Economy and commerce
Investment
Trade with China on the upswing
Cambodia’s exports to China, the second largest economy in the world, rose sharply during the first 11 months of 2017, by as much as 18 percent compared with the same period in 2016, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Commerce. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50100171/trade-china-upswing/
Chinese delegation explores local market
A delegation of some of China’s biggest companies in the food-processing industry is scouring the local market for investment opportunities in the agriculture sector. Headed by He Jianxiang, the deputy director-general of the Bureau of Product Processing at China’s Ministry of Agriculture, the delegation met ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50100169/chinese-delegation-explores-local-market/
Beach sellers must make room for Chinese investors
Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities will ask the government to deal with 10 sellers who refuse to relocate from Koh Puos – or Hawaii beach – and Lomher Kay beach. Vendors’ representatives have asked for compensation from provincial authorities to relocate to a new area. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099381/beach-sellers-must-make-room-chinese-investors/
Agriculture sector has seen its share of empty promises
The promises of Chinese agro-industrial investment have been recurrent: Hyped up by local officials and media outlets, with photographs of handshakes and earnest negotiation posted across social media, major deals are announced between government ministries and visiting delegations. ...
Agriculture sector has seen its share of empty promises Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agriculture-sector-has-seen-its-share-empty-promises
Big trouble in little China? Exploring Chinese investment in Sihanoukville
The coastal city of Sihanoukville is undergoing a massive transformation. Once perceived as a seedy haunt for lethargic backpackers and expats, a flood of Chinese tourists and investors has begun to alter the landscape by setting up everything from gaudy casinos to towering luxury resorts ...
Kali Kotoski and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-depth-business/big-trouble-little-china-0
Testing the winds in Cambodia’s energy sector
A new study on wind energy and its potential to diversify Cambodia’s energy sector is now being conducted, with results expected for mid next year, according to a representative of the Ministry of Mines and Energy. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5093692/testing-winds-cambodias-energy-sector/
World Bank outlook remains bright despite political concern
Cambodia’s economy is predicted to remain strong and resilient for the next two years, fuelled by a shift to higher value-added manufacturing, despite lingering concerns over political stability and the slowed growth of both the construction and garment sectors, the World Bank said yesterday in ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/world-bank-outlook-remains-bright-despite-political-concern
China business delegates bullish on Cambodia
Delegates gathered at the Cambodia-Fujian Business and Tourism seminar in Phnom Penh yesterday to discuss opportunities for investment in the Kingdom through increased trade in both the energy and garment sector. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-business-delegates-bullish-cambodia
Development council approves three projects worth $8M
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved three new investment projects with a combined investment capital of nearly $8 million, according to a release. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/development-council-approves-three-projects-worth-8m
Japanese logistics company plans expansion
Nippon Express, a Japanese company specialising in truck, rail and air transport services, is now eyeing an expansion of its operations in Cambodia, according to a recent government announcement. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5090784/japanese-logistics-company-plans-expansion/
Vietnam asked to invest in rubber
During a meeting last week with a Vietnamese rubber association, Minister of Agriculture Veng Sakhon reminded Vietnamese investors of the many opportunities that the Cambodian agricultural sector offers and asked them to come to the kingdom to establish rubber and cassava processing factories. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5089361/vietnam-asked-invest-rubber/
CDC to post project decisions on Facebook
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), the government body in charge of approving large-scale investments, has taken to Facebook to officially announce its decisions on investment projects, a move that a government official claimed yesterday will provide more transparent access for investors and ...
Hor Kimsay and Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-post-project-decisions-facebook
Business a priority: Hun Many
Ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) lawmaker Hun Many reassured investors yesterday, saying the government was focusing on ensuring a good investment climate in the country underpinned by social stability. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5087901/business-priority-hun-many/
Japan to open elder care training centre
A new centre will launch in April 2018 to train Cambodian migrant workers to work with elderly people in Japan. On Tuesday, Minister of Labour Ith Samheng said the Japanese company Procast Asia would establish the centre. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5087827/japan-open-elder-care-training-centre/
Japanese investors eye the Cambodian market
Ith Sam Heng, the Minister of Labour and Vocational Training, met yesterday with Yoshio Kondo, the director of Procast Asia, who is leading a delegation of businessmen from the Toukaizaikai Association, an organisation that has more than 300 member companies in the manufacturing industry and ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5087659/japanese-investors-eye-cambodian-market/
Bid to invest in silkworm farms taking shape
Six month after announcing its intentions to invest in local silk production, a Japanese beauty company, in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, has released a new study on silkworms and their potential for the cosmetics industry, paving the way for more concrete action to ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085780/bid-invest-silkworm-farms-taking-shape/
Denmark’s Damco launches new head office
The Embassy of Denmark in Cambodia has encouraged more Danish companies and investors to explore investment opportunities in the kingdom, arguing that in an increasingly competitive global market, it is crucial that national governments and individual businesses cooperate to increase business activity. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085157/denmarks-damco-launches-new-head-office/
Market for construction materials opened in Phnom Penh
A company based in China’s southern province of Guangdong opened a 2-hectare market for building and construction materials near the Preah Monivong Bridge in Phnom Penh on Saturday, according to a report by online Chinese news site Commercial News. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/market-construction-materials-opened-phnom-penh
PM announces new airport in Siem Reap
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that Siem Reap is in need of a new airport to tackle the rising number of visitors to the area.Last week Cambodia reached an $880-million agreement with China’s Yunnan Investment Holding Ltd which allows the state-owned company to manage ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084356/pm-announces-new-airport-siem-reap/
$64b GMS action plan
Cambodia as a member of the six-nation Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) endorsed a five-year action plan framework that includes $64 billion in projects to help the sub-region achieve inclusive growth and sustainable development. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083528/64b-gms-action-plan/
CDC official thanks China for investment
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) heaped praise upon China yesterday for its continual support of the Kingdom, claiming that without its investment the local economy would never have managed to take off. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-official-thanks-china-investment
Thai links set to boost trade
The Ministry of Commerce has committed to joining up with the Thai Embassy in Cambodia to build a favourable business and investment climate between the Asean neighbours. ...
May Kunmakar
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082631/thai-links-set-boost-trade/
$400m solar project launched
Global Purify Power (GPP), a joint venture behind $400 million worth of solar powered projects, started groundbreaking work on Friday with more than $10 million worth of investment in Kampong Speu province. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082184/400m-solar-project-launched/
Japanese mull $1m Kirirom pig farm
Japan-based Kakegawa Yeat Pig Farm plans to invest $1 million to develop a large pig farm in Cambodia, according to local media reports. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080361/japanese-mull-1m-kirirom-pig-farm/