PM vows to step down if CPP loses
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday reiterated his promise to willingly hand over power to a new leader should he lose the July 29 national elections. However, he was quick to point out that he expects to maintain his position as there isn’t any other lass='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-vows-step-down-if-cpp-loses
Cambodia mulls expressway development from capital to seaport, Vietnam
Cambodia is considering to develop two expressways in order to serve the growing extents of economy and trade, Tram Iv Tek, Minister of Public Works and Transport, said Tuesday. The first line will be from capital Phnom Penh to coastal Preah Sihanouk province in length of lass='cambodia-color'>...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140527/cambodia-mulls-expressway-development-capital-seaport-vietna
Double-digit rise in tourist arrivals
Cambodia has seen an increase in the number of tourist during the first six months of the year of 13 percent according to the Ministry of Tourism. Increased direct flights to Cambodia are cited as the explanation for the increase. Tourists have been coming from lass='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia Beer to Ship First Export Batch to Japan
Less than two months after opening a $60 miLLion brewery on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia Beer wiLL be exported for the first time today when vesseLs carrying the beer set out for Japan from SihanoukviLLe Autonomous Port, according to a statement issued yesterday Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
Cambodia-U.S. Bilateral Trade Increases
In the first seven months of this year, the bilateral trade between Cambodia and the U.S. has reached some US$1.7 billion, up by 3.5 percent if compared to the same period in the previous year, according to the U.S. Trade Department’s figures. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Risk-averse Japanese investing more in Phnom Penh condos
In the course of a city’s development, especially a capital city, certain events serve as mile markers, raising their profile both regionally and globally. Few understand the changing views of Japanese investors toward Cambodia better than the upper management of boutique real estate consultancy AnnaCam lass='cambodia-color'>...
Chris Horton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/risk-averse-japanese-investing-more-phnom-penh-condos
Hitachi looks to set up SEZ in Kandal province
Japanese conglomerate Hitachi on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with three major companies to conduct a feasibility study on the potential development of a new special economic zone (SEZ) in Kandal province, said the CEO of one of the signatories. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/hitachi-looks-to-set-up-sez-in-kandal-province-72712/
Japan to provide $28 million grant for PP sewage infrastructure
Japan has awarded Cambodia a three billion yen ($27.9 million) grant for a sewer development project in Phnom Penh to help ease flooding in parts of the capital, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said on Wednesday. Its minister who is also Deputy lass='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-provide-28-million-grant-pp-sewage-infrastructure
Japan grants cash for teacher schools
Japan has granted about $28 million in aid for the construction of teacher education colleges in the kingdom. The signing ceremony took place yesterday at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097270/japan-grants-cash-teacher-schools/
Labour Minister asks JICA to continue vocational technical training to boost Cambodia’s economic growth to 7%
Heng Sour, Minister of Labour and VocationaL Training, has requested the Japan InternationaL Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Cambodia to continue deveLoping human resources in technicaL and vocationaL training to increase the momentum of Cambodia’s economic growth to 7%. Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501361304/labour-minister-asks-jica-to-continue-vocational-technical-training-to-boost-cambodias-economic-growth-to-7/
Japan to help Kingdom achieve sustainable development goals
The Embassy of Japan in Cambodia (EoJ), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) are examining possibilities of supporting various sectors including enhancing the development of the education system, technology, human resources development, navigation skills, modernisation curriculum and lass='cambodia-color'>...
Nheng Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501421756/japan-to-help-kingdom-achieve-sustainable-development-goals/
Korea University Anam Hospital wins KOICA bid to upgrade the National Pediatric Hospital Cambodia
Korea University Medical Center (KUMC) said that Korea University Anam Hospital (KUAH) has successfully secured the project for enhancing the internal medicine department at the National Pediatric Hospital Cambodia project, sponsored by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501390495/korea-university-anam-hospital-wins-koica-bid-to-upgrade-the-national-pediatric-hospital-cambodia/
Cambodian Prime Minister calls on Japan for more tourists, investors
Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia has called upon Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda for his support in encouraging more investments and tourism from Japan to help strengthen bilateral ties between the two Asian nations. The request was made at a meeting on Monday during the lass='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia to establish int'l committee for safeguarding, developing world heritage Preah Vihear
ambodia is working with UNESCO to form an International Coordinating Committee for the Safeguarding and Development of the Historic Site of Preah Vihear (ICC-Preah Vihear), Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An said Tuesday. Speaking during a meeting with South Korean Ambassador to Cambodia Kim lass='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2014-08/19/c_133568463.htm
Hun Manet leads thousands in first military exercise as commander
The Royal Cambodian Army on Saturday kicked off its first live-fire exercise, the Golden Hanuman 2019, in Kampot province with more than 2,000 soldiers ascending upon a 10,000-hectare training ground for the annual training. lieutenant General Hun Manet, army commander, inspected troops and heavy armour, lass='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50600946/hun-manet-leads-thousands-in-first-military-exercise-as-commander/
$6bn in projects approved in 2011
Investment approved between January and October surpassed those last year by US$160 million, according to a report from the Council for the Development of Cambodia. The 126 local and foreign investment projects through October, worth about $6 billion, overshadowed the $5.8 billion in the whole of lass='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011121353317/Business/6bn-in-projects-approved-in-2011.html
Koh Pich to host ASEAN dinner
The new function building at Diamond Island known as Koh Pich City Hall will host the ASEAN Foreign Minister’s dinner on July 12. Completed in March and opened last month, construction of the lavishly furnished venue was timed to coincide with Cambodia’s chairmanship of ASEAN this lass='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012053156497/Business/koh-pich-to-host-asean-dinner.html
Trade fair a chance to improve Thai relations
Thailand and Cambodia are making moves to repair trade relations as 30 of Thailand’s provincial commerce departments hold a three-day trade fair in Phnom Penh’s Diamond Island Convention Center this week, according to Jiranan Wongmongkol, director of the Foreign Trade Promotion Office (FTPO) at the lass='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070457176/Business/trade-fair-thai-relations.html
Snake Island plans back to the drawing board
A development company with a government concession for a high-end property project on the island of Koh Pos, also known as Snake Island, has announced that it will significantly alter its original plans for the project. The new plan, which must first be submitted for lass='cambodia-color'>...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/snake-island-plans-back-drawing-board
VN to negotiate with Laos, Cambodia on transit fees for new air route
Airlines are taking a wait and see attitude about the proposed air route between Hanoi and HCM City that will fly over Cambodia and laos airspace, cutting flight time compared to the current route. Experts have said that this will be the most economical air route lass='cambodia-color'>...
VietNamNet Bridge News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/110731/vn-to-negotiate-with-laos--cambodia-on-transit-fees-for-new-air-route.html