Industries
Car sales sputter on tax hike
Authorised dealerships of new cars and trucks have said a recent increase in the specific tax on vehicle imports has put a dent in profits, with some dealers claiming sales have slowed since the tax hike went into effect in April. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/car-sales-sputter-tax-hike
Super Drilling completes intricate Ta Prohm project
Super Drilling Private Limited is pleased to officially announce that it has wrapped up its project for renovating and restoring drainage systems to protect the Ta Prohm temple ruins in Siem Reap, Cambodia. ...
Rainsy asks EU to cut imports
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has asked the European Union (EU) to decrease imports of clothing from Cambodia in an effort to put economic pressure on the government into respecting human rights and freedom of speech, saying he believed the act would not affect workers. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27332/rainsy-asks-eu-to-cut-imports/
Robot factories could threaten jobs of millions of garment workers
The jobs of nearly 90% of garment and footwear workers in Cambodia and Vietnam are at risk from automated assembly lines – or “sewbots” – according to a new report from the International Labour Organisation (ILO). ...
A boom year for building projects
A stunning rise in the value of construction projects approved by the government in the first half of the year could be a sign that developers have found a willing ally in the newly appointed minister of land management, who has pushed through hundreds of ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/boom-year-building-projects
Classes to boost tourism
រThe plan to attract two million Chinese tourists by 2020 will succeed, the tourism minister said yesterday during an MoU signing ceremony with the Confucius Institute of the Royal Academy of Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27266/classes-to-boost-tourism/
City land prices stay stable
Land prices in central Phnom Penh’s Tonle Bassac and Boeung Keng Kang (BKK) districts remained stable in the first half of the year due to overdevelopment and a slowdown in new investments, according to research by a local real estate agent. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27268/city-land-prices-stay-stable/
Factory defies governor’s request
The labor dispute between workers and employers at the Aerosoft Summit Footwear factory in Battambang province’s Sampov Laun district is still raging due to the company’s refusal to allow workers back to the factory at the provincial governor’s request. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27217/factory-defies-governor---s-request/
Police in clean up operation
Provincial police seized a large quantity of liquid detergent from an unauthorized chemical manufacturer in Sihanoukville’s capital yesterday. ...
San Bunsim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27218/police-in-clean-up-operation/
Tally reveals extent of tourism industry growth
The rapid growth of tourism has resulted in the parallel growth of tourist facilities, Tourism Minister Thong Khun said yesterday. ...
Japanese investor acquires local MFI
A Japanese businessman has acquired a majority stake of microfinance company Farmer Union Development Fund (FUDF) and plans to expand its lending to the real estate sector as well as small- and medium-sized enterprises, he revealed yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japanese-investor-acquires-local-mfi
Nearly 90% of garment factory jobs at risk of automation: ILO
Local industry experts responded yesterday to a new report that warns the majority of Cambodia’s garment sector workers could lose their jobs in the coming two decades as automation and innovative technologies replace low-skilled labour and allow multinational producers to move their operations closer to ...
Hor Kimsay and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nearly-90-garment-factory-jobs-risk-automation-ilo
Cambodia property awards
The Cambodia Property Awards is back for a second year to reward the best developers, projects and designs in the Kingdom. Those impressive developments will be highlighted at the second annual Cambodia Property Awards 2017, the biggest and most exclusive awards program in the country that ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27003/cambodia-property-awards/
Condo sales up but glut looms
Some 13,730 condominium units were sold in Phnom Penh in the first half of this year compared to 13,050 units in the same period last year representing an approximate five percent increase in sales, according to figures from a real estate company. However, insiders believe ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27004/condo-sales-up-but-glut-looms/
Gaming firm cashes out of NagaWorld deal
Pan-Asian gaming company Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc (EGA) will sell 670 of its electronic gaming machine (EGM) seats placed at NagaWorld casino in Phnom Penh to an unnamed Cambodian firm for $2.5 million, the Nasdaq-listed company announced on Wednesday. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gaming-firm-cashes-out-nagaworld-deal
Fading confidence repelling condo buyers
Waning confidence in Cambodia’s political stability is discouraging overseas buyers from investing in the thousands of condominium units shooting up in the country, a leading realtor said on Wednesday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fading-confidence-repelling-condo-buyers-115135/
Angkor Wat tourists have new dress code
Tourists heading for Angkor Wat will have to watch what they wear from next month onwards, the Apsara Authority announced yesterday. ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkor-wat-tourists-have-new-dress-code
Sihanoukville sees its tourist star rising
The latest provincial tourism figures show efforts to establish Sihanoukville as a premiere beach destination may be paying off, with more tourists flocking to the coastal city than ever before. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sihanoukville-sees-its-tourist-star-rising
Angkor Wat continues to lure foreign tourists
Revenue from ticket sales at the Angkor Archaeological Park complex in Siem Reap province, the site of Angkor Wat, increased slightly during the first half of the year, compared to the same period in 2015, new figures from the state-run Angkor Institution show. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angkor-wat-continues-lure-foreign-tourists
Mekong tourism fest opens
The Mekong Tourism Festival, with the Mekong Food Tourism Summit as one of the highlights, starts today in the Kingdom’s tourist haven of Sihanoukville. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26835/mekong-tourism-fest-opens/
Cambodia's factories improving, report finds
The latest Better Factories Cambodia report has found that 47 per cent of 381 assessed factories complied with its most important working conditions – up from 28 per cent in 2014. ...
Ananth Baliga and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodias-factories-improving-report-finds
Tourism forum to focus on ‘authentic’ Mekong experiences
This year’s theme will be “Authentic Experiences along the Mekong River.” According to Jens Thraenhart, executive director of the MTCO, “Travellers want to be able to truly experience the country that they are visiting and come away with a true appreciation of the local experience. ...
Logan Connor
http://sea-globe.com/mekong-tourism-forum/
Tests confirm Angkor boat made in 1207 AD
A boat unearthed at a construction site in Siem Reap’s Angkor Thom district in April was made in 1207 AD, according to carbon dating results announced on Friday. ...
Erin Handley and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tests-confirm-angkor-boat-made-1207-ad
Koh Rong development plan tied up in red tape
The Royal Group’s $30-million luxury resort on Koh Rong island will not be completed on schedule as the company has faced numerous port development issues and, according to company management, a snarl of red tape. ...
Cheng Sokhorng and Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/koh-rong-development-plan-tied-red-tape