Petrol firms told to open books
Cambodia’s petrol retailers have been ordered by the government to hand over import information and financial records in what looks to be the first steps toward installing fuel-price legislation. The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) announced publicly yesterday via state-owned media Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/petrol-firms-told-open-books
Call to restrict overseas imports
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have called for increased restrictions over allowing imported products from abroad access to their domestic markets. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50701923/call-to-restrict-overseas-imports/
Cambodia, Laos ink MoU for securities market development
The Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Lao Securities Commission office (LSCO) to collaborate in the regulation and development of securities markets in both countries, said an official. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501342653/cambodia-laos-ink-mou-for-securities-market-development/
Food and beverage processing SMEs show remarkable growth
The number of small and medium enterprises (SME) in food and beverage processing saw a remarkable increase, using raw materials of agriculture to the finished products. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348064/food-and-beverage-processing-smes-show-remarkable-growth/
Cambodia hosts the fourth senior officials’ talks with Australia with fruitful outcomes
Senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia and Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia have co-chaired the fourth Senior officials Talks (SOTS) between the two countries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501474353/cambodia-hosts-the-fourth-senior-officials-talks-with-australia-with-fruitful-outcomes/
TRC curbs phone service offers
A new deadline has been set for mobile operators Cellcard, Smart and Metfone to stop their promotional money exchange program by March 30, according to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36631/trc-curbs-phone-service-offers/
Canada eyes close ties with Cambodia, ASEAN
Canada is willing to build close ties with Cambodia and other ASEAN member states in politics, trade and investment, said Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird on Wednesday. John said that Canada’s International Trade Minister Ed Fast will make a visit to Cambodia next month to ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-07/11/c_131709296.htm
Chhin chides ministry on ELCs
Deputy Prime Minister Bin Chhin, the Kingdom’s top authority in charge of resolving land disputes, slammed the Ministry of Agriculture over “shameful” irregularities in granting economic land concessions at the Environment Ministry’s annual meeting yesterday.During yesterday’s meeting, Chhin accused the Ministry of Agriculture of granting ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chhin-chides-ministry-elcs
Thitikorn to open two branches in Cambodia
Listed hire-purchase company Thitikorn plans to open two branches in Cambodia next year, after being in the market for one year and finding huge opportunity and high demand for motorcycle lending there, managing director Prathama Phornprapha said yesterday. ...
The Nation News Staff
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Thitikorn-to-open-two-branches-in-Cambodia-30275540.html
ASEAN integration will require human resources, scholar says
With Asean integration fast approaching, analysts say Cambodia has more to do to strengthen its human resources and be competitive in the region’s open markets. ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/asean-integration-will-require-human-resources-scholar-says/3099035.html
Cambodian, U.S. senior officials meet to promote bilateral ties
Cambodian and U.S. senior officials met here on Monday to further promote bilateral ties and cooperation. The meeting was made between Ouch Borith, secretary of state at the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Scot Marciel, visiting principal deputy assistant to the United States Secretary of ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-11/04/c_132858319.htm
Cambodian Rice Exports Double in the First Seven Months
Cambodia exported 221,027 tons of milled rice in the first seven months of the year, an increase of 103 percent compared to the same period last year, according to figures from the Ministry of Commerce. officials and rice experts said the increase in exports was thanks ...
Lindsey Peterson and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodian-rice-exports-double-in-the-first-seven-months-43062/
New twist in Cambodian sugar firm saga
Taiwanese food supplier Ve Wong, one of two sugar company owners locked in a long-running battle with villagers in Koh Kong’s Sre Ambel district, has made an eyebrow-raising offer – to give the disputed land back. The company’s offer, posted to the non-profit Business and Human ...
Cases of malaria nearly doubled over past year
Health Ministry officials said the number of malaria cases in 2017 increased nearly 100 percent if compared to the previous year during a meeting to set a strategy to reduce the rate in 2018. The National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control issued an official ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50110503/cases-malaria-nearly-doubled-past-year/
Tour guides, interpreters told to strengthen services
The Ministry of Tourism has instructed all tour guides and interpreters to continue strengthening professional practices to improve the quality of reliable and friendly services for tourists. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501420447/tour-guides-interpreters-told-to-strengthen-services/
Cambodia exports bicycles worth nearly $417 mln last year
Cambodia exported bicycles worth $416.7 million in 2023, a decrease of 53.6 percent from $899.7 million in a year earlier, said a General Department of Customs and Excise’s report on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501424449/cambodia-exports-bicycles-worth-nearly-417-mln-last-year/
CAMFEBA launches an ASEAN guidebook
The Cambodian Federation of Employers and Business Associations (CAMFEBA) yesterday launched an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) guidebook aimed at providing employers with practical recommendations to help businesses better understand the dynamic regional changes of integration. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/camfeba-launches-asean-guidebook
Cabinet approves the Thai-Cambodia railway bridge
The cabinet has approved a plan for a Thai-Cambodia railway bridge to achieve Southern Economic Corridor connectivity. ...
National News Bureau of Thailand News Staff
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNPOL5710300010011
Kingdom’s list of certifications grows to 868
The Institute of Standards of Cambodia developed 63 new standards last year, bringing the total number of certifications available from the government to 868, though one industry representative said the system still needed improvement in order to facilitate exports. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-list-certifications-grows-868
Land disputes centre stage at capital forum
A broad spectrum of villager representatives, civil society organisations and government officials – large land-concession holders among them – met in the capital for the ninth year in a row yesterday to discuss the Kingdom’s seemingly intractable issue of land disputes. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-disputes-centre-stage-capital-forum