Cambodia-India joint cooperation
The Cambodia-India Joint Committee Meeting on bilateral trade and technology exchange will be held in New Delhi on Friday, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told reporters yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26883/cambodia-india-joint-cooperation/
New warning against digital coins issued
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) yesterday warned the public against investing in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, arguing that there is no regulation in place to manage the use of digital coins. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102471/new-warning-against-digital-coins-issued/
Cambodia to end customs fees for milled rice exports starting May 1, 2014
Cambodia will end customs fees for milled rice exports with effect from May 1, 2014, in order to reduce production costs and boost Cambodia’s competitiveness in the international market, according to local sources. ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/news/rice-news/cambodia-end-customs-fees-milled-rice-exports-starting-may-1-2014
Almost half of Cambodian households have access to electricity
Cambodia’s electricity sector made notable progress in 2013 in terms of its sources, connection lines, and supplies, according to the Cambodian Electricity Authority. There was an increasing usage of 4297 million Kwh or 22 per cent in 2013 from 3527 million Kwh in 2012, according to ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MjEyYWY2MjNjODY
Road accidents kill 961 people in Cambodia in 5 months
Road accidents have killed at least 961 people in Cambodia in the first five months of 2014, up eight percent over the same period last year, the latest report of the Interior Ministry’s public order department showed Monday. Approximately 2,106 cases of road accidents were reported ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140526/road-accidents-kill-961-people-cambodia-5-months
Unlicensed lenders called out
Officials have released a public statement warning against a rise in unlicensed lenders they say are dangerously operating outside Of Cambodian regulations and threatening financial stability. In a joint declaration from the Ministry Of Economy and Finance and the National Bank Of Cambodia on Monday, authorities ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/unlicensed-lenders-called-out
ACU guidelines short on details
Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit launched a guidebook for businesses last week to create internal systems to prevent corrupt practices, but certain stakeholders say it doesn’t detail how to create these systems or even address systemic or bureaucratic corruption. The new guidebook, which the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) created ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acu-guidelines-short-details
Cambodia-Vietnam trade grows 13.6% in Q1
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Vietnam totalled $1.72205 billion in the first quarter of 2022, representing a 13.6 per cent increase from the $1.5153 billion recorded in the corresponding period last year, according to Customs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-vietnam-trade-grows-136-q1
Cambodia sees soaring demand for electrical factory machinery
In the first nine months of 2023, Cambodia witnessed a substantial uptick in its imports of electrical machinery, equipment and related products from the international market, totalling more than $1.1 billion. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-sees-soaring-demand-electrical-factory-machinery-0
Cambodia, Malaysia team up on capital markets development
The Cambodian and Malaysian securities regulators are joining hands to facilitate better regulatory, supervisory and enforcement cooperation, as well as to develop both ASEAN nations’ securities markets, while factoring in the “growing globalisation and cross-border activities of regulated entities and persons in both countries”, according ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-malaysia-team-capital-markets-development
ODC join Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication's workshop on capacity building for all post and telecommunication departments (Phase 2)
Picture from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication facebook page on 28 April 2023.From 25th April to 27th May 2023, The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications organized a series of workshops with the aim of providing capacity building to subnational government officers from all its ...
GDT, GDCE revenues top $1.9B, pass 30% of 2023 goal
The finance ministry’s taxation and customs departments collectively netted $1.908 billion in revenues in the first quarter of 2023, marking just over 30 per cent of the full-year target, official figures show. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-gdce-revenues-top-19b-pass-30-2023-goal
Cambodia reports 60 pct rise in internet users last year
Cambodia recorded about 2.7 million internet users as of December last year, a 60 percent rise year-on-year, a senior official said Thursday. Meanwhile, he said the country has 6 mobile phone operators. As of last year, those operators had sold out 19.1 million SIM cards, ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2013-03/14/c_132234173.htm
Protesters not happy with ministry’s offer
Some 200 villagers from Koh Kong province in a longstanding dispute with the Koh Kong Sugar Industry Co Ltd were prevented by the capital’s Daun Penh district authorities from protesting at the home of Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday. On Monday, the Ministry of ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protesters-not-happy-ministrys-offer
High food prices shrink imports in third quarter
Food and beverage imports in the Kingdom fell more than 70 per cent in the third quarter, as high international prices and the growth of domestic production dragged on demand. About 192,580 tonnes of food and beverage products entered Cambodia between July and September, down 72 ...
Ban on Thesis Topics Needed, Scholars Say
Academics at the Royal University of Law and Economics defended banning thesis topics for fourth-year students, arguing that subjects such as illegal drug use and land disputes are written about too often at the school. In a Feb. 2 letter posted online and signed by the ...
Government calls for PM ‘fake news’ correction
The Cambodian government on Friday strongly urged Singaporean outlet Channel News Asia (CNA) to issue a correction to an article it published on Thursday, claiming Prime Minister Hun Sen had called on the military to destroy the country’s political opponents. The statement, issued by the ...
Mech Dara and Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-calls-pm-fake-news-correction
Gov’t slams UN rapporteurs over Sokha trial statement
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the UN office in Geneva deplored the statement of three UN special rapporteurs who claimed that Kem Sokha’s trial was “tainted” due to irregularities. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-slams-un-rapporteurs-over-sokha-trial-statement
Bid to stop fainting in factories
The Labour Ministry has created guidelines for owners in the garment and footwear industry to prevent factory workers from fainting. Labor Minister Ith Samheng issued an announcement yesterday containing 11 guidelines in an effort to reduce the stimuli causing workers to faint. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50100181/bid-stop-fainting-factories/
Kandal village emblem of Kingdom's domestic abuse problem
As the government issued a familiar package of platitudes and promises on International Women’s Day, a walk through a single rural village in Kandal offered a shocking glimpse into how widespread – and widely accepted – domestic abuse remains in the Kingdom. ...
Mech Dara and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-village-emblem-kingdoms-domestic-abuse-problem