Ministry moves to create bus-monitoring prakas
A new inter-ministry prakas is planned that controls and ensures the safety of bus passengers using the Kingdom’s growing bus network, and may include monitoring the behaviour of drivers and companies prior to granting licences, Cambodian officials said.
Bus companies are now controlled by Ministry of
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012062556985/Business/bus-monitoring-prakas.html
Businesses know little of the letter of the law
Cambodia entrepreneurs faced considerable problems when it came to obeying tax laws and other regulations, officials at a seminar about that very subject said yesterday.
The VDB Loi company organised the seminar on “New Practices and Preferential Trade Rules” with the co-operation of the General Department of Customs and
Ahead of aid meet, NGOs urge reform
More than 100 NGOs and human rights groups yesterday urged foreign donors to flag issues regarding land policies, democratic processes and human rights during today’s Government-Development Partner Coordinating Committee (GDCC) meeting.
Intended as a preparatory meeting for Cambodia’s main government and donor summit, the GDCC is generally
Cambodia's micro-lenders see 44 pct lending growth last year
Cambodia’s 38 microfinance institutions reported a 44 percent increase in loan disbursements in 2013, according to a report of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), the regulator of banking and finance institutions in the country.
The microfinance institutions had lent a total 1.17 billion U.S. dollars
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=199165
គណបក្សចូលរួមក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោត ជ្រើសតាំងតំណាងរាស្ត្រ នីតិកាលទី៥ ថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែកក្កដា ឆ្នាំ២០១៣
១. គណបក្សសញ្ជាតិកម្ពុជា
ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធនិង គោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សនេះពុំមានជាសាធារណៈលើប្រព័ន្ធអ៊ិនធើណិតទេ
២. គណបក្សហ្វ៊ុនស៊ិនប៉ិច
ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សអាចរកបាននៅគេហទំព័រនេះ http://www.funcinpecparty.org/
៣. គណបក្សសាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ
ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សនេះពុំមានជាសាធារណៈលើប្រព័ន្ធអ៊ិនធើណិតទេ
៤. គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា
ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សអាចរកបាននៅគេហទំព័រ http://www.cpp.org.kh/
៥. គណបក្សខ្មែរអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សេដ្ឋកិច្ច
ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សពុំមានជាសាធារណៈលើប្រព័ន្ធអ៊ិនធើណិតទេ
៦. គណបក្សខ្មែរឈប់ក្រ
ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ គោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សអាចរកបាននៅគេហទំព័រ http://khmerantipovertyparty.com/
៧.គណបក្សសង្រ្គោះជាតិ
ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សអាចរកបាននៅគេហទំព័រ http://www.nationalrescueparty.org/
៨. គណបក្សសម្ព័ន្ធដើម្បីប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ
ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សអាចរកបាននៅគេហទំព័រ http://www.camldp.org/
China’s Hu Visits Cambodia as Asean Leaders Eye Sea Disputes
President Hu Jintao today becomes the first Chinese head of state to visit Cambodia in 12 years, in a trip days before Southeast Asian leaders gather for talks that may touch on territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Hu’s visit, which lasts until April 2,
Farming’s primacy ‘hinders’
Cambodia’s economic productivity is in trouble, struggling with an inability to turn a youthful population into a skilled workforce and stunted by an over-reliance on agriculture, according to a new World Bank report.
In Cambodia and Vietnam, diversification of labour from the farming sector contributed to
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/farming%E2%80%99s-primacy-%E2%80%98hinders%E2%80%99
Cambodia denies backing Japan's plan to enhance military role
Cambodia vehemently denied that it has supported Japan‘s plan to enhance its military role, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday.
“The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation wishes to strongly reject the recent publications of Kyodo
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-07/01/c_133451532.htm
UN: invest in women
Cambodia needed to invest in women to aid its development and integration into the ASEAN economic community, United Nations Under Secretary-General Noeleen Heyzer said yesterday.
Heyzer, executive secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific(ESCAP), met with Minister of Women’s Affairs Ing Kantha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082358228/Business/un-invest-in-cambodian-women.html
Southeast Asia's solid economic growth rides over global woes
Southeast Asia is showing stronger signs of resilience to global turbulence than the rest of Asia as buoyant domestic spending offsets struggling exports, while low debt levels give governments more room than their cash-strapped counterparts in the West to deliver stimulus.
On Thursday, the Philippines became
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/06/01/uk-seasia-economy-idUKBRE85009U20120601
Cambodia's weekend elections will be the 'least fair' in history
Thousands of government and opposition supporters have hit the streets in Cambodia to drum up last minute support ahead of this Sunday’s election.
Election monitors are fanning out across the country to ensure a free and fair vote.
Koul Panha, Director of Comfrel Cambodia’s Committee for Free
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-26/an-cambodia-free-and-fair/4845154
Better worker food needed: Survey
A new study has determined that cost and space are the biggest constraints to setting up canteens in Cambodia’s garment factories.
The findings were presented on Monday night at a cocktail party attended by Cambodia’s former ambassador to the US, Roland Eng, the Swedish Ambassador Anne
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012060656611/Business/better-worker-food-needed.html
PM's land titling scheme full of ambiguity
Adorned in new military uniforms, about 400 more young volunteers who have been enlisted into Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ambitious national land-titling scheme departed from Diamond Island yesterday armed with measuring tapes, computers and GPS units.
The budding surveyors are the latest group of some 2,000
Drought hits rice exports
Rice exports this year had been flat compared to last year because of the many challenges growers were facing, insiders said this week.
The data shows exports were no better than last year for the same period, as exports for the first eight months of
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082158176/Business/drought-hits-rice-exports.html
Cambodia’s ongoing human trafficking problem
Svay Pak is an internationally known district for child sex in Cambodia’s capital of Phnom Penh, where foreign men come to seek sex with young girls.
According to a 2011 study by ECPAT Cambodia, around 75 percent of the victims of sex trafficking within Cambodia were children. The study also
Kyla Ryan
http://thediplomat.com/2014/07/cambodias-ongoing-human-trafficking-problem/
Software licenses debated
Open source software is an important way forward and a useful impetus for development in Cambodia, according to attendees of the Kingdom’s first software conference this weekend.
The conference, which centred on TYPO3, an open source content management system (CMS), was held this past weekend
Companies lag on listing rules
Adding its name to a rapidly growing list of private companies, Tonlesap Airlines is gearing up for an initial public offering on the Cambodia Securities Exchange. And like many of these companies, the listing is still years off as Tonlesap prepares the tax and financial information
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012083058376/Business/companies-lag-on-listing-rules.html
Cambodia Home to Frenchman in Bo Xilai Drama
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Throughout the drama this spring revolving around the dismissal of the ambitious Chinese official Bo Xilai and the investigation of his wife as a murder suspect, the most mysterious figure has been a French architect named Patrick Henri Devillers.
When Mr. Bo
Farmers Petition to Change Agricultural Draft Law
About 200 farmers protested in front of the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday and submitted a petition requesting changes to a draft law on the management of agricultural land, which rights groups have said could effectively legalize land grabs from poor farmers.
The government says the
Cambodian Start-up Competes With India in Natural Hair Market
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — For an Internet start-up, Arjuni faces more challenges than usual.
The e-commerce site that sells hair extensions operates out of a five-story building here that lacks elevators and, sometimes, power. Employees typically have to travel to remote villages by motorbike or foot
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/in-cambodia-a-start-up-uses-the-internet-to-sell-hair/
