UNDP urges citizens and businesses to turn trash to Compost
UNDP urges people and businesses to use organic waste as compost to avoid dumping it in the littering field, which creates greenhouse gases that harm the environment and the planet. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2021-09-10-1258-223368.html
First France-Cambodia business forum set for Jun 9-10
The first France-Cambodia Business Forum, scheduled for June 9-10 in Phnom Penh, seeks to promote investment, increase cooperation and expand bilateral trade between the Kingdom and its former colonial power, according to organisers. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/first-france-cambodia-business-forum-set-jun-9-10
Electricity outages a hurdle for businesses in Cambodia
Cambodian businesses face more basic infrastructure problems like electricity outages than their ASEAN peers, according to a recent World Bank report. ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501508284/electricity-outages-a-hurdle-for-businesses-in-cambodia/
Climate Change Affects on Livelihoods for Rural People
The Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Economy and Finance and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) collaborated to launch the 2011 Cambodia Human Development Report (CHDR) on August 30th which identifies climate change as a threat to human development gains and a source of increasing ...
UK Sugar Firm Investigating Child Labor Claims
U.K. sugar firm Tate & Lyle on Wednesday said it was looking into recent allegations of child labor on two plantations in Koh Kong province it has been buying sugar from since 2010, but rebuked NGOs for not bringing the claims to its attention sooner. The ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/uk-sugar-firm-investigating-child-labor-claims-36637/
Hun Sen Mocks Opposition Request for Donors to Freeze Aid
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday rebuked the opposition for urging foreign donors to refrain from signing any new agreements with the government until after the election and boasted of a new $26 million handed over last week by the European Union (E.U.) E.U. Ambassador ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-mocks-opposition-request-for-donors-to-freeze-aid-31547/
Govt and UN to save coasts
The Fisheries Administration and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Friday officially launched a program to protect Cambodia’s coastline from over-fishing, erosion and other damage to coastal environments and livelihoods. Since the beginning of the year, the program has been training local officials ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062466440/National/govt-and-un-to-save-coasts.html
Tax revenues rise, but aren’t reflective of overall GDP growth
While the country’s tax revenue grew about 20 per cent in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2012, experts say the amount still isn’t high enough to accurately reflect the country’s GDP growth. Stephen Higgins, former CEO of ANZ ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-revenues-rise-aren%E2%80%99t-reflective-overall-gdp-growth
Two listed firms post sound 2020 business
Two companies listed on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) reported sound business performance last year despite economic duress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic’s enduring stranglehold on regional and global economies. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/two-listed-firms-post-sound-2020-business
Rental sector businesses share positive outlook for market in 2021
Despite the mass exodus of expats and foreigners causing a blip in Cambodia’s otherwise strong rental sector, realty businesses are forecasting a positive bounce back in 2021. ...
Tom Starkey
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50814018/rental-sector-businesses-share-positive-outlook-for-market-in-2021/
CGCC executive clarifies Business Recovery Guarantee Scheme process
Small businesses raising questions about the process of applying for a loan through the newly formed Credit Guarantee Corporation of Cambodia (CGCC)’s business Recovery Guarantee Scheme (BRGS), has prompted CGCC’s chief executive officer Mr. Wong Keet Loong to provide an overview of how the scheme ...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50840936/cgcc-executive-clarifies-business-recovery-guarantee-scheme-process/
Small businesses urged to register with NSSF
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has instructed its officials to focus on outreach to small enterprises and encourage them to register with the NSSF, noting that some of the businesses obligated to pay into the fund in its first month have been slow to ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/small-businesses-urged-register-nssf
Businesses instructed to enlist in NSSF soon
Senior labour officials called on businesses, manufacturing enterprises and other private institutions that are covered by the labour law but have not yet been registered with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to do so as soon as possible. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/businesses-instructed-enlist-nssf-soon
SME Bank loans top $432M, help at least 3,260 businesses
The state-owned Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia Plc (SME Bank) has disbursed more than $432 million in loans to at least 3,260 SMEs, to keep them from going under during the height of the Covid-19 crisis, and subsequently to help them reopen and ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sme-bank-loans-top-432m-help-least-3260-businesses
Digital businesses urged to register at telecoms ministry
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth on February 24 encouraged budding digital entrepreneurs to register for licenses and receive technical support, training and “encouragement” from the ministry. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/digital-businesses-urged-register-telecoms-ministry
Cambodia to host Asia-Europe business forum in November
The Ministry of Commerce will host its first Asia-Europe Business and Economic Forum in November via virtual video conference, said Minister Pan Sorasak. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50927110/cambodia-to-host-asia-europe-business-forum-in-november/
Foreign ministry holds diplomatic-business friendship golf tournament
The National Institute of Diplomacy and International Relations (NIDIR) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA.IC) organised here at the Garden City Golf Club on Oct. 3 the “Diplomacy-Business Friendship Golf Tournament” under the presidency of Deputy Prime Minister SokChendaSophea, Minister of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501371074/foreign-ministry-holds-diplomatic-business-friendship-golf-tournament/
SBIF all set to help businesses, investors in Cambodia
The Singapore Business and Investment Forum (SBIF), a young and vibrant organisation, aims to better serve the Business and investment needs of Singaporean Businesses and investors in Cambodia ...
Prakash Jha
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247132/sbif-all-set-to-help-businesses-investors-in-cambodia/
SME Bank released $53M for tourism business firms
Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia Plc. has approved loans to 346 tourism-related firms totalling $53.46M or 35.64 percent of the $150M budget, said a top official of the bank. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501288915/sme-bank-released-53m-for-tourism-business-firms/
2,500 Business Operators join Cambodia international trade fair 2024
“Cambodia International Trade Fair 2024” has gathered over 2,500 international business operators from 16 countries to explore investment opportunities in the Kingdom. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501486627/2500-business-operators-join-cambodia-international-trade-fair-2024/