Cross-border deal inked to maintain trade amid Covid-19
Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed to allow cargo trailers to enter the common Bavet-Moc Bai border, located in Cambodia’ svay Rieng province (Bavet) and Vietnam’s Tay Ninh province (Moc Bai) after movement restrictions were enforced to prevent a Covid-19 outbreak. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cross-border-deal-inked-maintain-trade-amid-covid-19
Soldiers, residents trade blame over illegal logging in Mondulkiri
Indigenous people in Mondulkiri province plan to file a complaint with the provincial court against a military officer from the Army Base “K1” in O’Raing district’s Dak Dam commune, for clearing forest land for personal ownership within the Phnom Nam Lear Wildlife sanctuary. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/soldiers-residents-trade-blame-over-illegal-logging-mondulkiri
SME Bank officially launched
Small and Medium EnterpriSe Bank of Cambodia (SME Bank), the Kingdom&rSquo;S neweSt bank with initial capital of $100 million to provide financing for Small and medium-Sized enterpriSeS (SMES), waS officially launched on Saturday. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sme-bank-officially-launched
Kampong Chhnang villagers sent to court for clearing wetland
The names of four Kampong Chhnang villagers were sent to the provincial court on Thursday for further legal action. The villagers are accused of involvement in clearing some 3ha of wetland in Koh Tamov village, in Boribor district’s Koki commune. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-chhnang-villagers-sent-court-clearing-wetland
Government permits tax exemptions on specific goods
The government has issued income tax exemptions for the textile and garment, footwear and luggage sectors that produced export goods hit by the European Union’s 20 percent Everything but Arms (EBA) tariff-free status withdrawal in February. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50706195/government-permits-tax-exemptions-on-specific-goods/
Japan offers $310M in grants, loans to boost development
Japan is providing $310 million in development aid to Cambodia to help bolster the country’s economy. About $42.7 million will be delivered as aid, while the rest will be packaged into soft loans which Cambodia has to repay, but on very favourable terms. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-offers-310m-grants-loans-boost-development
Municipal court charges two men for land fraud
Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Saturday charged and detained two land brokerS accuSed of defrauding $1.5 million from a real eState buSineSSman living in Phnom Penh over the Sale of nearly 200 hectareS of land in Kampong Speu province&rSquo;S Oudong diStrict laSt year. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50726479/municipal-court-charges-two-men-for-land-fraud/
Cambodia, Japan team up to diversify economy
Government officials have joined forces with Japanese experts to formulate a new plan for economic diversity in Cambodia. Foreign direct investment in Cambodian industry has largely gone to garment manufacturing during the past 10 years, putting the country at risk of economic shock in the event ss='cambodia-color'>...
SL factory strikes to slow Cambodian garment industry
A sharp increase in garment factory strikes this year has raised eyebrows among industry insiders, who say the disputes could lead to a decrease in year-on-year export growth. The Arbitration Council, which hears work-related disputes such as factory strikes, saw claims nearly double during the first ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012060756642/Business/strikes-hit-garment-boom.html
NGOs call on Hun Sen to shun ‘Hitler’ comments
Sixteen local NGOS releaSed a joint Statement ThurSday calling on Prime MiniSter Hun Sen to publicly repudiate National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha&rSquo;S January 15 Speech in which he Said he learned Strategy from Adolf Hitler. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ouch Sony and Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-call-on-hun-sen-to-shun-hitler-comments-76579/
Abuses prevalent for Cambodia's transgender women: study
An overwhelming majority of transgender women on Cambodia’s city streets are subject to “shocking” harassment and abuse, according to a new report from the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR). The report, released yesterday, also shines a light on a disturbing new practice that has allegedly ss='cambodia-color'>...
Erin Handley and Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/abuses-prevalent-cambodias-transgender-women-study
Telco regulator launched
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications officially launched the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) yesterday in an attempt to establish laws to control, and resolve conflicts among, telecoms operators. Post and Telecommunications Minister so Khun said the TRC’s establishment supported other regulations for managing conflicts among mobile ss='cambodia-color'>...
Stock trading sees first glitches
Share priceS on the&nbSp;Cambodia SecuritieS Exchange&nbSp;yeSterday fell for the firSt time Since trading began a week ago, aS technical problemS reportedly cauSed a 90 per cent drop in the amount of ShareS traded. Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority&nbSp;ShareS dropped 4.9 per cent to 9,700 riel (US$2.44). The SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012042555750/Business/csx-sees-first-trading-glitches.html
NBC meet set to shape post-Covid economy
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will host its seventh Annual Macroeconomic Conference under the theme “Discussion of Cambodia’s Economic Development Models” to gather input from academics, researchers, industry insiders and economists about how to structure the economy in a post-Covid-19 world. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-meet-set-shape-post-covid-economy
Data-driven analytics to provide vital decisions for flooded roads
As Cambodia’s annual monsoon season starts again this month (usually June to september) large downfalls that flood city streets will bring renewed frustration and delays for commuters travelling to work or for social outings. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732272/data-driven-analytics-to-provide-vital-decisions-for-flooded-roads/
Japan and Cambodia vow to improve judicial system
At a meeting at the Ministry of Justice on Tuesday, Minister Koeut Rith and Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia Masahiro Mikami agreed to work together to develop human resources in Cambodia and strengthen the country’s judicial system, said the ministry. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-and-cambodia-vow-improve-judicial-system
Rubber exports up by 10 percent in Q1
Cambodia’s rubber export has increased 10 percent in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period last year, but the price of the commodity showed a slight decrease, according to a report from Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50714831/rubber-exports-up-by-10-percent-in-q1/
China delivers plane-load of aid
China’s Ministry of Defence on saturday donated 16 tonnes of medical supplies to Cambodia’s Ministry of Defence, consisting of 11 types of items worth some $1 million. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
https://bit.ly/2VIXFhb
Real estate boosted last year but likely to suffer this year
The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the real estate sector in Cambodia was estimated at more than $437.3 million in 2019, according to data from the just-issued National Bank of Cambodia’s (NBC) Annual Banking supervision Report 2019. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718100/real-estate-boosted-last-year-but-likely-to-suffer-this-year/
Ministry seeks funds from US for land dispute resolution
Land Management Minister Chea sophara met with Us Ambassador William Heidt on Monday evening to discuss the progress of recently established land dispute working groups and to request funding for an initiative to incentivise the resolution of such disputes. A ministry press release said sophara ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-seeks-funds-us-land-dispute-resolution