Human Trafficking Rise Prompts Action
Human and sex trafficking complaints had increased markedly this year, with police vowing to redouble their resources to fight the rampant crimes, officials said at a summit on Friday. Mok Chito, head of the General Secretariat of the National Police Commissioner’s central judicial department, said 113 ...
Investment Figures Show Billions of Dollars from China
China has become Cambodia’s biggest investor, putting some $8.8 billion into the country over nearly two decades, according to online data from the government’s lead investment agency. Those investment numbers, from the Council for the Development of Cambodia, from 1994 to 2011, do not take into ...
Plantation manager aims to be top oud oil producer
Asia Forestry Management, an integrated plantation-management company with a focus on cultivating Aquilaria crassna, aims to become Thailand’s biggest producer of oud oil this year and Southeast Asia’s in five years. The company’s plant in Trat province will be expanded to produce 280 kilograms of ...
Cambodian Garment Exports likely to Grow in 2013: GMAC
Cambodian garment exports are expected to grow in 2013 with the increasing foreign investments along with focus on new market including Japan and China, according to the Garment Manufactures Association of Cambodia (GMAC). In 2012, apparel exports of Cambodia grew nine percent to US$ 4.61 ...
Cambodia to stop HIV by 2020
During a presentation at the 2013 International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Cambodia showed its new initiative called “Cambodia 3.0” which aims to eliminate new infections of HIV by 2020. Cambodia had one of the fastest growing HIV ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=N2U3NjkyZDJiYTM
Harta Packaging bets on Cambodian growth
Malaysia-based Harta Packaging Industries Sdn Bhd opened a new Cambodian factory to meet the demands of a growing exports sector and benefit from Sihanoukville port’s ambitious expansion plans, officials said. Harta Packaging, a wholly owned subsidiary of HPI Resources Berhad and part of the Oji Paper ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032664690/Business/harta-packaging-bets-on-cambodian-growth.html
Malaysian entrepreneurs urged to work closely with the Cambodian govt: Muhyiddin
Malaysian entrepreneurs operating their businesses in Cambodia have been urged to work closely with the Cambodian government, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said. The deputy prime minister said like Malaysia, the Cambodian government has rolled out a plan to turn Cambodia into a developed country. “Apart from generating ...
Adib Povera
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/malaysian-entrepreneurs-urged-to-work-closely-with-the-cambodian-govt-muhyiddin-1.489106
Greater innovation critical to driving sustained economic recovery in Cambodia and East Asia
Innovation is critical to productivity growth and economic progress in developing East Asia including Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam in a rapidly changing world, according to a new World Bank report launched today. ...
Heng Panha/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50817900/greater-innovation-critical-to-driving-sustained-economic-recovery-in-cambodia-and-east-asia/
Agreement Inked on Trade Loans in Cambodia
The US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) and the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce signed an agreement on Monday that will guarantee loans offered for the purchase of US goods and services. The memorandum of understanding was signed as part of the US-Asean Trade and Investment Framework Arrangement, ...
The arrival of the stock market and its implications
It began in November of 2006 with a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the Korean Exchange (KRX) titled “The Development of the Securities Market of Cambodia.” A further MOU between the parties in January, 2008 established the Cambodia ...
Biomass is more than energy
Rural Cambodian communities are seeing economic benefits as a result of a biomass and farming resilience project run by GERES, a French NGO. As part of the AREA project, 200 households in Kampong Chhnang province are growing 22 varieties of trees to negate the effects of ...
Erika Mudie, P. 10
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/biomass-benefit-rural-cambodia
Cambodian PM urges Chinese to invest in agricultural processing plants
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday urged Chinese companies to focus their investments in processing plants for agricultural products in order to help increase the country’s productivity for exports. The premier made the suggestion during a meeting with a visiting Chinese delegation led by Wang ...
Xinhuanet News
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-10/28/c_132836976.htm
Deal scrapped; strike ends
Rubbish collectors went back to work in the capital yesterday after further concessions were made following the workers’ rejection of a deal struck on Tuesday evening between union representatives and waste disposal company Cintri. Union representatives had said they had reached a deal with the firm, ...
Mom Kunthear and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deal-scrapped-strike-ends
Free HPV tests target married women, nearly 500 screened
Nearly 500 women were tested this month in a screening drive at Phnom Penh’s Calmette Hospital for human papillomavirus (HPV), two strains of which are known to cause cervical cancer, but the free Pap smear was advertised as being available only to married women. Hav Monirath, ...
Hay Pisey and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/free-hpv-tests-target-married-women-nearly-500-screened-57082/
More confess to Kratie ‘secession’
Ministry of Interior officials announced yesterday that three more villagers accused of involvement in a “secessionist plot” in Kratie province turned themselves in and confessed their guilt on Saturday, taking advantage of the prime minister’s offer of immunity for those who agree to act as ...
Threat claim for Shukaku
A villager living at Boeung Kak lake claimed yesterday that staff from Shukaku Inc, owned by ruling party senator Lao Meng Khin, threatened to demolish her home if she rejected an alleged US$80,000 offer to purchase the property Lao Vann, deputy director-general of Shukaku Inc, yesterday ...
Bright prospects in sight for banana farmers
The banana is Cambodia’s national fruit and makes an excellent after-meal dessert. But its popularity extends further than just being a sweet fruit. Due to its affordable price, it’s also food for the poor and can be used regularly as offerings to the spirits or ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37085/bright-prospects-in-sight-for-banana-farmers/
Ministry investigates surrogacy services
The Justice Ministry is investigating accusations that surrogacy services are being offered in the Kingdom as rumors spread online. Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana said yesterday at a three-day workshop launching the “Explanatory Note of Domestic Adoption,” he was unsure if the rumors pertained to ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31036/ministry-investigates-surrogacy-services/
Residents seek compensation as homes fall into Tonle Sap
Nineteen families from Svay Pak commune in Russey Keo district protested for a second day Wednesday after their homes fell into the Tonle Sap River. Twenty-four houses along the river have been affected, they said. Although five have already left, the other 19 refuse to accept ...
Heritage Foundation Calls for Change of US Policy in Cambodia
Political analysts at the US-based Heritage Foundation say relations with Cambodia are overdue for reform. In a recent analysis, “Promoting True Democratic Transition in Cambodia,” the Washington think tank says the 2013 elections, which the opposition claims were marred by widespread fraud, offer a chance to ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rethink-cambodia-ties-report-tells-us