Protesters successful; water prices decrease
Authorities in Prey Veng province yesterday agreed to cut the price of water from 1,800 riel to 1,200 riel a cubic metre after more than 1,000 people blocked National Road 11 for the fourth consecutive day. Acting provincial police chief Dim Yarum said yesterday an ...
Vietnamese Goods on Sale in Cambodia
The second Cambodia-Vietnam Trade and Investment Fair opened in Kampot, Cambodia on August 24. The fair has attracted more than 50 Vietnamese and Cambodian businesses to display their high quality products, such as garment, footwear, food, chemicals, electronics, plastics and handicraft products. The aim is to help ...
http://vietnambusiness.asia/vietnamese-goods-on-sale-in-cambodia/
IBM eyes on Cambodia market again
IBM reaffirmed its commitment to the Cambodian market through a two-day event from 5 to 6 october in Phnom Penh which it demonstrated technology solutions for companies and governments of all sizes. With the potential market in Cambodia, IBM targets to set up its full ...
Worming a Way Into the Agriculture Sector
For 53-year-old farmer Ros Mao, it’s not just the early bird that catches the worm. The Takeo province farmer has raised millions of earthworms for eight years in Tram Trak district, selling the slimy red creatures and using the manure they create to grow his ...
Net Vegetable Yields Still Miss Demand
Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun Said yesterday that Cambodia currently produces only half as many vegetables as it needs to meet demand and that more needs to be done to remedy the situation. “Cambodia only produces 40 to 60 perent of its needs and imports, the ...
Certification Quandry Stunts Sugar Exports
In April 2010, Kampot Pepper and Kompong Speu palm sugar both gained a geographical indication (GI) from the Ministry of Commerce that recognized their unique qualities and protected their name. But while Kampot pepper producers export almost all of their 17-ton annual production at high ...
Japan Asks for Tax Breaks, Better Regulations
The Japanese Embassy in Phnom Penh appealed to the Cambodian government Tuesday to help encourage Japanese investment here by providing corporate tax holidays and reducing notoriously high customs tariffs by adopting more transparent and efficient practices. According to a set of requests prepared by the ...
More companies must list for the CSX to be a success
One Of the persOnalities clOsely assOciated with the develOpment Of the stOck exchange in CambOdia, MOrten Kvammen, a directOr at SBI ROyal Securities, says the CSX needs mOre cOmpanies tO list in Order tO be successful. Kvammen, a graduate Of the WhartOn SchOOl Of Finance and ...
MFIs watch rice loans
The country’s financial institutions are closely monitoring loans that have been made to rice farmers, who say that this year’s fall in rice prices will affect their ability to make repayments, industry officials said yesterday. Last year, farmers were paid around 840 riel ($0.21) per kilogram ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30035/mfis-watch-rice-loans/
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and Metfone singed a MoU to renew the agreement to provide free internet to schools nationwide
On 05 July 2016, at Ministry Of EducatiOn, YOuth and SpOrt (MOEYS) has a MOU signing tO renew the agreement between the Ministry Of EducatiOn, YOuth and SpOrt (MOEYS) and MetfOne, the KingdOm&rsquO;s leading telecOmmunicatiOns cOmpany, tO prOvide free internet tO schOOls natiOnwide with the attendance ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Notice on the publication of cadastral documents
On 05 July 2017, Pursat PrOvincial GOvernment, thrOugh the Ministry Of Land Management, Urban Planning and COnstructiOn, published a nOtice On the publicatiOn Of cadastral dOcuments, including cadastral maps and lists Of title hOlders, which are derived frOm the land valuatiOn and data cOllectiOn cOnducted ...
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Cambodia
Outcomes of the ASEAN-India commemorative summit and the 69th republic day
On 28 January 2018, the Ministry Of FOreign Affairs and InternatiOnal COOperatiOn has released a press release On OutcOmes Of the ASEAN-India cOmmemOrative summit and the 69th Republic Day Of India 25-26 January 2018. The ASEAN-India COmmemOrative Summit, the theme Of which was &ldquO;Shared Value, ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
National plan to strengthen gov’t anti-drug campaign
The National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023 directs the authorities and relevant institutions to carry out effective prevention, crackdown and resolution of drug issues, and all commune authorities to be confident in dealing with drug problems in their areas. The directive was made during the drafting ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-plan-strengthen-govt-anti-drug-campaign
Korean earned income to rise
Cambodians working in South Korea this year are expected to remit up to US$80 million to the Kingdom as up to 40 per cent more Cambodian labour heads to the East Asian nation compared to last year. The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training expects at ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082958336/Business/korean-earned-income-to-increase.html
Country Is Prepared for Heavy Rains, Disaster Committee Says
To make sure Cambodia is ready for potential devastating floods, government officials have created an emergency preparedness plan that includes storing 16,000 tons of milled rice and putting 3,500 armed forces on reserve. [Nhim Vanda, first vice president in charge of the National Committee for Disaster Management ...
Study of Angkor impact to be done
Apsara Authority on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with three Japanese companies to conduct a feasibility study to solve various environmental problems in the Angkor area. The MoU was signed between Bun Narith, director general of Apsara Authority, Shoichi Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012083158397/Business/study-of-angkor-impact-to-be-done.html
Man Charged With Clearing State Forestland
The Kampong Thom Provincial Court yesterday charged a man with clearing state-owned forestland after he was arrested on Monday along with 13 other villagers, according to provincial prosecutor Ben Sarath. Heoun Sokha was arrested in Kraya commune’s Santuk district after he was found by police clearing ...
Duo Gets Bail After Obstructing Land Volunteers
A Council of Ministers official and her husband who were arrested in July for obstructing a land-titling initiative spearheaded by Prime Minister Hun Sen have received bail, Stung Treng Provincial Court prosecutor Chroeng Khmao said Friday. Meas Sokhon, who works at the Council of the Ministers’ ...
Garment Workers Set Tires on Fire as Tax Protest Continues
About 600 garment factory workers continued their strike in Phnom Penh yesterday, setting car tires alight to protest what they said were unfair salary cuts but factory representatives and labor officials described as a normal tax on income. “The factory told us that they cut our ...
Innovation and inspiration are the basis of BarCamp
BarCamp Phnom Penh, a technology conference at the University of Puthisastra, promises to attract industry professionals from ASEAN countries, the US, Germany and other countries around the world later this month, Be Chantra, lead organiser of the conference, says. Be Chantra says BarCamp Phnom Penh is ...