Cambodia’s top micro manager [Interview]
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'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030754891/Business/cambodias-top-micro-manager.html
Increasing prices drive Kingdom’s rubber
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'>...
Prosecutor’s account of questioning varies
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'>...
Nation’s first sea bridge opens
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'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011071350355/Business/nations-first-sea-bridge-opens.htm
Bank’s Plan Greeted With Skepticism
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'>...
Villagers protest at governor’s home
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'>...
Kingdom’s trade with Thailand up
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'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011101752153/Business/kingdoms-trade-with-thailand-up.html
Myanmar’s man on a mission
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'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032255199/National-news/myanmars-man-on-a-mission.html
ASEAN’s finance ministers in capital
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'>...
Ambassador Reiterates S China Sea Stance
Chinese Ambassador Pan Guangxue yesterday said that China opposes the contentious issue of the south China sea being discussed by countries that are not directly involved in the regional maritime dispute. speaking at a news conference at the Chinese Embassy to discuss Chinese President Hu Jintao’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry says Japan’s concerns misplaced
Following a meeting in which a Japanese emissary urged the government to open negotiations with the now-dissolved opposition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggested Japan’s concerns were based on a “misunderstanding” and said Cambodia is too small to fight against an alleged “strong propaganda machine”. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-says-japans-concerns-misplaced
Boeung Kak’s Vanny is released
Boeung Kak community land activist Tep Vanny was freed from Prey sar prison on Monday night after a release warrant was issued by Phnom Penh Municipal Court. This followed a Royal Pardon from King Norodom sihamoni. Three other Boeung Kak land activists were also released ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/boeung-kaks-vanny-released
UN notes Kingdom’s peacekeeping efforts
The Defence Ministry has announced that the United Nations has ranked Cambodia 29th among 122 countries that have sent peacekeeping forces to conflict areas around the world. Last year, the UN ranked Cambodia as 32nd for the most troops sent abroad. Cambodia also ranked 17th ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ven Rathavong and Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50541575/un-notes-kingdoms-peacekeeping-efforts/
EU project improves fishermen’s lives
A European Union delegation on Tuesday visited a fishing community in svay Rieng province to observe a project aimed at helping them deal with illegal fishing, rear fish, and farm without using chemicals in Peam Ro district. The community project in the district’s Baborng commune ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50548327/eu-project-improves-fishermens-lives/
PM’s Geneva trip ‘a success’
After Prime Minister Hun sen returned from his July 3-5 visit to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in switzerland, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation described the meetings as “successful”. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pms-geneva-trip-success
Road damage harming S’ville trade
The Minister of Public Works and Transport sun Chanthol said on Tuesday that road damage in Preah sihanouk province caused by recent rainfall and traffic congestion has been affecting the transport of goods between Phnom Penh and sihanoukville Autonomous Port. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/road-damage-harming-sville-trade
S’ville buildings to be levelled
Fourteen building projects in Preah sihanouk province were ordered to be demolished after a working group found their construction had failed quality inspections, provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun said. Another 70 of 500 projects in the province, he said, are under scrutiny after having recently been ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sville-buildings-be-levelled
GDCE’s revenue up 35 percent
Revenue at the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) saw a significant increase during the first nine months of the year, growing by 35 percent over the corresponding period last year, GDCE’s director said last week. From January to september, the department collected almost $2.4 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50652815/gdces-revenue-up-35-percent/
Rainsy’s ex-adviser urges voting
Kong Korm, one of the court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party’s top advisers, on Thursday criticised his former colleague sam Rainsy for calling on voters to boycott the July 29 national elections. He said the people should honour the King and head to the polls. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsys-ex-adviser-urges-voting
Government blasts European Parliament’s resolution
The government has lashed out at a European Parliament resolution passed last week that calls for former opposition leader Kem sokha’s treason charges to be dropped and human rights to be restored, arguing the resolution was biased. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533677/government-blasts-european-parliaments-resolution/