Economy and commerce
Investment
Senate committee passes investment law
The new investment law will be more attractive and provide the Kingdom with better options to navigate the constantly evolving regional and global investment climate, according to Senate Third Committee chairman Mong Reththy. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/senate-committee-passes-investment-law
Korea FTA planned to be signed in October
Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak plans to lead a delegation to South Korea next month to sign the Cambodia-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), if the Covid-19 situation permits, according to a senior official. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/korea-fta-planned-be-signed-october
First vehicle assembly plant next year: RMA
Local publicly-listed firm RMA (Cambodia) Plc is planning to set up the Kingdom’s first motor vehicle assembly plant, to capitalise on the rising consumer demand for brand-new personal vehicles seen in recent years. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/first-vehicle-assembly-plant-next-year-rma
Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) acquires metal mining license in Memot district
Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Limited, based in Australia, has obtained a search and explore license of 107.10 square kilometers of metal mining in Memot district, Tbong Khmum province. According to a senior official of the Ministry of Mines and Energy. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.postkhmer.com/business/2021-09-16-1136-223687.html
Prime Minister advises victims to sue Gold FX if no compromise
Prime Minister Hun Sen tells customers affected by investing in Gold FX (GOLDFX INVESTMENT CO., LTD) to file a complaint to the court to seek justice in case the two parties do not reach compromise. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2021-09-15-1952-223655.html
Foreign companies welcome planned investment law
Groups representing US and European businesses in Cambodia have welcomed the Draft Law on Investment, which was approved by the National Assembly last week. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50934034/foreign-companies-welcome-planned-investment-law/
Kingdom hops on BRI digital taxation wagon
Cambodia is committed to harnessing digitalisation for better coordination in tax administration, as a jurisdiction that subscribes to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to a General Department of Taxation (GDT) press release issued on September 12. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-hops-bri-digital-taxation-wagon
Cambodian parliament ratifies RCEP, world's biggest free trade pact
The National Assembly of Cambodia on Thursday ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s largest free trade agreement (FTA), which comprises 15 Asia-Pacific countries. ...
Xinhua
http://www.china.org.cn/business/2021-09/10/content_77744958.htm
Investment law sails through National Assembly, heading towards Senate
The National Assembly (NA) approved the draft Law on Investment at a plenary session on September 9, which will undeniably play a vital role in attracting local and international investors to the domestic market. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/investment-law-sails-through-national-assembly-heading-towards-senate
Prime Minister Hun Sen pushes GMS to invest in digital base
Prime Minister Hun Sen urged all countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) to push for the development of digital infrastructure in order to make the economies of the region more competitive globally. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-pushes-gms-invest-digital-base
The commerce minister reaffirms trade cooperation with Singapore
Cambodia and Singapore have reaffirmed their commitment to continue strengthening cooperation on trade and investment. Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak held a videoconference with Singapore’s Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong on Tuesday. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50931917/the-commerce-minister-reaffirms-trade-cooperation-with-singapore/
Council set to advance digital socio-economic development
The government has established the National Economic and Digital Society Council (NEDSC) to build a foundation of a digital society to drive new economic growth, according to a royal decree on the council’s organisation and functioning released on September 8. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/council-set-advance-digital-socio-economic-development
Angkor Landmark breaks ground by end-2021: CEO
Phase I of the Angkor Landmark development project about 15km northeast of Siem Reap town is scheduled to officially break ground at end-2021, according to the developer’s CEO Tous Saphoeun. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/angkor-landmark-breaks-ground-end-2021-ceo
Business bodies to up Cambodia-Thai trade, investment
Cambodia Business Council in Thailand (CBC) and Thai Business Council in Cambodia (TBCC) entered into an official partnership to promote trade and investment between the two neighboring Southeast Asian nations. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/business-bodies-cambodia-thai-trade-investment
Is Cambodia on track to open for tourism in November?
With Phnom Penh becoming the most vaccinated city in Southeast Asia, moves are by the Ministry of Tourism and other related sub committees to formulate a workable plan within Cambodia’s tourism and investment sectors to work towards a possible reopening of borders for fully vaccinated ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930468/is-cambodia-on-track-to-open-for-tourism-in-november/
Unions to request 11.6% raise to minimum wage
Seventeen union representatives from the Wage Negotiation Working Group have agreed to negotiate for a $22.20 increase in salaries for textile, garment and footwear workers for 2022. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-request-116-raise-minimum-wage
Investing wisely in the securities market using Buffett’s time-tested techniques
Investing in the stock exchange can be a successful way of making money, whether as a source of additional cash to supplement income, generating “passive income” or even in achieving “financial freedom”. ...
Council for the Development of Cambodia approves 211 Japanese investment projects
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved 211 Japanese investment projects worth about $3.14 billion to invest in Cambodia as of July 2021, according to a CDC’s press release. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.postkhmer.com/business/2021-09-01-1042-222828.html
CDC hosts Japan investor meet
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved a cumulative 211 Japanese investment projects as of July 31 worth about $3.14 billion since its inception in 1994, according to the CDC. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-hosts-japan-investor-meet
Japanese investments to diversify economy praised
The 22nd Cambodia-Japan Joint Committee met via video conference with more than 130 members of the private sector in attendance this week. Discussions focused on minimum wage, taxes, logistics, energy supply, automobile imports, human resource development and organising workshops to better understand supply chains, according ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50927114/japanese-investments-to-diversify-economy-praised/
7-Eleven retail mall officially opened in Cambodia
CP All Pcl, a Thai multi-product retailer, opens Cambodia’s first 7-Eleven retail store in Sangkat Prek Leap, Khan Chroy Changvar, Phnom Penh in line with its plans to expand its business into the ASEAN region. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.postkhmer.com/business/2021-08-31-1003-222709.html
Vietnam’s overseas investment soars 74 percent in eight months, Cambodia receives 2nd highest portion
Vietnam’s overseas investment surged 74.1 percent year on year to $575 million in the first eight months of 2021, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50925547/vietnams-overseas-investment-soars-74-percent-in-eight-months-cambodia-receives-2nd-highest-portion/
EU-funded garment industry energy audits kick off
Switch Garment, in collaboration with New Delhi-based The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) and the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), kicked off a series of energy audits in Cambodian garment factories. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-funded-garment-industry-energy-audits-kick
‘The devil is in the details’ – Tax versus incentives in new investment law
The new Law on Investment is expected to come into force next year, 10 years after the government embarked on a plan to repeal the existing statute, which was enacted in 1994, and amended in 2003. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/special-reports/devil-details-tax-versus-incentives-new-investment-law