Conference spotlights achievements in Vietnam-Cambodia border affairs
Important achievements that Vietnam and Cambodia have gained together in land border-related affairs were highlighted at a conference held in Phu Quoc city in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on November 22. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501396767/conference-spotlights-achievements-in-vietnam-cambodia-border-affairs/
Workers in 39 suspended factories to get cash assistance
In lIne with government Initiatives, cash handouts are beIng extended to displaced workers engaged In the garment sector at 39 factories specialisIng In textile, footwear, travel products and bags that have temporarily suspended their operations. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-39-suspended-factories-get-cash-assistance
Salt production up nearly 150 percent in 2023
Kampot and Kep provinces produced 81,154 tonnes of salt last year, 148.9 percent increase over 32,900 tonnes in 2022, a Ministry of industry, Science, Technology and innovation report showed. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501444693/salt-production-up-nearly-150-percent-in-2023/
Royal Group developing new SEZ in Kandal
Local conglomerate Royal Group is developing a new special economic zone (SEZ) in Kandal province to fulfill the increased demand for quality manufacturing facilities around Phnom Penh. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501466083/royal-group-developing-new-sez-in-kandal/
Cambodia to organise investment roadshow in France
Cambodia and France will join hands to organise a roadshow in the European country to attract more investors to the Kingdom. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501460302/cambodia-to-organise-investment-roadshow-in-france/
Vietnamese firms in Cambodia foster connections and enhance trade
Representatives from about 50 Vietnamese enterprises and Khmer businesses of Vietnamese-origin gathered in Phnom Penh on January 16 to share their experience in operating and investing in Cambodia and foster their connections. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501425155/vietnamese-firms-in-cambodia-foster-connections-and-enhance-trade/
Cambodia seeks Chinese investment in EV sector
Cambodia has invited Chinese investors to look into the opportunities unfolding in the electric vehicle (EV) sector in the country. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501498921/cambodia-seeks-chinese-investment-in-ev-sector/
GFT exports rise 17 percent in first half of 2024
Cambodia’s exports of garments, footwear and travel goods (GFT) increased by 16.89 percent in the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year, earning the country $6.15 billion, according to the trade data released by the General Department of Customs and ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501521386/gft-exports-rise-17-percent-in-first-half-of-2024/
Cambodia, Thailand strengthen bilateral ties in key sectors
In a significant step towards enhancIng bilateral relations, Cambodia and Thailand have committed to deepenIng their cooperation across various fields, emphasisIng practical results and a strategic partnership that prioritises the Interests of their people. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501522645/cambodia-thailand-strengthen-bilateral-ties-in-key-sectors/
Cambodia records 22% rise in air travel
Cambodia’s aviation sector is experiencing a significant uptick in the first half of 2024 with the country’s three international airports handling a combined 3.03 million air passengers from January to June, up 22 percent from 2.48 million recorded in the same period last year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501539711/cambodia-records-22-rise-in-air-travel/
Apparel workers demand $14 vs $1 employer offer in wage negotiations
Negotiations surrounding the minimum wage for workers in the textile, apparel, footwear and travel goods sector have started, with employee representatives proposing a $14 increase while employer representatives put forward $1. ...
Thang Sinorn
https://kiripost.com/stories/apparel-workers-demand-14-vs-1-employer-offer-in-wage-negotiations
More than 300 people involved in land dispute gather in front of Preah Sihanouk Court of Appeal as a representative enters court today
More than 300 people involved in land disputes from three districts of Koh Kong province gathered in front of the Sihanoukville Court of Appeal as a representative of the people attended the hearing on Tuesday. ...
New companies of KIAF aim to expand business operations and invest in furniture, engineering, and automotive sectors in Cambodia
Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Manet paid a courtesy call to MARN Ki-jeong, President of the Korea industrial Alliance Forum (KIAF), during his official visit to Seoul, Republic of Korea, on May 17, 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501490369/new-companies-of-kiaf-aim-to-expand-business-operations-and-invest-in-furniture-engineering-and-automotive-sectors-in-cambodia/
Cambodia’s Small Businesses Serve as Backbone of Sustainable Economy
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced in late March that the nation was on target to move from the status of a low-income to a lower-middle-income nation by the end of 2013, ranking it the 15th country that obtained high economic growth in the world in the ...
Cambodia Airports Comes Under Attack by a Former Executive
Philippe Laurent became secretary-general of Cambodia Airports in May 2008. He was one of six senior executives in charge of the country’s international airports in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and the little-used facility in Sihanoukville. Mr. Laurent is now carrying out a one-man campaign against ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/selected-features/cambodia-airports-comes-under-attack-17727/
France to set up water treatment plant in Sihanoukville
The French Development Agency plans to invest in a water treatment plant in Sihanoukville and will work out details with Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities in the future. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50657651/france-to-set-up-water-treatment-plant-in-sihanoukville/
ISDN in tie-up to build Cambodia power plant
Mainboard-listed ISDN Holdings has taken a 33 per cent stake in a joint venture that will build an 80MW hydroelectric power plant in Cambodia. ...
The Straits Times staff
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/isdn-in-tie-up-to-build-cambodia-power-plant
China free trade agreement negotiations to start in December
Negotiations for a free trade agreement between Cambodia and China, the second-biggest economy in the world, will begin next month, the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh announced yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50660011/china-free-trade-agreement-negotiations-to-start-in-december/
Kingdom’s fifth cement factory launched in Kampot province
A cement factory with a production capacity of one million tonnes per year went online on Thursday in Kampot province. The factory is Cambodia’s fifth cement plant and comes in response to the rapid development of the construction sector. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-fifth-cement-factory-launched-kampot-province
Illegal bird netting in Koh Kong destroyed
Some 3,200m of netting used to illegally poach birds was destroyed by Stung Prot and Wildlife Alliance forest rangers on Tuesday after they were discovered laying in mangrove growth south of the Cardamom Mountains. Southern Cardamom Forest Protection Programme field coordinator Dragos Ionescu said on ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-bird-netting-koh-kong-destroyed
