Majority of construction workers lack social security, health insurance
Some 97 per cent of workers in the construction sector lack access to social security and social health insurance although most of them are aware of the benefits provided by the social protection system, according to national statistics highlighted at an International Labor Organization (ILO) ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/majority-of-construction-workers-lack-social-security-health-insurance-ilo
World Bank approves $79.5 million in financing to strengthen education in Cambodia
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved an additional $79.5 million for the expansion of ongoing activities aimed at improving access to quality education throughout Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501498328/world-bank-approves-79-5-million-in-financing-to-strengthen-education-in-cambodia/
ASEAN, including Cambodia, discuss economic ties
Sok Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) and leaders of the ASEAN community discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in the fields of green transition, blue economy, climate change, energy and food security, digital transformation and supply chain ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501531492/asean-including-cambodia-discuss-economic-ties/
Private Firms Approach Cambodia’s Bourse With Caution
When it became the first—and still the only—company to list on Cambodia’s stock market on April 18, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority saw its share price shoot up some 50 percent on its first day of trading before beginning two weeks of steady decline. Since ...
Cambodia's Tourism Slows
Cambodia’s Statistics and Tourist Information Department, Ministry of Tourism, reported arrivals increased 15.7% in September, the lowest growth rate so far for this year based on 242,747 visits during the month. The percentage increase for the nine-month period was pulled down from 24.5% at ...
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2012/11/cambodias-tourism-slows/
‘How can we help grow your economy?’ Australia asks Cambodia
Australia’s special envoy for Southeast Asia Nicholas Moore said his nation has a lot to offer Cambodia and the region where it sees itself as a trusted and reliable partner, according to a statement released by the Australian Embassy in Cambodia Friday. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/how-can-we-help-grow-your-economy-australia-asks-cambodia
BRI projects not to lead Cambodia into debt trap
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) pioneered by China will not lead the country into a debt trap, Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice President of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, said, dismissing the narrative about the adverse effects the BRI ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501399348/bri-projects-not-to-lead-cambodia-into-debt-trap/
Longer visas for Chinese, Koreans
The government will offer three-year, multiple-entry visas to Chinese and South Korean investors in an effort to make doing business easier and increase investment in the Kingdom, the premier said during the first Cambodia-China Business and Financial Development Forum in Phnom Penh yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32699/longer-visas-for-chinese--koreans/
Japan to offer grant aid in support of cadastral surveying and land registration in Cambodia
Japan will provide Cambodia for JPY 1,338 million ($9.7 million) for the implementation of the project for the Establishment of a Nationwide Continuously Operating Reference Station Network, according to Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation’s press release and obtained by AKP today. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501381543/japan-to-offer-grant-aid-in-support-of-cadastral-surveying-and-land-registration-in-cambodia/
Press release on Japan to offer grant to expand water supply system
On 22 February 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on Japan to offer grant to expand water supply system.His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn and His Excellency TAKEI Shunsuke will sign the Exchange of Notes on the extension of Japanese ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Two Mass Faintings in Three Days at Factory
Almost 200 workers received medical treatment yesterday following yet another mass fainting at the M&V International Manufacturing Ltd garment factory in Kompong Chhnang province. The International Labor Organization said that the factory was a supplier to the Swedish clothing brand H&M and that it was ...
Phok Dorn, P. 31
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Low marks for Cambodia’s efforts to combat illicit trade
Cambodia ranked third-worst for illicit trade out of 17 countries in the Asia-Pacific region in a recently released index by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) that analysed governments’ abilities to combat illegal trade operations. ...
Kali Kotoski and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/low-marks-cambodias-efforts-combat-illicit-trade
Government urged to hasten amendment of investment laws
The government should speed up amendments to its investment laws ahead of two major business conferences set for next year when visiting foreign investors will get first-hand knowledge of the economy, the head of a local business association said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-urged-hasten-amendment-investment-laws
PM to open IBC International Investment Conference 2014
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen will officially open the country’s premier international investment conference in Phnom Penh later this year, according to the event’s organisers the international Business Chamber of Cambodia (IBC). The event, which will take place on October 6th ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NDgzMmM3NDFhYWF
Report urges overhaul of Cambodia factory safety
Safety in Cambodian garment factories needs to be improved through a complete overhaul of building regulations and the inspection regime, says a new report. The Cambodia Garment and Footwear Industry Fire and Life Safety Risk report, funded by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the International ...
Richard Woodard
http://www.just-style.com/news/report-urges-overhaul-of-cambodia-factory-safety_id123870.aspx
Host of groups call for scrapping the NGO law
More than a dozen international advocacy groups wrote to National Assembly President Heng Samrin asking him to withdraw a controversial draft law on NGOs and associations. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/host-groups-call-scrapping-ngo-law
Concessions Affect 3,000 Families, Adhoc Says
According to human rights group Adhoc, five agro-farming concessions granted to Chinese firms are adversely affecting 3,000 families in Preah Vihear province. The concessions have come with warnings of possible land disputes and potential protests. Prime Minister Hun Sen granted the economic land concessions to ...
Hungary trade, tourism ties to get boost
Cambodia and Hungary have agreed to further boost economic and tourism ties, while the private sector offers a rosy view of the EU country as a hub for expanding exports to Europe. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hungary-trade-tourism-ties-get-boost
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
Firm begins process to determine IPO share price
Grand Twins International (Cambodia) Plc., a manufacturer of clothes for U.S. athletic brands, on Monday will begin recording investor demands to determine the price for an initial public offering (IPO) as part of the last steps to list on the Cambodian Stock Exchange (CSX), though ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/firm-begins-process-to-determine-ipo-share-price-53869/