More than 900,000 garment and footwear workers can now get their salaries through Wing (Cambodia) Limited specialized Bank after a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed yesterday between the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) and the Kingdom’s leading mobile banking services provider. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government, Hagar International and Save the Children are teaming up to addreSS the country&rSquo;S lack of Social workerS, hoping to beef up the Social Service Sector and deal with the growing number of children in reSidential care facilitieS &ndaSh; informally known aS orphanageS. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s second InterContinental Hotel is advancing works on its $77 million project in sihanoukville. The 17-storey luxury hotel which spans 3 hectares is being developed by the Thai Boon Roong Company, the same firm spearheading the 133-storey Twin Trade Center in Phnom Penh. ss='cambodia-color'>...

To get a sense of the wildlife in the forests of northeastern Cambodia, visitors need only visit stung Treng’s central market, where – despite repeated attempts by conservation groups to crack down – illegally poached meat is sold openly, as The Post witnessed earlier this ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam have been committed to enhance their cooperation in combating counterfeit banknotes. The commitment was made at a symposium held in Hanoi, Vietnam last Friday attended by relevant officials from the three neighbouring countries, according to the National Bank of Cambodia’s news ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sihanoukville AutonomouS Port (PAS), which operateS the Kingdom&rSquo;S only deepSea port, reported a modeSt increaSe in container traffic during the firSt Six monthS of the year, compared to a year earlier, a trend itS director Said Should reSult in higher profitS for the liSted company. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The second Greater Mekong subregion Agriculture Ministers Meeting will be held in siem Reap province early next month, with agro-food products, exploring new markets for agricultural products and solving issues in the sector expected to be high on the agenda. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Preah Sihanouk&rSquo;S governor yeSterday attributed the Slow progreSS in combating private encroachment into ecologically SenSitive mangrove and coaStal regionS to a “careful” approach, after the prime miniSter on TueSday chided officialS for failing to tackle the iSSue Since it waS raiSed more than a year SS='cambodia-color'>...

While industry, particularly the textile, travel bag and footwear sectors, is diversifying to high value added products, upgrading of high technology and modern machinery is needed for all factories, a senior official at the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s garment and footwear exports will likely see a slower percentage of growth this year at around 5 percent, compared with 7 percent in 2016, a trend that industry insiders dismissed as not being indicative of an overall decline or linked to the current political ss='cambodia-color'>...

One day after it was revealed that the United states would discontinue funding for the Cambodian government’s explosives removal body, the Us Embassy said it would fund a separate “world-class removal program” in the eastern part of the country, following a competitive bidding process. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Environment has appealed to authorities and the community to protect a temple discovered in Prey Lang forest in Kampong Thom province’s sandan district. Minister of Environment say sam Al lead a delegation to visit Trapaing Prers temple in Prey Lang forest last ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen said yesterday that the majority of road damage in the country was caused by overloaded cement trucks. Mr Hun sen made the comments while presiding over the inauguration ceremony for the Chip Mong Insee Cement Cooperation in Kampot province’s Banteay Meas ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of people from 10 villages in svay Rieng province’s Krasaing commune claim that Mittapheap Rubber Tree Company has been clearing parts of their community-owned forest illegally for more than a year. On Tuesday, residents involved in the land dispute took matters into their own hands. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Broadcasting service launched the Kingdom’s first 24-hour news channel, Cambodian News Channel, to great fanfare last night at its new studios. During the launch, Kith Meng, chairman of both Royal Group and the new channel, said this news channel would further the development of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Investors in Cambodia’s northeast on Monday announced an investment in a cassava-processing plant in Battambang province. Prak Phoung Kesoa, assistant CEO at Battambang Agro-Industry, said yesterday that the plant would be 100 per cent Cambodian owned ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s rice exports in 2012 may fall significantly compared to last year, due to high fuel prices, soaring logistics costs and high prices. According to local sources, Cambodian rice shipments to Europe this month are at a $200 markup per container over those from Thailand and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Deputy Prime Minister Men sam An has called for the greater use of local products in the tourism sector, as products from overseas that continue to supply the industry result in a 25 per cent loss in revenue for Cambodia’s Us$2 billion-a-year tourism industry. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Prey Lang Community Network of anti-logging activists announced yesterday that late last month it had accepted the Alexander soros Foundation’s $25,000 Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Environmental and Human Rights Activism on behalf of slain environmental crusader Chut Wutty. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Local NGOs on Friday urged more participation in land dispute resolution by the nation’s youth. Youth participation can mean better laws, better application of those laws and greater respect for citizens, “especially for farmers and the poor,” said Chhit sam Ath, executive director of the NGO ss='cambodia-color'>...