Cambodia thanks Australia for agriculture support
Cambodia reiterated the important role Australia plays in the development of its agriculture sector and urged leaders of the Commonwealth nation to support the modernisation of the industry through investments in modern factories and machinery. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114866/cambodia-thanks-australia-for-agriculture-support/
Cambodian Per Capita GDP To Touch $1,000
Echoing remarks made by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier last week, economic experts agreed that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita would reach US$ 1,000 ( Bt30,377) this year, up from the estimated $900 at the end of 2011. Managing director of Acleda ...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Cambodian-per-capita-GDP-to-touch-$1000-30176744.html
Water Supply Stock Falls Back to Initial Value
The share price of the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA), the only stock so far to trade on Cambodia’s recently launched bourse, fell yesterday to the lowest price since its first day of trading nearly three months ago. At the day’s close, stock in PPWSA ...
Disaster alert system begins
Starting today, residents of Banteay Meanchey, Pursat and Kampong Thom provinces can enroll in a disaster-response calling service through their phones in anticipation of the impending rainy season. ...
Rebecca Moss
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/disaster-alert-system-begins
Violence ‘cost economy $1.5B’
The consequences and containment of violence cost the Cambodian economy over $1.5 billion in 2013, just under 10 per cent of its estimated GDP for the period, according to the Institute for Economics & Peace’s Global Peace Index released yesterday. According to IEP executive chairman ...
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/violence-%E2%80%98cost-economy-15b%E2%80%99
Cambodia, Oz roll out Champei Sar 70 rice
After nearly a decade of research and development, Cambodia and Australia on April 5 jointly announced the official launch of a new fragrant rice variety named Champei Sar 70 (CPS 70) to mark the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations. ...
Rann Reuy
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-oz-roll-out-champei-sar-70-rice
Rabies still a public health hazard in Cambodia: WHO
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) — The World Health Organization ( WHO) said Friday that rabies was still a public health hazard in Cambodia and called for broad vaccinations for dogs to prevent the disease. “Rabies is highly endemic and a noticeable disease in Cambodia, ” ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2013-09/27/c_132756196.htm
“There’s A Lot of Data, but Limited Access”- NGOs Call For Improved Access And Quality Data Sharing
Non-state actors have raised concerns about the limited sharing of public data by the government due to a lack of trust, as well as zero quality or standard of data. ...
Khuon Narim and Ly Rosslan
https://cambojanews.com/theres-a-lot-of-data-but-limited-access-ngos-call-for-improved-access-and-quality-data-sharing/
Chinese-funded agricultural park inaugurated in Cambodia
A Chinese-funded agricultural park has been inaugurated in Banteay Meanchey province in northwestern Cambodia. Banteay Meanchey provincial governor Kousom Saroeuth and Xiao Yi, head of international relations office of the Department of Agriculture of China’s Yunnan province,jointly unveiled the Friendship Park of Agricultural Science and Techniques ...
People's Daily Online News Staff
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/business/n/2014/0522/c90778-8730855.html
Joint statement between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the People’s Republic of China on building a Cambodia-China community with a shared future in the new era
On 12 February 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation released a joint statement between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the People’s Republic of China on building a Cambodia-China community with a shared future in the new era after the Prime Minister of ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Japanese investor acquires local MFI
A Japanese businessman has acquired a majority stake of microfinance company Farmer Union Development Fund (FUDF) and plans to expand its lending to the real estate sector as well as small- and medium-sized enterprises, he revealed yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japanese-investor-acquires-local-mfi
PM orders arrest of lying politicians
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered authorities to arrest any politicians pledging to clear the debts of voters with micro-finance institutions (MFIs) and banks if their party wins the elections. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35279/pm-orders-arrest-of-lying-politicians/
Amret MFI gets $10M loan to aid SME reach
Amret Microfinance received a $10 million boost yesterday by a loan from German development bank KfW, according to a joint statement from the finance institutions. Chea Phalarin, chief executive officer of Amret Microfinance Institution, said yesterday that the new loan – equal to nearly double its ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/amret-mfi-gets-10m-loan-aid-sme-reach
Correction and issuance of high school diplomas and provisional high school diplomas
On 10 September 2021, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports issued a notification on correction and issuance of high school diplomas and provisional high school diplomas.Applicant, parents or guardians and representatives of higher education institutions who wish to correct the information on the high ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Prasac moves towards becoming a bank
Prasac, a leading micro-finance institution in Cambodia, had increased its registered capital from US$3.8 million to $20 million in preparation for its transformation into a commercial bank by 2014, the institution said yesterday. “The registration requirement of $37.5 million is a very small amount to ...
Cambodia needs about US$ 200 million annually for climate change adaptations
According to the Copenhagen Accord hosted in Denmark, developed countries had to provide US$ 30 billion for 2009-2012 to kick start emissions reduction measures for the less-developed countries and promised to offer US$ 100 billion for long term finance a year by 2020. “Cambodia needs approximately ...
CARD, UN on nutrition drive
The Council for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), in collaboration with the UN World Food Programme (WFP), have launched a dissemination strategy for the SUN Business Network (SBN) – a key part of the global Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement – in a bid to ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/card-un-nutrition-drive
Phnom Penh proposed for RCEP Secretariat
Officials have suggested that the 14 partner signatories to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) establish a trade secretariat in Phnom Penh. The agreement, which aims to boost economic development, came into force at the beginning Of 2022. ...
Rann Reuy
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phnom-penh-proposed-rcep-secretariat
Digital economy needs 10 years
Cambodia’s digital economy remains at a nascent stage and will need at least 10 years to grow and aim for a technology-driven economy, said Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth. Speaking at the national consultation workshop on Policy and Direction of Cambodia’s Digital Economy ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/digital-economy-needs-10-years
Chinese lab promises help for Cambodia’s agriculture sector
A Chinese laboratory pledged this week to aid the development of Cambodia’s agricultural sector by sharing expertise, technology and human resources. Representatives of the Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Centre, located in China’s southern province of Hunan, made the pledge on Sunday during an official visit ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50490139/chinese-lab-promises-help-for-cambodias-agriculture-sector/