Smuggled croc skins seized
Takeo provincial military police yesterday seized 3,900 kilos of dried crocodile hides being smuggled into the country from Vietnam. Major Bun Sothy, Takeo provincial military police deputy commander, said the crocodile skins, worth about $24,000, were being smuggled into Koh Andet district from Vietnam’s An Giang ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50111833/smuggled-croc-skins-seized/
Cambodians urged to take health measures against heat
The Ministry of Health on Monday advised citizens to adhere to precautions to stay safe during the summer heat, urging people to drink water to stay hydrated and avoid consuming alcohol. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodians-urged-to-take-health-measures-against-heat
CDC approves projects worth $8.8M
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved three investment projects in the bags and garment sector with a total capital investment of $8.8 million, it said on Monday. The projects approved are bag factory Quan Ming Handbag (Cambodia) Industrial Co Ltd, the bag and ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-approves-projects-worth-88m
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Cambodia, Vietnam face $65 billion apparel export hit from extreme weather
Extreme heat and flooding could erase $65 billion in apparel export earnings from four Asian countries by 2030, as workers struggle under high temperatures and factories close, research from Schroders and cornell University showed on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501360053/bangladesh-pakistan-cambodia-vietnam-face-65-billion-apparel-export-hit-from-extreme-weather/
Protecting Harmony: Govt to crack down on religious, political extremism
In a bid to protect national harmony, the government has declared war on any form of extremism which could lead to social unrest. ...
Government seeking CITES licences to scale up crocodile farming
Cambodia is seeking to register more than a dozen crocodile farms under an international treaty that protects the critically endangered Siamese crocodile, paving the way for the legal export of crocodile skins to lucrative overseas markets, according to state officials. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-seeking-cites-licences-scale-crocodile-farming
Thai-Lao-Vietnamese bus service planned
Thailand’s state-owned Transport Co plans to run its first three-Country passenger bus service with Laos and Vietnam following the success of its transnational services. The services to Cambodia runs from Bangkok via Poipet to Siem Reap and Phnom Penh. ...
Today News Staff
http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/thai-lao-vietnamese-bus-service-planned
Three investment projects worth $246 million approved, to create 1,500 jobs
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to three new investment projects with a total investment capital of $246.1 million. AcCording to the Council, the newly approved projects are expected to create some 1,547 jobs for the locals. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727869/three-investment-projects-worth-246-million-approved-to-create-1500-jobs/
Hitachi forms joint venture with CMED
Japan’s Hitachi Ltd has officially entered into a joint venture partnership with the local construction company CMED Group co Ltd, aimed at expanding its sales, installation and maintenance services for elevators and escalators throughout the Kingdom, the company announced on Friday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hitachi-forms-joint-venture-cmed
Anti-dredging activists refuse to meet with gov
Activists yesterday continued their campaign to drive out sand dredging companies from Koh Kong province’s Botum Sakor district, refusing a meeting with local authorities and instead holding a 100-strong protest outside the district hall. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anti-dredging-activists-refuse-meet-gov
Unjust firings, pay cuts lead workers to strike
Some 170 workers at a rubber company in Mondulkiri began striking yesterday for the right to unionise, the reversal of a recent pay cut and the reinstatement of two staffers who were allegedly fired unjustly, workers said. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/unjust-firings-pay-cuts-lead-workers-strike
Despite ELC ban, minister talks of new land deals
Two-and-a-half years after Prime Minister Hun Sen imposed a freeze on the granting of economic land concessions (ELCs), Environment Minister Say Sam Al on Monday appeared to leave the door open to the government giving more companies access to the often-controversial land holdings. At a press ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/despite-elc-ban-minister-talks-of-new-land-deals-68632/
KNPG Investment gets Koh Kong sand-mining licence
KNPG Investment Co Ltd obtained a licence to mine silica sand in Koh Kong province’s southwest, at a site previously operated by SibelCo (Cambodia) Co Ltd. Deputy provincial governor Ouk Pheaktra led a virtual meeting on May 13 to discuss with Company representatives the results ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/knpg-investment-gets-koh-kong-sand-mining-licence
Pepper plantation to tip the scales
A local subsidiary of a South Korean confectionary giant is investing $40 million to develop what it claims will be the world’s largest pepper plantation on a sprawling 1,000-hectare estate in eastern Cambodia, a company executive said yesterday. ...
Cam McGrath and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pepper-plantation-tip-scales
Thai firm to help bolster agarwood quality
A Cambodian company is teaming up with a Thai investment partner to spend $100 million improving the quality of Cambodia’s agarwood trees, according to a memorandum of understanding signed by the two companies yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay and Robin Spiess
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-firm-help-bolster-agarwood-quality
Program aimed at speeding up export launched
The Commerce Ministry officially launched a program yesterday giving the authority to issue certificate of origin licences to four provinces along the Thai border, potentially expediting the export process for agricultural businesses in the region. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/program-aimed-speeding-export-launched
Kandal rally enters second day
A protest by more than 100 of 300 Prestige Garment Co garment workers in front of their factory in Kandal province’s Kandal Stung district’s Tbeng Commune, the result of their representative being dismissed, entered its seCond day on Tuesday. ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-rally-enters-second-day
Japanese firm acquires stake at upcoming Pursat hydropower plant
Japanese power firm eRex Co Ltd announced last week its involvement in the Construction and management of an 80-megawatt hydropower plant in Pursat province. The Tokyo-based Company plans to invest $23.5 million to secure a 34 percent stake in the project, with Asia Energy Power Co. ...
Jose Rodriguez T. Senase
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50655887/oil-exploration-in-kompong-som-basin-off-to-a-promising-start/
Emerald’s gold search heads to fresh territory
Australian mining firm Emerald Resources is preparing to commence first-pass test drilling on its O’Rman prospect in northeastern Cambodia, where soil assays from augur samples have indicated the presence of gold mineralisation, the company said in its latest quarterly report. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/emeralds-gold-search-heads-fresh-territory
White Building holdouts
More than 430 of the 493 families who formerly resided in Phnom Penh’s White Building have vacated the premises, but around 15 families have yet to accept compensation packages for their apartments, according to a Land Management Ministry official. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/white-building-holdouts