Investment

Investment policy and regulations

Kingdom shows narrow but strong FDI growth

Foreign direct investment flows continued to see strong growth across the 10-member ASEAN bloc in 2014, with most countries in the Lower Mekong region reporting higher levels of inflows given their rising infrastructure needs and manufacturing activities, according to a new report jointly produced by ...

Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-shows-narrow-strong-fdi-growth

UK trade envoy pushes FDI, British brands

The United Kingdom sees Cambodia as a strategic location at the heart of a transportation network through Thailand, Vietnam and Laos to reach China and other countries in the region and the world, a senior UK trade official said yesterday. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17898/uk-trade-envoy-pushes-fdi--british-brands/

OPIC plans more investment in Cambodian MFIs

A US government finance institution plans to inject more capital into Cambodia’s businesses, forecasting rapid growth in small business and microfinance institutions around the country. The development finance institution Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is looking to invest in Cambodia’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17866/opic-plans-more-investment-in-cambodian-mfis/

Japanese FDI leads to surge in exports: analysts

Cambodia’s total exports to Japan increased sharply over the first nine months of the year compared to last year due to flows of investment from Japan to Cambodia over the last few years, analysts said. ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17864/japanese-fdi-leads-to-surge-in-exports--analysts/

Investment protection law with Russia set to pass senate

A new law protecting investment from Russia and Belarus will help Cambodia diversify its export markets as well as encourage more investments from Russia and Eastern Europe, Senate spokesman Mam Bun Neang said yesterday. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17761/investment-protection-law-with-russia-set-to-pass-senate/

Hungarian commercial office to open in capital

Hungarian businesses are keeping their eyes on Cambodia for investment, said László Kövér, speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary, during an official visit to the Kingdom. ...

Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17449//

Kingdom boasts less time to file trademark

While still relatively small, the number of trademark applications has grown in Cambodia and the country’s low volume means that the Kingdom boasts among the fastest times in Southeast Asia for registering a trademark, a government adviser told a business workshop yesterday. ...

Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-boasts-less-time-file-trademark

Chinese auto group plans factory here

Guangzhou Automobile Group it awaiting approval from the Cambodian government to set up a manufacturing facility in Cambodia that could be a springboard for exports to ASEAN, a senior executive of the group told Cambodian journalists visiting the province last week. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17372/chinese-auto-group-plans-factory-here/

Automation key to customs efficiency

Private-sector enterprises urged Cambodia’s Customs Department yesterday to introduce an online application and payment system for shipments, rather than the manual method used currently that eats into time and resources. ...

Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/automation-key-customs-efficiency

World Bank says Cambodia's business environment improves

The World Bank said Wednesday that Cambodia has continued to improve its business environment over the past year. Among 189 economies, it is now ranked at 127. ...

ShanghaiDaily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=307132

Telekom M'sia forms alliance with Cambodian Internet service provider

Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) is strengthening its regional footprint in South-East Asia by teaming up with MekongNet, a leading Internet service provider and Internet exchange provider in Cambodia. ...

The Star Online News Staff
http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2015/10/28/Telekom-Malaysia-forms-alliance-with-Cambodian-Internet-service-provider/?style=biz

Index Creative Village to tap Cambodian market next year

Index Creative Village, the country’s leading event management company, will expand its business into Cambodia next year by organising trade fairs in response to its clients’ need to capitalise on the Asean economic integration. ...

Watchiranont Thongtep
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Index-Creative-Village-to-tap-Cambodian-market-nex-30271560.html

World Bank says Cambodia will weather China slowdown

The World Bank on Monday stuck to its prediction made in April that the country’s economy would continue to cool off slowly over the next few years and said China’s own slowdown would send only modest ripples through Cambodia.     ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-bank-says-cambodia-will-weather-china-slowdown-96516/

Rojana eyes Cambodia zone

SET-listed Rojana Industrial Park Plc (ROJNA) will build an industrial park in Cambodia to tap growing investment in the neighbouring country expected after formation of the Asean Economic Community (AEC). ...

Lamonphet Apisitniran
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/716384/rojana-eyes-cambodia-zone

VN a top investor in Cambodia

Viet Nam was among Cambodia’s top five investors as of last April with US$3.2 billion in 171 projects.It is also Cambodia’s third largest trade partner with bilateral trade topping $3.3 billion as of 2015, Vietnamese Commercial Counselor Nguyen Bao said, noting the two countries are ...

Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/276481/vn-a-top-investor-in-cambodia.html

Business briefs

The Cambodia Securities Exchange yesterday said it had approved “in principle” the eligibility of stated-owned Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) to list on the bourse, according to the press release from the exchange. “Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) has approved in principle the listing eligibility of ...

Khmer Times team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16249/business-briefs/

Cambodia in drive to attract investment

Cambodia has decided to establish a special economic zone in Preah Sihanouk province in an attempt to attract investment and develop its economy as the ASEAN Economic Community forms by the end of this year, reports Vietnam News Agency (VNA). ...

The Herald News Staff
http://www.herald.co.zw/cambodia-in-drive-to-attract-investment/

China, ASEAN eyes production capacity cooperation

Zhang Ping, owner of a northeast China power technology company, described his trip to the 12th China-ASEAN Expo in the southern city of Nanning as a success. Also attending the expo, representatives from Sihanoukville special economic zone in Cambodia are seeking investment from China and ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-09/19/c_134640721.htm

Business briefs

The country’s two largest ports saw traffic jump in the first eight months of this year, compared to the same period last year, according to figures released by the port authorities Friday. ...

Khmer Times team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15712/business-briefs/

Cambodia businesses fret Myanmar

While Cambodia’s economic development is often compared to that of neighbouring Vietnam and Thailand’s, industry insiders say the Cambodia needs to keep a close eye on the steady progress being made in Myanmar, which is predicted to eat into Cambodia’s exports in the long term. ...

Myanmar Times News Staff
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/business/16458-cambodia-businesses-fret-myanmar.html

Cambodia calling

‘Third wave’ of Thai investment now under way with businesses planning for the long term as the economy matures and Thai-Cambodian relations improve. Today Thai investors are flocking back to the country, lured by strong growth, a stable political environment and open policies. ...

Umesh Pandey
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/692156/cambodia-calling

FDI on the rise, but figures questioned

Official figures released last week showing a surge in foreign direct investment during the first half of this year may not be the most reliable indicators of actual investment, as they reflect proposed investments rather than actual foreign direct investment (FDI), experts and executives say. ...

Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15158/fdi-on-the-rise--but-figures-questioned/

Almost 100 investment projects recorded in first semester

During the first six months of this year, Cambodia has received a total of 94 investment projects worth some $3.4 billion, the state’s news agency-AKP quoted deputy prime minister Keat Chhon. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/almost-100-investment-projects-recorded-in-first-semester-8901

Local logistics firms struggle to survive as global players circle market

The Kingdom’s logistics sector is becoming increasingly crowded, with small- to medium-sized players racing for a share of the growing market while struggling at the same time to reach international quality standards. ...

Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14901/local-logistics-firms-struggle-to-survive-as-global-players-circle-market/

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