Handicrafts

Handicrafts industry policy and regulation

Ministry says factory was operating illegally

Soeun Phal, a 27-year-old security guard, and Kong Phanny, a 61-year-old cleaner, died when a wood-fired steam generator exploded. The guard, who did not know how to operate the machine, had been seen adding more wood to the generator’s fire before the explosion, authorities and ...

Buth Kimsay and Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-says-factory-was-operating-illegally-127868/

Cambodia to seek patent membership

Cambodia is planning to be a member of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) to protect the intellectual property rights of foreign products coming into the Kingdom. This, a high ranking government official said, will shore up investor confidence and attract more foreign investment to the ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25601/cambodia-to-seek-patent--membership/

Industrial policy to be released next week

The government will next week release its Industrial Development Policy (IDP) that aims to keep the economy on its high-growth trajectory, a senior official confirmed yesterday. ...

Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/industrial-policy-be-released-next-week

Gov’t urges sauce makers to increase iron content

Manufacturers of soy and fish sauces should fortify the products with iron in order to improve Cambodians’ health, government officials said yesterday. During a workshop on iron fortification, Sat Samy, secretary of state at the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, called on producers to help combat ...

Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-urges-sauce-makers-to-increase-iron-content-67579/

Registration of garment factories up in first half

The number of garment factories registered in Cambodia reached 1,200 at the end of June, an 8 per cent increase over six months ago, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. The report also showed that the garment sector employed 733,300 workers ...

Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/registration-garment-factories-first-half

Cambodia calls for green industry development

Cambodia is encouraging green industry development in order to minimize impact on environment and reduce emission of greenhouse gas, Minister of Industry and Handicraft Cham Prasidh said Monday. Speaking at the Green Industry Seminar, Prasidh said currently industry has seen rapid growth but contributed to increasing ...

ASEAN China Centre News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-04/22/c_133281466.htm

CPP Parliament Approves Ministry Split, Ministers Unclear

The CPP-dominated National Assembly on Wednesday approved a law that will see the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy split into two separate ministries, but has yet to decide who will head the new bodies. The CPP’s 68 lawmakers unanimously passed a measure that will see ...

Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-parliament-approves-ministry-split-ministers-unclear-46944/

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