After reaching agreement late last month, the contract for a $90 million concession loan from Japan to Cambodia was officially signed in Phnom Penh yesterday to improve 83.5 kilometres of National Road 5. The construction is scheduled to start in June 2015 and will be ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian economy faces major problems for its predominantly rural population in the event of more erratic climate shifts, according to the United Nations Development Programme’s 2011 Cambodian Human Development Report. “This is an agrarian economy that depends very much on weather. And we are among the ss='cambodia-color'>...

A senior official with Cambodia’s ruling party on Wednesday dismissed opposition leader sam Rainsy as insincere after he pledged his Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) would scale back criticism of the government for its handling of a border dispute with neighboring Vietnam. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia, with a total population of 14,952,665 as of July 2010, is located in southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. The country mostly has a tropical climate and covers a total area of 181,035 km2 Cambodia’s key natural resources include ss='cambodia-color'>...

The opening of the Cambodia SecuritieS Exchange (CSX) waS marked by a Speech from MiniSter of Finance Keat Chhon, who urged three State-owned companieS to Speed up their initial public offeringS. No companieS, State-owned or otherwiSe are currently trading on the new market. Telecom Cambodia, SS='cambodia-color'>...

The launch of Mfone’s new unlimited calling plan has drawn criticism from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. It is said that the price scheme contravenes Cambodia’s minimum pricing rules introduce in 2009. Hello, another mobile phone provider, has already introduced an unlimited calling plan ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ruling party senator Ly Yong Phat has defied an order endorsed by the Prime Minster to halt his controversial sand dredging activities on the Tatai river in Koh Kong, prompting authorities to request intervention, documents obtained by The Post reveal. The dredging operation on the ss='cambodia-color'>...

China National Cereal, Oil and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO) is the latest mainland Chinese company to sign a deal to export Cambodian rice. COFCO is one of a number of Chinese companies that have signed similar deals with their Cambodian counterparts, but  direct rice exports to China ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s growing population is driving demand for residential property, with approvals soaring in the first seven months of this year, according to Lao Tip seiha, director of the construction department at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. A total of 227 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ratings agency Moody’s changed its outlook on Acleda Bank’s financial strength yesterday to “negative” from “stable” and downgraded its rating of the bank’s local currency deposits to Ba2 from Ba1. The rating downgrade was applied due to changes in shareholders at the bank over the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Tokyo: Cambodia needs more than an estimated Us$13 billion in infrastructure works by 2020 if the country intends to continue attracting foreign investment, a joint survey by some of the world’s top financial institutions indicated on Wednesday. During a conference held by the Japan International Cooperation Agency ss='cambodia-color'>...

How did the floods affect the industry late last year? Of course, we were worried when the floods began because many people were affected. When the floods continued, we did a survey and found that just about 10 per cent of MFI borrowers were affected. But ss='cambodia-color'>...

Rubber production in early 2012 increased 21 per cent when compared to the end of 2011, according to Mak Kim Hong, president of the Cambodian Rubber Association. He said yesterday that the price of one tonne of good-quality rubber rose to Us$3,800 in early 2012, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Svay Rieng provincial proSecutor Hing Bunchea haS refuSed to clarify what triple Shooting SuSpect and depoSed Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith Said to him after contradictory StatementS from him were printed in different newS publicationS laSt week. On ThurSday, Hing Bunchea told the PoSt that Chhouk SS='cambodia-color'>...

A bridge crossing the sea between sihanoukville and the island of Koh Puos in Cambodia has officially been opened by Prime Minister Hun sen. Koh Pous owned by the Russian company Koh Pous (Cambodia) Investment Group is turning the island into a resort known as ss='cambodia-color'>...

A 10 year strategic plan designed to ensure financial stability in Cambodia has been released by the central bank to much skepticism. The $700,000 study sponsored by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is said to be short on details even though it calls for the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Representatives of 168 families from Kampong Cham’s Memot district staged a protest at the provincial governor’s home yesterday, seeking an intervention on their behalf in an ongoing land dispute with Memot Rubber Plantation.  ss='cambodia-color'>...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand increased slightly by 8 per cent during the first eight months of 2011 compared to the same period last year, according to the Thai Embassy’s Foreign Trade Promotion Office (FTPO) statistics obtained by the Post yesterday. The increase in trade ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia, as AsEAN chair, could play a vital role in strengthening the international community’s perception that Myanmar has reformed and sanctions need to be lifted, independent observers told the Post yesterday. As Prime Minister Hun sen described yesterday’s arrival of Myanmar president Thein sein in Phnom ss='cambodia-color'>...

The 16th ASEAN Finance MiniSterS&rSquo; Meeting kickS off early today in Phnom Penh, where memberS of the 10-country aSSociation are expected to diScuSS Strengthening regional financial tieS and co-operation in the face of economic uncertainty in the WeSt. SS='cambodia-color'>...