Cambodia's oil imports rise
Cambodia imported approximately 1.2 billion tonnes of petroleum in the first nine months of the year, up 12.51 per cent from the 1.1 billion tonnes in the same period last year, statistics from the Ministry of Commerce showed last week. From January to September, Cambodia bought ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012111459729/Business/cambodias-oil-imports-rise.html
Cambodia highlights opportunities, challenges of upcoming ASEAN Community
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Wednesday underscored the major opportunities and challenges of the ASEAN Community, which will be realized by the end of this year. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-10/14/c_134713139.htm
Riel strategy takes shape
Cambodia’s first draft national strategy on promoting the riel is to be finalised next month and has been sent to the economic and financial policy committee of the Ministry of Economy and Finance for review and endorsement by end of the year. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074917/riel-strategy-takes-shape/
New registered businesses increase by 33 percent
The number of newly registered businesses in Cambodia increased 33 percent between January and June this year compared to the same time period last year, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Commerce released Tuesday. The total number of new businesses increased from 1,401 ...
Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/new-registered-businesses-increase-by-33-percent-62376/
New Mekong bridges slated for Phnom Penh
The Council of Ministers this week announced two new spans across the Mekong River in the vicinity of the capital, one connecting the Chroy Changvar peninsula to Kandal’s Khsach Kandal district and another connecting Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district with Kandal’s Lvea Em. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-mekong-bridges-slated-phnom-penh
Railroad protesters lobby ADB
About 50 villagers who live near railway lines in Phnom Penh gathered outside the Asian Development Bank yesterday morning to again demand more detailed information about what will happen to them during forthcoming phases of a bank-funded railway rehabilitation project. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Kevin Ponniah
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/railroad-protesters-lobby-adb
Union leader says charges baseless
One of six union leaders charged and summonsed for questioning over a strike that ended in government forces shooting dead at least five people in January has sent a message to authorities to hurry up and get his hearing over with. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/union-leader-says-charges-baseless
Students demand to see internet law
More than 200 university students yesterday called on the government to publicly release the latest version of the controversial cybercrime law, amid fears it will lead to a clampdown on their currently unrestricted use of social media sites like Facebook. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/students-demand-see-internet-law
Major Brands Confront Cambodian Leader Over Use of Force
A coalition of 30 brands and three global unions have sent a letter to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen calling for an investigation into the recent use of deadly force against striking garment-sector workers. The letter, dated Friday, urged the government to launch a new process ...
Kate O'keeffe and Sun Narin
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304027204579330201431431652?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304027204579330201431431652.html
Share Price Set for Stock at City Water Authority
Shares of the state-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) will trade at 6,300 riel, or $1.57, when the firm launches its initial public offering (IPO) on the Cambodian bourse on April 18, PPWSA announced yesterday. The price puts the company at the top of the ...
Ministry of foreign affairs to build first diplomatic institute
The Foreign Affairs Ministry expects to complete construction on its first training institute for local diplomats in the next 18 months, officials said Monday. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokes-man Chum Sounry said work on the National Institute for Diplomatic and Relations of International Study began in December. ...
Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/ministry-foreign-affairs-build-first-diplomatic-institute-126811/
Fisheries earnings on the rise
Cambodia’s fisheries sector that plays a vital role in food security and improving nutrition, generated a slightly improved income of more than $275,000 in the first half of the year, according to a report released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5073695/fisheries-earnings-rise/
Best rice to be decided in national competition
The Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) will host a competition on November 1 to determine the finest rice in Cambodia, with the winning brand representing the kingdom at the ninth edition of the World’s Best Rice Competition Program, which will take place a few days later ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088003/best-rice-decided-national-competition/
Ministries switch up new office
The Ministry of Interior has asked the government to grant what would have been the new location of the Ministry of Environment in Meanchey district’s Niroth commune to the newly created General Departments of Identification and Immigration instead, according to an official spokesman. ...
May Titthara
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-switch-new-office
CNRP lawmaker says he’ll show up in court
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday agreed to postpone a meeting with the opposition party’s information department chief, Meach Sovannara, who missed a scheduled meeting in which he was to answer questions regarding his alleged role in a violent protest in July, his lawyer said. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-lawmaker-says-he%E2%80%99ll-show-court
MAFF crafting ‘safe food production’ plan
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) along with relevant stakeholders are jointly working towards envisaging a safe food production plan for national and international markets, said a senior official for MAFF on Monday. ...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501522554/maff-crafting-safe-food-production-plan/
Smart Axiata’s 1 Million USD COVID-19 Relief Fund brings assistance to Kingdom’s farmers amid pandemic
With many garment factories, construction sites and other businesses closing due to COVID-19, thousands of workers lost their jobs and had to return home to farming and earning a living by working in agriculture. ...
All public and private institutions urged to conduct rapid testing of staff ‘at least once every 1-2 weeks’
The Royal Government of Cambodia has urged all public and private institutions to conduct COVID rapid tests on a proportion of staff at least once every 1-2 weeks. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50894683/all-public-and-private-institutions-urged-to-conduct-rapid-testing-of-staff-at-least-once-every-1-2-weeks/
SSEZ imports, exports pass $1.9B in Jan-Sep amid investment rise
Growth momentum in foreign inbound investment and orders have driven up the value of imports and exports handled at the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in the first three quarters of this year, reported at $1.904 billion, up 21.27 per cent from the $1.57 billion ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ssez-imports-exports-pass-19b-jan-sep-amid-investment-rise
Prey Veng exports nearly 1.6 million tons of rice, earning nearly $400 million in the first nine months of 2023
At least 1.6 million tonnes of rice was exported from Prey Veng province to Vietnam, earning nearly $400 million by the first nine months of 2023. This is according to the report of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Prey Veng Province on ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359137/prey-veng-exports-nearly-1-6-million-tons-of-rice-earning-nearly-400-million-in-the-first-nine-months-of-2023/