Sihanoukville Autonomous Port has seen an increase of 520 percent in the amount of construction machinery being imported. According to Chea Sambath, director of the port’s planning and statistics department, the increase is as a result of the increased investment in roads, hydropower dams and ...

A code of Conduct governing the South China Sea remains only an “eventual” prospect, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday, despite it dominating discussions during this week’s ASEAN Summit. From the beginning of Monday’s Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the question of China’s potential involvement in the drafting ...

សេចក្តីសម្រេចចិត្តអាជ្ញារកណ្តាលកាលពីថ្ងៃទី ១២ ខែកក្កដា ដោយតុលាការអចិន្ត្រៃយ៍នៃអាជ្ញាកណ្តាលនៅទីក្រុងឡាអេ ដែលបានផ្តល់សិទ្ធិមួយចំនួនដែលជាប់នឹងដែនទឹកឱ្យទៅហ្វីលីពីនប្រឆាំងនឹងការអះអាងរបស់ចិនក្នុងបញ្ហាជម្លោះសមុទ្រចិនខាងត្បូង នេះមានន័យថា អាស៊ាន នឹងត្រូវដើរតួយ៉ាងសកម្ម តួនាទីការទូតនៅក្នុងការរំសាយភាពតានតឹង និងធានាដល់ស្ថេរភាពនៅក្នុងតំបន់ នេះបើយោងតាមកាតយល់ឃើញរបស់អ្នកវិភាគជាន់ខ្ពស់ និងអ្នកស្រាវជ្រាវ។ ...

More than 100 people in Kratie province staged a peaceful protest on Sunday after excavators mobilized by a South Korean timber firm tried to clear and demarcate concession land, a commune official said yesterday. The company, Think Biotech, was granted 34,000 hectares of land on May ...

Back in 2007 and 2008, Phnom Penh was positively abuzz with the sound of drills, hammers and cranes. Construction sites were found all over the city and it seemed that every day new projects were being announced in the media—a skyscraper here, a retail development ...

Cambodia planned to set up the first ever Civil Aviation Training Center with South Korean assistance in order to boost development of air transport industry and tourism, a spokesman said Saturday. “South Korea agreed to provide 10.1 million U.S. dollars in grant aid to Cambodia for ...

​វិស័យ​សំណង់​របស់​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ បាន​ទទួល​ការ​វិនិយោគ​សរុប​ចំនួន​ ៨៥១​ លាន​ដុល្លារ​សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក​នៅ​ក្នុង​បី​ខែ​ដំបូង​នៃ​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៤​ គឺ​កើនឡើង​ ៣១១​ភាគរយ​ បើ​ធៀប​នឹង​ចំនួន​ទឹកប្រាក់​វិនិយោគ​ ២០៧​ លាន​ដុល្លារ​អា​មេ​រិ​ក​ ក្នុង​រយៈពេល​ដូច​គ្នា ...

Commercial banks are providing more loans for vehicle purchases, leading to a jump in car sales this year, according to dealers. While the improved domestic economy and effects of the March disasters in Japan on its competitors had improved sales figures of Great Wall vehicles, increased ...

The World Bank has ceased funding Radio National Kampuchea (RNK) as of last month due to a failure to comply to the Bank’s Demand for Good Governance Project agreement. The funding ended on June 30. The World Bank granted RNK US $20 million with a ...

Cambodia’s progress has been slow toward achieving the UN Millennium Development Goal of increasing rural access to sanitation to 30 percent by 2015, up from 8.6 percent in 1996, the World Bank said in a report released Wednesday. The World Bank report said that rural ...

The wages and working conditions of garment factory workers in Cambodia are at or above the national average, a report from the World Bank has found The minimum wage for garment workers in Cambodia rose to US$61 for regular workers in June 2010 and in March ...

Devastating floods as well as the economic slowdown in Europe and the US have prompted the World Bank to lower its outlook for Cambodia’s economic growth this year to 6 percent, down from a previous projection of 6.8 percent. In its economic update for the region ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday rebuked the World Bank for revising downward its outlook for gross domestic product growth in the Kingdom, claiming the Bank’s projections could cause market panic. The premier also announced a new government projection of 6.4 per cent GDP growth this year, ...

The Cambodia Securities Exchange may launch as soon as March or April, according to an official at the Korea Exchange, the Kingdom’s partner in launching its stock market. Final preparations for the CSX’s  initial public offerings should be complete at that time, Pat Gil-soo, senior vice-president ...

The colonial-era buildings damaged by a construction site along Phnom Penh’s bustling riverfront are under threat of imminent collapse, a structural engineer who examined the area said yesterday. Local company Vattanac yesterday complied with local authority demands to halt construction at the Sisowath Quay site – ...

The Australian government is committing $1 million to help families being forced out of their homes to make way for a railway rehabilitation project it is co-funding with the government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Australian Embassy said in a statement Friday. The embassy ...

China will continue to help Cambodia with its infrastructure and raise living standard of its people, said Pan Guangxue, Chinese ambassador to Cambodia here Monday. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of Cambodia’s 57 national road Battambang-Pailing section in Battambang, Pan said “The completion of the road ...

One of the personalities closely associated with the development of the stock exchange in Cambodia, Morten Kvammen, a director at SBI Royal Securities, says the CSX needs more companies to list in order to be successful. Kvammen, a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and ...

Having already spent millions of dollars, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will not foot the additional $70 to $90 million in funds still needed to complete more than half of Cambodia’s railway rehabilitation project, an official from the ADB said yesterday. Toll Royal Railways, a joint venture ...

កំណើនភ្ញៀវទេសចរក្នុងស្រុកចេញទៅដើរកម្សាន្តនៅក្រៅប្រទេសជិត៧០ ម៉ឺននាក់ក្នុងរយៈពេល៦ខែដើមឆ្នាំនេះ កើនឡើង ២៦ភាគរយ ធៀបនឹងរយៈពេលដូចគ្នាកាលពីឆ្នាំមុន។ កំណើនភ្ញៀវជាតិសម្រុកទៅក្រៅប្រទេសដើរកម្សាន្តនេះ ត្រូវបានអ្នកជំនាញក្នុងវិស័យនេះ លើកឡើងថា គឺមកពីកត្តាសេដ្ឋកិច្ចរីកចម្រើន។ ...