Cambodia’s Grand Dragon Resorts seals proxy betting deal
Casino property Grand Dragon Resorts (pictured), located in Cambodia, has partnered with live dealer gaming system provider Ezugi to offer proxy betting. The agreement will see Ezugi using its casino streaming technology to broadcast live table action direct from the casino floor, including baccarat tables and ...
GGRAsia News Staff
http://www.ggrasia.com/cambodias-grand-dragon-resorts-seals-proxy-betting-deal/
Condominium developers begin shift towards local market
It is no secret that Cambodia’s condominium market has largely focused on attracting international developers and investors looking to jump into a growing market by offering expensive upscale units, but, as the standard of living in Cambodia is on the rise, many projects are shifting ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/condominium-developers-begin-shift-towards-local-market
E-commerce surges in Cambodia
As Internet use spreads across Cambodia, e-commerce outlets are mushrooming. Some are online shopping centers like MAIO Mall, which offers a plethora of functions, including lending and booking services. Others, like Shop168, link brick-and-mortar stores with customers via web portal and delivery services. Others, like Mall ...
Un Raksmey and Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13987/e-commerce-surges-in-cambodia/
Real estate firm ready for CSX listing
Bonna Realty Group will prepare to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, the company’s president said this week. The real estate firm joins a small but growing group of private companies that say they are gearing up for initial public offerings on the new exchange. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070657246/Business/real-estate-ready-for-csx.html
Human traffickers use social media to lure job seekers to Cambodia
Human traffickers in Việt Nam are finding ever more inventive ways to lure potential victims overseas for exploitation. Through social media networks like Facebook or Zalo, they are offering well-paid jobs at casinos or online games in Cambodia, before springing their trap. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501004569/human-traffickers-use-social-media-to-lure-job-seekers-to-cambodia/
Sihanoukville property owners in limbo as unfinished high-rises litter the city
In 2018, Kheav Sothanny leased his 600 square meters of land in central Sihanoukville to a Chinese investor to build a 14-storey condo. The contract offered him a rental fee of $20,000 a month. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/sihanoukville-property-owners-in-limbo-as-unfinished-high-rises-litter-the-city/
The scramble to Siem Reap
As Cambodia’s busy tourism season approaches, domestic and regional airlines are scrambling to offer Siem Reap routes in a bid to capitalise on the growing number of visitors to the Angkor Wat gateway. In the past several months, players have entered the fray at a ...
Better to Ride These Bikes Than Make Them
Cambodia’s export business is in the process of changing due to shifts in manufacturing in Asia. A business publication in the country has reported unexpected growth in the “machinery and transport equipment” sector and speculated it was as [sic] “probably bicycles.” But when Cambodia jumped ...
http://www.iede.co.uk/news/2013_750/better-ride-these-bikes-make-them
‘Tourism, Dynamic Area In Economic Sector’
Rita O’ Sullivan, ADB Country Director Tourism is a dynamic component in the economic sector. In the Greater Mekong Sub Region – Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia – bound together by the Mekong River, the tourism industry is a driving force, says Rita O’ Sullivan, ...
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/09/23/tourism-dynamic-area-in-economic-sector/
GMAC members double
The number of companies registering to become members of the Garment Manufacturing Association in Cambodia (GMAC) doubled last year, with more investment in value-added products. GMAC said the number of new members reached 120 last year, compared with 60 newcomers in 2011. “Labour-intensive industries in China ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013013061067/Business/gmac-members-double.html
Kingdom’s trade deficit widens
Cambodia’s total exports increased more than 13 per cent in the first nine months of this year, with a year-on-year comparison indicating a widening trade deficit. A private-sector representative, an exporter and an independent economist said the slow growth was mainly due to the slowing of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110759621/Business/kingdoms-trade-deficit-widens.html
Unexplored Cambodia Shines For Angkor Gold
On top of impressive growth, the Royal Government is opening the country to international investment As for mining: the country is now open for international business. The stable, democratic government passed anti-corruption laws in 2011 and has dedicated itself to working with private business The most active ...
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/unexplored-cambodia-shines-for-angkor-gold-2012-10-17
Europe Adopts Resolution on Cambodian Rights Situation
Drawing from a long list of human rights abuses, the European Parliament has urged the Cambodian government to stop forced evictions, called on the European Commission (E.C.) to investigate the country’s controversial land concessions policy, and raised the prospect of sanctions. In a resolution passed Friday ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/europe-adopts-resolution-on-cambodian-rights-situation-4862/
Siem Reap Market Fire Kills 8
Eight people, four of them children, were killed when fire ripped through Siem Reap City’s popular night market in the early hours of Saturday morning, officials and witnesses said. The fire, which stared at about 2 a.m., left the market completely gutted and damage estimated at ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/siem-reap-market-fire-kills-8-6531/
Activists call on government to adopt forest law
Members of the Prey Lang Community Network yesterday called on the government to approve a forest preservation sub-decree that has been in draft form since 2011. Hoeun Sopheap, representative of the Kampong Thom provincial Prey Lang community, said the sub-decree would help protect the biodiversity of ...
Pailin gets $4m feed processing warehouse
Chea Kea, owner of the Daimond Crown casino on the border with Thailand in Pailin province, is investing in a $4 million feed processing warehouse that will also be used to store commodities and house farm animals. Construction on the warehouse, which is expected to ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070366629/Business/pailin-gets-4m-feed-processing-warehouse.html
Charges in Ratanakkiri arson
The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday charged two staffers of Vietnamese rubber concessionaire Hoang Anh Ratanakkiri (CRD) with causing intentional damage for allegedly setting fire to several homes belonging to a landowner with whom they were embroiled in a land dispute, deputy prosecutor Mom Vanda said. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051665652/National/charges-in-ratanakkiri-arson.html
Chinese universities jointly hold education exhibition in Cambodian capital
Twenty-two Chinese higher education institutions jointly held a one-day education exhibition here on Thursday with an aim to boost education cooperation between China and Cambodia and to attract more Cambodian students to study in China. The 2nd edition of China Higher Education Exhibition is held at ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=219804
Four years on, arbitration center a step closer to taking cases
Nearly four years after it was established by the Commerce Ministry and one year on from its official launch, the National Commercial Arbitration Center (NCAC) held its first annual assembly Friday. The NCAC was set up in 2010 to provide businesses with an alternative to the ...
Ang Sothear and Holly Robertson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/four-years-on-arbitration-center-a-step-closer-to-taking-cases-63898/
Tough times for telecom bosses in 2012
The year 2012 has seen a number of changes of personnel within different companies in Cambodia, particularly in the telecommunications sector, but also in the insurance and banking industry. According to In Channy, ACLEDA Bank’s CEO and vice chairman of the International Business Chamber Cambodia, the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010160558/Business/tough-times-for-telecom-bosses-in-12.html