Trade with Thailand increases
Trade between Cambodia and Thailand increased by about 40 per cent to US$3 billion in the first nine months of this year in comparison with the same period last year, according to figures provided by the Royal Embassy of Thailand in Cambodia.
According to Nat Vimonchandra,
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Japanese delegation seeks business options
Some 140 Japanese investors arrived in Cambodia yesterday to meet with local government leaders and other stakeholders in an effort to boost economic cooperation between the two countries.
According to the Japanese Embassy in Cambodia, the delegation arrived in the country yesterday afternoon, following a visit
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Second-hand, first in imports
Cambodia imported almost 10 times as many used clothes as new ones in the first 11 months of last year, according to statistics from the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Some 79,217 tonnes of used garments worth $61.5 million were brought in during that period, compared
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Bank of China to raise business operations in Cambodia: deputy-governor
The Bank of China is going to expand its business operations in Cambodia after it was launched here two years ago and seen rapid business growth, Zhu Shuming, visiting deputy governor of Bank of China, said Friday.
Speaking at a meeting with Chea Chanto, governor of
Combi plans $1.5m factory for baby goods
CONSTRUCTION is progressing on a $1.5 million baby-products factory that will be among the largest in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ).
Combi (Cambodia), which owns the factory, announced the plans for its new facility in an online job listing yesterday.
The five-hectare factory was scheduled
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Workers, cop injured as strike turns violent
Violence broke out twice yesterday at the Maru Chuen garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district – first, between police and strikers, and later, between strikers and employees who remained at work.
In the morning, seven workers and one police officer were injured after police intervened
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US embassy to hold investment webinar
The US embassy in Phnom Penh intends to hold a webinar on doing business in Cambodia, providing information on the benefits and challenges of working in the country for US firms.
“This is the first webinar that will focus on investment opportunities and an overview of
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Business chambers merge with Eurocham
The French and German chambers of commerce have both merged into the larger European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia in order to gain combined strength and be more effective as an interface between European business and the Cambodian government.
The agreement is set to be formalised
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Condom packers seek ‘unpaid’ bonuses
Forty-four Number One and OK condom packers, out of work since their contracts ended on Sunday, protested outside the office of health NGO Population Services Khmer (PSK) in Phnom Penh yesterday, demanding “unpaid” seniority bonuses.
Representative So Nita said the workers, four of whom have physical
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Tropical storm wreaks havoc
A tropical storm that raked Vietnam for the past two days has affected five Cambodian provinces, with severe flooding and damage in three of them.
Tropical storm Mangkhut descended on Northern Vietnam on Wednesday and yesterday, deluging the Mekong River and flooding areas of Banteay Meanchey,
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Chartered carrier takes off
Newly established Wat Phnom Airlines completed its maiden flight to Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport on July 10. But its predecessor, grounded Tonlesap Airlines, is said to owe the same airport more than $50,000 in landing fees.
The local chartered carrier “is officially in business after it
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Teacher raises made public
In the middle of an election campaign in which wages have been a prominent issue, the Ministry of Education did something out of the ordinary Monday: It made public the official pay scale it uses to remunerate its teachers.
The list contains figures that are somewhat
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Cambodia's per capita GDP to reach 1,036 USD this year: PM
Cambodia’s per capita GDP was projected to hit 1,036 U.S. dollars in 2013, up from nearly 1,000 U.S. dollars in a year earlier, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Saturday.
The premier said the country has enjoyed full peace and political stability in the last 15
Xinhuanet News Staff
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HPAI in Cambodia Affects Backyard Poultry
The Cambodian veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Battambang affecting backyard poultry.
An immediate notification was sent to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) reporting that the causal agent has been identified as the HPAI virus, serotype H5N1.
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Cambodia, Vietnam look to enhance legislative ties
There should be stronger legislative co-operation between Vietnam and Cambodia, agreed Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Tong Thi Phong and the second Vice President of the Senate of Cambodia Tep Ngorn.
During a meeting on Saturday during the 34th General Assembly of the ASEAN
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
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Officials demanded bribes, teacher say
A teacher at Tea Chamrath High School in Pursat town has accused school director Bou Sovannarith and deputy director Chhub Buntha of forcing students to pay bribes in the form of, among other things, enrolment fees for matriculation into the 2013-2014 academic year.
Phat Malin, the
Mom Kunthear
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Mondulkiri elephant row continues
An Eco-tourism initiative in Mondulkiri province will remain open for daytime visits only for the time being, after authorities heard from officials at the Elephant Valley Project (EVP) and locals who complain the NGO siphons tourism money.
EVP officials met with people who filed complaints with
Sean Teehan and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
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Activists seek UN monitors
Anti-logging activists wrote to the United Nations yesterday to call for the monitoring of a lawsuit in which they accuse hundreds of officials in Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary of illegal deforestation.
The Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organization (NRWPO) listed 241 officials it
Phak Seangly
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Cambodia flood death toll climbs to 122
The death toll from Mekong River and flash floods in Cambodia has risen to 122 in the past four weeks, a senior disaster control official said Monday.
“To date, the floods have killed 122 people and affected some 1.5 million people,” Nhim Vanda, vice-president of the
Xinhuanet News Staff
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French offer forensics 101
In the past two years, the French embassy in Phnom Penh has been drawn into at least two high-profile cases in which their nationals have died in suspicious circumstances in Cambodia.
In an attempt to improve forensic investigations in the Kingdom, the French embassy announced
Shane Worrell
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