Vietnam businesses are looking to invest in Cambodia but are faced with a shortage of skilled labor and high transportation costs. The Oversea Entrepreneur Forum in Phnom Penh saw over 100 firms meet to discuss potential partnerships.  It has also been said that further cooperation ...

A resurgent economy and efforts to crack down on smuggling have led to a large increase in petroleum imports, according to experts. Cambodia has imported 756,139 tonnes worth US$692 million in the first half of the year, from 440,607 tonnes worth $296 million in the ...

Fourth-year students at Phnom Penh’s Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE) have been barred from writing their theses on 14 topics, including Cambodia’s new bourse, according to a letter posted online yesterday. The letter, signed by the University’s research department director Kong Saphon ...

Motorbikes, vegetables, iPhones, artwork, or even land on which to build a house – a quick browse through website 7Makara.com gives the impression of a Cambodian eBay or Amazon. The difference, however, is that you can’t complete the transaction from the convenience of your bedroom. In ...

At around 6 p.m. in Phnom Penh each evening, about 5,000 large brown bats, having spent the day dangling upside down from a tree at Wat Phnom, spread their huge wings and fly out to begin their nightly search for fruit. And as useful and ...

ភាព​រីក​ចម្រើន​ខ្លាំង ​នៃ​វិស័យ​សំណង់​របស់​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​​ បាន​ជំរុញ​ឲ្យ​ប្រជា​ពល​រដ្ឋ​ក្រីក្រជាច្រើន​​គ្រួសារ​​ធ្លាក់​ចូល​ទៅ​ក្នុង​​ទាសភាព​សម័យ​ទំនើប​​ នៅ​ក្នុង​ឧស្សាហកម្ម​ឡ​ឥដ្ឋ​​តាម​រយៈ​ការ​​ចង​​ដោយ​បំណុល​។ ...

ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូតសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកប្រចាំនៅកម្ពុជា លោក William Heidt បានមានប្រសាសន៍ថា សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកមានបំណងចង់ចុះហត្ថលេខាលើកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងជាមួយកម្ពុជា ដើម្បីជួយឱ្យប្រសើរឡើងវិញនូវការគ្រប់គ្រងកំពង់ផែរដ្ឋនៅក្នុងព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា ក្នុងការបង្ក្រាបបញ្ញាទាក់ទងនឹងការនេសាទខុសច្បាប់ដែលមិនបានរាយការណ៍ និងមិនមានបទប្បញ្ញត្តិ (IUU)។ ...

The percentage of Cambodia covered in forest has fallen from about 72 per cent in 1973 to only about 46 per cent in 2013, satellite image data released yesterday shows. A series of animated maps that Open Development Cambodia (ODC) produced from NASA satellite images detail ...

សារមន្ទីរជាតិនឹងមានគម្រោងពង្រីកយ៉ាងធំមួយ ប៉ុន្តែគម្រោងនេះមិនរួមបញ្ចូលការរុះរើសាកលវិទ្យាល័យវិចិត្រសិល្បៈ ដែលមានទីតាំងឋិតនៅពីក្រោយសារមន្ទីរនោះទេ នេះបើយោងតាមពាក្យសម្តីរបស់មន្រ្តីនៅក្រសួងវប្បធម៍និងវិចិត្រសិល្បៈ ដែលបានថ្លែងក្នុងវេទិកាសាធារណៈមួយកាលពីម្សិលមិញ។ ...

Hui Tien Jien has eaten at a Chinese restaurant called Old Place Seafood two times – and he’s been in Phnom Penh for only two days. Chinese restaurants in Phnom Penh are spreading in response to a flood of tourists from China: tourists who insist ...

VISA, Mastercard, Dell and Cisco Systems have been added to a growing list of US companies looking to enter the Cambodian market, according to Frances Zwenig, counsellor of the US-ASEAN Business Council. The financial services and information technology companies joined GE, Chevron, Johnson & Johnson ...

State-owned energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) has sent letters to some of Phnom Penh’s four- and five-star hotels, asking that they switch to generators between 8am and 9pm this month — a move hotel-industry experts say would have a significant economic impact. In a letter ...

EVEN though about 50 per cent of Cambodian university students studied business management, the banking sector has been hesitant to recruit them, insiders said yesterday. A 2010 report by the recruitment agency HRINC (Cambodia) projected that the supply of business, marketing, management, banking and finance, economics ...

For more than a year, mystery has shrouded a museum in Siem Reap. The facts have been few and the details sparse. What’s known is that a North Korean company invested about $10 million for construction, and that artists from the hermit kingdom flew in ...

លោក​ ពុទ្ធ​​ ច័ន្ទ​​ជោត​ គឺជា​អ្នកគ្រប់គ្រង​ផ្នែក​ ICT​ នៃ​អង្គការ​មនុស្សធម៌​អន្តរជាតិ​មួយ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​។​ មិនតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ​ លោក​ក៏​ជា​សមាជិក​ម្នាក់​នៃ​ក្រុមការងារ​បច្ចេកទេស​របស់​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​សហប្រតិបត្តិការ​ដើម្បី​កម្ពុជា​ (​គ​សក​)​ ផង​ដែរ​ ដែល​ក្រុមការងារ​មួយ​នេះ​បាន ...

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សាកលវិទ្យាល័យឯកជននៅកម្ពុជានឹងមានការប្រកួតប្រជែងកាន់តែខ្លាំង ខណៈពេលដែលក្រសួងអប់រំបានដាក់ចេញផែនការក្នុងការបង្កើត សាលារៀនវិជ្ជាជីវៈបន្ថែមទៀតកាលពីម្សិលមិញនេះ ដើម្បីដោះស្រាយជាមួយនឹងចំនួនសិស្សបញ្ចប់ការសិក្សាថ្នាក់វិទ្យាល័យ ដែលមិនធ្លាប់មា​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​នពីមុនមក។ ...

Cambodia is set for a 30 per cent increase in garment exports this year, according to Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) president Van Sou Ieng. The sector was heavily dependent on foreign buyers, which were increasing their orders  as the global economy recovered, he ...

As a delegation of US business owners prepares to travel to Cambodia with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, analysts say they will be tough to court, given Cambodia’s lack of law enforcement. “Investors don’t bring guns, they don’t bring bodyguards—they bring money to invest,” said ...

The grand finale at Phnom Penh’s much-ballyhooed TEDx event on Saturday was intended to send a message. Several activists, among them Loun Savath and the son of the late Chut Wutty, would stand before an audience of 600 and read accounts of violent land disputes. Images from ...