Cambodia Potential
The potential for investment in Cambodia certainly appears to be there, as the country’s location in Indochina affords much opportunity for cross-border trade with Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, says Mark Mobius. Mr Mobius, who oversees more than US $40 billion worth of investments as executive chairman <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-potential/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
More Migrant Workers Losing Contact, NGOs Say
The number of families claiming to have lost contact with relatives working overseas has seen a significant increase in recent months, three human rights groups said Thursday. Local rights groups adhoc and Licadho and the legal aid association Cambodian Legal Education Center (CLEC), said that the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/more-migrant-workers-losing-contact-ngos-say-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
CPP Abusing State Property, Election Body Says
The ruling CPP is misusing state properties to further its political agenda, said the Committee for Free and Fair Elections (Comfrel) in a report that will be released today. The report said Comfrel monitors had documented 200 instances in which state properties and resources had been <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cpp-abusing-state-property-election-body-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Central bank mulls its inflation response
Cambodia’s central bank is looking to tighten monetary policy to slow an inflation rate that could hit 8 to 9 percent this year, National Bank of Cambodia Director General and Spokeswoman Nguon Sokha said yesterday. Increases in commodity prices and petroleum has led to rising prices <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/central-bank-mulls-its-inflation-response/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Unions cry foul on temp contracts
Union leaders gathered in the capital yesterday to discuss strategies to curb the garment industry’s widespread use of temporary contracts for hiring workers, saying employers were using them to discourage unions and ensure their workforce remained docile and easy to exploit. They also accused employers of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/unions-cry-foul-on-temp-contracts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Border Officials Ask Thailand To Stop Shooting at Loggers
Cambodian border officials urged their Thai counterparts not to shoot Cambodians who cross into Thailand illegally during a special meeting in Siem Reap city yesterday to cement border relations. The request comes as Thai soldiers have already fatally shot 11 Cambodians this year who illegally <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/border-officials-ask-thailand-to-stop-shooting-at-loggers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
More Migrant Workers Losing Contact, NGOs Say
The number of families claiming to have lost contact with relatives working overseas has seen a significant increase in recent months, three human rights groups said Thursday. Local rights groups adhoc and Licadho and the legal aid association Cambodian Legal Education Center (CLEC), said that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/more-migrant-workers-losing-contact-ngos-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Soybean Prices Increase as Farmers Move Away From Crop
The decreasing amount of farmers harvesting soybeans last year has limited supply and raised prices at the markets roughly 42 percent to 4,000 riel per kg, or about $1, according to an agricultural official and farmers. Cheam Chan Sorphaon, director of the provincial agriculture department in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/soybean-prices-increase-as-farmers-move-away-from-crop/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Cambodia Surges Full-Speed Ahead With Land Concessions
The government has already granted roughly 300,000 hectares in economic land concessions (ELC) so far this year, according to data released by a local rights group yesterday. The figure, which amounts to 40 percent of the total land concessions granted in all of 2011, has <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-surges-full-speed-ahead-with-land-concessions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
ហិរញ្ញប្បទានថ្មីនឹងជួយកម្ពុជាក្នុងការកែលំអការអប់រំឧត្តមសិក្សាសម្រាប់ការអភិវឌ្ឍឧស្សាហកម្ម
នៅថ្ងៃទី២៦ ខែមេសា ឆ្នាំ ២០១៨ ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាភិបាលរបស់ធនាគារពិភពលោកបានអនុម័តហិរញ្ញប្បទានចំនួន ៩០ លានដុល្លារអាមេរិក ដើម្បីគាំទ្រដល់កិច្ចខិតខំប្រឹងប្រែងរបស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ក្នុងការបង្កើនគុណភាពនៃការអប់រំឧត្តមសិក្សា និងការស្រាវជ្រាវនៅក្នុង <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/announcements/new-financing-will-support-cambodia-in-improving-higher-education-for-industrial-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
ធនាគារពិភពលោក
សេចក្តីប្រកាសស្តីពី ការទទួលបានការយល់ព្រមលើការស្នើសុំសម្បទានប្រេង និងឧស្ម័នរបស់ក្រុមហ៊ុនអង្គរហ្គោល
នៅថ្ងៃទី១៣ ខែសីហា ឆ្នាំ២០១៩ លោក Stephen Burega នាយកប្រតិបត្តិក្រុមហ៊ុនអង្គរហ្គោល បានប្រកាសថា ក្រុមហ៊ុនអង្គរហ្គោលតាមរយៈក្រុមហ៊ុនជាសម្ព័ន្ធរបស់ខ្លួនគឺក្រុមហ៊ុន EnerCam Resources Co Ltd (“ EnerCam”) បានទទួលការយល់ព្រមពីរាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជាលើ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/announcements/announcement-on-the-approval-for-cambodian-oil-and-gas-concession-requested-by-angkor-gold-corp/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
ក្រុមហ៊ុនអង្គរហ្គោល
សេចក្តីប្រកាសព័ត៌មានអំពីការពង្រឹងកិច្ចគាំពារអតិថិជនរបស់ធនាគារជាតិនៃកម្ពុជា
នៅថ្ងៃទី១៨ ខែសីហា ឆ្នាំ២០១៧ ធនាគារជាតិនៃកម្ពុជា បានចេញសេចក្តីប្រកាសព័ត៌មានមួយ ក្នុងគោលដៅពង្រឹងកិច្ចគាំពារអតិថិជន ដែលមានសេចក្តីដូចខាងក្រោម៖១. ផាកពិន័យទឹកប្រាក់ចំនួន៤០០លានរៀល ឬ១០ម៉ឺនដុល្លារអាមេរិក ចំពោះ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/announcements/press-release-on-the-strengthening-customer-protection-of-the-national-bank-of-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
ធនាគារជាតិនៃកម្ពុជា
Villagers Told Eviction Is for Obama's Safety
More than 180 families living adjacent to the Phnom Penh International airport were told yesterday that they must vacate their homes to make was for a security road to ensure the safety of U.S. President Barack Obama, who is expected to visit in November. Var Sarang, deputy <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/villagers-told-eviction-is-for-obamas-safety/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
P Vihear Villagers Protest at National Assembly
More than 350 villagers from Preah Vihear province protested in front of the National assembly on Friday, asking for support from lawmakers in their dispute with military veterans. The villagers, representing some 370 families in Kulen district’s Srayong commune, said that the land on which they <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/p-vihear-villagers-protest-at-national-assembly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Don't Envy the Chinese, Gov't Tells Europe
The commerce minister yesterday urged European businesspeople in Phnom Penh to invest more in Cambodia and not to envy the Chinese firms now dominating the foreign investment scene. Speaking at the gathering of the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, Minister of Trade and Commerce Cham <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/dont-envy-the-chinese-govt-tells-europe/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
China ASEN Expo starts on Friday
Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh and 100 Cambodian companies are set to represent the Kingdom at the 9th China-aSEaN Expo in Nanning, China, which starts tomorrow, according to officials. The expo will include representatives from all 10 aSEaN countries and China itself. Cambodian officials will seek <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/china-asen-expo-starts-on-friday/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Floodwaters Recede in Banteay Meanchey
Floodwaters appeared to be receding in Banteay Meanchey province yesterday, after almost a week of heavy rains saw several communes inundated and over 4,000 families evacuated, provincial authorities said. “The situation is now under control,” said Ngor Mengchroun, governor of Poipet City-one of the worst hit <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/floodwaters-recede-in-banteay-meanchey/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
NGOs Discuss Reforms Ahead of Donor Meeting
At A meeting in Phnom enh to prepAre for todAy’s high-level donor Government-Development PArtner CoordinAting Committee (GDCC) forum, dozens of mostly locAl NGOs Agreed on their own list of broAd reform suggestions for the government. But lAnd disputes took center stAge. TodAy’s GDCC meeting, which the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/ngos-discuss-reforms-AheAd-of-donor-meeting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Long-Term Impact of Chemical Spill Unclear
The long-term impact of 6 tons of toxic chemicals that spilled into a stream in Kompong Chhnang province on Tuesday, killing several hundred kilograms of fish, is still unclear, the provincial department of environment said on Friday. The chemicals, identified as the cleaning agents Ridoline 560, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/long-term-impact-of-chemical-spill-unclear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>