Ecotourism in Cambodia up 9.7 per cent
Ecotourism sites in the northeast of Cambodia last year saw visitor growth of 9.7 per cent – a total of 53,374 tourists – compared with 2011, an official said yesterday during the first Workshop on Northeast Ecotourism Development, organised by the Ministry of Tourism. Tith Chantha, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013021461366/Business/ecotourism-in-cambodia-up-9-7-per-cent.html
Myanmar’s siren song
Unions and labour rights groups have spent recent months unashamedly drilling home a stark reminder: Cambodia’s minimum garment wage, at $61 per month, compares poorly with those in Thailand – where workers earn more than $200 a month – and Vietnam, which has a base ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013031861998/National/myanmar-s-siren-song.html
Factories Asked to Voluntarily Assess Safety
The Garment Manufactures Association of Cambodia (GMAC) and International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia yesterday asked factory owners to voluntarily conduct structural audits on their buildings in light of building collapses at two garment factories that killed two people and injured 23. “In the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factories-asked-to-voluntarily-assess-safety-27319/
Cambodia launches cassava development project under China, UNDP support
Cambodia launched Tuesday the second phase of cassava development project under the support of China and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Cambodia and China signed a Protocol on the Exports of Cambodian Cassava to Chinese Market in December 2010, under which China allowed Cambodia ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-05/21/c_132397799.htm
Australian Police Say Appropriate Steps Taken in BHP Bribery Case
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said Monday they have taken the necessary steps to investigate claims that the world’s largest mining company, BHP Billiton, bribed officials in Cambodia and played down reports that it had mishandled one the country’s largest cases in corporate corruption. “The ...
The scramble to Siem Reap
As Cambodia’s busy tourism season approaches, domestic and regional airlines are scrambling to offer Siem Reap routes in a bid to capitalise on the growing number of visitors to the Angkor Wat gateway. In the past several months, players have entered the fray at a ...
Hun Sen receives an honorary degree, bringing total up to 12
Prime Minister Hun Sen was awarded an honorary doctorate in “transformational leadership” by Malaysia’s Limkokwing University on Wednesday, adding to his extensive list of honorary degrees. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-receives-an-honorary-degree-bringing-total-up-to-12-93802/
Announcement of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority on the state of water supply in the dry season 2020
On 12 March 2020, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority has released an announcement addressing the concern over water supply usage in the up coming dry season. The announcement told the public to save and limited the usage of clean water. Since Phnom Penh is ...
Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority
Weighing risk and reward on construction sites
As the booming construction sector attracts more rural Cambodians to seek employment in the capital, the different working conditions between high-rises in urban areas and borey developments have factored into varying degrees of earning potential and living standards.According to estimates by the Ministry of Land ...
Kali Kotoski and Sum Manet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/weighing-risk-and-reward-construction-sites
Press release on the outcomes of state visit to Cambodia by President of Timor-Leste
On 21 October 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of state visit to Cambodia by President of Timor-Leste.His Excellency President JOSE MANUEL RAMOS-HORTA and Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Manet urges improved ASEAN, Gulf State ties
Prime Minister Hun Manet has called for free and open trade, the stimulation of investment and the creation of a conducive environment to promote business between ASEAN and the Gulf states, as the two regions seek to strengthen ties at their historic first-ever ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation ...
Vong Daravady
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-urges-improved-asean-gulf-state-ties
Senator Ly Yong Phat’s Family Given Preah Sihanouk State Land for Tourism Development
The Cambodian government has granted a 600-hectare concession to the family of notorious tycoon Ly Yong Phat, whose sugarcane concessions have been at the center of human rights violations. ...
China Unicom to build Cambodia’s first state-owned submarine optical fiber cable project
China Unicom Group, one of the country’s largest telecommunications operators, will build Cambodia’s first state-owned submarine optical fiber cable with a large capacity for international communications. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378890/china-unicom-to-build-cambodias-first-state-owned-submarine-optical-fiber-cable-project/
Press release on President of Viet Nam to pay state visit to Cambodia this week
On 10 July 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release regarding President of Viet Nam to pay state visit to Cambodia this week on their official social media site. According to the press, at the invitation of His Majesty ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Mr. PUTH Chan Choth
Mr. PUTH Chan Choth is an ICT manager of an international humanitarian organization in Cambodia. He is also a technical working group of CCC (Cooperation Committee for Cambodia) that help to contribute an effective use of ICT for civil society organizations as well as contributing ...
Senator Ly Yong Phat’s Family Given Preah Sihanouk State Land for Tourism Development
The Cambodian government has granted a 600-hectare concession to the family of notorious tycoon Ly Yong Phat, whose sugarcane concessions have been at the center of human rights violations. ...
Oreang district administration is continuing to find the perpetrators that cleared more than 50 hectares of state forest
Experts are continuing to search for the identity of the perpetrators that cleared forest land in the protected area in Mondulkiri province to file the case to the court. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2023-03-21-0838-248224.html
The New Asian Century
With growing uncertainty in the US economy and an unfolding fiscal and debt crisis in the Eurozone after the global recession in 2008, Asia is expected to continue leading the global recovery. Under such circumstances, the 21st Century is emerging as the “New Asian Century”, ...
Cambodia Accountancy Toward Global Standard
The National Accounting Council, the Kampuchea Institution of Certified Public Accountants and Auditors and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), co-organized to launch a National Conference on “Accountancy in Cambodia-Towards Global Standards” on August 12th in Phnom Penh to reflect what is being implemented in ...
Foreign investment brings Cambodia growth, new issues
Cambodian officials say the country’s economic growth rate is set to exceed seven percent this year. According to financial analysts even if the global economy slows, Cambodia is well prepared to deal with it, partly because of strong foreign investment. But the billions of dollars ...
