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Congressional Hearing in US Pushes Cut to Cambodian Aid
- 11 July 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Human rights / Non-DAC members / Social development
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At a congressional hearing in Washington on Tuesday that scathingly rebuked Prime Minister Hun Sen and his ruling CPP, a U.S. lawmaker called for legislation to cut American aid to Cambodia following the national election on July 28. Representative Steve Chabot, who chaired the House Subcommittee ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/congressional-hearing-in-us-pushes-cut-to-cambodian-aid-34389/
Cambodia, S. Korea to sign loan agreement
- 5 July 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Environment and natural resources / Rivers and lakes / South Korean aid / Water resources
- Battambang / Battambang Province / dam constrution / Dams / development assistance / Infrastructure / Infrastructure projects / Kim Han Soo / loans / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / National Roads / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Pursat / Pursat Province / Road construction / roads / South Korean aid
South Korea will soon give a four year loan package worth $200 million for dam and road projects, according to Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday. The loan will be utilized to repair three national road lines as well as rural roads in nine ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MTUzZGE4MTQxOWF
International Donors Call for Redesign of Sesan 2 Hydro Dam
- 4 July 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Australian aid / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Energy / European Union aid / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production
- Ame Trandem / Australian aid / Cambodia-Laos border / Cambodian border / construction / Dams / Don Sahong dam / donors / Electricity / energy / Energy policy and administration / environmental impact assessment / EU / European Union aid / Fish / fish migration / fish stock / fisheries / foreign aid / hydropower / hydropower dam / Infrastructure / International Donors / International Rivers / Laos / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Mekong river / Mekong river basin / Mekong River Commission / Mekong River tributaries / MRC / Renewable Energy / reservoir / Resettlement / Royal Government of Cambodia / sediment flow / Sesan district / Sesan river / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Thailand / US / World Bank / Xayaburi dam
International donors, including the U.S., Australia, the European Union and the World Bank, have urged the Cambodian government to redesign a massive hydropower project in Stung Treng province that environmentalists say will deplete fisheries and submit it to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) for consultation. In ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/international-donors-call-for-redesign-of-sesan-2-hydro-dam-33311/
EU Draft Memo Defended Voter List Margin of Error
- 2 July 2013
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / European Union aid
- Comfrel / Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia / Constitution and rights / election observers / election process / Elections / EU / European Union aid / Foreign Ministry / internal migration / Koul Panha / Laura Thornton / migration / National Election Committee / National Democratic Institute / national elections / national identity cards / NDI country director Laura Thornton / NDI) / NEC / Phnom Penh / Pok Poun / voter lists / voter registration / voter rights / VRA
Audits of the voter list which claimed that up to 1 million people could lose their right to vote in the July 28 national election were attributed to an “unavoidable margin of error” due to many citizens not having national identity cards or a permanent ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/eu-draft-memo-defended-voter-list-margin-of-error-32909/
China to help conserve Cambodia's Angkor World Heritage Site
- 27 June 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest classifications / Land / Non-DAC members / Protected areas / Siem Reap
- Angkor Archeological Park / Angkor archeological site / Angkor Wat / Angkor Wat Temple / Angkor World Heritage Site / Apsara Authority / CCECC / China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation / Chinese companies / construction / Cultural Heritage / Feasibility studies / foreign investment / international relations / Investment / Kulen Mountain / Liu Zhiming / Phnom Penh / Real estate / real estate developments / Siem Reap / Siem Reap Province / Sok An / Tourism / Tourists / Water resources / World Heritage list
Cambodia’s Apsara Authority and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the project of sustainable management of the existing resources for conservation and sustainable development in Angkor World Heritage Site and Siem Reap region. The deal was inked between ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-06/27/c_132492881.htm
Airline will offer more China trips
- 25 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Aid and development / Airports and air travel / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Government / Infrastructure / International relations / Marine and coastal areas / Non-DAC members / Siem Reap / Transport and shipping / Transport and shipping policy and administration / Transport infrastructure and facilities / Water resources
- Airlines / airplanes / CAA / CAA Chairman / Cambodia Angkor Air / Chartered flights / Chinese aid / Chinese tourists / Flights / Guangzhou / Hong Kong / Indian aid / international airlines / Ministry of Tourism / Siem Reap / Siem Reap Province / South Korean aid / Tek Reth Samrach / Tourism / Tourists / Xiamen
Cambodia Angkor Air plans to launch chartered flights between Siem Reap and the southeastern coastal Chinese city of Xiamen next month. The national flag carrier plans to take off for China for the first time on July 11, CAA Chairman Tek Reth Samrach said yesterday, the ...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062566453/Business/airline-will-offer-more-china-trips.html
Hun Sen Mocks Opposition Request for Donors to Freeze Aid
- 24 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / European Union aid
- agricultural sector / Agriculture & Agri-business / bilateral development / Cambodia National Rescue Party / CNRP / Constitution of Cambodia / development assistance / Development policy / donors / Elections / embassies / EU / EU Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain / European Union aid / Finance Minister Keat Chhon / foreign aid / HRP / Human Rights Party / Hun Sen / Jean-Francois Cautain / Kampot / Kampot Province / Keat Chhon / Minister of Agriculture Chan Sarun / Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries / National Assembly / national elections / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Sam Rainsy Party / SRP / US State Department
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday rebuked the opposition for urging foreign donors to refrain from signing any new agreements with the government until after the election and boasted of a new $26 million handed over last week by the European Union (E.U.) E.U. Ambassador ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-mocks-opposition-request-for-donors-to-freeze-aid-31547/
Cambodia eyes to become region's prominent gems, jewelry market
- 13 June 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Civil society / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economy and commerce / Exports / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Gemstones / Human rights / Imports / Minerals and mineral products / Social development / Trade / United States aid
- 5th international gems and jewelry fair / Cham Prasidh / Cheng Hak Gems and Diamonds Co / Chinese aid / Christelle Limited / conflict diamonds / diamond cutting factory / Diamond Island Exhibition Center / diamonds / Exports / gem and jewelry laboratory / gem and jewelry market supplier / gem stones / gems / Gems and jewelry industry / Hong Kong / Imports / Intertek Company / Investment / jewelry / jewelry industry / jewelry products / Kimberley Process / KP / LDCs / least developed countries / Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh / precious stone industry / precious stones / reduced tariffs on imports / Singapore / tax free treatments / tax preferential treatments / Taxes / Thailand / Trade / United States aid / US / Washington DC
Cambodia has eyed to become a precious stone and jewelry hub in Southeast Asia region in the near future, Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said Thursday. Speaking at the opening of the 5th international gems and jewelry fair here, the minister said that with the fast ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-06/13/c_132452793.htm
Cambodia, China's Guangxi pledge to broaden cooperation
- 13 June 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Exports / Industries / Investment / Non-DAC members / Tourism / Trade
- 10th China-ASEAN Expo / agricultural products / Agriculture & Agri-business / agro-industry / bilateral trade / Chinese aid / education / Exports / farming / Guangxi province / Guangxi Zhuang / Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region / Hun Sen / Investment / Nanning City / Peace Palace / Peng Qinghua / Phnom Penh / Prime Minister Hun Sen / processing plants / Tourism / tractors / Trade
Cambodia and China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Thursday vowed to further enhance cooperation in trade, investment, and tourism for mutual benefits. The commitment was made during a meeting between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Peng Qinghua, secretary of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region’s CPC Committee, ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-06/13/c_132453081.htm
Japan provides 36 mln USD grant aid to Cambodia for clean water, education
- 5 June 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Education policy and administration / Energy / Japanese aid
- Battambang / clean water project / construction / Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong / foreign aid / Government officials / Hor Namhong / Infrastructure / Japanese aid / Japanese Embassy to Cambodia / Kampong Cham / loans / safe water access / Water resources / water shortage / water supply / water supply facilities / Water treatment plant / Yuji Kumamaru
The government of Japan on Wednesday signed to provide a grant aid of 36 million U.S. dollars to Cambodia for a clean water project and a human resource development project. According to a press statement, the amount of 33.4 million U.S. dollars goes for the ...
Xinhuanet Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-06/05/c_132432490.htm
Families Left Worse off After Railway Project
- 5 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Aid and development / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Australian aid / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economy and commerce / Infrastructure / Land / Multilateral development assistance / Public health / Rail / Safety and health at work / Social development / Transport infrastructure and facilities
- ADB / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / AusAid / Australian aid / Australian government / compensation / construction / Debt / donor guidelines / donor policy / donors / education / End of the Line / End of the Line report / evictions / foreign aid / government run resettlement sites / Healthcare / Human Rights / incomes / Infrastructure / involuntary resettlement / loans / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh International Airport / railway network / railway project / railway rehabilitation / railway system / Railways / Resettlement / resettlement sites / Royal Government of Cambodia / safety standards / Sahmakum Teang Tnaut / standard of living / STT / STT report / technical assistance / unemployment
Phnom Penh families being pushed to the city’s outskirts to make way for a $142.6 million railway renovation project funded by Australia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are falling into debt and finding it harder to earn money and access healthcare according to a ...
Cambodian PM inaugurates 90 mln USD water treatment plant in capital
- 4 June 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economy and commerce / Energy / Japanese aid
- Cambodian Securities Exchange / clean water / concessional loans / construction / CSX / financial aids / foreign aid / France / General Election / Hun Sen / Infrastructure / Investment / Japanese aid / national election / Phnom Penh / political stability / Population growth / potable water / PPWSA / Prime Minister Hun Sen / water / water supply / Water Supply Authority / water supply capacity / water treatment / Water treatment plant / water treatment plants
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday inaugurated a new water treatment plant in eastern part of capital Phnom Penh, saying that the plant would meet the rising demand of clean water in the city. The 90 million U.S. dollar plant was invested by the listed ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-06/04/c_132430033.htm
As Foreign Aid Increases, Questions About Conditions
- 21 May 2013
- VOA Khmer
- Aid and development / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Australian aid / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economy and commerce / Infrastructure / Japanese aid / Multilateral development assistance / Non-DAC members / Public health / Roads and bridges / Social development / Transport and shipping / Transport infrastructure and facilities
- ADB / Agriculture & Agri-business / Agriculture aid / aid / Aid Dependence in Cambodia / aid packages / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Australian aid / Cambodia National Rescue Party / Cambodia National Rescue Party spokesman Yim Sovann / CDC / Chinese aid / Chinese aid / Chou Heng / construction / Cooperation Committee for Cambodia / Cooperation Committee for Cambodia executive director Soeung Saroeun / Corruption / Council for the Development of Cambodia / Council for the Development of Cambodia senior policy expert Chou Heng / donors / Ear Sophal / foreign aid / foreign loans / government expenditures / government revenue / health sector / information / Infrastructure / Infrastructure aid / interest rates / International Aid / international aid patterns / Japanese aid / loans / poverty reduction / Road construction / Soeung Saroeun / tax collection / tax revenue / Taxes / technical assistance / Tourism / transparency / UN / United Nations / urban planning / US / Yim Sovann
Cambodia has seen huge growth of foreign aid and loans over the past two decades, but experts are beginning to question its worth—and what conditions might be attached. Total aid from 1993 to 2012 amounts to around $10 billion, with the percentage of aid coming as ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/as-foreign-aid-increases-questions-about-conditions/1664821.html
Cambodia launches cassava development project under China, UNDP support
- 21 May 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Biofuel crops / Chinese aid / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Non-DAC members / Trade
- agricultural crop / Agriculture & Agri-business / Agro-Business / Cassava / cassava chips / cassava crop / cassava cultivation / cassava development project / cassava farmers / cassava sector / China's Ministry of Commerce department of international trade and economic affairs / Chinese aid / Chinese Ministry of Commerce / department of international trade and economic affairs / Economic Development / Employment / Export / first secretary Lu Zhouxiang / Lu Zhouxiang / Minister of Agriculture secretary of state Teng Lao / Ministry of Agriculture / poverty reduction / Protocol on the Exports of Cambodian Cassava to Chinese Market / Teng Lao / Thailand / UNDP / UNDP to Cambodia country director Setsuko Yamazaki / United Nations Development Program / value chain
Cambodia launched Tuesday the second phase of cassava development project under the support of China and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Cambodia and China signed a Protocol on the Exports of Cambodian Cassava to Chinese Market in December 2010, under which China allowed Cambodia ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-05/21/c_132397799.htm
Trade Deal Threat Still On Table
- 20 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Crop products and commodities / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / European Union aid / Exports / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Sugar / Trade
- Cambodian Trade Minister Cham Prasidh / Cham Prasidh / Convention Concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment / Disputed Land / Eang Vuthy / EBA / economic land concession / Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) / ELC / ELCs / Equitable Cambodia / European Commission / European Commission Member / European Commission Vice President / European Parliament / European Union aid / Everything But Arms / International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights / Jean-Francois Cautain / Kampong Speu / Karel De Gucht / Katherine Ashton / Land rights / Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh / NGOs / no-tariff agreement / sugar / sugar industry / Trade / trade deals
The European union’s executive arm has responded to its parliamentarians’ concerns over rights abuses stemming from Cambodia’s economic land concessions, maintaining that, should the need arise, it “will be ready” to withdraw from its preferential trade agreements with the Kingdom. In a joint letter to concerned ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052065716/National/trade-deal-threat-still-on-table.html
EU Won’t Investigate Land Concessions—for Now
- 20 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Crop products and commodities / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / European Union aid / Exports / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / Trade
- Cambodian Government / Catherine Ashton / duty free goods / duty-free access / EBA / Economics / ELCs / EU / EU duty free access / EU foreign affairs representative / EU high representative for foreign affairs Catherine Ashton / EU high representative for security policy / EU high representative for security policy Catherine Ashton / EU trade commissioner / European Commission / European Council / European Council President Herman van Rompuy / European Parliament / European Union aid / European Union foreign affairs representative / European Union trade commissioner / Everything but Arms trade agreement / Everything but arms trade scheme / Everything But Arms Treaty / Exports / garment sector / garments / garments industry / Generalized System of Preferences / GSP / Herman Van Rompuy / Human Rights / Hun Sen / Karel De Gucht / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Land titles / London / Prime Minister Hun Sen / RGC / Royal Government of Cambodia / sugar / sugar plantations / Surya Subedi / Tate & Lyle / Trade EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht / trade partners / U.N.’s special rapporteur on human rights to Cambodia Surya Subedi / UK / UN special rapporteur on human rights / UN special rapporteur on human rights to Cambodia / UN special rapporteur on human rights to Cambodia Surya Subedi / United Kingdom
The trade commissioner and foreign affairs representative of the European Union (E.U.) have turned down a request from 13 members of the European Parliament that they immediately investigate Cambodia’s much criticized economic land concessions, but said they were monitoring the issue closely. In a March letter ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-wont-investigate-land-concessions-for-now-25194/
Australia Ups Aid Funding
- 17 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Aid and development / Australian aid / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economy and commerce
- aid / AusAid / Australian Agency for International Development / Australian aid / development assistance / Economic Development / foreign aid / Health / Health care / Official Development Assistance
Australia announced yesterday that it will increase the amount of aid it provides Cambodia by about US$13 million (A$13.2 million) in the coming year, putting the country’s official development assistance at $96.1 million. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051765681/National/australia-ups-aid-funding.html
Cambodian Parliament Ratifies ASEAN-China Maritime Transport Agreement
- 10 May 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Energy / Exports / Generation and distribution facilities / Imports / Non-DAC members / Trade / Trade policy and regulation
- Agreement on Maritime Transport / ASEAN / ASEAN countries / ASEAN Economics Ties / ASEAN-China Maritime Transport Agreement / Assembly / Assembly Session / Association of Southeast Asian Nations / Brunei / cargo Transport / Chinese aid / Indonesia / international cooperation / International Maritime Transport / international trade / Laos / Malaysian aid / Maritime Development / Maritime Transport / Ministry of Public Works and Transport / Ministry of Public Works and Transport Minister Tram Iv Tek / Ministry of Transportation / Myanmar / National Assembly / Nin Saphon / parliament / Passenger Transport / Philippines / sea transportation / Singapore / Thailand / Trade / Tram Iv Tek / Transportation
The National Assembly of Cambodia on Friday ratified the agreement on maritime transport between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China, saying the agreement is essential to develop trade and economic ties between ASEAN and China. “The agreement aims to facilitate and foster ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-05/10/c_132372924.htm
China's aid vital to Cambodia: finance minister
- 7 May 2013
- Global Times
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Non-DAC members
- Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Keat Chhon / Chinese aid / Chinese aid / Chinese loans / foreign aid / Global Tourism Economy Forum / Global Tourism Economy Forum chairman Edmund Ho / Infrastructure / Keat Chhon / Macao / National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference / National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference vice-chairman Edmund Ho / soft loans / Tourism
China’s assistance to Cambodia is very important for the country’s economic and social development, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Keat Chhon said Tuesday. He said from 1992 to present, China has provided 2.7 billion U. S. dollars in soft loans and grants to ...
Engineers Hold Labor Day Protest Against Paying Income Tax
- 3 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economy and commerce / Japanese aid / Labor
- Choice Taxi Company / civil servants / donor aid / Garment factories / garment workers / General Taxation Department / General Taxation Department chief of legislative department Om Chhon / gross domestic product growth / International Monetary Fund / Kandal / Kandal Province / Loeuk Dek district / Ministry of Finance / Neak Loueng Bridge / Om Chhon / Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co. Ltd. / tax revenue / Taxes
More than 50 engineers employed by Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co. Ltd. to work on a new Neak Loueng Bridge in Kandal province protested on Wednesday over paying income tax of 10 percent and are threatening to go on strike again if their employer dose ...
Japan lends Cambodia 90 mln USD for road improvement project
- 30 April 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Japanese aid
- Banteay Meanchey / Banteay Meanchey Province / Battambang / Battambang Province / Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong / Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen / Hor Namhong / Hun Sen / Japanese aid / Japanese ambassador to Cambodia Yuji Kumamaru / Japanese Embassy to Cambodia / National road No. 5 / Phnom Penh / road networks / Sri Sophorn town / Thailand / Tourism / Yuji Kumamaru
Japan agreed Tuesday to provide a loan package of 90 million U.S. dollars to Cambodia for the improvement of a stretch of the national road No. 5 and two bypasses in northwestern provinces, according to a statement from Japanese Embassy to Cambodia. The statement said ...
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New Kampot Salt Farm Has Big Ambitions
- 29 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Australian aid / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Exports / Food processing / Industries / Manufacturing / Marine and coastal areas / Salt / Trade / Water resources
- Asia Salt (Cambodia) Co Ltd / Asia Salt chairman Sang Yoo-gi / Asia Salt project / AusAid / Australian government / British government / coastline protection / deputy Kampot Governor Kang Sao Thorn / EEE Korea company / InfraCo Asia / InfraCo Asia Development Pte. Ltd. / Kampot / Kampot Province / Kang Sao Thorn / Kep / Kep province / Kep-Kampot Salt Producers Community / Kep-Kampot Salt Producers Community secretary Um Chhun / Private Infrastructure Development Group / Salt / salt industry / salt packaging factory / Sihanoukville Port / Singaporean Ambassador Premjith Sadasivan / South Korean aid / South Korean Embassy / Swiss government / Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs / Thailand / Toek Chhou district / U.K's Departmrnt for International Development / Um Chhun
TOEK CHHOU DISTRICT, Kampot province – A donor-backed project launched here on Saturday aims to produce Cambodia’s first export-quality sea salt and invigorate the struggling local salt industry. In a ceremony among Kampot’s vast fields of coastal saltpans and low levees, company representatives from Asia Salt ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/new-kampot-salt-farm-has-big-ambitions-20505/
Bank of China to raise business operations in Cambodia: deputy-governor
- 19 April 2013
- People's Daily Online
- Aid and development / Banking and financial services / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Non-DAC members / Trade
- Bank of China / Bank of China-Phnom Penh Branch / Chea Chanto / Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Keat Chhon / Keat Chhon / National Bank of Cambodia / National Bank of Cambodia governor Chea Chanto / NBC / Zhu Shuming
The Bank of China is going to expand its business operations in Cambodia after it was launched here two years ago and seen rapid business growth, Zhu Shuming, visiting deputy governor of Bank of China, said Friday. Speaking at a meeting with Chea Chanto, governor of ...
Cambodia’s Conglomerate in talks to buy communications satellite from China
- 11 April 2013
- Live Trading News
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Non-DAC members
- China Aerospace Science / China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation / Chinese aid / communications satellite / Hun Sen / Internet services / Kith Meng / Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh / Ministry of Commerce / Ministry of Post and Telecommunication / MobiTel / Phnom Penh International Airport / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Royal Group Conglomerate / Satellite / Singapore / Technology Corporation / telecommunications / Thailand / The Royal Group
Cambodia’s Royal Group of Companies is in negotiations to purchase a satellite from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation for its telecoms operations in Cambodia, Cambodian Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said Wednesday. Tycoon Kith Meng currently owns the kingdom’s largest mobile phone operator, Mobitel. ...