Manet holds bilateral talks with ASEAN counterparts
Prime Minister Hun Manet met bilaterally with the leaders of several AsEAN member states on the sidelines of the bloc’s 43rd summit in Indonesia, with the intention of strengthening relations and cooperation. On september 4, ahead of the start of the september 5-7 summit, Manet ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/manet-holds-bilateral-talks-asean-counterparts
Chinese investors eye range of opportunities across Kampong Speu
Kampong Speu provincial governor Vei Samnang haS returned from hiS fact-finding trip in China aS part of hiS planS to attract foreign inveStment.&nbSp;While in Henan, China&rSquo;S third-moSt populouS province, Samnang took to Social media to announce that the Henan Federation of OverSeaS ChineSe EntrepreneurS &ndaSh; SS='cambodia-color'>...
Van Socheata
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/chinese-investors-eye-range-opportunities-across-kampong-speu
Flood relief efforts continue in Kampong Speu province
Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Thor Chetha and Kampong speu provincial governor Vei samnang conducted an inspection of the flood-affected area in Kong Pisei district’s snam Krapoeu commune. They also distributed humanitarian aid from the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) provincial branch to 120 affected ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kim Yutharo
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/flood-relief-efforts-continue-kampong-speu-province
Inflation nears 8 percent, riel depreciates, trade deficit narrows in June
Cambodia’s inflation has risen to 7.85 percent in June 2022 compared on a year-on-year basis to 7.17 percent the previous month, which was the highest in the last decade, while the value of Riel has fallen 0.07 percent to 4,091 riel per Us dollar and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501166675/inflation-nears-8-percent-riel-depreciates-trade-deficit-narrows-in-june/
Ministry mulls Alibaba deal to boost int’l sales
The government is exploring the idea of entering into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group to shore up international online sales of Cambodian products.Minister of Commerce Pan sorasak on February 14 chaired a first key meeting of an ad-hoc working ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-mulls-alibaba-deal-boost-intl-sales
Cambodia faces serious tax crimes, says Kong Vibol
Tax, economic, financial and money-laundering crimes have become major impediments in Cambodia’s march to progress said Kong Vibol, Director General of the General Department of Taxation (GDT) on Thursday. Internal tax authorities have been seriously facing tax crimes, he observed. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501261473/cambodia-faces-serious-tax-crimes-says-kong-vibol/
Hun Sen: Remember the past, but look to the future
As the Kingdom looks back 45 years, while also gazing towards 2050, former Prime Minister Hun sen, who remains president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), has offered several recommendations that should be implemented in 2024. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-remember-the-past-but-look-to-the-future
Maternal and child health
The number of mothers who died in labour has nearly halved over four years, from 182 fatalities in 2011 to 100 in 2015.1 Deaths among children have also dropped, although they remain comparatively high, and the prevalence of underweight newborns is high compared to many ss='cambodia-color'>...
Experts shared diverse perspectives and insights on ESG evolving in Cambodia
In recent years, Environmental, social, and Governance (EsG) practices have gained significant traction globally, and Cambodia is no exception to this trend. As global markets, particularly those based in the European Union, set increasingly stringent environmental regulatory standards, Cambodian businesses face both challenges and opportunities ss='cambodia-color'>...
Last days of a valley damned
Yong Yim’s voice rises to a high-pitched quiver when she talks about a planned dam in the Areng Valley that would inundate land her family has inhabited for hundreds of years to form what amounts to a giant battery. Now they are staring at ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara, David Boyle and Danson Cheong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013020861238/National/last-days-of-a-valley-damned.html
Sar Kheng Warns of ‘Trouble’ if Negotiations Stall
Interior Minister sar Kheng on Monday warned of “trouble” if opposition leader sam Rainsy does not return to the negotiating table to hammer out a solution to a stalemate between the CPP and the opposition over irregularities during the July 28 national election. Mr. Kheng made ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Daily
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/sar-kheng-warns-of-trouble-if-negotiations-stall-38401/
Demining Rats Get All Clear to Begin Testing
The battle against landmines could soon have an unlikely new weapon after a pioneering Belgian NGO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government on Monday to begin testing teams of sharp-sniffing rodents in Cambodia, with the goal of pitching them into the ongoing ss='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/demining-rats-get-all-clear-to-begin-testing-47951/
Impoverished Cambodians for sale
Many Cambodian women arrive in South Korea or China for marriage, only to find themSelveS being choSen aS miStreSSeS, Say labour rightS activiStS. While young Cambodian men, who travel to Thailand to work on fiShing boatS, often fall prey to drug abuSe. LoSS of land, debt, SS='cambodia-color'>...
Michelle Tolson
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/01/impoverished-cambodians-sale/
Bailed Garment Workers Speak of Injustice Ahead of March
In the weeks that 17-year-old garment worker Yon Chea languished in prison, he spent hours staring out of the window at a concrete wall, certain that he would never see his home or his family again. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday morning granted ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Alice Cuddy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bailed-garment-workers-speak-of-injustice-ahead-of-march-51759/
Stability, growth require job creation
Cambodia is entering a new phase of economic growth in which the development of a skilled workforce will be critical to social stability and regional competitiveness, government officials and economists said Thursday at the 2014 Cambodia Outlook Conference. Delivering the keynote speech at the conference, Prime ss='cambodia-color'>...
Colin Meyn and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/stability-growth-require-job-creation-53317/
Government Hopes for Chevron Offshore Oil Deal This Year
The Cambodian government expects U.s. oil major Chevron Corp. CVX +0.77% to begin developing the country’s first offshore oil field early next year, and hopes the nation will become a regional hot spot for oil and gas investment, a government official said Wednesday. Cambodia has vast untapped oil and gas resources ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443507204578020023711640726.html
Open Development Cambodia has added two new features of Veal Ou Kdey and Phnom Raing community forestry to Community forestry profile page
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just added two new features of Veal Ou Kdey and Phnom Raing community forestry to Community forestry profile page, thereby expanding the profile page to contain a total of 339 community forests in Cambodia. Published with comprehensive documentation, the profile ss='cambodia-color'>...
Australia supports Cambodia's economic recovery through the Mekong-Australia Partnership
On 18 August 2021, Australian Embassy in Cambodia issued a media release on the support of Australia towards Cambodia’s economic recovery through the Mekong-Australia Partnership. COVID-19 has caused major disruptions for Cambodia’s economic development, meaning Cambodia will need to find new sources for sustainable and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Australian Embassy in Cambodia
ODC participated in BarCamp ASEAN 2018
Barcamp ASEAN 2018 took place on October 20-21, at InStitute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), Phnom Penh, Cambodia. ThiS BarCamp ASEAN 2018 broke the world&rSquo;S largeSt BarCamp record having over 8,000 participantS, 60 exhibitorS, over 95 SpeakerS on 85 topicS and 1,000 companieS and organizationS. SS='cambodia-color'>...