Cambodia-Korea bilateral trade worth $659 million in first 10 months of 2022
Cambodia-Republic of Korea (ROK) bilateral trade rose by 4 percent to $659 million in the first ten months of this year, compared to the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501206988/cambodia-korea-bilateral-trade-worth-659-million-in-first-10-months-of-2022/
Chinese doctors perform over 10,000 free cataract surgeries in Cambodia, Laos
Chinese doctors have performed a total of 10,059 surgeries at no cost to cataract patients in Cambodia and Laos, according to health authorities. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359258/chinese-doctors-perform-over-10000-free-cataract-surgeries-in-cambodia-laos/
Gov’t debt reached $10.7 billion in Q3 last year
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has a total public debt stock of $10.72 billion by the third quarter (Q3) of 2023 of which 99.5 percent is public external debt and the remaining goes to the public domestic debt, said the Ministry of Economy and ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501428579/govt-debt-reached-10-7-billion-in-q3-last-year/
Tuol Kork on the rise
Tuol Kork district has been showing its potential through infrastructure development, and is changing from a residential into a commercial area, according to property experts. Moreover, Tuol Kork will become a more central area because it is located in the middle of the old Phnom ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Real-Estate/tuol-kork-on-the-rise.html
Prices must be displayed on all goods, services
On the recommendation of Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Ministry of Commerce has notified all departments of commerce in the capital and provinces that prices must be affixed to all goods throughout the Kingdom. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prices-must-be-displayed-all-goods-services
MPWT sets price of 1,600 riel per kWh for electric vehicles
Electric vehicle (EV) owners will be charged 1,600 riel per kWh to recharge, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) said today, as figures reveal the number of EVs nationwide are on the rise. ...
Rov Hongseng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-mpwt-sets-price-of-1600-riel-per-kwh-for-electric-vehicles
Cultivation of cassava still firmly rooted
Cambodian farmers continue to expand cassava cultivation despite falling commercial prices for the crop and low international trade volumes, new data from the Ministry of Agriculture show. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cultivation-cassava-still-firmly-rooted
New fertiliser venture aims to satisfy growing demand
Fertiliser manufacturer Nangoku Agriculture Development, a Japanese-Cambodian joint venture, launched operations yesterday with the aim of supplying locally manufactured fertilisers to Cambodian farmers at affordable prices. ...
Cambodia's Public Debt
According to the [inter]national Monetary Fund (IMF), at the end of 2011, the stock of Cambodia’s external public debt, including arrears, stood at around US 3.8 billion or 30 percent of GDP (24 percent in NPV terms). China remains the largest bilateral creditor, contributing to ...
Bets keep flowing as NagaWorld Employee Protest Continues
Gambling went on as usual at NagaWorld, Phnom Penh’s only licensed hotel-casino, Monday, despite an ongoing strike by employees who claim that more than 400 of them have been fired following weeks of protest. About 300 workers sat outside the casino with banners on Monday in ...
Hul Reaksmey and Simon Lewis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bets-keep-flowing-as-nagaworld-employee-protest-continues-31881/
Flights planned from Beijing to Siem Reap, Phnom Penh
Chinese flag carrier Air China is expected to launch the first non-stop flights from Beijing to Cambodia as early as November this year, officials said yesterday. Director of the Air Transport Department of Cambodia’s State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, Vann Chanty, said that officials from ...
Ministry of Commerce to hold a meeting with gasoline companies next month
The Cambodian government will hold a meeting with gasoline companies on October 1st aiming to ask those companies to reduce the price of gasoline. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/ministry-of-commerce-to-hold-a-meeting-with-gasoline-companies%E2%80%8B-next-month-8987
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
GI status for Tonle Sap rice under consideration
Rice authorities in the kingdom are exploring the possibility of applying for Geographical Indication (GI) status for rice grown in areas around the Tonle Sap Lake. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103691/gi-status-for-tonle-sap-rice-under-consideration/
MFIs watch rice loans
The country’s financial institutions are closely monitoring loans that have been made to rice farmers, who say that this year’s fall in rice prices will affect their ability to make repayments, industry officials said yesterday. Last year, farmers were paid around 840 riel ($0.21) per kilogram ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30035/mfis-watch-rice-loans/
Cambodia Joins Stocks Party
Cambodia tapped into the growing global interest in Southeast Asia with the start of trading in the sole stock at its gleaming new stock exchange on Wednesday. Ordinary Cambodians and local businesses scrambled to buy into the country’s first initial public offering—of shares in a local ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304331204577351551608365784.html
Agriculture Sector
A better outlook for the price of Cambodian major crops, especially cassava and soybeans, drives the upward revision of growth of the other crops subsector. This in turn leads to a marginal upward revision of growth of the agriculture sector to an annualized rate of 4.6 percent, from 4.5 percent in our January ...
Californian Winery Enters Cambodian Market
California-based winery E. & J. Gallo has entered Cambodia and is offering four of its more economically priced brands in an effort to introduce locals to wine without breaking their budget, company representatives said Monday. “Cambodia, as well as other markets in Asia, is perfect for ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/californian-winery-enters-cambodian-market-46863/
Opposition women candidates vow good governance if elected
A group of women running as opposition candidates in the upcoming local council elections has vowed to prioritize development, improve administration and protect the price of agricultural products if elected. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/opposition-women-candidates-vow-good-governance-if-elected/3871092.html
Pig imports fall to 15 percent of demand as more turn to farming
Cambodia is importing less pork as local farmers breed more pigs in order to take advantage of stable and higher prices for the commodity. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50897550/pig-imports-fall-to-15-percent-of-demand-as-more-turn-to-farming/