Cambodian insurance industry sees 25 pct growth in first half
Cambodia’s insurance sector earned a total premium of 22 million U.S. dollars in the first six months of the year, up 25 percent from the 17.6 million U.S. dollars it made over the same period last year, the industry’s figures showed Tuesday.
The premiums were from
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-08/06/c_132607310.htm
Delta Electronics eyes Cambodia expansion
Delta Electronics (Thailand), one of the world’s leading producers of power supplies and electronic components, plans to expand to Cambodia and Myanmar, the Bangkok Post reported on Wednesday.
“There is no indication of a specific timeframe for the expansion, but the company sees these countries .
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051065533/Business/delta-electronics-eyes-cambodia-expansion.html
Cambodia’s Beauty Industry Blossoming
The beauty business in the Kingdom is growing rapidly as incomes are rising and the middle-class is growing, industry insiders told the Post yesterday.
In the first three months of this year, the Kingdom imported cosmetic products worth $9.9 million, an increase of 130 per cent
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051665644/Business/cambodia-s-beauty-industry-blossoming.html
Cambodian, Thai state-owned broadcasters ink cooperation deal
The National Television of Cambodia and the Mass Communication Organization of Thailand (MCOT) on Tuesday signed a television cooperation agreement, focusing on the exchange of TV programs and information.
The deal was inked between director general of the National Television of Cambodia Kem Gunawadh and MCOT’s
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/21/c_132398350.htm
Govt and UN to save coasts
The Fisheries Administration and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Friday officially launched a program to protect Cambodia’s coastline from over-fishing, erosion and other damage to coastal environments and livelihoods.
Since the beginning of the year, the program has been training local officials
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062466440/National/govt-and-un-to-save-coasts.html
Cambodian voters urged to refrain from violence
Cambodian voters are urged to refrain from violence, as they will go to vote on Sunday to elect for 123 members of parliament.
“Free political environment and the ability of the people to exercise their rights and freedoms, such as the right to vote, freedom of
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=YWFkODE3OTBkODl
Sar Kheng orders an end to CPP support petitions
The Interior Ministry has ordered local authorities to stop collecting thumbprinted letters of election support, echoing NGOs who alleged earlier this week that the practice amounts to intimidation.
“Municipal and provincial governors shall stop immediately making petitions to support the results of the fifth mandate of
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-orders-end-cpp-support-petitions
Cambodia parliament holds session as opposition continue to boycott
Cambodia’s ruling party- controlled National Assembly on Thursday convened its first plenary session to elect members for the body’s nine commissions, while the opposition party has continued to boycott the parliament over July’s disputed election.
Sixty-eight lawmakers of the Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party on
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/816822.shtml#.UldrLdKBlxI
Out with the old: factory
Amid concerns of legal violations on the part of their employer, about 400 workers at the USA Fully Field garment factory in the capital’s Meanchey district accepted payouts for their factory closing – even though it hasn’t.
Workers protested last week in fear that the factory
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/out-old-factory
Cambodia Reports Another Human H5N1 Avian Influenza Case, 23rd Of The Year
A two-year-old girl from northwestern Pursat province was confirmed positive for human H5N1 avian influenza after she was admitted to the Jayavarman VII Hospital in Siem Reap province on Oct. 25 with fever, running nose, lethargy, dyspnea, cough and breathing difficulties. She died on Oct.26.
This
Robert Herriman
http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/cambodia-reports-another-human-h5n1-avian-influenza-case-23rd-of-the-year-59683/
ADB provides 3 mln USD to Cambodia for flood relief
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing emergency humanitarian assistance of 3 million U.S. dollars to help Cambodia recover from devastating floods that have affected 1.7 million people and caused an estimated 1 billion U.S. dollars in damage, the Bank said in a statement on
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-11/20/c_132903465.htm
(English) New districts signed into being by PM
Sorry, this entry is only available in អង់គ្លេស (ស.រ.អ).
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-districts-signed-being-pm
Japanese, Cambodia trade is up 19 per cent
Trade volume between Cambodia and Japan had grown 19 per cent in the first six months of 2013 compared with the same period last year, figures from the Japan External Trade Organisation show.
Cambodian exports to Japan were up 31 per cent in the first six
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japanese-cambodia-trade-19-cent
Canadian for-profit pre-school to open up
Canada-based Learning Jungle School, an early learning and child care provider, will enter the expanding Cambodian pre-school market, planning to start operations in January 2014.
Ly Virak, Learning Jungle School franchisee for Cambodia, said there is an increasing number of young Cambodian parents who understand the
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/canadian-profit-pre-school-open
US embassy surveillance site: report
The United States embassy in Phnom Penh contains an intelligence-gathering operation that amasses information about Cambodia, the Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday, citing a map first published in Germany’s Der Spiegel.
The Herald article referenced some 90 international surveillance sites, including ones housed in embassies in neighbouring Jakarta, Yangon, Bangkok and
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-embassy-surveillance-site-report
Expired meds missing: officials
Officials from Svay Rieng’s provincial health department are rounding up expired medications that medical staff and villagers are believed to have pocketed while clearing a stockpile near the provincial hospital on Wednesday, local health officials said yesterday.
Provincial medical staff alerted the provincial health department after
Khoun Leakhana
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/expired-meds-missing-officials
Aspara International's China flights delayed
The launch of a new airline promising regular flights between Phnom Penh and China has been stalled, awaiting government approval.
Apsara International Air – co-owned by Chinese and Cambodian investors – now plans to begin operations sometime in 2014 as talks between the airline and the
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/aspara-internationals-china-flights-delayed
PPSEZ គ្រោង ឡើងផ្សារហ៊ុន
ភ្នំពេញៈ មន្ដ្រីជាន់ខ្ពស់គណៈកម្មការមូលបត្រកម្ពុជា (SECC) បាននិយាយថា តំបន់សេដ្ឋកិច្ចពិសេសភ្នំពេញ (PPSEZ) ដែលជាផ្នែកមួយក្នុងចំណោមតំបន់សេដ្ឋកិច្ចពិសេសទាំង ១៥ នៅ កម្ពុជា គ្រោងនឹងឡើងផ្សារហ៊ុនកម្ពុជា (CSX) ក្នុងការស្វែងរកប្រភពទុនបន្ថែមសម្រាប់ពង្រីកការវិនិយោគ។
លោក សុខ ដារ៉ា អគ្គនាយករង SECC បានប្រាប់ ភ្នំពេញ ប៉ុស្ដិ៍ កាលពីថ្ងៃចន្ទថា PPSEZ បានដាក់លិខិតបង្ហាញ
ម៉ៃ គុណមករា
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/business/business/108013-ppsez-
Sabrina workers out after months in jail
Eight unionists locked in prison in Kampong Speu province since violent clashes at the Sabrina Garment factory in May and June were released on bail yesterday, court and union officials said.
Cheum Rithy, a provincial judge, said he had decided to release the eight Free Trade
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sabrina-workers-out-after-months-jail
NA spokesman says opposition’s boycott makes no impact on session
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party’s (CNRP) lawmakers continued their boycott of the National Assembly session on Tuesday.
CNRP spokesman Yem Punharith said that the lawmakers of the CNRP didn’t attend today’s session of the National Assembly because solutions to the election disputes have not yet
Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YjQ0YTk4OTVkZGE
