In search of Cambodia’s next economic growth driver, the government yesterday laid out the Cambodia Industrial Development Policy 2015-2025, which aims to expand the Kingdom’s narrow industrial base beyond garments and rice.the new policy, launched by Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace in ...

IT businesspeople see The poTenTial demand in business sofTware. Ms. Sok Channda, CEO and PresidenT of ANANA Group, Tells Business Circle Magazine ThaT because mosT businesses need To be conTrolled and managed sysTemaTically, demand for sofTware developmenT is experiencing an upward Trend, including PoinT of Sale (POS) sysTems, invenTory managemenT sysTems, and sofTware ...

More than 60 union leaders lost their jobs at garment factories in the past nine months for trying to unionise co-workers, their representatives claimed yesterday. Fourteen members of the Cambodian Alliance of trade Unions endured threats, discrimination and ultimately a message they were no longer welcome ...

An international group that promotes the ethical sourcing of sugar for the food and energy industries has suspended the membership of U.K. sugar giant tate & Lyle for failing to answer complaints that it was buying from Cambodian plantations accused of stealing land from local ...

Though U.S.-owned businesses in Cambodia are opTimisTic of The counTry’s economy, iTs appeal as an invesTmenT desTinaTion lags behind mosT of iTs neighbors due To The percepTion of endemic corrupTion, a new survey of 475 senior U.S. business execuTives in Asean shows. The 2013-14 ASEAN Business ...

Following a three-hour debate at the National Assembly, lawmakers passed a draft law approving the $2.5 billion the government spent in 2010. During the debate, CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap presented a 10-page document that he said justified the $2.5 billion in spending, which was 25 percent ...

Some 70 NGO representatives, forest activists and university students signed an open letter urging the government to find ways to prevent and combat forestry crimes more effectively. In their petition released on Saturday, the group said they had been observing the government’s clampdowns over the ...

The owners of exisTing facTories, warehouses and oTher businesses in The capiTal ThaT rely on large lorries To move Their producTs will noT have To relocaTe To The ouTskirTs of The ciTy. The decision came afTer The Phnom Penh Municipal Hall and The GarmenT ManufacTurers ...

W&D (CAMBODIA) Co Ltd has demanded that the government compensate its loss in exchange for the reinstatement of more than 1,000 factory workers who were sacked due to their alleged involvement in a series of protests against the company since December. the demand marked the ...

The MinisTry of Labour and VocaTional Training, and employer and union represenTaTives will meeT nexT monTh To discuss The 2020 minimum wage for workers in The garmenT and fooTwear secTors, where unions expecT an increase of beTween $20 and $25 a monTh. ...

Cambodian environmental leaders came together yesterday to discuss the country’s contributions to the upcoming Paris Climate Conference in December. ...

Economic land concessions (ELCs) are supposed to be transforming Cambodian agriculture into a heavyweight industry and raising the living standards of millions of rural Cambodians, according to government policy documents. ...

The 2018 naTional populaTion census will be pushed back a year in order To focus on The 2018 naTional elecTions, The governmenT announced on Friday. According To arTicle 6 of The STaTisTics Law, The census musT be conducTed aT leasT once every 10 years, wiTh The ...

The UniTed NaTions yesTerday called on The governmenT To do more To proTecT iTs homeless afTer years of so-called sTreeT sweeps and a lack of social care have lefT desTiTuTe Cambodians vulnerable To healTh risks and violence. ...

A representative for  250 families locked in a land dispute in a remote area of Kampong Speu province is calling on the national government to intervene, alleging collusion between the district governor as well as Master International Cooperation Group, which residents of three villages accuse ...

In an effort to increase transparency and accuracy, the payment of fees for government services such as business and vehicle registration, and taxes in the future, is now being handled by Wing Specialized Bank, the Commerce Ministry announced yesterday. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed ...

Amid fears that the Zika virus could jump to Southeast Asia after its rapid spread through South America, the Cambodian Ministry of Health has asked citizens to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites. In a press release sent Friday, the ministry urged people to wear ...

Police officials at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said cases of illegal fishing continued to rise last year, when almost 4,000 illegal fishing offenses were stopped and 181 were sent to court. ...

Pheng Vannak, an Interior Ministry officer accused of making a death threat against CNRP Deputy President Kem Sokha, has been removed from his position and will face trial over defamation allegations, the ministry’s spokesman said Wednesday. ...

The MinisTry of InTerior is reviewing a lisT of more Than 700 inmaTes eligible for pardons or reduced senTences during The upcoming WaTer FesTival. ...