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Cambodia scores high marks for renewable energy
- 29 May 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
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Cambodia’s share of modern biomass in total energy consumption is among the highest in the world, according to a report released Tuesday by the World Bank and the International Energy Agency. The report also found that growth in Cambodia’s dependence on renewable energy excluding traditional biomass ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MjRiYTU0NzYyNTR
Thais to urge transport push
- 28 May 2013
- Bangkok Post
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Thailand will propose to Cambodia that they jointly develop border areas and transport links between the two countries, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said yesterday. Thailand will also develop roads, railways and border checkpoints, he said. Proposed road projects include improving roads Nos.5, ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/352101/thais-to-urge-transport-push
Cambodian greens see red in upcoming dams
- 26 May 2013
- The Gulf Times
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For Meach Mean, a veteran campaigner against hydropower dams in Cambodia’s northeast, this year has brought a double dose of bad news. First, he says, two Chinese hydropower companies have begun feasibility studies into a pair of dams planned for tributaries of the Mekong River ...
http://www.gulf-times.com/environment/231/details/353963/cambodian-greens-see-red-in-upcoming-dams
Cambodia: A rising star with a falling reputation?
- 24 May 2013
- Just-Style
- Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Education and training / Education policy and administration / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Exports / Social development / Trade
- American Government / Aon Hewitt's People Risk Index 2013 / apparel workers / Better Factories Cambodia / British Embassy / Burma / Cambodian garment industry / Cambodian Government / CDC / Chinese aid / Company turnover / Contracts / Corporate responsibility / corporate social responsibility / Corruption / Council for the Development of Cambodia / CSR-sensitive brands / Electricity / electricity prices / energy / environment / EU / European Union aid / Exports / Factories / Factory collapse / Faintings / Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry / foreign investment / French Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia / French companies / Garment exports / Garment factories / Garment Industry Productivity Centre / garment manufacturers / Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia / garments / GMAC / Hong Kong / illegal strikes / ILO / Indian textile suppliers / Infrastructure / International Labor Organization / International Labor Organization's Better Factories Cambodia / job security / Ken Loo / Korea / labor / labor law / labor turnover / labour / Malaysian aid / manufacturers / mass faintings / minimum wage / minimum wage increase / Monitoring in the Dark Report / Myanmar / Phnom Penh / retailers / SHRM&P / Singapore / Stanford International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic / Taiwan / temporary contracts / textile manufacturers / textile suppliers / textile supply chain / Textiles / UK Trade and Investment office / USAID / wages / Worker Rights Consortium / workers / workers rights
Cambodia’s reputation as a standard-bearer for apparel workers’ rights is wearing thin – and yet the country is a rising star when it comes to attracting foreign investment and increasing exports. There are many reasons to deter brands and retailers from sourcing clothing in Cambodia. The Kingdom ...
http://www.just-style.com/analysis/a-rising-star-with-a-falling-reputation_id117944.aspx
ACLEDA capitalises for growth
ACLEDA Bank, the largest locally owned commercial bank in Cambodia, said it has raised its current registered capital by $72.5 million, to $185.6 million, for business expansion domestically and internationally. It is the tenth time the bank has done so. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052365788/Business/acleda-capitalises-for-growth.html
Scepticism over government statistics
- 21 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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Getting reliable statistical data remains a challenge for Cambodia’s government, as a lack of cooporation among the ministries and corruption still distort what is reality. Industry insiders say this is a problem, especially as reliable data are the base of reference when the Association of Southeast ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052165728/Business/scepticism-over-government-statistics.html
Thai generator looking at Kingdom
- 20 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Investment
- Australian aid / Chief Executive Officer Noppol Milinthanggoon / coal / coal-powered electricity plant / coal-powered plants / director general of industry / EGAT / Electricity / Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) / electricity investment / energy / Laos / Meng Saktheara / Ministry of Industry / Ministry of Industry Mine and Energy / Myanmar / Noppol Milinthanggoon / Philippines / RATCH / Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl / Stock Exchange of Thailand / Thailand / The Nation
Thailand-based Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl (RATCH) has “seriously assessed” investment possibility in neighbouring countries including Cambodia, a company statement said last Thursday. It said it had geared up for business expansion in domestic and international markets in the potential existing investment bases Laos and Australia, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052065705/Business/thai-generator-looking-at-kingdom.html
Egat wants coal plants in Cambodia, Myanmar, Krabi
- 13 May 2013
- The Nation
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- Cambodia / Chinese aid / Chinese nuclear power plant / coal / coal plants / coal-powered plants / Dawei / EGAT / Electricity / Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) / electricity production / energy / fuel imports / Gulf of Thailand / hydropower / independent power producers / IPP / Krabi / liquefied natural gas / LNG / Myanmar / natural gas / nuclear power / nuclear power plants / Pongsak Ruktapongpisal / Thailand / Thailand Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal
Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal has given the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) the green light to proceed with a plan to build coal-powered plants in Myanmar and Cambodia – providing Thailand with 10,000 megawatts of electricity. Egat has also been instructed to negotiate the ...
Cambodian Parliament Ratifies ASEAN-China Maritime Transport Agreement
- 10 May 2013
- Xinhuanet News
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The National Assembly of Cambodia on Friday ratified the agreement on maritime transport between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China, saying the agreement is essential to develop trade and economic ties between ASEAN and China. “The agreement aims to facilitate and foster ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-05/10/c_132372924.htm
Delta Electronics eyes Cambodia expansion
- 10 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Investment
- Asia / Asian countries / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Asian Development Bank deputy country director Peter Brimble / Bangkok Post / Delta / Delta Electronics (Thailand) / Europe / European countries / Ho Chi Minh City / Japanese car parts supplier / Koh Kong Special Economic Zone / Minebea / Myanmar / Peter Brimble / Phnom Penh / Special Economic Zone / Thailand / Yazaki Corporation
Delta Electronics (Thailand), one of the world’s leading producers of power supplies and electronic components, plans to expand to Cambodia and Myanmar, the Bangkok Post reported on Wednesday. “There is no indication of a specific timeframe for the expansion, but the company sees these countries . ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051065533/Business/delta-electronics-eyes-cambodia-expansion.html
Private property, public greed in Cambodia
- 9 May 2013
- The Politico
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Exports / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / Trade
- American Sugar Refining / Cambodia Daily newspaper / Cambodian Center for Human Rights / Cambodian Center for Human Rights president Ou Virak / CCHR / Chinese aid / Chum Bun Rong / Deputy Director Chum Bun Rong / Displacement / Disputed Land / Domino Sugar / ELCs / forced evictions / Khmer Rouge / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Provice / land compensation / Land Law 2001 / Land-grabbing / Laos / Myanmar / National Land Authority / New York / Ou Virak / Phnom Penh / Prime Minister Hun Sen / sugar / sugar cane / Tate & Lyle / Tate & Lyle sugar / Thailand / The State Department annual Human Rights Report / TTY rubber company / United Nations / United States aid / Vietnam War
Mark Moorstein knew little about Cambodia before he got involved in a lawsuit on behalf of land owners there. But as it’s turning out, the suit could end up affecting most every country in Asia. Moorstein is a land-use lawyer in Northern Virginia who, like many ...
Mekong forest facing sharp decline: WWF
- 3 May 2013
- Channel News Asia
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- deforestation / hydroelectric project / Junta Rules / Laos / Laos’s Xayaburi dam / Mangroves / Mekong forest / Mekong region / Mekong river / Mekong river Ecosystem / Myanmar / rice / rice paddy / Rubber plantation / Southeast Asia / Southern Mekong Sections / Thailand / wildlife / WWF / Xayaburi dam
BANGKOK: Demand for farmland may strip the Greater Mekong region of a third of its remaining forest cover over the next two decades without swift government action, a leading conservation group warned Thursday. Forests are being cleared for commodities such as rubber and rice while illegal logging is decimating ...
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/mekong-forest-facing-sharp-decline-wwf/661574.html
High Risk Seen in Kingdom’s Business Environment: Report
- 2 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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Corruption, a weak judicial system and the potential for complicity with human and labour rights abuses are key risks for firms looking to invest in Cambodia, a new report [by Maplecroft, a UK-based global risk and strategic consulting firm] analysing investment risk in the Kingdom ...
Investors Look For Hotel Opportunities In Southeast Asia
- 30 April 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
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- Accor / Ashurst / Ashurst International Law Firm / Ashurst Real Estate and Hospitality / Ashurst Tourism and Leisure practice in Asia / Asia's Market / Bangkok / Chinese aid / Hoi An / Jones Lang LaSalle Hospitality Group / Jones Lang LaSalle Hospitality Group Executive Vice President Tom Oakden / Jones Lang LaSalle Hotel / Jones Lang LaSalle Hotel Executive Vice President Tom Oakden / Jones Lang LaSalle Real-estate Services Company / Life Resorts / Mandalay / Minor Hotel Group / Myanmar / Phnom Penh / Quy Nhon / Rhonda Hare / Siem Reap / Siem Reap Province / South East Asia / South Korean aid / Thailand / Tom Oakden / UNESCO / Yangon
Hotel transaction volumes in Asia hit US$620 million (Bt18.18 billion) in the first quarter, up 190 per cent from the same period last year, and properties in Southeast Asia are attracting investor attention, according to real-estate services company Jones Lang LaSalle. “Rising visitor arrivals, robust trading ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NGM4ODkxZTEzMjg
Thailand and Cambodia to forge closer trade talks
- 29 April 2013
- The Nation
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Imports / Informal migration for labor / Labor / Local workers abroad / Offshore recruitment and employment / Rice / Trade
- Aranyaprathet town / ASEAN Economic Community / Cassava / electronic passport identification system / fourth Joint Trade Commission / Greater Mekong Sub-region Cross-Border Transport Agreement / immigration / Joint Trade Commission / JTC / Laos / Myanmar / Poipet / rice trade zone / special trade zones / Thailand Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom / transport
After the fourth Joint Trade Commission (JTC) recently, Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom said that Thailand and Cambodia had the potential to drive two-way trade up by 30 per cent, due to strong growth in 2012. Last year, bilateral trade grew by 40.5 per cent year on ...
Stronger ties with Cambodia sought ahead of rice-trading zone
- 19 April 2013
- The Nation
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Biofuel crops / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Maize (corn) / Rice / Trade
- ASEAN / Boonsong Teriyapirom / Cassava / cereal prices / Cham Prasith / Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom / Commerce Minister Cham Prasith / fourth Joint Trade Commission / free trade zone / Joint Trade Commission / JTC / maize / Ministry of Commerce / Myanmar / Phnom Penh / rice / rice farming industry / rice milling / rice trading / Thai Government / Thailand / Thailand Ministry of Commerce
Thailand will forge closer ties with Cambodia and other neighbouring countries to increase competency in rice trading and boost the bargaining power of Asean countries by setting up a rice-trading zone soon. Also, Thailand will expand crop cooperation to cassava to raise farm incomes in the ...
Cambodia growth to continue, but development faces shortfalls
- 19 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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- Afghanistan / ASEAN / Asia-Pacific / Bangladesh / budget deficit / CLMV / Education Management / Education Policy / ESCAP / food security / garment export / Gini coefficient / Hang Chuon Naron / Inclusive Growth / Income Inequality / Indian aid / macroeconomic policies / Ministry of Economy and Finances Secretary of State Hang Chuon Naron / Myanmar / Nepal / Philippines / Socioeconomic Gaps / Sri Lanka / sustainable growth / U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Despite steady economic growth in recent years, Cambodia remains one of the least-developed countries in the Asia-Pacific region and faces the challenge of diversifying its economy and moving up the production value chain, the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) ...
Lauren Crothers, P. 20
http://The Cambodia Daily
Tourism not competitive
- 9 April 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Industries / Tourism
- Brunei / Geneva / Government-Private Sector working group / Ho Vandy / Indonesia / Laos / Malaysian aid / Minister of Tourism Thong Khon / Ministry of Tourism / Myanmar / Philippines / Singapore / Southeast Asia / Southeast Asian / Switzerland / Thailand / Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013 / World Economic Forum / World Economic Forum’s annual Executive Opinion Survey
Cambodia ranks last in travel and tourism competitiveness among eight Southeast Asian countries, according to a recently published study by the World Economic Forum. The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013, which excluded Laos and Myanmar, said Cambodia comes 106th out of 140 countries this year, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040964952/Business/tourism-not-competitive.html
Joint visa with Laos not expected before 2015
- 8 April 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- ACMECS single-visa policy / ASEAN / Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Co-operation Strategy / Department of foreign / Koy Kuong / Lao Embassy in Cambodia / Laos / Manoxay Vilayhane / Minister of Tourism Thong Khon / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Myanmar / Phnom Penh / Thailand
A Lao government delegation visiting the Kingdom’s capital last week anticipates that a joint visa scheme that would allow entry to both countries on a single visa will take at least two to three years to implement. Manoxay Vilayhane, second secretary at the Lao embassy in ...
Growing Tourism – A Positive Sign: Asia and Pacific Continue as Travel Hot Spots
- 1 April 2013
- Cambodian Business Review
- Economy and commerce / Industries / Tourism
- Angkor Wat / Angkor Wat Temple / Angkor Wat temples / ASEAN / Asia and Pacific tourism / Australian aid / Cambodia’s tourism industry / CEO of PATA / Chinese aid / Cultural and Eco-Tourism / Eco-tourism / foreign visitors / France / genocide museum / Hawaii / Hong Kong / Hong Kong SAR / Indian aid / Japanese aid / jobs in tourism industry / Kep / Korea / Laos / Malaysian aid / Martin J. Craigs / Minister of Tourism Thong Khon / Ministry of Tourism / Myanmar / PATA / PATA CEO Martin Craigs / Phnom Penh / Preah Sihanouk Province / Quam / ROK / Siem Reap / Siem Reap Province / Sihanoukville / Taipei / Thailand / Toul Sleng Genocide Museum / tourism growth / tourism industry / UNESCO World Heritage / USA / World Heritage Angkor Wat Temple / World Heritage Site
Asia and the Pacific continued as a hot spot for international tourism in 2012, attracting what is expected to be in excess of 350 million international visitor arrivals, expanding its collective inbound count by more than 5% and generating more than 18 million additional foreign visits, year-on-year. Within this ...
Better Recovery for Construction and Real Estate Sector
- 1 April 2013
- Cambodian Business Review
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2012 has been an impressive year for Cambodia’s economic resilience. Among the many sectors that had positively grown are the construction and property development [sic] and they are expected to be among the highest growth achievers in the current year as well. In 2012, the ...
FAO Raises Paddy Production Outlook
- 1 April 2013
- Cambodian Business Review
- Agricultural commodities, processing and products / Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Crop products and commodities / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economy and commerce / Exports / Rice / Rice / Trade / United States aid
- Agro-business company / Amru rice (Cambodia) Co / Baitang (Kampuchea) Plc / Bangladesh / Brazil / Burma / Cambodia / Cavifoods / Cavifoods and Loran Group / Chinese aid / Dr. Yang Saing Koma / Egypt / FAO All Rice Price Index / Golden Rice Co Ltd / Guinea / Hean Vanhorn / Indian aid / Indonesia / Korea / Madagascar / Magsaysay Award / Magsaysay Award Winner Dr. Yang Saing Koma / Mali / milled rice exports / Ministry of Agriculture Forest and Fisheries Deputy Director-General / Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries / Myanmar / Nepal / Nigeria / Rep. of Korea / Republic of Korea / rice production / Russian Federation / Senegal / Sierra Leone / South America / Sri Lanka / Tanzania / Thailand / Turkey / United States aid / United States Department of Agriculture / Uruguay / US / USA / USDA / Venezuela / Viet Nam / Yang Saing Koma
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has raised its forecast of global paddy production in 2012 by about 1.5 million tonnes to 730 million tonnes (487 million tonnes, milled). The scaling up of production mainly concerned Asian countries, in particular Cambodia, ...
Laos taps on single visa door
- 26 March 2013
- TTR Weekly
- Industries / Tourism
- ACMECS Single Visa / Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy / Cambodia tourist visa / Lao PDR / Mekong region tourism / Myanmar / National Economic Research Institute / National Economic Research Institute chief Liber Libuapao / single visa scheme / Thailand / Thailand and Cambodia single visa / Thailand tourist visa / Thong Khon / Tourism Minister Thong Khon / tourist visas / Vientiane / Vientiane Times / Visas
Lao PDR says it will consider joining Thailand and Cambodia’s single visa scheme launched late last year saying it will help to boost Mekong region tourism. A senior official at the consular department in Vientiane told the Vientiane Times, last week, that the government would hold ...
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2013/03/laos-keen-to-join-single-visa/
E. Sun plans to purchase stake in Cambodian bank
- 23 March 2013
- Taipei Times
- Banking and financial services / Economy and commerce
- Australian aid / Chinese aid / E. Sun Commercial Bank / E. Sun Financial / E. Sun Financial Holding Co / E. Sun Financial president Joseph Huang / Economic growth / Myanmar / Phnom Penh / Singapore / small and medium-sized enterprises / Taiwan / Taiwan Stock Exchange / UCB / Union Commercial Bank PLC
E. Sun Commercial Bank (玉山銀行), the banking arm of E. Sun Financial Holding Co (玉山金控), yesterday announced plans to buy a 70 percent stake in Phnom Penh, Cambodia-based Union Commercial Bank PLC (UCB) for US$69.33 million to facilitate its expansion into Southeast Asia. “We decided to ...
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2013/03/23/2003557740