CAMBA Business Expo Looks to Invigorate Cambodian Businesses Both Home and Abroad
The fourth annual Business and Culture Expo hosted by the Cambodian American Business Association, an event designed to bring together business owners, entrepreneurs and Cambodian community members, will be held Sunday August 25 in the parking lot of the Mark Twain Library. However, the event that ...
Malaysia’s giant opens first Cambodia supermarket
Malaysia-based retailer Giant, one of the largest players in Asia, has launched its first store in Cambodia, opening in Phnom Penh’s Grand City Mall as part of a major expansion into the Kingdom. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24085/malaysia---s-giant-opens-first-cambodia-supermarket/
Russian cargo airline to add Cambodia flight
Russia’s largest cargo airline, AirBridge Cargo Airlines, will launch a weekly flight to Cambodia this month as part of its expansion of services in Southeast Asia, according to international media reports. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/russian-cargo-airline-add-cambodia-flight
Livestock and fisheries exposition
A two-day livestock and fisheries exposition in Phnom Penh next month, organized by a Vietnamese events management company, will display products and exhibits of 60 agriculture firms from across Southeast Asia, Japan and Europe. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27049/livestock-and-fisheries-exposition/
Coca-Cola plans factory expansion in Cambodia
American solf drink maker Coca-Cola plans to invest additional US$ 100 million for factory expansion in Cambodia from 2014 to 2018, according to Martin Jansen, the Regional Director, Bottling Investment Groups for China and Southeast Asia. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/coca-cola-plans-factory-expansion-in-cambodia-7745
Cambodia set to benefit as India ‘acts East’
India is set to bring new development opportunities to Cambodia as it challenges China’s established influence in Southeast Asia, experts say. ...
Tej Parikh
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-set-to-benefit-as-india-acts-east-103619/
Low marks for Cambodia’s efforts to combat illicit trade
Cambodia ranked third-worst for illicit trade out of 17 countries in the Asia-Pacific region in a recently released index by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) that analysed governments’ abilities to combat illegal trade operations. ...
Kali Kotoski and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/low-marks-cambodias-efforts-combat-illicit-trade
Hyatt Regency to open in Phnom Penh
Hyatt Regency added Cambodia to its growing footprint in Southeast Asia with a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday to lay the foundations of the international five-star hotel that is expected to open in Phnom Penh in 2020. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36773/hyatt-regency-to-open-in-phnom-penh/
Report slams push for rubber
Protected areas and other biodiversity hotspots across Southeast Asia are increasingly under threat from expanding rubber plantations, with Cambodia at risk of losing more ecologically important land than any of its neighbours, a recent study reports. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-slams-push-rubber
Kingdom is prime for first slaughterhouse
Riding the wave of rising demand for beef in Asia, Cambodia’s long-awaited slaughterhouse could not come soon enough, with an emerging middle class in Cambodia also hungry for more premium meat from Down Under. ...
Xueying Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/kingdom-prime-first-slaughterhouse
Cambodian parliament ratifies RCEP, world's biggest free trade pact
The National Assembly of Cambodia on Thursday ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s largest free trade agreement (FTA), which comprises 15 Asia-Pacific countries. ...
Xinhua
http://www.china.org.cn/business/2021-09/10/content_77744958.htm
Sar Kheng orders Prey Lang forest protection
Interior Minister Sar Kheng urged authorities on Thursday to protect Prey Lang forest, saying it is the largest remaining woodland in mainland Southeast Asia, and that amendments to laws that protect natural resources would soon be finalised. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-orders-prey-lang-forest-protection
Water distribution over: PM
The government’s two-month nationwide campaign to distribute water to those affected by drought officially ended yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced while speaking at a graduation ceremony at the Asia-Europe University in Phnom Penh. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25414/water-distribution-over--pm/
US supports TPP bid
The United States yesterday threw its support behind Cambodia becoming a member of the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to promote economic growth, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region and the Pacific Rim countries. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25980/us-supports-tpp-bid/
Strike at SL eats into profits
Because of ongoing strikes and an inability to fill orders, SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) says it is shedding cash flow as buyers shift away from one of Asia’s largest producers, factory management confirmed yesterday. International brands H&M and Gap reduced their orders, while Levi’s ceased buying ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/strike-sl-eats-profits
Drug officials meet in Bangkok
High-ranking officials from Cambodia’s Interior Ministry were among 140 delegates from Asia-Pacific nations meeting in Bangkok yesterday, as a three-day conference on the region’s growing problem of drug production and trafficking got under way. ...
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drug-officials-meet-bangkok
Interpol initiative to boost border security
A new initiative led by Interpol will focus on improving border security in Southeast Asia, with the international police body warning that increased cross-border criminal activity will be a likely unintended consequence of the region’s growing integration. ...
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interpol-initiative-boost-border-security
Government expands sanctuary in Prey Lang, adds Preah Vihear
The government has reversed course on a controversial decision to downsize the proposed boundaries of a long-awaited protected area for the beleaguered Prey Lang Forest, the largest lowland evergreen forest left in Southeast Asia. ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-expands-sanctuary-in-prey-lang-adds-preah-vihear-112723/
Kingdom a warm respite for Russia
Increasingly hurt by sanctions and frozen out by the West over its meddling in Ukraine, Syria and the recent US presidential election, Russia is seeking to pivot to Asia and establishing a beachhead in a decidedly warmer locale – Cambodia. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-warm-respite-russia
Cambodia ready to host world economic forum despite inequality: official
As Cambodia prepares to host the World Economic Forum in East Asia, an official from the group that organizes the event has said the country is ready, having seen steady growth and reductions in poverty in recent years. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodia-ready-to-host-world-economic-forum-despite-inequality-official/3843041.html