MFIs as one commercial bank
PhillipCapital, a Singapore-based integrated financial services provider and a majority stakeholder in three of Cambodia’s micro-finance institutions (MFIs), plans to consolidate the three into a commercial bank. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012122560462/Business/mfis-as-one-commercial-bank.html
Former VOD staff undecided about offer of state employment
In a gesture of goodwill, Prime Minister Hun Sen offered government positions to unemployed Voice of Democracy (VOD) journalists. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501239634/former-vod-staff-undecided-about-offer-of-state-employment/
The Ministry set the maximum price of gasoline
According to a statement released by the Ministry of Commerce on March 14, the maximum price of gasoline on the market today are determined according to the formula in the Interministerial Prakas-098 signed on 09 March 2016 by Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Economy and Finance and ...
Ministry of Commerce
Inclusion of the ODC Website in the U.S. Library of Congress Web Archives
Shapshot of the U.S. Libary of Congress E-mailOn July 24, 2013, the ODC Team received a surprise e-mail from the United States Library of Congress:“the United States Library of Congress has selected your website for inclusion in the Library’s historic collection of Internet materials related ...
Cambodia announces Intellectual Property Rights laws to protect artists and musicians' works
Cambodia announces today a new Intellectual Property Rights laws drafted to protect the country’s artists and musicians and their works from counterfeiting in accordance with interntional IPR standards. An event held at Ministry of Commerce was attended by newly-appointed Sun Chanthol, Minister of Commerce, who has ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MTI4YzJmMmZiNzY
FM: Cambodia ‘rescued’ ASEAN-China relationship
Foreign Minister Prak Sokhon defended Cambodia’s position on the South China Sea issue during a press conference at the Foreign Ministry yesterday, denying accusations that the Kingdom’s opposition to any joint Asean statement in support of the Philippines was tied to large loans and grants ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27835/fm--cambodia----rescued----asean-china-relationship/
Outcomes of the Friends of the Mekong Ministerial Meeting
On 6 August 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the Friends of the Mekong Ministerial Meeting on 5 August 2021, via conference. On 5 August 2021, H.E. Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minster of ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Mass strike ended by Arbitration Council
MORE than 4,000 workers ended a four-day strike outside the M&V factory in Kampong Chhnang province yesterday after the Arbitration Council intervened, issuing an order for them to return to work. the workers, led by the Free Trade Union of Workers in the Kingdom of ...
MoU with UN stalled by government
A memorandum of understanding between Cambodia and the United Nations has been stalled for almost 10 months thanks to the government’s insistence that an updated version include pointed references to the concept of “non-interference” lifted from the UN charter, the Post has learned. ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mou-un-stalled-government
Minister Says Challenges Remain in Achieving Gender Equality
Women’s Affairs Minister Ing Kantha Phavi on Tuesday defended the government’s policies on promoting gender equality and preventing discrimination against women, but conceded that challenges remain in achieving principles set out in the U.N.’s convention to stop discrimination against women. Speaking in Geneva to the U.N. ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-says-challenges-remain-in-achieving-gender-equality-44708/
Banks raise concerns for a new derivative trading law
The Association of Banks in Cambodia has called on The Securities and Exchange Commission to ensure that over-The-counter derivatives transacted by banks do not fall under The governance of The new draft prakas governing derivatives trading on Cambodia’s stock exchange. Speaking at a workshop in Phnom ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banks-raise-concerns-new-derivative-trading-law
UN says Ratanakkiri governor hnhelpful over Montagnards
The governor of Ratanakkiri province is not cooperating with efforts by The U.N. to negotiate safe passage for five Montagnard asylum seekers who crossed The border from Vietnam nearly two weeks ago, a U.N. official said Thursday. Wan-Hea Lee, The country representative for The U.N.’s office ...
Aun Pheap and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-says-ratanakkiri-governor-unhelpful-over-montagnards-76256/
Commute deadly: gov’t
Garment workers continue to die in traffic accidents on their way to and from the factory, a new report highlighting the deadly commute in Cambodia’s largest industry shows. In the report, titled the Dangerous Journey of Garment Workers in 2014, the Ministry of Labour’s National Social ...
Poor Education Could Cripple Business Growth
Low-quality education is jeopardizing business growth in Cambodia, and local graduates will not be employable in skilled jobs if the government does not quickly implement educational reforms, business executives warned Thursday at the Cambodian Market Intel 2013 seminar in Phnom Penh. During an hourlong panel discussion ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-listed-as-nsa-collection-point-48188/
New release on the selling of long-term entrance ticket for Angkor Archeological sites
On 22 May 2020, the Angkor Enterprise issued an announcement on the selling of long-term entrance ticket for Angkor Archeological sites to all tour operators, travel agents, relevant institutions, and international visitors to get informed. This action was made to accommodate foreigners staying in the ...
Angkor Enterprise
DVD Shops Raided by Police At Local Distributor's Request
Police in Phnom Penh yesterday raided nine DVD shops at Tuol Tom Poung market in Chamkar Mon district, confiscating hundreds of illegally reproduced movies at the joint request of the Ministry of Culture and local movie distributor Westec Media Limited. Sao Bunthoeurn, deputy director of ...
Two day training, consultation on 'stronger protection of Cambodian children' to kickoff
UNICEF Cambodia and the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), including its Asia Pacific Regional office will be hosting a two day national training and consultation seminar on domestic and inter-country adoption in Cambodia, according to a UNICEF media advisory. the ...
The Cambodia Herald
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=OWNkMTI3MjkwM2U#sthash.ssej8kTY.dpuf
New container terminal may not deliver for Cambodia
Shallow draft, lack of rail connectivity, uneasy relations with Vietnam, and the general slowdown may leave LM 17, Cambodia’s brand new $28-million container terminal near Phnom Penh, up the strait. Even if the terminal achieves the targeted throughput of 110,000 TEUs (it has moved 70,000 so ...
Hindu Business Line News Staff
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/new-container-terminal-may-not-deliver-for-cambodia/article5061737.ece
Shops to close, limit hours
Many restaurants, shops, supermarkets and tourist sites in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap will operate at a limited capacity or close entirely this Sunday as Cambodians line up at voting stations to elect a new government. Despite the closures, Ang Kim Eang, president of the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/shops-close-limit-hours
YEAC signs MoU to strengthen Cambodia’s SMEs
The Young Entrepreneurs Association of Cambodia has signed an MoU with four major institutions to furTher develop The nation’s small and medium enterprises ...
Kiripost staff writers
https://kiripost.com/stories/yeac-signs-mou-to-strengthen-cambodias-smes