New gov’t more than doubles secretary and undersecretary of state positions in ministries
The newly formed government has 1,422 secretaries or undersecretaries of state — a 121.8% increase from the previous government, which had only 641 officials in those positions. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/new-govt-more-than-doubles-secretary-and-undersecretary-of-state-positions-in-ministries/
State hands land to lawmaker, senator’s family
A ruling-party parliamentarian, a CPP senator’s family member and a business associate of the prime minister’s daughter are among the latest recipients of state-land transfers that have been distributing lakes, forests and wildlife sanctuaries to the country’s elite. ...
Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/state-hands-land-to-lawmaker-senators-family/
Press release: Launch of the Cambodia - Australia water utility improvement program
On 16 July 2019, the Australian Embassy in Cambodia announced the launching of “Cambodia-Australia Water Utility Improvement Program (WUIP)”. The program will support Cambodian water operators to improve water service delivery across Cambodia. The WUIP will connect South East Water, a major water utility based ...
Australian Embassy in Cambodia
Japan building Mekong supply chain
Greater connectivity between Japan and Cambodia is tightening economic links between the two countries while catalysing Japan’s ambitions to develop a chain of industrial complexes that cut a tract through the Lower Mekong region. Officials at Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), Japan’s development agency, say ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japan-building-mekong-supply-chain
Cambodia’s Hydro Plans Carry Steep Costs
The Cambodian government has committed to the construction of five dams along the Mekong River in order to meet a huge demand for electricity, but environmental groups warn that severe repercussions loom for this strategy. “While each project proposed in Cambodia comes with a different set ...
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/nvironment/cambodias-hydro-plans-carry-steep-costs/539293
Cambodian rat meat: A growing export market
A unique harvest is under way in the rice fields of Cambodia where tens of thousands of wild rats are being trapped alive each day to feed a growing export market for the meat of rural rodents. Popularly considered a disease-carrying nuisance in many societies, the ...
Kevin Doyle
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28863315
Cambodian, Chinese companies ink two business deals
Two business agreements were signed between 21 companies from East China Fujian province and their Cambodian counterparts at a business matching meeting here Sunday. Of the two agreements signed between the two sides, one was between China’s Fuzhou Yifeng Rice Company and Cambodia’s Mekong Oryza ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141214/cambodian-chinese-companies-ink-two-business-deals
Hun Sen aims to attract more Japanese money
Japan’s Sumi Wiring Systems Co Ltd launched production of automobile wiring this month, a company official said yesterday. Japanese companies such as Sumi and Minebea, a ball-bearings maker, have helped Cambodia’s manufacturing industry diversify away from garments, the country’s main manufacturing product and export, and Prime Minister Hun Sen ...
World Bank financial aid for Kingdom, Malpass says
Cambodia is among the East Asian and Pacific (EAP) countries set to receive financial support from the World Bank to underpin a resilient post-Covid-19 economic recovery, fuelled by solid vaccination progress, the Washington-based development lender’s president told The Post. ...
May Kunmakara
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/world-bank-financial-aid-kingdom-malpass-says
Hodo Group’s SSEZ strives to become world class enterprise
Hodo Group, a private textile and garment maker based in Wuxi, Jiangsu province in East China, said it would strive to become a world-class enterprise, said Zhou Haijiang, board chairman of the group and a delegate to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501172934/hodo-groups-ssez-strives-to-become-world-class-enterprise/
Hopes high for Kampong Chhnang logistics hub
Locally-owned KLP.T Transportation Co Ltd’s new multi-purpose port and logistics centre just east of Kampong Chhnang town is expected to provide a substantial boost to Cambodian freight movement, particularly of agricultural products from the provinces bordering Tonle Sap Lake to international markets. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hopes-high-kampong-chhnang-logistics-hub
Cambodia: Mineral, Metal and Fuel Resources
Cambodia, with a total population of 14,952,665 as of July 2010, is located in Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. The country mostly has a tropical climate and covers a total area of 181,035 km2 Cambodia’s key natural resources include ...
US firms eye new markets in the Kingdom
VISA, Mastercard, Dell and Cisco Systems have been added to a growing list of US companies looking to enter the Cambodian market, according to Frances Zwenig, counsellor of the US-ASEAN Business Council. The financial services and information technology companies joined GE, Chevron, Johnson & Johnson ...
PM allows reopening of Universities following opening of schools
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the Ministry of Education to allow the reopening of public and state universities throughout the country following the reopening of schools. ...
Sub-Decree aims to better regulate pharmacies
Prime Minister Hun Sen has signed a sub-decree to better regulate pharmacies, a business fraught with fake drugs and fake diplomas. The new sub-decree of the Pharmacists’ Code of Ethics contains 71 articles. They ban distribution of fake drugs and the use of titles not ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sub-decree-aims-to-better-regulate-pharmacies-55138/
Mr. Ian RAMAGE
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Mr. Ian RAMAGE is the founder and director of Angkor Research and Consulting. With a Master of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, he previously worked as a psychologist in juvenile detention centers in Australia and, as a consultant, ...
Graduates lacking skills: report
EVEN though about 50 per cent of Cambodian university students studied business management, the banking sector has been hesitant to recruit them, insiders said yesterday. A 2010 report by the recruitment agency HRINC (Cambodia) projected that the supply of business, marketing, management, banking and finance, economics ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030561746/Business/graduates-lacking-skills-report.html
Inside the North Korean museum in Siem Reap
For more than a year, mystery has shrouded a museum in Siem Reap. The facts have been few and the details sparse. What’s known is that a North Korean company invested about $10 million for construction, and that artists from the hermit kingdom flew in ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010260590/National/inside-the-north-korean-museum-in-siem-reap.html
National Assembly amends internal rules, pass bills on state budget
Four draft laws and bills were approved by the National Assembly (NA) on November 29, at the 8th session presided over by NA acting president (NA) Cheam Yeab with 99 NA members present. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-assembly-amends-internal-rules-pass-bills-state-budget
Kingdom seeks United States investment in health sector
Cambodia urged the US-ASEAN Business Council to explore the possibility of investing in the health sector and private hospitals in the Kingdom. Boun Sarakmoni, Secretary of State, in a meeting also told the visiting delegates to consider investing in the processing and packaging of agricultural ...
Hong Sovannary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247706/kingdom-seeks-united-states-investment-in-health-sector/