A new online trading platform is being developed to spur interest in Cambodia’s sleepy stock market by allowing traders to access the exchange remotely via software compatible with smartphones, a bourse spokesman said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A business concept competition between university students from Cambodia, Japan and Myanmar that provided the perfect opportunity for improving business plans and networking with business people yesterday was won by one of Cambodia’s own. Lay Huy Huoy, a second-year student at Cambodian Mekong University majoring in business and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ratanakkiri provincial and O’Yadav district police forces seized 30 logs of mixed timber from a plantation in Pak Nhay commune’s Lom village on sunday. Police suspect traders hid the logs at the plantation while they waited to transport them to be sold in Vietnam. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A rapid shift away from traditional energy sources and towards renewables is required to increase Cambodia’s appeal for manufacturing investment, as large multinationals seek destinations with affordable clean energy to meet legislated quotas.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Education yesterday opened a centre for digital and distance learning at the capital’s Preah sisowath High school. The construction of the centre, which will serve as a studio for producing educational videos and a venue for digital forums, seeks to advance virtual ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sihanoukville Special Economy Zone Co Ltd (SSEZ), the developer and operator of Cambodia&rSquo;S largeSt induStrial zone in termS of Size and occupancy, on November 16 reiterated itS intereSt in liSting on the Cambodia Stock Exchange (CSX), tapping into the capital market to raiSe more fundS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

CRF’s president song saran said demand for Cambodian rice in the global market is increasing and the CRF expected exports to reach 800,000 tonnes this year. However, because there was drought, and flash-flooding in september, the figure may change. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ocean Garment yesterday refused to meet the sole demand of thousands of striking workers to have their manager, accused of sexual harassment, sacked. An inter-governmental ministerial committee met with union and employer representatives, but Bangladeshi-owned Ocean Garment – which supplies retail titan Gap – refused to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Royal Group of Companies Ltd, a leading local conglomerate, will invest in the construction of a 100sq km special economic zone (sEZ) in Koh Kong province’s Botum sakor National Park. This is an apparent bid to capitalise on the ongoing inflow of investment to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Having been criticised for its position toward China, the world’s second largest economy, from where most of its foreign debt has come for years, Cambodia is now more likely to change its foreign loan sources to boost economic growth. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to five new investment projects with a total investment capital of $58 million.​According to the council’s press release issued this morning, the newly approved projects are expected to create about 800 jobs ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 200 officials from the Apsara Authority and the Royal Academy of Cambodia have planted 2,000 tree saplings at the Prasat Prei temple in siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park to further restore forest cover, as trees play an important role in the preservation ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to three new investment projects with a total investment capital of $36.5 million. According to the council’s press release issued yesterday, the newly approved projects are expected to create some 615 jobs ss='cambodia-color'>...

Tbong Khmum provincial police plan to release 20 of 21 protestors on Wednesday, after they were detained for occupying land owned by a Chinese company in Dambe district’s Trapaing Pring commune. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government is speeding up its draft digital policy to adapt the economy to e-government. Minister of Post and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth was joined by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) secretary of state Vongsey Vissoth to discuss the government’s digital policy concept note. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hard on the heels of the hardship of the global COVID-19 pandemic, which has left hundreds of thousands unemployed in the manufacturing and tourism sector, Cambodia’s industry is now struggling with the challenge of heavy flooding, which is particularly harming the  agriculture sector. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Around 200 people, including medical staff, officials and locals from Prey Veng province’s Preah sdech district, have submitted their petition to Minister of Interior sar Kheng requesting legal action against Operational Health District of Preah sdach director You sy Le for allegedly embezzling National social ss='cambodia-color'>...

As Cambodians increasingly embrace the digital age, homegrown developers are creating Khmer recipe apps to share the nation’s traditional dishes. On Google Play for Android, the app “Khmer Cooking Recipe” is leading the pack having recorded more than100,000 downloads. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Interior sar Kheng has instructed all municipal and provincial governors to improve the process of identifying poor households qualified for financial support from the government’s cash handout programme.​ The move came after Minister of Planning Chhay Than urged local authorities not to collude with ss='cambodia-color'>...