Phnom Penh Port Cargo up 17 Percent On Last Year
The amount of cargo entering Cambodia through the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port increased 17 percent over the first 11 months of the year, compared to the same period in 2011, a port official said yesterday. From January through October, the Port received a total of 86,334 ...
Activist Monk Released, Vows To Continue Activism
Loun Savath, a monk and rights activist who was detained by plain clothes security officials Thursday, was released that night, after he agreed to sign a letter vowing to stop leading and participating in protests. However, he has promised he will not halt his activism. Loun ...
Prime Minister to Attend G-20 Summit Next Week
Prime Minister Hun Sen, in his capacity as Asean chairman, will lead a delegation to Mexico on Monday and Tuesday to attend the Group of 20 summit, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Foreign Minister Hor Namhong will join Mr. Hun Sen at the summit, which ...
Envoy hopeful of more direct flights from Phl to Cambodia
The Philippine ambassador in Cambodia is confident there will be more direct flights between the two Asian countries, apart from the current Manila-Siem Reap route, which is six hours away by land from this capital. Ambassador Noe Wong expressed optimism there will be another memorandum of ...
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2012/11/19/868375/envoy-hopeful-more-direct-flights-phl-cambodia
Chinese sign deal on dam, villagers fear flooding
The massive and highly controversial Lower Sesan 2 Dam project took a major step forward yesterday with the inking of government power purchase agreements and an investment deal between Royal Group and a Chinese company. But details about the contracts, their implementation or the fate of ...
Cambodia’s PM eyes Japanese investment
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen expects the country to attract more Japanese tourists and investors to help improve the country tourism and economy. The PM said last week he was encouraging more Japanese investors and tourists by heightening bilateral ties. “Japan and Cambodia are known for having ...
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2012/12/cambodias-pm-eyes-japanese-investment/
Fixed-line internet providers see growth
Despite the spread of web-enabled smartphones and tablets in Cambodia, internet service providers expected the number of fixed-line applications to grow, two industry insiders said yesterday. “With the advent of tablets and faster smartphones, it’s inevitable that people will use their devices more and more for ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010760646/Business/fixed-line-internet-providers-see-growth.html
Local ISP claims licence overlap is causing losses
At least one internet service provider in Cambodia still claims to have overlapping frequencies, which means losses for the affected company MekongNet. The company’s chief executive, Sok Channda, reported that the internet service provider can’t use the frequencies that were supposed to cover the WiMAX service, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/Business/local-isp-claims-licence-overlap-is-causing-losses.html
Government Orders Railway Repairs to Start
The government has ordered French construction firm TSO (Cambodia) Co. Ltd. to resume work repairing the railway line between Phnom Penh and Serei Saophoan City in Banteay Meanchey province, an official said yesterday. The French firm has been contracted to rehabilitate the France-build railway – a ...
Violent crackdowns decried
Violent land evictions, unlawful prison sentences, shooting deaths and crackdowns on peaceful protests are all on a list of allegations a human rights group is voicing concerns about this week. The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee condemned the incidents in a statement released on Tuesday, calling ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012053056473/National-news/violent-crackdowns-decried.html
Sweet deal
Stevia Nutra Corporation, a Canadian agro-business company, has announced its decision to grow stevia in Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province. The company will grow the plant, whose leaves are used as a sweetener or sugar substitute, on just over 20 hectares of land close to Phnom Penh. Stevia Nutra has incorporated Mighty MekongAgro industries Co. Ltd, ...
Laos only ‘surveying’ Xayaburi
Laos has denied it is pushing forward with the controversial Xayaburi hydropower dam in violation of international legal obligations, the country’s state media reported on Friday. Under a 1995 agreement with Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand, Laos was obligated to not begin construction without a prior ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070957302/National-news/laos-only-surveying-xayaburi.html
Wen says China-Cambodia relations good example of friendly neighboring ties
Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Sunday that the relationship between China and Cambodia has set a good example of friendly ties between neighboring countries. Wen made the remarks during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. The comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation between China ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-11/19/c_123967041.htm
Cambodia-US Bilateral Trade 2012 Increases Slightly
The bilateral trade between Cambodia and the United States in 2012 rose slightly, while Cambodia’s export decreased, according to a report of the United States Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce. U.S. Department of Commerce. The Cambodia-US bilateral trade saw its increase 0. 61%, while ...
PPWSA pays dividends
Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) will allocate its first dividend to shareholders since listing on the bourse, on April 10. According to an announcement by PPWSA, the annual dividend will be distributed in cash. The dividend payout ratio is seven per cent, with a total dividend ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040564909/Business/ppwsa-pays-dividends.html
Hun Sen Signs Off on Royal Pardon for Sam Rainsy
Prime Minister Hun Sen has signed off on a Royal Pardon, which would allow for opposition leader Sam Rainsy to return to Cambodia ahead of the national election on July 28, Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan said. Mr. Rainsy has been in self-imposed exile ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-signs-off-on-royal-pardon-for-sam-rainsy-34675/
Direct flights from Ha Noi to Cambodia
Travelers bound for Cambodia can now take direct flights from Ha Noi to both Phnom Penh and Siem Reap via new routes launched by Cambodia Angkor Air. Along with the official opening of a representative office in Ha Noi late last month, Angkor Air ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NDEzMWUxZmJiOTh
Private side can spark investment
The government has called on private sector partnership for investment in Cambodia’s infrastructure; a move officials say will help funnel more foreign funds into the country. Speaking at a seminar on Public Private Partnership (PPP), the Minister of Commerce, Cham Prasidh, conceded that help was needed ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070566681/Business/private-side-can-spark-investment.html
Glue fumes cause mass workplace faintings
Approximately 40 workers fainted at the TMI garment factory in Svay Rieng yesterday, police and workers said. Workers at the factory began feeling sick and fainting when a heavy air of glue fumes wafted into the factory as workers returned from lunch, So Navy, 23, a ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/glue-fumes-cause-mass-workplace-faintings
Hun Sen to pen accords with Abe
Infrastructure-fundIng agreements and a memorandum on military cooperation will be signed when Prime MInister Hun Sen visits Japan next week, the government said yesterday. The premier will meet his Japanese counterpart, ShInzo Abe, In Tokyo late next week, a statement released yesterday by the MInistry of ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-pen-accords-abe