New European legislation passed last month could help transparency in the extractive industries, by forcing companies to declare payments to foreign governments rich in resources For resource-rich countries like Cambodia, that means much more transparency, she said. More than 95 percent of the world’s major extractive ss='cambodia-color'>...

Inside a gleaming white-and-blue garment factory in Cambodia stand rows of second-hand singers — weathered sewing machines transported from a plant in China that closed last year. The Hong Kong-headquartered Top Form, which has 700 workers at the plant, is one of many businesses that have ss='cambodia-color'>...

In Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district there is a 133-hectare mound of sand that was once a lake. It took nearly four years to fill Boeng Kak with that sand. On the southern perimeter of the massive sand pit sit two large billboards. On those billboards there ss='cambodia-color'>...

As Cambodia prepares to host a series of top-level meetings in Phnom Penh next week, questions remain over how it will approach major issues such as the south China sea. Analysts now say next week’s meeting will be a test of whether Cambodia will continue ss='cambodia-color'>...

NagaWorld casino is set to inaugurate its first office in Vietnam on saturday with high-ranking Cambodian officials set to attend. The casino’s owner, NagaCorp, has announced plans to draw more customers from Vietnam, though Hem sopheak, a senior media executive for the casino, said all details ss='cambodia-color'>...

A combined force of police, soldiers and military police last night set a deadline of 8am this morning for villagers in Mondulkiri province’s tiny Rayum commune to leave their homes or face forcible eviction. Authorities, who have surrounded the village for a week, say the villagers’ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Revenues generated at the sihanoukville Autonomous Port increased 13.6 percent to $14 million in the first five months of 2012, compared to the same period last year, a port official said yesterday. Lou Kimchhun, director-general of the port, said that revenues came from a 9 percent ss='cambodia-color'>...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted Tuesday that Cambodia’s economy could grow as high as 7 percent this year, 0.8 percentage points higher than its April’s forecast of 6.2 percent. speaking in a meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister sok An, IMF’s Chief of Mission to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian automotive industry will expand after the Kingdom’s integration into the Association of southeast Asian Nations (AsEAN) Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, thanks to the free flow of goods within the bloc and Cambodia’s competitive advantage as a low-cost manufacturer, according to Cambodian Commerce ss='cambodia-color'>...

The construction of two hydroelectric dams proposed for the Mekong River would lead to steep declines in the availability of fish-an essential source of protein for Cambodians- potentially threatening food security, according to a new report by the fisheries administration. The study by the administration’s Inland Fisheries ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader sam Rainsy appears to have run out of options in his bid to contest in Cambodia’s national polls, as the country’s political parties prepared to wrap up their election campaign amid allegations by independent observers of “arrests, threats and intimidation” by the ruling ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Council of Ministers yesterday backed Prime Minister Hun sen’s plan to rebuild the flattened homes of 49 families who were violently evicted earlier this month in Preah sihanouk province’s stung Hav district. In a statement on sunday, Mr. Hun sen dismissed the Council of Ministers’ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Royal Group of Companies is in negotiations to purchase a satellite from China Aerospace science and Technology Corporation for its telecoms operations in Cambodia, Cambodian Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said Wednesday. Tycoon Kith Meng currently owns the kingdom’s largest mobile phone operator, Mobitel. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia imported 412,190 tons of Crude Oil in Q-1 of Y 2013, a 12% fall compared with the 471,000 tons it imported at the same period last year, the Commerce ministry’s report showed saturday. During the January-March period this year, the country spent Us$ 397-M to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The exports of garments and textiles from Cambodia have grown by 17.5 percent year-on-year to reach Us$ 1.34 billion during the first three months of the current year, data released by the Ministry of Commerce shows. Last year, Cambodia exported apparels worth Us$ 4.61 billion, ss='cambodia-color'>...

“The agriculture sector today is still playing significant role in promoting local production growth, job creation, and contributing to the poverty reduction of the people.  At the same time, the agriculture sector will continue the basic role for economic growth and socio-economic development in Cambodia in ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 200 people celebrating World Environment Day on Wednesday gathered in front of the National Assembly to submit a petition asking the government to stop the destruction of Cambodia’s forests. A report released by the WWF last month said that Cambodia has lost almost a ss='cambodia-color'>...

One year ago today, Hang Serei Odom, a journaliSt in Ratanakkiri province, received a fateful phone call. After telling hiS wife he waS going to meet a military police officer, he bid her goodnight. He left hiS houSe in Banlung City at about 7 p.m. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd and its joint venture partner has secured two contracts valued at Us$87mil (RM276mil) to build and expand two airports in Cambodia. Muhibbah has a 30% stake in sCA [societe Concessionnaire de L’Aeroport]. The duration for the Phnom Penh Airport and siem ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 50 ethnic Jarai families in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district have sold their farmland and part of the forests their culture depends on to the sister of former Finance Minister Keat Chhon, rights group Adhoc said Monday. Last year, the ethnic minority Jarai in the district ss='cambodia-color'>...