Cambodia’s Economic Opportunity
While significant obstacles remain, the success of the rice sector is a potentially crucial driver in Cambodia’s prosperous and equitable development. Cambodia announced two major bilateral trade agreements recently, with the Philippines and Thailand, that are expected to further expand the country’s rice export sector. ...
http://thediplomat.com/2013/05/09/cambodias-economic-opportunity/
National testing could widen
Cambodia may soon have new standardised exams to hold its students, teachers and education system accountable. “Everyone agrees that the improved enrolment rates in primary school is an accomplishment; at the same time, everyone also calls for quality-control improvement [which] means better testing,” said Jan ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-testing-could-widen
Timber trade sanctions sought
The UK-based Environmental Investigation Agency on Wednesday called for a rosewood trade suspension against Vietnam, accusing it of accepting fake Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species permits from Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Team
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50537566/timber-trade-sanctions-sought/
Arrest warrant issued for Takhmao governor’s wife
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Thoy Kimsean, the wife of Takhmao town Governor Eam Samay, over allegations she issued a fake cheque worth $185,000 in 2013. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/arrest-warrant-issued-takhmao-governors-wife
Senator arrested, charged on Hun Sen’s orders
Following orders from Prime Minister Hun Sen, opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour was arrested and charged with forgery and incitement over the weekend for posting an apparently fake treaty with Vietnam to Facebook. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/senator-arrested-charged-on-hun-sens-orders-91784/
Education ushers women into workforce
Gender inequality in education is still palpable in Cambodia, causing women to be undervalued in the workplace and their potential to be untapped, the Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs said during the celebration of the United Nations International Day of the ...
Promotions few in financial sector
In late 2009, two months after graduating with a degree in economics, Heng Piseth found a job as a credit officer with a microfinance institution in Kampong Thom province. The story reflects a larger trend confronting young Cambodians entering the financial sector’s job market. While ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/promotions-few-financial-sector
Aviation revenue released, no clear figures
Aviation revenues have been released by government officials who were hesitant to reveal details but said yesterday the figures had increased by about three per cent. Mao Havannal, secretary of state for the Civil Aviation Secretariat, said after yesterday’s opening of a seminar on aviation insurance that ...
Government approves law to guarantee energy purchase
The National Assembly approved a draft law yesterday that will guarantee the state’s purchase of electricity from two large-scale private energy projects, protecting the investments against any loss resulting from political instability. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-approves-law-guarantee-energy-purchase
Cambodia's garment exports up 9% in 1st half of 2015
Garment industry, Cambodia’s largest foreign currency earner, has seen a 9% rise in exports in the first six months of 2015, according to the Chinese State’s News Agency-Xinhua. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodias-garment-exports-up-9-in-1st-half-of-2015-8849
Loggers sent back from Thailand
Four Cambodian migrant workers who were arrested earlier this month for allegedly trying to re-enter Cambodia with fake documents were exonerated by a Thai court and released yesterday, Banteay Meanchey Deputy Governor Um Reatrey has said. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/loggers-sent-back-thailand
Defrocked monk stands trial, repudiates contraband claims
A defrocked monk arrested in Phnom Penh earlier this month for the alleged possession of weapons, fake documents and crystal methamphetamine told the municipal court Wednesday that he and a fellow defendant never possessed any of the contraband. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/defrocked-monk-stands-trial-repudiates-contraband-claims-92104/
Vattanac: A Tale of Two City Developments
Vattanac may still be a family business, but a symbol of its big aspirations can be seen emerging from Phnom Penh’s skyline on Monivong Boulevard, where the company is building a 38-story tower that will house its headquarters next year. The tower, which was designed ...
Tourism revenues increase but taxes remain flat
Overall revenue from Cambodia’s booming tourism sector reached $2.5 billion last year, according to Tourism Minister Thong Khon. Khon said in an interview on Tuesday that the figure, which does not reflect the amount the state collected in taxes on the sector, marked a 15 per ...
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourism-revenues-increase-taxes-remain-flat
Chinese firm floats proposal for rail link to capital’s port
A Chinese state railway construction contractor has approached the government with a bid to conduct a feasibility study on connecting the capital’s river port to the Kingdom’s sole operating railway line, a state official said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firm-floats-proposal-rail-link-capitals-port
Lee Kuan Yew, founder of modern Singapore, dies at 91
Former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has died early Monday. He was 91 years old. Lee was Singapore’s leader from 1959 until 1990, but remained a highly influential figure and a strategist on the city state’s economy. ...
Ron Corben
http://www.voanews.com/content/former-singapore-pm-lee-kuan-yew-dies/2690536.html
Cambodia to build Phnom Penh-Preah Sihanouk expressway next year
The first Phnom Penh-Preah Sihanouk expressway is expected to be constructed next year in order to facilitate goods transportation from the capital to the international seaport, according the state’s news agency- AKP. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-to-build-phnom-penh-preah-sihanouk-expressway-next-year-8805
Almost 100 investment projects recorded in first semester
During the first six months of this year, Cambodia has received a total of 94 investment projects worth some $3.4 billion, the state’s news agency-AKP quoted deputy prime minister Keat Chhon. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/almost-100-investment-projects-recorded-in-first-semester-8901
Ministry wants tourism businesses to accept Chinese Yuan
The Tourism Ministry has started urging businesses and tour operators to accept Chinese yuan notes as part of a drive to attract tourists from China, sparking concern among some business owners who fear losses and fake currency. ...
Kang Sothear and Michael Dickison
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/115814-115814/
TVK cameraman nabbed after encounter with police official
A cameraman for national television broadcaster TVK was arrested on Saturday on direct orders from Deputy National Police Chief Mok Chito for using a fake police license plate and illegally possessing a police uniform and handgun, officials said Sunday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tvk-cameraman-nabbed-after-encounter-with-police-official-79302/