Garment sector struggles to maintain EU trade agreement
The Kingdom’s annual $7 billion garment and textile sector, which has already been hard hit by the Coronavirus pandemic, is still struggling to make up for its partial loss of a preferential zero-tax trade deal provided by the European Union due to end in August. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50737960/garment-sector-struggles-to-maintain-eu-trade-agreement/
New investment law to be finalised in November
The Kingdom’s new draft law on investment is scheduled to be finalised by the end of November this year. It will help to drive the economic recovery in the context of COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50778372/new-investment-law-to-be-finanlised-in-november/
UN says Cambodian rice farming faces challenges
The UN’s Global Reporting Initiative shows the Cambodia rice sector has faced significant sustainability challenges of decreasing returns for small-scale producers, inadequate uptake of responsible farming practices and smallholder engagement models amid calls for increasing organic production. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50777272/un-says-cambodian-rice-farming-faces-challenges/
Vets living on SLC say site lacks clean water
About 30 veterans living in Aphivat Thmey village in stung Treng’s samaki commune – on land granted to them as a social land concession (sLC) last year – are pushing authorities to deliver a basic necessity the site lacks: clean water. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vets-living-slc-say-site-lacks-clean-water
Cambodia registers its 301st COVID-19 positive case
A 35 year old American female became Cambodia’s 301st COVID-19 positive victim. she was found to be infected after arriving from the United states via seoul, south Korea on Wednesday, 4 November. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50781850/cambodia-registers-its-301st-covid-19-positive-case/
Intruders ordered to remove constructions on Mondulkiri hills
Mondulkiri officials issued a six-day ultimatum on constructions encroaching on the Doh Kramom Mountain Cultural Centre in sen Monorom town’s sokdum commune. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/intruders-ordered-remove-constructions-mondulkiri-hills
Seeds sown for Stung Treng agriculture
Stung Treng provincial authoritieS will work with integrated food-diStribution company Hun Ty Co Ltd to exploit the province&rSquo;S potential for crop cultivation and potentially Set up a proceSSing plant for export down the line, provincial adminiStration SpokeSman Men Kung told The PoSt on November 26. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/seeds-sown-stung-treng-agriculture
Fishermen without fish as Cambodia's river reversal runs late
Crucial water flows to the Tonle sap, southeast Asia’s largest lake, have been delayed for a second consecutive year according to river experts, severely disrupting fishing and threatening the food supply of more than a million people. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Prak Chan Thul
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mekong-river-cambodia/fishermen-without-fish-as-cambodias-river-reversal-runs-late-idUSKCN24M1T3
Talks to resume on offshore oil and gas
Thailand’s outgoing Energy Minister sontirat sontijirawong expects that there will be a resumption of talks to resolve the dispute of the offshore petroleum blocks in the overlapping maritime territories between Cambodia and Thailand after a delay of 20 years, according to a Bangkok Post report. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747626/talks-to-resume-on-offshore-oil-and-gas/
Kampong Thom gets new cashew plant
Top Planning Japan Co Ltd is working with a local cashew nut processing business owner to set up a plant in Kampong Thom province’s southwestern Kampong svay district in a bid to champion Cambodian finished products. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kampong-thom-gets-new-cashew-plant
Small banks ‘underperform’ in thriving sector
As the Kingdom’s energetic banking sector rockets at an average annual rate of 28 per cent and teems with an ever-increasing number of new players vying for a slice of the market, smaller banks have been left in the dust. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/small-banks-underperform-thriving-sector
Free trade agreement talks with Korea set to kick off on Thursday
Cambodia and South Korea will begin firSt-round negotiationS on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) on ThurSday, another Step toward diverSifying the Kingdom&rSquo;S exportS following the recent completion of FTA talkS with China. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/free-trade-agreement-talks-korea-set-kick-thursday
Business owners embrace new online registration system
The number of companies registered via the government’s new online business registration system was confirmed as 287 as of July 29, while 323 companies are pending approval, according to data from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50751123/business-owners-embrace-new-online-registration-system/
Tax collection ‘strong’
The government’s tax collection remains strong even during the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching more than $2.25 billion in the first nine months of this year, according to a report by the General Department of Taxation (GDT). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50772989/tax-collection-strong/
Getting ready for free trade with China
In fewer than 20 days the Cambodia-China Free-Trade Agreement (CC-FTA) comes into force after both countries signed the deal on Oct 12 during a two-day state visit by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Phnom Penh. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50791954/getting-ready-for-free-trade-with-china/
Utmost caution urged after Covid outbreak in Thailand
Following the Covid-19 outbreak in Thailand’s samut sakhon province, Cambodian Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng has urgently advised residents near the border to exercise heightened caution and quarantine all people crossing the border for 14 days. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/utmost-caution-urged-after-covid-outbreak-thailand
Exporters poised to ship fresh mangoes to China in early 2021
Cambodian Keo Romiet mangoes remain on target to be directly exported to the Chinese market from early next year after the economic powerhouse penned an agreement in June that set up a 500,000 tonne quota for the Kingdom’s widely-available fruit. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exporters-poised-ship-fresh-mangoes-china-early-2021
Marvel Garment Co expanding in PPSEZ
Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone Plc (PPSP) and Marvel Garment Co Ltd Signed a leaSe agreement over the weekend for additional land. The Signing waS made by PPSP Chairman Tan Kak Khun and Marvel Garment&rSquo;S General Manager, Yan Delin. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50799994/marvel-garment-co-expanding-in-pp-sez/
Banteay Meanchey solar farm adds 39MW to national grid
A 39MW solar power plant in far northwestern Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province has been successfully brought to the national grid, shenzhen-listed solar development company JA solar Technology Co Ltd said in press release on March 10. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banteay-meanchey-solar-farm-adds-39mw-national-grid
Video talks set stage for crucial EAEU FTA meet
The Kingdom’s technical team and its Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) counterpart recently assembled to share thoughts and opinions as both parties prepare for the third round of preliminary working-level talks toward formally launching free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations and expand trade markets and investments. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/video-talks-set-stage-crucial-eaeu-fta-meet