Industries
On Koh Rong, gov’t working group deciding who owns what
After getting the rights to develop Koh Rong island in 2008, the Royal Group started clearing land last year in preparation for the construction of its luxury Royal Sands resort. ...
Jonathan Cox and Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23027/on-koh-rong--gov---t-working-group-deciding-who-owns-what/
Experts convene 2nd council on Preah Vihear temple
The International Coordinating Committee (ICC) for Preah Vihear held its second meeting in Siem Reap City on Monday to discuss ongoing efforts to preserve the 12th century Hindu temple and turn the majestic but remote site into a popular tourist destination. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/experts-convene-2nd-council-on-preah-vihear-temple-110245/
Garment worker pageant troubles critics
The Ministry of Labour is bringing back a beauty pageant for garment workers, which unions and commentators have deemed a “regressive” distraction from deep-seeded inequalities in the sector. ...
Erin Handley and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-worker-pageant-troubles-critics
Developer finds new partners for planned resort in Preah Sihanouk
A Chinese developer has announced new partnerships in its bid to develop a massive tourism project in a protected national park in Preah Sihanouk province – a project it claims could become Cambodia’s second-biggest tourism draw after Angkor Wat. ...
Kali Kotoski and Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/developer-finds-new-partners-planned-resort-preah-sihanouk
It’s back to school for real estate agents
The Cambodian Valuers and Estate Agents Association (CVEA) will set out a framework to build a professional training school by April to enable its agents to compete with those from other countries. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22926/it---s-back-to-school-for-real-estate-agents/
Cambodian slots help offset EGA’s losses
European Gaming machine supplier and casino operator Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc reported consolidated revenues of $7.3 million in 4Q15, a decrease of 12 per cent compared to the same period a year earlier. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-slots-help-offset-egas-losses
Phnom Penh land prices, condo sales continue to surge
The Phnom Penh property market continued to see a broad rise in sales and rental values during the final quarter of last year, with land values across the capital’s four central districts rising by an average of 8.4 percent from the third quarter, according to ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22620/phnom-penh-land-prices--condo-sales-continue-to-surge/
Twin tower construction to begin this year
Construction of the $2 billion, 133-story twin tower skyscrapers planned to rise opposite NagaWorld will start in the middle of this year, an official who helped design the project told Khmer Times yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22617/twin-tower-construction-to-begin-this-year/
Traditional silk industry struggles to keep its shine
To get high quality silk scarves or silk products ready to sell in shops or markets takes at least two or three days of hard work by weavers, most of whom work in small villag ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22615/traditional-silk-industry-struggles-to-keep-its-shine/
Tourism cooperation with Thailand ‘speeding up’
Tourism officials in Cambodia and Thailand are accelerating efforts to link the two countries to create the most attractive single destination in the region, according to the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22476/tourism-cooperation-with-thailand----speeding-up---/
More families take deals to vacate dam site
Another 73 families in Stung Treng province have accepted the government’s offer of new land in exchange for the farms they will lose to the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam currently under construction, the second group to take the deal. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-families-take-deals-to-vacate-dam-site-109569/
EU market could tap into tapioca
Local agro-industrial conglomerate Mong Reththy Group is negotiating a new partnership that would send large-volume shipments of Cambodian cassava products to Europe for the first time. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-market-could-tap-tapioca
Claims of Cambodia outpacing VN's garment exports denied
Recently, several local newspapers reported that Cambodia surpassed Viet Nam to become the fifth largest exporter of garment and textile products to the EU. ...
Vietnam Net Team
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/152094/claims-of-cambodia-outpacing-vn-s-garment-exports-denied.html
Boat pilots seek share of tourism profits
The owners of the boats that ferry customers to the floating villages on Tonle Sap Lake have seen their profits increase as gas prices fall and ticket prices rise. But one group has not profited from the lake’s tourism boom: the men who pilot the ...
Jonathan Cox and Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22344/boat-pilots-seek-share-of-tourism-profits/
Architectural layers of a southeast asian region: Vietnam & Cambodia field seminar
Vietnam and Cambodia, countries with dynamic economies and young populations, possess a rich and wide-ranging architectural heritage. This SAH Field Seminar will explore the fascinating architectural landscape of Vietnam, focusing in particular on the modern era from the nineteenth century to today. In addition, participants ...
Helena Karabatsos
http://www.dexigner.com/news/28638
Development fears at Cambodia's most beautiful beach
Dozens of independent bungalows at one of Cambodia’s most unspoiled beaches are to be bulldozed with weeks, raising fears that a “soulless” mega-resort will replace them. ...
Nathan Thompson
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/cambodia/articles/otres-beach-cambodia-threatened-by-development/
Ticket sales for Angkor Wat to go online
A new online ticketing system for the Kingdom’s biggest tourist draw, Angkor Wat, will be introduced to provide faster and convenient service to tourists, while increasing the transparency and clarity of ticket sales revenues. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ticket-sales-angkor-wat-go-online
Surge in new product standards as tariffs fall
A recent surge in the development of national standards for manufactured goods and food products is creating more opportunities for local products in regional markets, a government official said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/surge-new-product-standards-tariffs-fall
City hall planning to privatize 280-hectare development site
City Hall plans to privatize a 280-hectare plot of public land set aside for a $3 billion development by the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district, officials said Thursday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-planning-to-privatize-280-hectare-development-site-109413/
105 Chinese arrested at senator’s Poipet casino
More than 100 Chinese nationals believed to be wanted for crimes in their home country were arrested on Wednesday at a CPP senator’s casino in Poipet City, which had to be shut down during the operation, police said. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/105-chinese-arrested-at-senators-poipet-casino-109327/
Cassava, rubber processing plants being mulled: official
Japan may import cassava and rubber from Cambodia and investors from the country are considering building processing plants for the two commodities here, according to a senior official at the Agriculture Ministry. ...
Sok Chan and May Kunmakar
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22128/cassava--rubber-processing-plants-being-mulled--official/
Construction jobs doubled last year: ministry
The construction sector created almost twice as many jobs last year as it did in 2014, according to a report from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22067//
Cambodia’s textile market share outdoes Vietnam’s in European Union
Although Vietnam was ranked among the top ten in apparel exports to the European Union in 2015, it was outperformed by one of its neighboring countries. ...
Tuoi Tre News's team
http://tuoitrenews.vn/business/33470/cambodias-textile-market-share-outdoes-vietnams-in-european-union
Tuol Sleng exhibition to tell stories of forced marriage
Every day, hundreds of tourists flock to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum to hear macabre stories of killings and torture carried out inside the prison once at the heart of the Khmer Rouge’s security apparatus. ...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tuol-sleng-exhibition-to-tell-stories-of-forced-marriage-109152/