Tourism still invigorating Siem Reap property market
Land prices in Siem Reap town are continuing to climb due the province’s robust tourism industry, realtors say. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19951/tourism-still-invigorating-siem-reap-property-market/
Palm sugar finds a sweet market niche
Demand for Kampong Speu palm sugar has surged, with orders already up 70 per cent this year, as appetite for the premium organic sugar product grows, boosting its price. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/palm-sugar-finds-sweet-market-niche
Thai life insurer to enter local market
Bangkok Life Assurance expects to offer life insurance policies in Cambodia by the beginning of next year, according to Thai news outlets, adding to the list of international insurers looking to tap into the Kingdom’s nascent but potentially lucrative market. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-life-insurer-enter-local-market
Rocket haul unearthed in Siem Reap market
Construction crews building a container market in Siem Reap province have discovered nearly 40 105 mm rockets while excavating land in Svay Dangkum commune. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077927/rocket-haul-unearthed-siem-reap-market/
New Chinese airline lands in local market
Shenzhen Airlines’ first flight to Cambodia landed at Phnom Penh International airport on Wednesday, officially making it the seventh Chinese air carrier to operate in the booming local aviation market. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097359/new-chinese-airline-lands-local-market/
ADB issues guide to local bond market
Aiming to inject momentum into their nascent debt markets, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) released yesterday bond market guides for Cambodia and Myanmar. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106084/adb-issues-guide-to-local-bond-market/
Malaysian motorcycle maker breaks into Cambodian market
DNC Asiatic Holdings Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian manufacturer of motorcycles, will ship 25,000 units of its Demak model to the kingdom this year, in a deal worth $56 million that is part of its overseas expansion strategy. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101598/malaysian-motorcycle-maker-breaks-cambodian-market/
'Cambodia best ASEAN market for Indian SMEs'
Cambodia has recorded a growth rate of 10 percent since the last 10 years, and the time is right for the Indian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to look at Cambodia as its key partner for accessing the ASEAN marke [sic], Ambassador of India in ...
Interesting times for Phnom Penh office market
Worldwide, office demand stemmed from the automotive, high-tech and energy industries. The latter is evident in Cambodia, where drilling off the coast near Sihanoukville has helped to increase office demand. Thus, companies such as Total and Chevron are large office occupiers, and new Japanese oil ...
Real Estate Market Showing Signs of Recovery
Land prices in Cambodia continued to recover in the last half of 2012, especially in urban areas, following a collapse of the market in 2008, real estate investors say. Keuk Narin, vice president of Asia Real Estate Cambodia, told VOA Khmer that commercial land prices ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/real-estate-market-showing-signs-of-recovery/1580588.html
Logistics and insurance firms driving office market
Increases in Cambodia’s GDP and foreign direct investment (FDI) are helping to drive the supply and demand in the Kingdom’s office sector, according to a new report from global property agents CBRE. Increasingly, international businesses are favouring Cambodia, in particular Phnom Penh, mainly due to ...
Inspections over tainted milk start in markets
Government officials began inspecting markets across the country yesterday in search of baby formula containing an ingredient from New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra that could cause botulism, quality control representatives at the Ministry of Commerce said. “We informed all our officials directly to collect nationwide some ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/inspections-over-tainted-milk-start-markets
Toyota seeks expansion in Cambodia, emerging markets
Toyota Motor Corp, the world’s largest automaker, is planning to expand their operations in Cambodia as well as other emerging markets. The move is a push to attract new first time-buyers of automobiles and get about half of global sales from the emerging markets. Toyota plans to ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NzdiZTIzMDNhZDQ
New Cafe to Enter Growing Cambodian Market
Caffe Bene, South Korea’s second-largest coffee chain, on Tuesday announced plans to open in Cambodia, according to a Korean media report. But while its entrance adds one more competitor to the more than half-a-dozen coffee chains already in the country, local franchises said the market is ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/new-cafe-to-enter-growing-cambodian-market-36434/
Maybank IB eyes Cambodia, Laos capital markets
Maybank Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB) plans to leverage on its parent, Malayan Banking group’s presence in Cambodia, Laos to penetrate their capital markets there. Maybank IB chief executive officer Tengku Datuk Zafrul Abdul Aziz said on Monday he was looking at organic growth for the ...
Ng Bei Shan
http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2013/08/26/Maybank-IB-eyes-Cambodia-Laos-capital-markets.aspx
Gov’t continues to seek new markets
The Ministry of Commerce has vowed to uncover more markets for Cambodian products to help buffer against price fluctuations caused by the Kingdom’s dependency on neighboring countries. In a response to concerns raised on social media, Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol wrote on the ministry’s official Facebook ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gov%E2%80%99t-continues-seek-new-markets
New Association seeks to improve rice market
Cambodian farmers are looking toward a new organization to help them get the best prices for their rice, but many are skeptical disparities between farmers and traders can be overcome. The Cambodian Rice Federation was started in May, bringing together disparate companies, associations and farmers in ...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/new-association-seeks-to-improve-rice-market/1957023.html
In condom market, a growing private sector
When Phnom Penh was flooded with free condoms during the Water Festival last week—a public health push to ensure revelers who came for days of debauchery did so safely—the city’s condom vendors weren’t happy about it. The global health organization Population Services International (PSI), whose ...
George Styllis and Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/in-condom-market-a-growing-private-sector-72352/
Cambodian rat meat: A growing export market
A unique harvest is under way in the rice fields of Cambodia where tens of thousands of wild rats are being trapped alive each day to feed a growing export market for the meat of rural rodents. Popularly considered a disease-carrying nuisance in many societies, the ...
Kevin Doyle
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28863315
Taxi drivers, market sellers protest in Poipet
About 300 workers, including taxi drivers and market vendors, protested in front of the Poipet International Border Checkpoint on Thursday to voice their anger at authorities on both sides of the Thai-Cambodian border. ...
Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/taxi-drivers-market-sellers-protest-in-poipet-68240/