Skirmish as factory strike continues
MORE than 4,000 workers at M&V Manufacturing International’s garment factory in Kampong Chhnang province continued to strike for a fourth day yesterday, as a union president urged Prime Minister Hun sen to force the company to reinstate 20 fired workers. Free Trade Union president Chea Mony ss='cambodia-color'>...
Six Brokers Arrested for Trying To Send Workers to Thailand
Six people were arreSted in three Separate incidentS for trying to Send 236 CambodianS into Thailand where they were to work illegally, police Said yeSterday. Prak Saony, Kompong Chhnang provincial anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection bureau police chief, Said that police arreSted five people in a SS='cambodia-color'>...
Anti-competitive behaviour limits Cambodia’s domestic airline industry
Anti-competitive behaviour in Cambodia’s domestic airline industry is limiting its growth, with the relevant authorities “reluctant” to open the domestic market up to competition, an aviation report found. Monopolising this market currently is the country’s flagship carrier, Cambodia Angkor Air, according to a Centre for Aviation ss='cambodia-color'>...
Burger King to Open at Phnom Penh Airport
U.S. faSt-food chain Burger King iS Set to open itS firSt reStaurant in Cambodia next month, an official confirmed yeSterday. AdvertiSementS have gone up at the Phnom Penh International Airport bearing the famouS Burger King logo, with a meSSage Saying that the chain iS “Coming Soon.” SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/burger-king-to-open-at-phnom-penh-airport-8309/
Phnom Penh Port Shifts Focus to Cruise Boats
With a new Chinese-built container port on the Mekong River in Kandal province now operational, the existing port in Phnom Penh is undergoing renovations to shift its focus to the growing number of cruise ships docking in the capital, an official said yesterday. Eang Veng ss='cambodia-color'>...
Koh Pich hopes gem fair shines
The five-day Cambodia Gems & Jewelry Fair (CGJF) will kick off on June 14 at the Diamond Island (Koh Pich) Exhibition Centre and will be hosted by the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce in association with Hong Kong’s World Trade Fair Ltd. the CGJF has attracted companies ss='cambodia-color'>...
City brushes off ice factory complaint
Phnom Penh municipal officials Nov. 8, 2012 dismissed the complaints of more than 60 families about a Russei Keo district ice factory’s levels of noise and bad fumes. Following their inspection of the Om Rith factory, a manufacturer of super Ice, officials from Phnom Penh’s Department ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia says LDCs need more time for service industries
Cambodia is aiming to persuade all of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) least developed country members to propose a further suspension of the opening of their service sectors to the WTO’s rich members as the 2013 deadline for the proposal draws nearer. The least developed countries ss='cambodia-color'>...
World Bank Report Predicts 6.6 Percent Growth
Cambodia’s economy will grow by an average of 7 percent in each of the next five years, the World Bank said yesterday in a report on the country’s economic outlook. In its periodic update on economies in the region, the World Bank predicted gross domestic product ss='cambodia-color'>...
Forum breaks ice, yet more time needed
Long-time foreign members of the Cambodian business community said the Us-AsEAN Business Forum, held on Friday in siem Reap, was largely successful in setting the country in the sights of America businesses, but multinational corporations will need more time in the Kingdom before nailing down ss='cambodia-color'>...
Siam City Cement to enter Cambodia with local partner
Siam City Cement and the Chip Mong Group will co-build a new cement plant in the ToukmeaS diStrict of Kampot by 2015 in order to take advantage of the “huge” demand in Cambodia. The plant will cater Specifically to the Cambodian market, although they will alSo SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/Business/siam-city-cement-to-enter-kingdom-with-local-partner.html
Local cashew nut exports increasing
Cambodia’s cashew-nut exports increased sharply from 443 tonnes in 2011 to 4,453 tonnes last year, according to the Ministry of Commerce. But observers say these figures do not reflect reality, as a large percentage of exports had not been recorded. An expert in cashew nut production, ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013020661205/Business/local-cashew-nut-exports-increasing.html
Cambodia’s garment industry expanding
Both exports and imports of garment materials rose more than 17 per cent in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year, reflecting a growth in Cambodia’s biggest industry. Exports of garment and textile materials went up by 17.5 per cent ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060466032/Business/cambodia-s-garment-industry-expanding.html
Industry Ministry to Be Split, New ‘Handicraft’ Focus
The National Assembly is set to dismantle the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, rebuilding it as the Ministry of Mines and Energy and creating a new Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, a senior CPP lawmaker confirmed on Friday. The move comes just a few weeks ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/industry-ministry-to-be-split-new-handicraft-focus-46782/
Hun Sen leaves for Laos
Prime Minister Hun sen left on Thursday for two-day visit to Laos. The delegation accompanying Hun sen included Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Cabinet Minister sok An and other members of the Royal Government. A number of agreements will be signed during his visit. The Ministry of Foreign ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=OTNkNGI3NTlhNmY
Drug sting snares policeman’s son, commune council member
The son of a police lieutenant colonel and a member of a commune council were among four people arrested Thursday in Kom­pong Thom province for dealing drugs and were remanded in custody, a court prosecutor said Friday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/drug-sting-snares-policemans-son-commune-council-member-79248/
China's Aid to Cambodia Helps Cement Ties
When Asia-Pacific leaders gather this weekend in southeast Asia—a bright spot in a sputtering global economy—their Cambodian hosts may extend a warm welcome to U.s. President Barack Obama, but they will view officials from Beijing as old friends. Mr. Obama’s visit to Cambodia—this year’s host for ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chun Han Wong
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324595904578120582308358540.html
Brown Coffee Chain Expands With Third Store
What do three Cambodian teenage girls, a French T-shirt designer, a Japanese doctoral student and a Cambodian businessman have in common? On Thursday afternoon, they were all captured by the appeal of BRow Coffee and Bakery on street 214. The value of this crowd of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Acleda readies to open Myanmar’s first micro-finance firm
Cambodia’s largest bank is ready to launch its first micro-finance institution (MFI) in Myanmar, but one final barrier remains: an operating licence from Myanmar’s government. Acleda Bank’s chief executive, In Channy, expects the licence to be granted by the end of this month. Once that is done, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Top Hotels Fully Booked Ahead of East Asia, Asean Summits
Visitors hoping to stay in Phnom Penh’s top hotels in the coming days will have to seek shelter elsewhere, as the city’s most sought after rooms are booked solid for the East Asia and Asean summits, hoteliers said yesterday. “We are completely full during the ss='cambodia-color'>...