Seeds sown for Stung Treng agriculture
Stung Treng provincial authoritieS will work with integrated food-diStribution company Hun Ty Co Ltd to exploit the province&rSquo;S potential for crop cultivation and potentially Set up a proceSSing plant for export down the line, provincial adminiStration SpokeSman Men Kung told The PoSt on November 26. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/seeds-sown-stung-treng-agriculture
Fishermen without fish as Cambodia's river reversal runs late
Crucial water flows to the Tonle sap, southeast Asia’s largest lake, have been delayed for a second consecutive year according to river experts, severely disrupting fishing and threatening the food supply of more than a million people. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Prak Chan Thul
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mekong-river-cambodia/fishermen-without-fish-as-cambodias-river-reversal-runs-late-idUSKCN24M1T3
Talks to resume on offshore oil and gas
Thailand’s outgoing Energy Minister sontirat sontijirawong expects that there will be a resumption of talks to resolve the dispute of the offshore petroleum blocks in the overlapping maritime territories between Cambodia and Thailand after a delay of 20 years, according to a Bangkok Post report. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747626/talks-to-resume-on-offshore-oil-and-gas/
Kampong Thom gets new cashew plant
Top Planning Japan Co Ltd is working with a local cashew nut processing business owner to set up a plant in Kampong Thom province’s southwestern Kampong svay district in a bid to champion Cambodian finished products. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kampong-thom-gets-new-cashew-plant
Small banks ‘underperform’ in thriving sector
As the Kingdom’s energetic banking sector rockets at an average annual rate of 28 per cent and teems with an ever-increasing number of new players vying for a slice of the market, smaller banks have been left in the dust. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/small-banks-underperform-thriving-sector
Free trade agreement talks with Korea set to kick off on Thursday
Cambodia and South Korea will begin firSt-round negotiationS on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) on ThurSday, another Step toward diverSifying the Kingdom&rSquo;S exportS following the recent completion of FTA talkS with China. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/free-trade-agreement-talks-korea-set-kick-thursday
Business owners embrace new online registration system
The number of companies registered via the government’s new online business registration system was confirmed as 287 as of July 29, while 323 companies are pending approval, according to data from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50751123/business-owners-embrace-new-online-registration-system/
Tax collection ‘strong’
The government’s tax collection remains strong even during the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching more than $2.25 billion in the first nine months of this year, according to a report by the General Department of Taxation (GDT). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50772989/tax-collection-strong/
Getting ready for free trade with China
In fewer than 20 days the Cambodia-China Free-Trade Agreement (CC-FTA) comes into force after both countries signed the deal on Oct 12 during a two-day state visit by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Phnom Penh. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50791954/getting-ready-for-free-trade-with-china/
Utmost caution urged after Covid outbreak in Thailand
Following the Covid-19 outbreak in Thailand’s samut sakhon province, Cambodian Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng has urgently advised residents near the border to exercise heightened caution and quarantine all people crossing the border for 14 days. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/utmost-caution-urged-after-covid-outbreak-thailand
Fisheries output near 1M tonnes
Fisheries production in Cambodia this year is expected to clock in at 936,300 tonnes, up 3.06 per cent from the 908,508 tonnes logged in for the entire year 2019, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery’s Fisheries Administration. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fisheries-output-near-1m-tonnes
Exporters poised to ship fresh mangoes to China in early 2021
Cambodian Keo Romiet mangoes remain on target to be directly exported to the Chinese market from early next year after the economic powerhouse penned an agreement in June that set up a 500,000 tonne quota for the Kingdom’s widely-available fruit. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exporters-poised-ship-fresh-mangoes-china-early-2021
Marvel Garment Co expanding in PPSEZ
Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone Plc (PPSP) and Marvel Garment Co Ltd Signed a leaSe agreement over the weekend for additional land. The Signing waS made by PPSP Chairman Tan Kak Khun and Marvel Garment&rSquo;S General Manager, Yan Delin. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50799994/marvel-garment-co-expanding-in-pp-sez/
Banteay Meanchey solar farm adds 39MW to national grid
A 39MW solar power plant in far northwestern Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province has been successfully brought to the national grid, shenzhen-listed solar development company JA solar Technology Co Ltd said in press release on March 10. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banteay-meanchey-solar-farm-adds-39mw-national-grid
Video talks set stage for crucial EAEU FTA meet
The Kingdom’s technical team and its Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) counterpart recently assembled to share thoughts and opinions as both parties prepare for the third round of preliminary working-level talks toward formally launching free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations and expand trade markets and investments. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/video-talks-set-stage-crucial-eaeu-fta-meet
Storks die of H5N1 in Prey Veng province
The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday said that the more than 500 storks which died in Boeng sne Tuol Porntaley, Prey Veng province, in Ba Phnom district’s Batheay commune since March 17 were due to avian influenza virus (HPAIV) of subtype H5N1. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50830258/storks-die-of-h5n1-in-prey-veng-province/
More than 1,000 cases of fake, objectionable news identified
In 2020, the Ministry of Information identified sources of objectionable or illegal material on social media including fake news and disinformation, various incitements, unfair criticism of the nation’s leadership and insults to the King totalling 1,343 cases. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-1000-cases-fake-objectionable-news-identified
Manufacturing and service sectors boost employment
According to the government’s release this week of the Kingdom’s 2019 census report, the manufacturing and service sectors have accounted for the largest rise in employment over the last decade, seeing millions of jobs created across the country. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807973/manufacturing-and-service-sectors-boost-employment/
Joint venture gets rubbish duty in north PP
Singapore-baSed 800 Super WaSte Management Pte Ltd, in cooperation with local firm Global Action for Environment AwareneSS Plc (GAEA), have expanded into Cambodia&rSquo;S Solid waSte management Sector, the companieS Said in a January 27 joint media releaSe. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/joint-venture-gets-rubbish-duty-north-pp
Payments balance up Kingdom sees a 1.7 percent surplus in 2020
The Kingdom’s balance of payments (BOP) saw a 1.7 percent surplus compared with its gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020 with growth supported by the in-flow of foreign direct investments and exports, according to a report from the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). ss='cambodia-color'>...