Cambodia’s exports $4.6B to RCEP markets in first 7 months
Cambodia has exported goods worth $4.59 billion to member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in the first seven months of 2023, a 21 percent increase compared to the same period of the previous year, said a statement by the Ministry of Commerce ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501346750/cambodias-exports-4-6b-to-rcep-markets-in-first-7-months/
Cambodia’s exports 8 percent down in first two months, commerce ministry wants to reassure
Cambodia sees a fall in exports in the first two months of 2023, down 8.6 percent compared to the same period last year. It is, however, not a worrying sign, the Commerce Ministry said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Teng Yalirozy
https://cambodianess.com/article/cambodias-exports-8-percent-down-in-first-two-months-commerce-ministry-wants-to-reassure
Koh Pich-Koh Norea bridge to reduce traffic congestion in Phnom Penh’s Eastern Area
A bridge connecting Koh Pich satellite city to the Koh Norea development area in Phnom Penh’s Khan Chbar Ampov has been scheduled for soft launch in November 2023. The bridge will contribute to reducing the traffic congestion in the eastern part of the capital. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501340205/koh-pich-koh-norea-bridge-to-reduce-traffic-congestion-in-phnom-penhs-eastern-area/
Cambodia begins talks over 2023 wage hike for garment, footwear, travel goods sector
Cambodia’s national council on minimum wage on Monday began to discuss the annual increase of monthly minimum wage for the garment, footwear and travel goods industry for 2023, according to a statement from the council. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501132736/cambodia-begins-talks-over-2023-wage-hike-for-garment-footwear-travel-goods-sector/
Ministry launches booklet to promote gender equality
The Labour Ministry on Tuesday launched a booklet outlining new strategies to promote gender equality in the labour sector from this year to 2023. seung sor socheta, a ministry secretary of state, yesterday said the policies are outlined in the strategic Plan for Gender Mainstreaming ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50618186/ministry-launches-booklet-to-promote-gender-equality/
Cambodia forecasts 4.6 million air passengers in 2023 after China’s reopening
Cambodia is expected to attract 4.6 million air passengers in 2023 after China’s optimization of its pandemic control policies on January 8, a spokesman said on saturday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501219669/cambodia-forecasts-4-6-million-air-passengers-in-2023-after-chinas-reopening/
Cambodia’s export to RCEP countries up 16 pct in first 4 months of 2023
Cambodia’s total export to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member countries amounted to $ 2.89 billion in the first four months of 2023, up 16 percent from $ 2.49 over the same period last year, the Ministry of Commerce’s latest report showed on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501290532/cambodias-export-to-rcep-countries-up-16-pct-in-first-4-months-of-2023/
Close to 800,000 foreign tourists converged on Angkor in 2023
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archeological Park received 798,069 international visitors in 2023, up 177 percent from 287,454 in the previous year, said a news release on Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501416584/close-to-800000-foreign-tourists-converged-on-angkor-in-2023/
Polonsky’s island placed under Navy’s control
The Cambodian navy on Monday formally took control of Koh Damlong, a remote island that was slated to become the crown jewel of sergei Polonsky’s offshore tourism project before the Russian developer was deported to Moscow to stand trial on serious fraud charges, officials said ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ouch Sony and Ben Woods
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/polonskys-island-placed-under-navys-control-84877/
TV goes digital by 2023, paving way for 5G
The government on December 28 held an inter-ministerial meeting to discuss setting up a digital television platform as part of the Kingdom’s shift away from analogue. Held at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the meeting discussed the would-be platform operator’s models of management and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tv-goes-digital-2023-paving-way-5g
Cambodia’s exports worth $15.7 billion in 8 months, up 0.3 pct
Cambodia exported products worth $15.7 billion in the first eight months of 2023, a slight increase of 0.3 percent from $15.64 billion in the same period last year, said a General Department of Customs and Excise’s report released on Friday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501357435/cambodias-exports-worth-15-7-billion-in-8-months-up-0-3-pct/
Lawmakers Reject Petition
Lawmakers from Cambodia’s ruling party on Monday refused to accept a petition from hundreds of people who held a rally calling for the government’s help in resolving land disputes, drawing criticism from activists who questioned the effectiveness of the country’s parliament. The appeal, which contained more ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/petition-12172012164439.html
Oil prices hit all-time high in Cambodia
Oil prices in Cambodia hit the highest of all time on Friday, with a liter of premium gasoline going for 1.45 U.s. dollars at all petrol stations in the capital. The price is the highest ever if compared with the peak price of 1.41 U.s. dollars ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-02/15/c_132169890.htm
City Blames B Kak Protests On ‘Foreigners’
The Phnom Penh municipality defended itself for the first time this weekend against sustained criticism from rights groups over the jailing of 13 female protesters from Boeng Kak, blaming the backlash on the “insanity” of unnamed foreign provocateurs. sRP lawmakers, meanwhile, met with the women in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Villagers fear eviction looms
Villagers who fear eviction from their homes of 30 years in Kratie province travelled to Phnom Penh yesterday to plead for Prime Minister Hun sen’s intervention. Fifteen representatives of 88 families who live close to Kratie Airport, in Kratie town’s srei Padav village, said provincial authorities ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030561741/National/villagers-fear-eviction-looms.html
Walmart and H&M Suppliers Pay Workers at Closed Cambodia Plant
SupplierS to Wal-Mart StoreS Inc. (WMT) and HenneS & Mauritz AB (HMB) agreed yeSterday to pay about $145,000 in back wageS and Severance to about 160 workerS at a Cambodian factory that cloSed in November, a labor activiSt involved in the deal Said. The agreement, which SS='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia’s first dairy plant
Cambodia’s first dairy factory is being planned for Phnom Penh, as one of the owners, a Vietnam-based dairy company, hopes to tap strong local demand for its products. The 2.7-hectare factory, in the Phnom Penh special Economic Zone (PPsEZ), would produce condensed milk, yoghurt and UHT ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042565223/Business/cambodia-s-first-dairy-plant.html
Illegal cosmetics chemicals trashed
Government officials yesterday disposed of some 30 tonnes of chemical substances they said Chinese nationals had intended to sell illegally as cosmetics. Long sreng, deputy chief of the Interior Ministry’s anti-economic crime department, said authorities seized the chemicals – some of which already were falsely packaged ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062566459/National/illegal-cosmetics-chemicals-trashed.html
Spending on Defense and Security up 17% in 2014
The country’s draft $3.4 billion national budget for 2014 proposes yet another $920 million in new debt to make ends meet, the same amount taken on this year, according to a copy of the spending bill obtained Thursday. The draft budget calls for nearly $400 million—or ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/spending-on-defense-and-security-up-17-in-2014-46747/
New local carrier to launch flights
A new local airline is applying to fly in Cambodia, according to aviation officials, at a time when the market is monopolised by national flag carrier Cambodia Angkor Air and a handful of carriers offering chartered routes. Royal spirit Airlines last Friday met with the state ss='cambodia-color'>...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-local-carrier-launch-flights