Export to Vietnam climbed more than 57 per cent year on year in the first quarter of 2012 as farmers looked for alternative destinations for products that went to Thailand last year. The primarily agricultural exports to Cambodia’s eastern neighbour were worth Us$201.5 million, up from ss='cambodia-color'>...

German sports brand Adidas yesterday denied allegations that its Cambodian factory, which produces Olympic merchandise, was not paying workers a sustainable living wage. The London Organizing Committee for the 2012 Olympic Games (Locog) said on sunday it would investigate claims that Adidas has violated its agreement ss='cambodia-color'>...

A group of families in the capital’s Por sen Chey district gathered in their sludge-filled street yesterday, fearing authorities were moving in to evict them – for a second time. Many of the Andong village residents had taken the day off work; if anyone was coming ss='cambodia-color'>...

Seventy-two ethnic minoritieS Banong familieS received communal titleS to a combined 1,008 hectareS of anceStral land in Mondolkiri province yeSterday morning in a ceremony attended by Land Management MiniSter Chhun Lim. Communal titleS were deSigned to protect the anceStral landS of the country&rSquo;S minoritieS from outSide SS='cambodia-color'>...

About 200 people, including activist monk Loun savath, rallied outside the National Assembly in Phnom Penh yesterday in support of the 13 Boeung Kak women sentenced to prison in a three-hour trial last Thursday. supporters of the women, including villagers, unions and human rights groups, called ss='cambodia-color'>...

Inner city students enlisted into Prime Minister Hun sen’s nationwide land-titling program have been getting a taste of the rural life and some of them are ready to come home. Prepped with a two-day crash course in surveying, more than 1,000 youths have been dispatched across ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen said Monday he decided to choose environment protection, not to choose 30 billion U.s. dollar expected revenues from the exploitation of titanium ore in southwestern Cambodia. “According to a feasibility study, titanium ore deposit in Chhiphat district in Koh Kong province ss='cambodia-color'>...

Half of the of the 600 Cambodian workers at siam International Food Co. Ltd.’s factory in Thailand are planning to return home following a mass brawl in which two workers were killed last week, a factory employee said yesterday. A Cambodian and a Burmese worker died ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two more people in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district have been arrested in conjunction with what local authorities are calling a secessionist plot, while provincial authorities threatened to demolish more homes if residents do not leave a disputed area, officials said yesterday. Deputy provincial court prosecutor ss='cambodia-color'>...

Questions are being asked after an unfinished factory collapsed in Kandal province yesterday, injuring 16 construction workers, some seriously. Commune chief Nou Len told the Post shoddy workmanship was to blame for the collapse of the half-finished 120 by 70 metre factory on land owned ss='cambodia-color'>...

Jobs are a cornerstone of development in developing countries, reducing poverty, making cities work and providing youth with alternatives to violence, according to a new World Bank report. Jobs are crucial for achieving economic and social development, the World Development Report 2013 said. According to ss='cambodia-color'>...

In May 2013, Business for social Responsibility (BsR) and Better Work will launch HERproject in Cambodia. HERproject links multinational companies and their factories to local NGOs to create sustainable workplace programmes that increase women’s health awareness. The project also seeks to demonstrate the return on investment ss='cambodia-color'>...

One of Japan’s largest banks will open a representative office in July due to burgeoning interest in Cambodia most likely by Japanese investors, a bank official said yesterday. Mizuho Financial Group will open a small office in Phnom Penh Tower on Monivong Boulevard on July 8, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The commerce affairs office in northeastern surin has reported robust trade along the Thai-Cambodian border despite unresolved Phra Viharn [Preah Vihear] temple dispute. Mr. sitthiporn Bangkeaw from the Office of Commerce Affairs surin revealed that even though the International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s public hearings in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government is drafting a rubber law to regulate the sector in response to the rapid growth of rubber plantations across the country, an official said. Ly Phalla, director general of the General Directorate of Rubber at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, said officials ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is expected to be able to produce about half the energy it needs by 2035, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), but the Kingdom – along with its neighbours – should also consider integrating their energy grids, which would bring about more competitive ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s economy would grow by 7.6 percent this year, driven by garment exports, agriculture, tourism and construction, according to a preliminary prediction by the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Wednesday. The ministry said that the GDP volume would be around 15.19 billion U.s. dollars and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s insurance sector earned a total premium of 22 million U.s. dollars in the first six months of the year, up 25 percent from the 17.6 million U.s. dollars it made over the same period last year, the industry’s figures showed Tuesday. The premiums were from ss='cambodia-color'>...

The end of export restrictions in Thailand and a lowering of economic growth forecasts out of top rubber importers China, the United states and Germany have caused natural rubber prices around Asia − and in Cambodia’s local industry − to fall from a two-month high. Future ss='cambodia-color'>...

After nearly 50 garment workers were killed last year while travelling to or from their respective factories, the Ministry of Labour has urged truck drivers who cram dozens into the back of vehicles each day to take more care on the roads. In an information session ss='cambodia-color'>...