China National Cereal, Oil and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO) is the latest mainland Chinese company to sign a deal to export Cambodian rice. COFCO is one of a number of Chinese companies that have signed similar deals with their Cambodian counterparts, but  direct rice exports to China ...

Cambodia’s banks should be largely spared the heavy damages already seen in many parts of the Kingdom’s economy, officials said yesterday, though microfinance lenders will feel some impact. Minister of Economy and Finance Keat Chhon last week revised downward the government’s gross domestic products for 2011 ...

Architectural plans of a property development that is blamed for causing structural damage to French colonial-era buildings on Phnom Penh’s Sisowath Quay show drawings of a five-story residential building, complete with underground car parking. According to the plans, dated July 11, the mysterious company behind ...

Government officials yesterday dismissed the World Bank’s recently revealed decision to freeze funding for new projects in Cambodia to protest a Phnom Penh real estate project that has forced thousand of families out of their homes. A housing rights group closely following the evictions said ...

Officials in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district said yesterday that all transportation of sand across the old and new Preah Monivong bridges has been banned for the duration of the rainy season to protect the road surface and avoid accidents. According to a City Hall announcement ...

Phnom Penh– A group of U.S. investors from the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council on Thursday visited Cambodia to observe investment opportunities and to boost trade and investment ties between U.S. and ASEAN member countries. The group consisted of 11 U.S. firms led by Frances Zwenig, the Counselor ...

Tractors carried members of 50 families from Lor Peang village in Kampong Chhnang province’s Kampong Tralach district to the provincial courthouse early yesterday morning, where their hopes faded as they waited for court officials to accept their latest complaint against a company they accuse of ...

Cambodia Association of Travel Agents president Ang Kim Eang yesterday released a statement denying all allegations of wrongdoing against him by some members of the association’s board who have called for his resignation. Last Wednesday, 11 of CATA’s 15 board members signed and thumb-printed a petition ...

For 53-year-old farmer Ros Mao, it’s not just the early bird that catches the worm. The Takeo province farmer has raised millions of earthworms for eight years in Tram Trak district, selling the slimy red creatures and using the manure they create to grow his ...

Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun said yesterday that Cambodia currently produces only half as many vegetables as it needs to meet demand and that more needs to be done to remedy the situation. “Cambodia only produces 40 to 60 perent of its needs and imports, the ...

The Japanese Embassy in Phnom Penh appealed to the Cambodian government Tuesday to help encourage Japanese investment here by providing corporate tax holidays and reducing notoriously high customs tariffs by adopting more transparent and efficient practices. According to a set of requests prepared by the ...

In an effort to stop mass faIntIngs at garment factories, a government committee will issue a prakas this year aimed at reducIng fatigue among workers by requirIng factories to establish on-site housIng, an official said yesterday. Pok Vanthath, deputy director of vocational traInIng at the MInistry ...

The Japanese government sealed the deal yesterday on an agreement to provide Cambodia with a US$86 million loan for a project that will supply Siem Reap town residents with water from the Tonle Sap lake and alleviate their need for water drawn from wells. The 40-year ...

លោក​ លី​ កេ​ឈាង​ នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្ដ្រី​ចិន​ បាន​យល់ព្រម​តាម​សំណើ​ររបស់​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ ដើម្បី​ផ្តល់​ការ​គាំទ្រ​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​បន្ថែម​ទៀត​ដល់​ការ​អភិវឌ្ឍ​ខេត្ត​ព្រះ​សី​ហុន​។ សំ​ណើរ​នេះ​ត្រូវ​បាន​ធ្វើឡើង​កាលពី​ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ​ដោយ​ លោកនាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ ហ៊ុន​ សែន​ ក្នុង​អំឡុង​ភាគី ...

ធនាគារ និង​គ្រឹះស្ថាន​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​ធំៗ​មួយចំនួន​ត្រូវបាន​រាយការណ៍​ថា នឹង​ពង្រីក​ប្រតិបត្តិការ​របស់​​ពួកគេ​ បន្ទាប់ពី​ដំណើរការ​ម៉ាក្រូសេដ្ឋកិច្ច​បាន​បង្ហាញ​ពី​ភាពប្រសើរ និង​រឹងមាំ​។ លោក Igor Zimarev ប្រធាន​ផ្នែក ទីផ្សារ​នៅ​ធនាគារ ABA បាន​ប្រាប់​ភ្នំពេញ​ប៉ុស្ដិ៍​ថា ប្រតិបត្តិការ​របស់​ធនាគារ​នេះ​ទទួល​បាន​កំណើន​ដ៏រឹងមាំ​បំផុត​នៅ​ឆ្នាំនេះ ខណៈ​ចំនួន​អតិថិជន​បាន​កើនឡើង​ជាប្រចាំ​ក្នុង ...

លោក​ ឈួរ​ ច័ន្ទ​ឌឿន​ អភិបាលខេត្ត​កំពង់ឆ្នាំង​ កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​ច្រានចោល​ពាក្យ​ចចាម​អារាម​ដែល​ថា​ រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កំពុង​ផ្តល់​ដីសម្បទាន​ដល់​ប្រជាជន​វៀតណាម​ពី​ភូមិ​បណ្តែត​ទឹក​នៅ​លើ​បឹងទន្លេសាប​។ លោក​ថា​អាជ្ញាធរ​ខេត្ត​កំពុង​ដំណើរការ​ផ្លាស់​ប្តូរ​ទីលំនៅ​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា​ និង​ជនជាតិ​វៀតណាម​ពី​ភូមិ ...

The Kampong Thom Provincial Court yesterday charged a man with clearing state-owned forestland after he was arrested on Monday along with 13 other villagers, according to provincial prosecutor Ben Sarath. Heoun Sokha was arrested in Kraya commune’s Santuk district after he was found by police clearing ...

Unions and labour groups fear a solitary sick day could cost garment workers their entire month’s attendance bonuses – about 15 per cent of their base wage – under a new scheme meant to make life easier. The Kingdom’s 600,000 garment and footwear workers will receive ...

Laos’ energy minister announced last week that the country will sell energy supplied by the controversial Xayaburi Dam to Cambodia. It is already planning to sell power to Thailand, where last month a lawsuit was lodged to stop the country from buying electricity produced at ...

Economic land concessions (ELCs) benefit only a minority, the human rights consequences of the concessions are stark, and Cambodia’s sustainable economic development is threatened by the practice. U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi told the Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday. Mr. Subedi cited uneven access to ...