UDG to pay for damaged crops
A total of 13 out of 14 families locked in a land dispute with the Union Development Group in Koh Kong province on Tuesday accepted a compensation offer over crops destroyed by the company in January. Negotiations are also under way with the one family ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50500685/udg-to-pay-for-damaged-crops/
Ocean settles as other worker strikes gain steam
Workers from the beleaguered Ocean Garment Factory on Monday came to an agreement with management over furlough pay, following more than a month of protests. “All the workers at Ocean Garment Factory have accepted the offer from the factory and the strikes are finished now,” said ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ocean-settles-as-other-worker-strikes-gain-steam-64619/
Lao leader hails close ties during his state visit to the Kingdom
Cambodia reaffirmed its strong ties with its neighbour to the north during Laotian President Bounnhang Vorachith’s visit to the Kingdom. Bounnhang arrived in Cambodia on Sunday and departed the next day after meetings with National Assembly president Heng Samrin and Prime Minister Hun Sen in ...
‘Ghost staff’ found, $1.7M returned to state coffers
The Ministry of Civil Service said more than seven billion riel ($1.7 million) in salaries for civil servants was returned to the state last year after it discovered that the books had been cooked to pay ‘ghost officials’. This is despite claims by the Ministry of ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ghost-staff-found-17m-returned-state-coffers
Former undersecretary of state charged over 1,000-hectare grab
Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Saturday charged and jailed a former undersecretary of state for allegedly grabbing about 1,000 hectares of state land in Mondulkiri province. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50739066/former-undersecretary-of-state-charged-over-1000-hectare-grab/
Chinese state-owned firm picked for study on Siem Reap expressway
Chinese state-owned China Road and Bridge Corp (CRBC) has been authorised by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to conduct a formal, more in-depth study on the proposed Phnom Penh-Siem Reap Expressway, as the government seeks to spur transportation and tourism between the two ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chinese-state-owned-firm-picked-study-siem-reap-expressway
Boeung Kak land talks fail
Following negotiations yesterday with Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong, representatives of 12 Boeung Kak community families complained that City Hall was not offering them nearly enough land to replace what had previously been taken from them. During yesterday’s meeting, City Hall offered to give the ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/boeung-kak-land-talks-fail
Exclusive ADB may offer more than $1.5b in new funding
Khmer Times can report that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is proposing to provide $1.5211 billion of new funding in its updated Cambodia country operations and business plan (COBP) 2021-2023. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50744668/exclusive-adb-may-offer-more-than-1-5b-in-new-funding/
Vietnamese doctors offer free medical check-ups, medicines for people in Cambodia
Medical workers from the Ho Chi Minh City Charity Association, donors, and authorities in, Sa’Ang district, and Cambodia’s Kandal province on June 17 gave free medical check-ups and medicines for about 800 local people. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501310364/vietnamese-doctors-offer-free-medical-check-ups-medicines-for-people-in-cambodia/
Press release on Japan to offer grant to expand water supply system
On 22 February 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on Japan to offer grant to expand water supply system.His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn and His Excellency TAKEI Shunsuke will sign the Exchange of Notes on the extension of Japanese ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Japan to offer grant in support of cadastral surveying and land registration
On 24 October 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued an announcement Japan to offer grants in support of cadastral surveying and land registration on their official website.His Excellency Sok Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Cambodia very lucrative for investors
Economic diversification is attracting substantial sums of FDI from China and beyond. Rich in history and culture and blessed with wonderful natural and human resources that are driving its impressive economic growth and attracting record sums of foreign direct investment (FDI), the Kingdom of Cambodia offers ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZTk3NDYwNTAyZjc
FRANCE 24 now on DTT in Cambodia
FRANCE 24 has concluded a new distribution agreement in Cambodia and launched on ONE TV’s Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) offer. FRANCE 24, French version, is now available 24/7 on channel 19 of the ONE TV basic offer, for 3 dollars per month (2,29 Euros). FRANCE 24 is ...
http://www.mediamughals.com/News/1/1/Article/10692/FRANCE_24_now_on_DTT_in_Cambodia.htm
Aviation in the Kingdom soaring with new flights and airport plans
Cambodian aviation continues its ascent with the Oct. 1 launch of Singaporean low-cost carrier Tiger Airway’s daily direct service to Phnom Penh, ongoing airport expansions and the announcement of several new airport projects. Currently, there are more than 20 international airlines offering service to Cambodia for a ...
Cambodian Stock Exchange sees challenges, opportunities
I visited the Cambodian Stock Exchange (CSX) last September in the heart of Phnom Penh. It had officially “opened” a few months prior but no companies were listed yet. The trading room was filled with new desks and computer monitors, waiting for someone to power ...
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2012/05/07/340280/Cambodian-Stock.htm
The price of land development in Cambodia
Phnom Penh, a city once fabled for its stately colonial buildings and boulevards, and its serene riverside setting, is becoming a city of glaring contrasts. An economy left in ruins by the years of war and violent revolution in the 1970s and 80s grew at a ...
Small and medium enterprises prepare for ASEAN
Cambodia’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are busily preparing for the ASEAN Economic Community’s free flow of goods in 2015 and are probably not that different from the other 10 ASEAN member states’ own SMEs. Te Taing Por, president of the Federation of Associations for ...
PPWSA stock to list today
Investors, along with the next two companies expected to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, will watch carefully this morning the action on the country’s first initial public offering, nine months after the CSX officially opened. After a book-building process that was 17 times over-subscribed, Phnom Penh ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012041855632/Business/ppwsa-stock-floats-today.html
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
Koh Kong families demand better eviction compensation
A group of about 30 families in Koh Kong province’s Botum Sakor district said yesterday that they would continue to resist attempts to evict them in order to make way for a Chinese mega-tourism project, unless authorities improve their compensation offer. Villager Prum Sann said the ...