The government has approved Qatar as a destination for the growing number of Cambodian labourers seeking employment overseas. Workers will not be recruited for housekeeping services, however, private sector officials said. The abuse of maids in Malaysia – many of whom were reportedly under-aged – has ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Japanese Embassy in Phnom Penh appealed to the Cambodian government Tuesday to help encourage Japanese investment here by providing corporate tax holidays and reducing notoriously high customs tariffs by adopting more transparent and efficient practices. According to a set of requests prepared by the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodia SecuritieS Exchange (CSX) iS an important component of a larger ecoSyStem of capital marketS, according to Eugene Lam, CEO of OSK Indochina SecuritieS Ltd, one of Cambodia&rSquo;S SecuritieS underwriterS approved by the SecuritieS and Exchange CommiSSion of Cambodia (SECC). Lam SayS one of SS='cambodia-color'>...

Today is World Health Day, marking the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organisation in 1948. Each year, a theme is selected for World Health Day that highlights a priority area of concern for the WHO. This year’s priority area is ageing and health, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Pursat provincial authorities have given an ultimatum to 31 families who illegally settled on 100ha of land in Phnom samkos Wildlife sanctuary in Veal Veng district’s stung Thmey village. According to a provincial Department of Environment notice dated November 8 and obtained by The Post, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government last week said the extractive industry is on course to become a main economic pillar. Cambodia’s economic development is mostly driven by the construction, real estate, tourism, garments and agricultural sectors, but the government is working to diversify, with the extractive industry set ss='cambodia-color'>...

An innovative digital platform for the government is being developed to promote the sustainable production and consumption of charcoal. It’s the work of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which partnered with the Group for Environment, Renewable Energies and solidarity (Geres), the Regional Community Forestry ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Friday approved a new sub-decree geared toward increased protection of the endangered Mekong river dolphin through a series of fishing and motorised transport restrictions in the Mekong river in Kratie and stung Treng provinces. The Council of Minister’s sub-decree, obtained on ss='cambodia-color'>...

Global brands Levi’s and Gap had continued slashing orders at the Tai Yang and Camwell factories in Kandal province, costing the company that owns them about Us$6 million, its manager claimed yesterday. Tai Yang Enterprises manager Wu Minghuor said the brands had reduced their orders from ss='cambodia-color'>...

Laos’ energy minister announced last week that the country will sell energy supplied by the controversial Xayaburi Dam to Cambodia. It is already planning to sell power to Thailand, where last month a lawsuit was lodged to stop the country from buying electricity produced at ss='cambodia-color'>...

A local journalist and a forestry official were arrested by military police in Kratie province’s sambo district on Friday night for allegedly discharging a weapon into the air and beating a man with a boat oar in an extortion bid gone awry. According to district military ss='cambodia-color'>...

The protectionist bent of conservation groups and the development agenda of the government can come together in Cambodia to create a green economy. That is the message of a new book Conservation International (C.I.) launched yesterday in Phnom Penh, outlining practical options for saving the environment ss='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers locked in a land dispute in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district no longer pose a secessionist threat, and those remaining in the contested area will receive new plots of land on which to live, the district governor said yesterday. District governor Chhe Chhiv said that ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nineteen families from Pursat province’s Prangil commune, plagued by a long-running land dispute with developer Pheapimex, are in despair now that student volunteer surveyors cannot help them reclaim land they say is rightfully theirs. Prime Minister Hun sen on Wednesday revealed he had revised his ss='cambodia-color'>...

Concerns that a drought may soon grip some of Cambodia’s provinces intensified after the government allocated thousands of cubic metres of water to more than 20,000 hectares of dried rice paddies in a mission to save valuable rice crops last weekend. Although the rainy season has cloaked ss='cambodia-color'>...

After months of inactivity that has fueled questions about the company’s future, Boeung Kak lake developer shukaku Inc has launched a recruitment drive, calling for at least half a dozen architects, engineers and other employees. When contacted yesterday, sok Heng Ly, an administrative employee listed in the ss='cambodia-color'>...

High demand for beef, particularly during the Islamic Qurban festival which ended yesterday, caused beef prices to almost double compared with the same period last year, according to Islamic leaders and officials. Him Khortieth, IKatan  Mahabbah Muslimin’s (IMAN) representative in Cambodia, said the association planned to ss='cambodia-color'>...

In the latest bid for an increase in garment-industry wages, Free Trade Union (FTU) president Chea Mony yesterday called on the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) to come to the table and discuss a $120-per-month minimum wage. A few days after Cambodian Confederation of Unions ss='cambodia-color'>...

For a long time, Cambodia’s national carrier Cambodia Angkor Air (CAA) served only as a feeder carrier to its shareholder Vietnam Airlines. Three lines were then in service on routes linking Phnom Penh to siem Reap, Phnom Penh-Ho Chi Minh City and finally siem Reap-HCMC. ss='cambodia-color'>...

ANZ chief executive Mike Smith SayS Cambodia Should decouple the riel from the US dollar to a Stand-alone currency and align itSelf to the ChineSe renminbi (RMB), given the Shift in global trade flowS. At the Cambodia Outlook Conference in Phnom Penh yeSterday, Smith Said: “I SS='cambodia-color'>...