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Hun Sen Mocks Opposition Request for Donors to Freeze Aid
- 24 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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- 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
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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
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- 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
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- 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. ...
China pledges $548 million in aid to ally Cambodia
- 10 April 2013
- Reuters
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China has pledged another $548 million in aid to Cambodia for infrastructure and irrigation systems, extending assistance that some critics say has bought it Cambodia’s diplomatic support. Agreements covering $500 million in soft loans and $48 million in grants were signed when Prime Minister Hun ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/10/us-cambodia-china-idUSBRE93909D20130410
Duty-Free Sugar Exports to EU Hit $13 Million
- 10 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Biofuel crops / Crop products and commodities / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economy and commerce / European Union aid / Exports / Sugar / Trade
- Botum Sakor District / Cambodian sugar / CLEC / Community Legal Education Center / duty free goods / duty free sugar / EBA / EU / European Parliament / European Union aid / Everything But Arms / Everything but arms trade scheme / Khon Kaen Sugar / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Sugar / Ly Yong Phat / Sre Ambel district / sugar plantations / Tate & Lyle Company / Thailand / Thailand's National Human Rights Commission
The European Union (E.U.) last year continued to import millions of dollars worth of duty-free sugar from Cambodian plantations that have forced hundreds of families off their land despite calls from European lawmakers for the trade benefits to end, according to the latest E.U. data. Thailand’s ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/duty-free-sugar-exports-to-eu-hit-13-million-18114/
Full text of China-Cambodia joint press communique
- 9 April 2013
- People's Daily Online
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The following is the full text of the joint press communique between China and Cambodia issued on Tuesday during the official visit by Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Pedei Techo Hun Sen of the Kingdom of Cambodia to China: Joint Press Communique Between the People’s ...
Government Goes to China in Search of New Loans
- 4 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Investment / Land / Non-DAC members / Non-renewable energy production / Off-shore oil and gas exploration and extraction / Oil and gas resources / Renewable energy production
- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard / Cambodian water territory / Cambodians for Resources Revenue Transparency Organisation / Cambodians for Resources Revenue Transparency Organisation chairman Mam Sambath / Cham Prasidh / Chevron Corp / China Banking Regulatory Commission / China Development Bank / China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation / China National Offshore Oil Corporation / China Perfect Machinery Industry Corp / China Petrotech Holdings Ltd / China-Cambodia friendship year / China’s development bank / Chinese aid / Chinese foreign policy / Chinese Premier Li Keqiang / Chinese president Xi Jinping / cigarette industry / Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh / concessional loans / Dams / Defense Minister Tea Banh / exploration blocks / exploration blocks licences / Gas / Hun Sen / hydropower / Implementation of the China-Cambodia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Cooperation / irrigation project / Kampot Province / Kandal / Kandal Province / Kompong Thom / Kompong Thom Province / Kong Triv / kratie / Kratie Province / Mam Sambath / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / National Bank of Cambodia / oil / oil industry / oil refinery / Oil refinery project / Petrochemical Company / policy banks / Preah Sihanouk / Preah Sihanouk Province / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Sinomach / Strong district / Strong River Basin / tax regime / Tea Banh
Prime Minister Hun Sen will travel to China on Saturday to meet with the rising superpower’s new leadership, in a trip the government expects to yield nearly $2 billion in loans and aid. Most significantly, the Government is hoping to secure Chinese funding for a 1.67 ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-goes-to-china-in-search-of-loans-17314/
FAO Raises Paddy Production Outlook
- 1 April 2013
- Cambodian Business Review
- Agricultural commodities, processing and products / Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Crop products and commodities / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economy and commerce / Exports / Rice / Rice / Trade / United States aid
- Agro-business company / Amru rice (Cambodia) Co / Baitang (Kampuchea) Plc / Bangladesh / Brazil / Burma / Cambodia / Cavifoods / Cavifoods and Loran Group / Chinese aid / Dr. Yang Saing Koma / Egypt / FAO All Rice Price Index / Golden Rice Co Ltd / Guinea / Hean Vanhorn / Indian aid / Indonesia / Korea / Madagascar / Magsaysay Award / Magsaysay Award Winner Dr. Yang Saing Koma / Mali / milled rice exports / Ministry of Agriculture Forest and Fisheries Deputy Director-General / Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries / Myanmar / Nepal / Nigeria / Rep. of Korea / Republic of Korea / rice production / Russian Federation / Senegal / Sierra Leone / South America / Sri Lanka / Tanzania / Thailand / Turkey / United States aid / United States Department of Agriculture / Uruguay / US / USA / USDA / Venezuela / Viet Nam / Yang Saing Koma
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has raised its forecast of global paddy production in 2012 by about 1.5 million tonnes to 730 million tonnes (487 million tonnes, milled). The scaling up of production mainly concerned Asian countries, in particular Cambodia, ...
China's Taiwan opens 2nd bank in Cambodia
- 28 March 2013
- Global Times
- Aid and development / Banking and financial services / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Investment / Non-DAC members
- ASEAN / ASEAN member countries / banking industry / banking sector / Commercial banks / Indo-China Peninsula / Ling-long Shen / Mega International Commercial Bank / National Bank of Cambodia / National Bank of Cambodia vice-governor Ouk Maly / Ouk Maly / Phnom Penh / Sydney / Taiwan / Taiwan Cooperative Bank / Taiwan Cooperative Bank Chairman Ling-long Shen
Taiwan Cooperative Bank, one of the leading banks in China’s Taiwan, officially commenced business in capital Phnom Penh on Thursday, bringing the number of commercial banks in the kingdom to 33. Taiwan Cooperative Bank is the 2nd bank from China’s Taiwan in Cambodia after the Mega ...