Political instability has done little to dampen Vietnam’s appetite for investment in Cambodia, the latest figures revealed yesterday by Prime Minister Hun sen show. Last year, Vietnamese investment reached $302 million, up 250 per cent from $86 million in 2012, according to the prime minister, who ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered a 4.7% growth in March according to the country’s statistics and tourist Information Department. The country attracted 400,076 visits compared to 382,206 during the same month last year. Released by the Ministry of Tourism, late last week, data showed Vietnam led the field ss='cambodia-color'>...

After a third day of questioning, during which the plaintiff’s story allegedly changed, the head of Cambodia’s largest independent garment union is in the dark as to where his case stands. Investigating judge Chea sok Heang yesterday did not set a date for further questioning and ss='cambodia-color'>...

The State Secretariat of Civil Aviation SayS three more airlineS will apply for an Air Operator Certificate over the firSt quarter of 2015. The SSCA general director, Kao Sivorn, told local media that three carrierS have applied with an intention of Serving regional routeS, but declined SS='cambodia-color'>...

According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the greatest obstacle to foreign investment in the Cambodian economy is the country’s deep energy shortfall. According to Cambodia’s Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Energy, the situation has not improved much in more than a decade, with only ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ruling party lawmaker Chheang Vun yesterday said opposition parliamentarian Um sam An’s legal immunity could be suspended for criticising National Assembly President Heng samrin, but refused to specify what law, if any, the Cambodia National Rescue Party member had broken. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Holding her husband’s hand through prison bars yesterday, Tith Narin delivered the heartbreaking news – their eldest son was dead.Narin’s husband, Ouk Pich samnang, was one of 11 Cambodia National Rescue Party activists convicted on Tuesday for his alleged role in a protest that turned ss='cambodia-color'>...

A forest peoples’ network has appealed to tycoon Try Pheap to issue a written commitment to put a halt to his companies’ deforestation activities after he told the Post last week that his logging days are over. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister Bin Chhin has grown again after he was handed a handful of new jobs on Tuesday, including advising the prime minister on anti-corruption efforts and overseeing the Council of Jurists and “one-window” service for foreign investors. ss='cambodia-color'>...

South Korea replaced the UK aS the largeSt inveStor in Cambodia laSt year, with about $287 million injected, 12.5 per cent of the total foreign direct inveStment, according to data from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ThiS repreSentS 33 per cent SS='cambodia-color'>...

Possible remains of three missing U.s. soldiers recovered in Cambodia was repatriated to Hawaii on Wednesday for testing, officials said. During a ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport, American soldiers carried three white coffins draped with U.s. flags onto a C-17 military cargo plane. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Dam-building and gold mining in southern Laos are ruining water quality downstream on the sekong River in Cambodia, where villagers are no longer able to drink or use the water, according to an environmental group. The activities undertaken by Lao and Vietnamese companies on the sekong’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prices for Vietnamese goods are increasing driving up demand for lower cost Cambodian goods. Exports to Cambodia’s neighbor have increased by more than 84 percent for the beginning of 2011, totaling some $247 million according to the Vietnam Trade Office. Inflation is rising in Vietnam ss='cambodia-color'>...

Puma, the sportswear company, has said that it is taking the outbreak of fainting spells at its suppliers “very seriously.” The company is taking measures after a report by the Fair Labour Association found that breaches in labour laws had contributed to some 300 workers ss='cambodia-color'>...

It was the grimmest of homecomings yesterday for the family of Ouk sakan as the body of the 40-year-old domestic worker was repatriated from Malaysia, ending a bleak vigil that began with her death more than four months ago. Na Rith said his cousin had worked ss='cambodia-color'>...

Construction approvals granted by government authorities have increased 93 percent in the first six months of the year, compared to the same period last year, figures show. some 1,079 potential projects worth Us$637.7 million were given the go-ahead in the January to June period, compared with ss='cambodia-color'>...

Tokyo: The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its outlook on Cambodian GDP growth in 2011 from 6.5 per cent to 6.7 per cent just days after government officials announced a full percentage-point reduction in economic expectations. stabilisation in the real estate sector, as well as strong increases ss='cambodia-color'>...

The long awaited first security listing on the Cambodian securities Exchange became a reality on February 23 with the security Exchange Commission of Cambodia’s “in principle” approval of Phnom Penh Water supply Authority’s (PPWsA) “disclosure document for public issuance of equity securities”. This is effectively a ss='cambodia-color'>...

The family of a Cambodian maid that officials suspect was tortured to death in Malaysia will fly there shortly to file a complaint against her employers, a government spokesperson said yesterday. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Koy Kuong said the family of Mey sichan, 22, from ss='cambodia-color'>...

Construction of a much-awaited seaport in the coastal province of Kampot began yesterday, with insiders saying the upcoming harbour will boost maritime transportation with Vietnam and Thailand and bolster the local tourism industry and the national economy. ss='cambodia-color'>...