sarah Taguiam and Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-tv-stations-agree-locally-made-programming-block
IMF revises GDP projection for Cambodia upward to 7%
The International Monetary Fund has revised Cambodia’s economic growth projection to between 6.5 and 7 per cent, up from 6.2 per cent in April, saying the country could manage a sound macro-economy because of the growth in four main sectors: manufacturing, tourism, agriculture and construction. According to Ek ...
NBC makes argument for more use of riels
National Bank of Cambodia Governor Chea Chanto said Cambodia needs a strong national currency to strengthen its economic and financial resilience to underlying crises, as well as to support sustainable and inclusive socio-economic growth and development. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50767469/nbc-makes-argument-for-more-use-of-riels/
Sokha seeks more German and Swiss input on decentralisation
Sar Sokha, Interior Minister and Chairman of the National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development (NCDD), has left for an eight-day working visit to Switzerland and Germany, accompanied by a high-level delegation. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501475862/sokha-seeks-more-german-and-swiss-input-on-decentralisation/
University dorm for orphans
Ol Sok Hour, a keen and promising student, had his life turned upside down two years ago when his parents died of AIDS. Yesterday, the NGO celebrated the launch of its Graduation House, a facility that will offer accommodation and support for orphaned tertiary students. ...
Sen David and Alice Cuddy
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/university-dorm-orphans
ILO holds third meeting on occupational safety, health in construction
The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Project Advisory Committee on enhancing Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) standards in the construction sector on September 6 held its third consultative meeting, where they shared the results of the projects that were implemented this year and outlined their 2023 ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ilo-holds-third-meeting-occupational-safety-health-construction
Officials accused of embezzling teachers’ salaries
A teachers’ union has accused education officials in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district of stealing 21 million riel, or about $5,200, that had been slated as overtime payments for primary school teachers. In a letter sent to the Education Ministry on Monday, the Cambodia Independent ...
Ben Sokhean and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-accused-of-embezzling-teachers-salaries-58676/
Software giant targets piracy
Microsoft Cambodia has appointed Thakral Cambodia Industries Limited as its second authorised software distributor in the country, a move intended to help the computer giant’s local operation combat the rampant use of pirated software. Thakral, one of the largest distributors of IT products in Cambodia (its ...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/software-giant-targets-piracy
After factory ignores ruling, garment workers to march
Employees of the Ocean Garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district continued to protest Monday against management’s decision to ignore an Arbitration Council ruling on owed wages. Cheng Chhorn, secretary general of the Collective Union of Movement of Workers, said the workers will march to ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-factory-ignores-ruling-garment-workers-to-march-64074/
Cambodia’s ‘Better Factories’ Are Getting A Lot Worse
Three months pregnant at the time, Sam Ath doesn’t remember collapsing two months ago at the crowded, muggy garment factory where she works at the southwestern edge of the Cambodian capital. The 30-year-old woke up in a hospital bed, only to be told that she had ...
Geoffrey Cain
http://www.mintpressnews.com/cambodias-better-factories-are-getting-a-lot-worse/191790/
Liftoff looms for the new Siem Reap airport
A new international airport for Siem Reap has come a step closer after a high-level technical working group was set up to work out the details. The government established the group after a proposal was submitted to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35028/liftoff-looms--for-the-new--siem-reap--airport/
Vanndy says the informal economy is a pillar of Cambodia’s 2050 vision
The Minister of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation Hem Vanndy, yesterday delivered a keynote address on the development of Cambodia’s informal economy to about 200 students at CamEd Business School. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501554499/vanndy-says-the-informal-economy-is-a-pillar-of-cambodias-2050-vision/