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Cambodia, Lao transit fees for Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City route seen as too high
Aviation companies can save on flying time and fuel if they are allowed to take the proposed Ha Noi-HCM City air route crossing the airspace of Laos and Cambodia. However, the governments of Laos and Cambodia are charging transit fees for flights passing through their airspace ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MGE2ZDJlMjJiNGY
Khmer Krom vow more protests, again
Kampuchea Krom activists are planning yet another round of demonstrations to protest remarks made by a Vietnamese embassy spokesman in June, demanding Prime Minister Hun Sen cut diplomatic ties with Vietnam until a public apology is issued. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/khmer-krom-vow-more-protests-again
Embassy defence: Ministry offers reply to criticism
The government this weekend hit back at criticism of its embassies in China, Malaysia and Thailand, insisting that they are helping migrants in need. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/embassy-defence-ministry-offers-reply-criticism
16 Cambodian workers rescued in Thailand, Malaysia
Cambodian embassies rescued 13 Cambodian workers in Thailand and three maids in Malaysia, Koy Kuong, spokesman for Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said Saturday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=YzZmNTA3ZTljZjN
Cambodian deputy PM says strategic partnership with China creates more opportunities for businesses
The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Cooperation between Cambodia and China has been providing “more favourable conditions” for economic, trade and investment ties between the two countries, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An said on Sunday. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-09/07/c_126962873.htm
Cambodia hails China's active role in its peace, development
China had played an active role in seeking peace for Cambodia in the past and has greatly contributed to the country’s socio-economic development at the present, a senior Cambodian official said Saturday. “In the past, when Cambodia had chronic wars, China had actively contributed to seeking ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-09/06/c_133625898.htm
U.S. business executives eye investment potential in Cambodia
More than a dozen of American company representatives are visiting Cambodia to look into investment opportunities, a Cambodian spokesman said Thursday. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-09/04/c_133621460.htm
Asia-Pacific region needs to join force to fight against corruption: Cambodian PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that countries and economies in Asia and the Pacific region needed to work together to fight against corruption. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-09/03/c_133617623.htm
Talks with Cambodia renew hope for deal on overlapping claims area in gulf, electricity cooperation on the cards
The Energy Ministry will hold discussions with Cambodia about cooperation in electricity and the overlapping petroleum-claims area in the Gulf of Thailand during the current official visit to Phnom Penh by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn. ...
Wartcharapong Thongrung
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Talks-with-Cambodia-renew-hope-for-deal-on-overlap-30242369.html
Vietnamese carriers test routes over Cambodia
Two Vietnamese airlines have reportedly commenced flight simulations of routes over Cambodian airspace in an effort to cut travel time between that country’s two major cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh. ...
Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnamese-carriers-test-routes-over-cambodia
More China brides aided
Two more Cambodian women who were trafficked to China as brides are being assisted by officials at the Kingdom’s embassy in Beijing and will soon be repatriated, the government said yesterday. ...
Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/more-china-brides-aided
Cambodia expresses acceptance of Thailand's new government and cabinet
Cambodia has expressed acceptance of Thailand’s new government and cabinet according to the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)’s policy and confirmed that is won’t allow anti-junta groups to use Cambodia as a base. ...
NNT News Staff
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNPOL5709010010016
Cambodia broadens appeal to woo Chinese visitors
Developing Cambodia as a diverse travel destination and establishing direct flights will help attract more travelers from China, the country’s second largest source market. Cambodian Ministry of Tourism director of marketing and promotion, Visothy So, emphasized that Cambodia needs to brand itself as a destination with ...
Yvonne Chang
http://ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=23735
Cambodian, Thai senior officials meet to strengthen ties
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen. Tea Banh on Monday met with new Thai Foreign Minister Gen. Tanasak Patimapragorn to discuss ways to tighten bilateral relations and cooperation. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-09/01/c_133611844.htm
Preah Vihear on the agenda for visiting Thai general
A senior Thai military official is visiting Cambodia with plans to meet Prime Minister Hun Sen and possibly discuss the two countries’ military standoff near the border-hugging Preah Vihear temple, according to Thai media. ...
Eang Mengleng and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/preah-vihear-on-the-agenda-for-visiting-thai-general-67348/
Russia pledges duty-free trade
Russia is set to approve duty- and quota-free imports for up to 3,000 Cambodian agricultural products, according to local government officials. A statement issued by Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce on Friday states that Russia’s Minister for Economic Development, Alexey Ulyukaev, agreed in principal to increase the ...
Chan Muyhong and Charles Rollet
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/russia-pledges-duty-free-trade
Vietnam – Cambodia maintain solidarity and traditional relations
Cambodian National Assembly Chairman Samdech Heng Samrin paid an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung. It was the second visit of Cambodian National Assembly Chairman Samdech Heng Samrin to Vietnam in 2014. In early 2014, the Cambodian ...
VietNamNet Bridge News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/110930/vietnam---cambodia-maintain-solidarity-and-traditional-relations.html
US seeking stronger ties with Cambodia
A senior U.S. diplomat says the country is looking to strengthen ties with Cambodia following an end to the nation’s yearlong political stalemate. Scot Marciel, the State Department’s leading diplomat for Southeast Asia, told VOA Khmer in an interview Wednesday that Washington wants to have a ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-seeing-stronger-ties-with-cambodia/2431443.html
VN to negotiate with Laos, Cambodia on transit fees for new air route
Airlines are taking a wait and see attitude about the proposed air route between Hanoi and HCM City that will fly over Cambodia and Laos airspace, cutting flight time compared to the current route. Experts have said that this will be the most economical air route ...
VietNamNet Bridge News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/110731/vn-to-negotiate-with-laos--cambodia-on-transit-fees-for-new-air-route.html
RCEP participating states reiterate to conclude negotiations by end-2015
Economic ministers from the 16 participating countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) have reiterated their commitment to conclude negotiations by the end of 2015. The ministers reaffirmed they are committed to ending the RCEP negotiations in line with the vision endorsed by their state ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=237929
Vietnam exports fall as Thai trust rises
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Vietnam fell marginally by 6 per cent in the first half of this year largely due to a slump in Vietnamese exports, according to data from the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnam-exports-fall-thai-trust-rises
Cambodia to host rice event
After winning the World’s Best Rice Award for two years running at the World Rice Conference, Cambodia has been selected to host this year’s annual event. The World Rice Conference is a networking event that brings together rice industry professionals from all over the world. Initiated ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-host-rice-event
Cambodia, US share concerns over Lao dam
Following a meeting with a visiting U.S. diplomat on Wednesday, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Ouch Borith said the U.S. shares Cambodia’s concerns about a controversial hydropower dam Laos is planning to build on the Mekong River. Cambodia and Vietnam both fear that the ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-us-share-concerns-over-lao-dam-67238/
Australian plan to send refugees to Cambodia short-sighted: report
Australia’s plan to resettle refugees in Cambodia may be a win-win opportunity for the two countries but is also short-sighted, according to the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. In a commentary posted Tuesday, the center’s Asian program said Australian prime minister Tony Abbott was ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=N2I3MzhiYTk2YWU