Mekong locals seek a voice on Don Sahong
More than 6,400 residents of Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia have signed and thumb-printed a statement on the Don Sahong Dam project, airing concerns ranging from the river’s diminishing fish stocks to the lack of transparency of the Mekong River Commission. The statement, presented last week ...
Aisha Down and Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17834/mekong-locals-seek-a-voice-on-don-sahong/
Port IPO road show kicks off
On course to become the third listed company on Cambodia’s stock exchange, Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) kicked off a road show for its initial public offering (IPO) yesterday to prospective investors.PPAP, the state enterprise that operates Cambodia’s second-largest port, is seeking to raise up ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/port-ipo-road-show-kicks
Kep real estate comes of age
When Dan Kreis, founder, owner and operator of Kep Lodge Eco-Resort, arrived in Kep for the first time in 2005, he found only a handful of locally-owned guesthouses, less than 10 foreign residents, no supermarket, no electricity, no local bar, a coastline littered with little ...
James Whitehead
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/kep-real-estate-comes-age
Non-taxpayers targeted
The government will not increase the rate for income tax and other taxes for the next two years, but will instead concentrate on expanding the base for tax collection, taking into account that there are still many individuals and businesses that do not pay tax ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30034/non-taxpayers-targeted/
Feed mill to take bite out of growing import demand
Chip Mong Group is the latest conglomerate to invest into local production of animal feed, announcing this week that it will sink $60 million into building a large-scale feed mill and industrial piggery, a move that agricultural experts welcomed but said would still not be ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/feed-mill-take-bite-out-growing-import-demand
NGO wary of promise to cancel hydropower dam project
Conservationists remain wary of the government’s recent pledge to sideline construction of the controversial Chhay Areng hydropower dam after finding the project on the Mines and Energy Ministry’s new to-do list.After a February 17 Council of Ministers meeting, the government announced that plans to build ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-wary-of-promise-to-cancel-hydropower-dam-project-126565/
South Korea provides development loan to Cambodia for the period 2016-2018
On 31 January 2017, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, a signing ceremony will be held between His Excellency Prak Sokhonn, Senior Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and His Excellency Kim Weon Jin, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
How Cambodia’s record deforestation is driving crippling drought
Massive deforestation is playing a crucial role in the droughts that have devastated Cambodia. But despite an official ban on timber exports, forests continue to be cut down at a record rate.The Cambodian government awarded between 30 and 40 logging concessions to private companies during ...
Euan Black
http://sea-globe.com/deforestation-drought-cambodia/
PM wants more trade, investment with Pakistan
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday urged Pakistan to boost trade and investment between the two countries. The appeal was made during a meeting with Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan Qasim Khan Suri at the Peace Palace in Prampi Makara district’s Mittapheap commune ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-wants-more-trade-investment-pakistan
Authorities on hunt for illegal timber suspect
Authorities are on the hunt for a man who escaped custody on Tuesday after being arrested for allegedly transporting luxurious timber in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary. The suspect was detained by environmental rangers at the Keo Seima Wildlife sanctuary headquarters on Monday but ran off into ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-hunt-illegal-timber-suspect
Gov’t to incentivise electric bus imports
The government is working on a policy to encourage imports of high-quality electric buses. Chhoun Voun, director-general of the Department of Land Transport at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, told Khmer Times yesterday they are drafting a “land transport policy” that will include ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50667515/govt-to-incentivise-electric-bus-imports/
Press release: MoI will conduct the second round of consultation on the amendments to the LANGO
On 28 November 2019, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) posted a press release on the organizing the second round of consultation meeting on the amendments to the Law on Association and Non-Governmental Organization (LANGO), which will be happened on 03rd December 2019 at the “Building ...
Ministry of Interior
Market Shop Owners Try to Prevent Eviction
Vendors in Phnom Penh’s Ngin An market are protesting a government-backed bid by the market’s new owner to push them out by tomorrow. More than 40 representatives of 223 vendors waved a banner at the market yesterday to protest a letter from Russey Keo District Hall ...
National Payments System to Begin in 2012
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will soon begin a national payment system that will allow the clearance of checks at all banks within a day, as well as facilitate intra-bank electronic payments, Nguon Sokha, director general of the NBC, said yesterday. Through the establishment of the national ...
India shows interest in cashew nut processing
India is considering establishing a cashew nut processing factory in Cambodia to curb exports to India from third countries, according to officials at the Indian embassy. Dinesh Patniak, the ambassador to Cambodia, said Cambodia produced a lot of cashew nuts that were sent to Vietnam for ...
Cambodia's Trade Grows By 15 Percent
Cambodia’s total trade volume grew 15.41 percent to reach$7.46 billion in the first seven months compared to the same period last year, according to data released yesterday by the Ministry of Commerce. Revenues earned through exports reached $2.9 billion, an increase of 11.82 percent compared to ...
Radio Station Owner Denies Secession Charges
Independent radio station owner Mam Sonando declared his innocence yesterday at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court where his trial began over his alleged involvement in a secessionist movement in Kratie province. Commenting on organization he founded, the Association of Democrats, Mr. Sonando told the court it was ...
Speculators pounce on rice market as prices rise
Speculators have been selling rice to Thailand via Cambodia for over a month despite domestic prices rising VND1,000/kg. at the meeting of Vietnam Food Association (VFA) on September 7 in HCM City, Director of An Giang Export Company Nguyen Van Tien said the amount of rice ...
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/43907/business-in-brief-12-9.html
Cambodia records US$1.51-B trade deficit in 7 months
Cambodia reported a trade deficit of 34% in equivalent to US$1.51-B in the 1st 7 months of this year, the report of the Commerce Ministry showed Thursday. During January-July period this year, the country’s total import and export value was US$7.45-B, up 15% from US$6.47-B at ...
http://www.livetradingnews.com/cambodia-records-us1-51-b-trade-deficit-in-7-months-85827.htm
Bandith trial to begin soon
The long-awaited trial of former Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith – accused of shooting three garment workers at a protest in February – could begin within the next week, a Svay Rieng Provincial Court official said yesterday. Investigating judge Pich Chhert said the inquiry into the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012091758746/National-news/bandith-trial-to-begin-soon.html