Government Sold National Ship Registry Rights
Cambodia has no control over Cambodian-flagged ships complicit in illegal activities on the high seas as the government sold the authority to register ocean-going vessels, under Cambodia’s national flag, to a company in south Korea for $6 million, a Council of Ministers official claimed Thursday. On ss='cambodia-color'>...
Denise Hruby and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-sold%E2%80%88national-ship-registry-rights-48186/
In Sweden, Cambodian woman wins world’s children’s prize
Cambodia’s Noun Phymean has won this year’s World’s Children’s Prize, chosen by children from around the globe, and the accompanying $50,000 award for her work offering free schooling and vocational training to some of Phnom Penh’s poorest young people. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-sweden-cambodian-woman-wins-worlds-childrens-prize-97347/
CNRP Says Rally’s Size Could Exceed Government’s Demands
With a major opposition rally planned for this afternoon in Phnom Penh, City Hall and Ministry of Interior officials were at odds with CNRP leaders on sunday over how many people would be allowed to attend the event. Though the Interior Ministry has said only 6,000 ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-says-rallys-size-could-exceed-governments-demands-40783/
Cambodia’s ruling party promotes PM’s sons, top allies
Cambodia’s ruling party named three sons of long-time Prime Minister Hun sen to its upper ranks on sunday as part of a bid to rejuvenate its leadership and claw back support lost at the last general election. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Daily Times News Staff
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/foreign/03-Feb-2015/cambodia-s-ruling-party-promotes-pm-s-sons-top-allies
Simple CPP’s supporters doubt on Hun Sen’s successor
Prime minister Hun sen will be automatically nominated as the new president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party but not clear for whom will succeed him as the new vice president. The CPP will hold its congress on June 20, 2015 to elect new president ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1HIiAUu
Pyongyang trade push
North Korea officials have arrived in Cambodia with the intent of establishing a trade relationship, particularly with regards to agriculture. Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong met with Deputy Trade Minister Ri Myong san from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Opinions have been mixed ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011072750655/Business/pyongyang-trade-push.html
Food Imports See Big Jump
CAMBODIA’s total food and beverage imports jumped 28 percent year-on-year through June to Us$74 million, as domestic demand continued to outpace the Kingdom’s production capacity. The demand comes as Cambodia’s economy regains momentum following the global financial crisis, said officials at the Ministry of Commerce, ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011082351201/Business/food-imports-see-big-jump.html
Cambodia Accuses Europe of Interference
In its first official response to a highly critical resolution on Cambodia from the European Parliament, the government has rejected all criticism and instead accused the Parliament in Brussels of playing politics and interfering in Phnom Penh’s affairs. In its resolution approved October 26, the European ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-accuses-europe-of-interference-5183/
Visa agreement gets delayed
DESPITE Some reportS, Cambodian officialS Said Cambodia and Thailand have not yet Set a date for implementing the Irrawaddy-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) Single viSa. Koy Kuong, SpokeSman for the MiniStry of Foreign AffairS and International Cooperation, Said a Single viSa Scheme for all five SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012111359702/Business/visa-agreement-gets-delayed.html
Rights Groups Say Work to Go On Despite Hun Sen's Remarks
Rights groups said they will continue to advocate in land grabbing and eviction cases, and villagers involved in such disputes said they will continue to turn to NGOs for help despite a warning by Prime Minister Hun sen for civil society to stay clear of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mega-bank joins forces with Canadia
CANADIA Bank and Japan-based Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday agreeing to work together to tap the flow of Japanese investors into the Kingdom. The MoU was signed by Canadia Bank chief executive officer Michael Lor and Masato Miyachi, the general manager ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030161679/Business/mega-bank-joins-forces-with-canadia.html
Major Gap Emerging Between Labor Market and Job Seekers
PHNOM PENH – As more and more Cambodians enter the job market, with a growing population of young people, there still remain plenty of job opportunities with foreign investors at home, according to a new study by the Ministry of Labor. But people either don’t ss='cambodia-color'>...
Government tells telcos off
The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued warning letters to mobile operators Beeline and smart over their recent advertisement, stating it violates the Inter-Ministerial Prakas, or edict, signed in 2009. The separate letters, obtained by the Post last week, ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040864932/Business/government-tells-telcos-off.html
Factory’s owner in crosshairs
Some 400 garment workerS yeSterday gathered outSide the MiniStry of Social AffairS to plead for government intervention againSt a factory owner who fled without paying them overdue wageS three monthS ago. Khem Chamnan, a Free Trade Union repreSentative from the Pine Great (Cambodia) factory in Phnom SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070266604/National/factory-s-owner-in-crosshairs.html
Japanese bank to boost local investments
Japanese Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) signed an agreement yesterday with local Canadia Bank to shore up Japanese growth in Cambodia and to demonstrate its confidence in the Kingdom’s financial sector. BTMU’s managing executive officer, Takami Onodera, and Pung Kheav se, chairman of Canadia Bank, yesterday ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051065537/Business/japanese-bank-to-boost-local-investments.html
Sand-Dredging Boats Active One Day After Ban Announced
Sand-dredging boatS were active along the Mekong River in Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Meanchey diStrict on TueSday, deSpite the city&rSquo;S municipal governor, Pa Socheatvong, having ordered a complete SuSpenSion of dredging in the city the day before. Phnom Penh City Hall on Monday put in place the temporary SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sand-dredging-boats-active-one-day-after-ban-announced-39522/
Familiar feel to shuffle
Ten of the Kingdom’s 24 ministerial positions are set to be reshuffled at the launch of the new government, according to an internal party memo obtained yesterday. Among those tapped for a cabinet position is say sam El – the 34-year-old son of senate deputy president ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/familiar-feel-shuffle
Work underway on 'catastrophic' Cambodian dam
Srekor village haS Stood on the bankS of the Se San River in northeaStern Cambodia for generationS. In a few yearS it will be gone, Submerged along with more than 300 Square kilometreS of Surrounding farmland and foreSt. For 37-year-old rice farmer Pa Tou, the SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.dw.de/work-underway-on-catastrophic-cambodian-dam/a-16803423
Japan’s grants aim to ease Phnom Penh’s traffic woes
Workers are putting the finishing touches to the capital’s Chroy Changvar Bridge before its official reopening on April 4, in time for Khmer New Year. The bridge has been under renovation since October 2017, thanks to a $30 million grant aid issued by the Japanese ss='cambodia-color'>...
Husain Haider
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japans-grants-aim-ease-phnom-penhs-traffic-woes
Cambodia’s textile market share outdoes Vietnam’s in European Union
Although Vietnam was ranked among the top ten in apparel exports to the European Union in 2015, it was outperformed by one of its neighboring countries. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tuoi Tre News's team
http://tuoitrenews.vn/business/33470/cambodias-textile-market-share-outdoes-vietnams-in-european-union