CDC okays 144 Japan projects worth $2.79B since ‘94 debut
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved a cumulative 144 Japanese investment projects worth $2.79 billion since its inception in 1994, 66 of which are in special economic zones (SEZ) with $340 million in capital investment, it said in a press release. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-okays-144-japan-projects-worth-279b-94-debut
Mushrooms bring cash to Oddar Meanchey villagers
Residents in Oddar Meanchey province can earn extra income from trading non-timber forest products sourced in the Sorng Rukhavorn Wildlife Sanctuary in Samrong town. Mushrooms in particular are a lucrative product selling from 15,000 to 20,000 riel ($3.70 to $5) per kilogramme. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/mushrooms-bring-cash-oddar-meanchey-villagers
Closed Vietnam borders drive down prices of rice on domestic markets
Farmers in provinces bordering Vietnam are complaining about a drop in the price of rice in domestic markets due to an inability to export to Vietnam because of the closed border, leaving too much supply in Cambodia and not enough demand. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/closed-vietnam-borders-drive-down-prices-rice-domestic-markets
Loan offtake slows, NPLs go up
Growth in the offtake of loans from financial institutions is forecast to be in single digits this year in Cambodia, compared to the 17 percent growth in 2022, according to the Cambodian Financial Sector Report 2023 by Mekong Strategic Capital. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501350471/loan-offtake-slows-npls-go-up/
Cambodia-China FTA brings growth
Nearly two years have passed since the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) came into effect in early January 2022. This period has witnessed significant growth in bilateral trade, as well as a surge in Chinese investment in Cambodia. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-china-fta-brings-growth
Solar to remain fastest growing power source
At an annual growth rate of 14.34 percent, the fastest growth in electricity generation in the Kingdom will be in the solar sector in the coming years, a latest study by the Economic Research Institute for Asean and East Asia has revealed. ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501419929/solar-to-remain-fastest-growing-power-source/
Cambodian Prime Minister Welcomes ACCOR Group’s Continued Investment
In a meeting with Dr. Hun Manet, Prime Minister of Cambodia, Monday, in France, Ms. Maud Bailly, Chief Executive Officer of Sofitel, MGallery& Emblems, representing ACCOR Group, expressed optimism about the growth and improvement of the tourism sector in Cambodia in 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501423738/cambodian-prime-minister-welcomes-accor-groups-continued-investment/
March called off as governor listens
The march of a thousand villagers in Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat district, planned for yesterday, was cancelled after provincial authorities promised to help settle their long-running land dispute. Adhoc coordinator in Ratanakkiri Pen Bunnar said the provincial governor had appealed to villagers in a meeting over the ...
Maybank steers for untapped markets
Maybank will bet on what it said was Cambodia’s low bank-penetration rate for future growth as it transitions from a branch of its Malaysian parent into a locally incorporated subsidiary. With 34 licenced banks operating in a market with US$4.07 billion in loans in 2011, analysts ...
Triangular cooperation on nuclear techniques: Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao PDR take steps to foster mutual assistance
Representatives from Viet Nam, Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic took an important step forward in support of triangular cooperation on nuclear techniques at a meeting hosted by the IAEA in June 2018. The meeting is the latest in a series of IAEA-supported activities to ...
Two arrested Luxury wood found on the way to VN
Some 300 pieces of timber were discovered and two men arrested in separate cases in Pursat and Mondulkiri provinces as they were transporting the logs to Vietnam. National Military Police on Monday found piles of first-grade timber measuring nine cubic metres in Pursat’s Veal Veng ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-arrested-luxury-wood-found-way-vn
Land disputants seek PM intervention
Over 100 people representing 140 families from the capital’s Por Sen Chey district are set to gather in front of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s residence in Kandal province’s Takhmao town on Friday to seek his intervention in their long-standing land dispute with military personnel from ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-disputants-seek-pm-intervention
Monkeys are saved from Preah Vihear farm
Nearly 100 monkeys are under medical supervision at the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC) after they were saved from a farm located in Preah Vihear province’s Tbeng Meanchey district on Friday. Nhoek Rattanakpich, who heads the PTWRC, said 95 monkeys were taken from a ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monkeys-are-saved-preah-vihear-farm
PM demands end to road blocking protest
Speaking at a gathering of 27,444 workers from 24 factories in Kampong Speu province’s Kong Pisey district, Hun Sen cited a recent incidence in which around 700 workers from Chim Li Cambodia blocked National Road 4 in Por Sen Chey district to demand severance packages ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-demands-end-road-blocking-protest
UNHRC releases documents on state of Cambodia
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has published three documents in preparation for a review next month on the situation in Cambodia. The UNHRC is set to review the human rights situation in the Kingdom on January 30 during the 32nd Universal Periodic Review (UPR), ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unhrc-releases-documents-state-cambodia
Grassroots party lays out policy platform
The Grassroots Democratic Party has created a 125-point policy document outlining its priorities were it to be elected to office in the July national elections. The fledgling party has said that it will contest the elections, though any further deterioration in the country’s current political ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/grassroots-party-lays-out-policy-platform
Free Wi-Fi boost for buses
Public buses in Phnom Penh are to get free Wi-Fi in the pilot phase of an operation to increase convenience for passengers. Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, which operates the buses, says it will cooperate with the Space Media company to install Wi-Fi routers for ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50513321/free-wi-fi-boost-for-buses/
PM marks National Literacy Day
Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged all ministries to continue work on improving literacy in order to achieve sustainable development goals by 2030. To mark National Literacy Day on Saturday, Mr Hun Sen said government officials must continue to develop Cambodia’s human resources by improving ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50531929/pm-marks-national-literacy-day/
Capital fish farms to relocate
Owners of fish farms in Boeung Samrong lake located in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district have been ordered to leave by the municipal authority. The Phnom Penh authority on Monday issued a notice ordering the owners of fish farms in the lake to move within ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-fish-farms-relocate
B Keila representatives demand settlements
Thirteen people representing 20 Borey Keila families gathered in front of the headquarters of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) and Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday, demanding the two institutions accelerate the settlement. Each of the affected families is demanding accommodation in Andong village on the outskirts ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/b-keila-representatives-demand-settlements