Fretting 'ASEAN-alisatinon'

The vision regional leaders have for an ASEAN Economic Community by 2015 may become clearer after this week’s Economic Ministers meeting in Siem Reap, but not everyone has a rose-coloured view of what such integration might mean for Cambodia. Students who have not mastered the ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082758305/National-news/cambodian-students-fear-losing-jobs-to-asean-neighbours.html

Cambodia: Rich-poor gap hinders ASEAN integration

Southeast Asian nations must redouble efforts to bridge development gaps which threaten the region’s efforts to create an EU-style single market, Cambodia’s prime minister said Monday. Building an ASEAN economic community by 2015 is the “top priority”, Hun Sen said as he opened the annual ...

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/271396/economy/finance/cambodia-rich-poor-gap-hinders-asean-integration

Indonesia Bonding With Cambodia in Trade

Indonesia was involved in advanced talks in Cambodia during the late 1980s. Known as the Jakarta Informal Meeting, Indonesia was trying to help put an end to Vietnam’s invasion of Cambodia, in what some observers called the Third Indochina War (1978-91). Despite these close ties, ...

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/business/indonesia-bonding-with-cambodia-in-trade/540441

ASEAN ministers to discuss progress in economic integration

Economic ministers from the 10 ASEAN countries are meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia on Monday to discuss the progress in regional economic integration initiatives. They will also focus on working towards establishing an ASEAN Economic Community by 2015.. ...

http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/asean-ministers-to-discuss-progress-in-economic-integration

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to Visit Cambodia, Meet with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministers

United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk will be in Siem Reap, Cambodia, August 30-31, to participate in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Ministers’ meeting and the ASEAN-U.S. Business Summit. The ten ASEAN countries are key economic and strategic partners for the United States, ...

Cambodia Hosts 44th ASEAN Economic Minister Meeting

The 44th economic ministers (AEM) meeting and related meetings will be held from 25 August-1 September, 2012 in Siem Reap province. The ministers will focus on the economic community in 2015 and boost economic council to move forward  because this community is going smoother than other two ...

Vietnamese Goods Fair Opens In Phnom Penh

The 10th High Quality Vietnamese Products and Exports trade fair opened yesterday in the Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh. It has attracted around 150 firms who have  set up 250 booths to display more than 2,000 products, including electronics, consumer goods, stationary, books, construction materials, ...

Cambodia Proposes New Initiatives For Green Tourism

In line with Royal Government policy determining tourism as the Green Gold, 2011 is the year that we commenced mainstreaming the green tourism concept to all stakeholders. Cambodia started some new initiative to inspire green tourism in the country. “The Clean and Green Concept is basically ...

Cambodia And Vietnam Trade Continues To Grow In 2012

Trade between Vietnam and Cambodia exceeded US$1.9 billion dollars in the first seven months of this year, the High Quality Vietnamese Goods Business Association said yesterday. Speaking at a news conference, an association official said Vietnamese exports to Cambodia came to $1.6 billion in the seven ...

Cambodia's Economic Growth Expects To Be 7% In 2012

“Cambodia’s economic growth will stand about 7 per cent this year,” director general of National Bank of Cambodia His Excellency Chea Chanto said. He adds: “Cambodia is trying to diversify its economies to boost the growth.” At the same time, the report from World Bank said: ...

Carlsberg for Better Beer Promoter Working Conditions in Cambodia

Women sales promoters working in bars in Cambodia are occasionally exposed to harassment by customers varying from being coerced into drinking and in some cases, being subjected to sexual abuse. Cambodia Carlsberg Group and The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) have joined forces in a ...

http://www.scandasia.com/viewNews.php?coun_code=dk&news_id=11060

Vietnam holds largest-ever trade fair in Cambodia

Vietnam organized the largest- ever trade fair on Thursday, vowing to boost the bilateral trade to $3 billion this year. Speaking at the opening of the 5-day event at Mondial Center, Vu Kim Hanh, chairwoman of the Business Association of High Quality Vietnam Goods, said the ...

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/728827.shtml

Strikes lead to cut in orders

Global brands Levi’s and Gap had slashed their orders from the Tai Yang and Camwell garment factories by 20 per cent, the factories’ boss said yesterday, amid the longest strike in the industry’s recent history. Tai Yang Enterprises manager Wu Minghuor said his company had shuttered ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082458272/National-news/factory-strikes-lead-to-cut-in-orders.html

Vietnam needs more nuts

Cambodian cashew nut traders believe the market price for cashew nuts will increase, as demand from Vietnamese markets increases along with international demand. Vietnam’s domestic enterprise imported nearly 157,000 tonnes of raw cashew nuts in the first seven months of the year, mostly from Cambodia, ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082458254/Business/vietnam-demands-more-cashew-nuts.html

Samsung holds No 1 position

Samsung smartphones are dominating Cambodia’s crowded mobile phone market in terms of market share and the number sold, company representatives said yesterday. “For the smartphone industry in Cambodia, we are absolutely dominant. That means we stand as number one in terms of market share, based on ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082458257/Business/samsung-holds-no-1-position.html

Southeast Asian Rice Exporters Eye Cartel to Boost Prices

Southeast Asia’s rice-exporting nations are in talks to create a formal alliance aimed at boosting prices and increasing export revenues, a move that could cause tensions with rice-importing nations. An alliance of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar will aim to share information and cooperate ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444812704577606962232854218.html?reflink=barrons_redirect

Trade With Vietnam Grows Through Seven Months

Trade between Vietnam and Cambodia grew 22.36 percent in the first seven months of the year to reach $1.96 billion compared to the same period last year, a Vietnamese official said yesterday. Vu Thinh Cuong, commercial counselor at the Vietnam Trade Office, said imports from Vietnam ...

Conference focus on social enterprises

Cambodia’s second conference on social enterprise is set to take place tomorrow with the aim of tackling poverty, social exclusion and health and environmental problems, organisers say. The all-day conference, at the Cambodia-Japan Conference Centre at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, will facilitate discussions among participants ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082458255/Business/conference-focus-on-social-enterprises.html

Accused Manager Put on Leave; Workers Lodge Complaints

The manager accused of abusing female workers at the Ocean Garment factory in Phnom Penh, and who provoked days of public demonstrations by thousands of workers to have him fired, has been put on leave, while his alleged victims have lodged complaints against him with ...

ASEAN-US business summit next week

United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk, will spend two days, August 30 and 31, in Siem Reap attending the 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ meeting and the ASEAN-US Business Summit. He is also scheduled to meet separately with Cambodian leaders and other participating ministers to discuss bilateral ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082458256/Business/siem-reap-to-host-asean-us-business-summit.html

Rice Exporters Eye Cartel to Boost Prices

Southeast Asia’s rice-exporting nations are in talks to create a formal alliance aimed at boosting prices and increasing export revenues, a move that could cause tensions with rice-importing nations. But any bid by the five countries to drive up prices will be a challenge, given previous ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB30000872396390444812704577606962232854218.html

Clash, charges roil Ocean

More than 2,500 Ocean Garment factory workers jostled with about 100 military police in the capital’s Dangkor district yesterday in their second protest march over the alleged sexual harassment of four female employees. In an inter-governmental ministerial committee meeting on Tuesday, Ocean – which supplies ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082358244/National-news/sex-charges-roil-ocean-factory.html

Businesses know little of the letter of the law

Cambodia entrepreneurs faced considerable problems when it came to obeying tax laws and other regulations, officials at a seminar about that very subject said yesterday. The VDB Loi company organised the seminar on “New Practices and Preferential Trade Rules” with the co-operation of the General Department of Customs and ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082358230/Business/businesses-can-benefit-from-cambodian-law.html

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