The Philippines is close to signing a government-to-government rice supply agreement that would make Cambodia a potential supplier of the grain staple to Manila, along with Vietnam and Thailand, agriculture officials said on Monday. The Southeast Asian neighbours aimed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) ...

របាយការណ៍​ថ្មី​មួយ​បាន​រកឃើញ​ថា ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា​ជិត​​ ៣០ ​ភាគរយ​ ខ្ចីប្រាក់​ ដើម្បី​ចំណាយ​លើ​ការថែទាំ​សុខភាព ខណៈ​អ្នក​នៅក្នុង​វិស័យ​មីក្រូហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​បាន​បញ្ជាក់ថា របាយការណ៍​នេះ​មិន​ឆ្លុះបញ្ចាំង​ពី​ការអនុវត្ត​ពិតប្រាកដ​នៅក្នុង​វិស័យនេះ​ទេ​។ សាកលវិទ្យាល័យ University of New South Wales (UNSW) នៅ​ចក្រភព​អង់គ្លេស​បាន​ស្ទង់​មតិ​ប្រជាជន ៥ ០០០ គ្រួសារ ​ទូទាំងប្រទេស​ កម្ពុជា និង​បាន​រកឃើញថា ២៨,១ ​ភាគរយ​ បាន ...

ទីភ្នាក់ងារ​ទទួល​បន្ទុក​គម្រោង​បាន​បង្ហើប​ឱ្យ​ដឹង​ថា​ ការ​សិក្សា​លទ្ធភាព​សម្រាប់​រោងចក្រ​ប្រព្រឹត្តិកម្ម​ទឹក​ស្អាត​នៅ​ក្រុង​តា​ខ្មៅ​ ដែល​គាំទ្រ​ថវិកា​ដោយ​ប្រទេស​ជប៉ុន​ បាន​បញ្ចប់​ជា​ស្ថាពរ​ ហើយ​ការ​សាងសង់​នឹង​ចាប់ផ្តើម​នៅ​ខែមេសា​ឆ្នាំ​ក្រោយ​។​ ទីភ្នាក់ងារ​សហប្រតិបត្តិការ​អន្តរជាតិ​ជប៉ុន ...

More than 2,000 garment factory workers protested Saturday and plan to strike today in support of union organizers who face prosecution in court for alleged “incitement” over demonstrations at the plant, a union representative said yesterday. The workers at Ocean Garment factory began demonstrating on Aug. ...

Two items on the government’s energy agenda – preparations for talks with Cambodia on a solution to the countries’ overlapping claims in the Gulf of Thailand and the plan to open a 21st round of bidding for petroleum exploration and production concessions – are likely ...

With the deadline to pay annual property taxes rapidly approaching, hundreds of Phnom Penh homeowners queued this week at Canadia Bank’s headquarters on Monivong Boulevard to pay their tax bills in relative comfort, and avoid long visits to district and municipal taxation offices. Canadia Bank signed ...

Cambodians were among anti-Xayaburi dam protesters who demonstrated outside Thai Parliament in Bangkok yesterday, urging Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to halt construction and tear up an agreement to buy the proposed dam’s power. A group of Cambodians travelled to Bangkok especially to raise their concerns about ...

Cambodia’s economic land concession (ELC) policies are hindering development far more than helping it and beginning to erode the country’s hard-won stability, Cambodia’s special rapporteur warned yesterday. “As I have noted in relation to other sectors in Cambodia, the existence of the legal framework on paper ...

Capital Rice Ltd, Thailand’s third-largest rice exporter, is shifting some of its business to Cambodia as the Thai market shrinks because of government intervention that has diverted grain into state stockpiles or made it too expensive to ship. “We have built a medium-sized milling house in ...

The import flow of bicycles (excluding e-bikes) into the European Union is changing rapidly between countries What is in particular striking is the massive upswing in imports from Cambodia. In 2011 the European Union imported 366,000 bikes from Cambodia which took the country to the 9th ...

Since mid-January a group of illegally laid off Cambodian garment workers – mostly women – have been picketing the factory they worked in. Their objective was to stop the company, which closed down, owing the workers, collectively, about US$200,000 of unpaid wages, from removing the ...

A Ministry of Agriculture official said yesterday he was aware of allegations of illegal logging by Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldiers within protected community forests in Oddar Meanchey province and was looking into it. “I am following this case, but I haven’t received their petition yet,” ...

In a bid to ease the collection of the recently introduced tax on properties worth more than $25,000, The Ministry of Finance has launched an online service to help people get the forms they need to pay the tax. In a statement released last week, the ministry said ...

Officials at the Ministry of Commerce met on Friday to draft a sub-decree for the promotion and development of the Cambodian silk sector, but industry experts say the draft does not do enough for the local products used in the production of silk. The main ...

HIDDEN in the labyrinth of Stung Meanchey province’s factories, the Sustainable Green Fuel Enterprise (SGFE) found a cleaner way to produce charcoal: from coconut shells and industry leftovers. It is still one of the principal sources of energy for cooking in urban areas. Chief Executive Carlo ...

The state-owned energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) will increase the price of electricity in September for tens of thousands of homes in Phnom Penh and three other provinces due to a hike in the cost of energy being supplied by Vietnam, officials said yesterday. Ty ...

“Cambodia’s economic growth will stand about 7 per cent this year,” director general of National Bank of Cambodia His Excellency Chea Chanto said. He adds: “Cambodia is trying to diversify its economies to boost the growth.” At the same time, the report from World Bank said: ...

Asia and the Pacific continued as a hot spot for international tourism in 2012, attracting what is expected to be in excess of 350 million international visitor arrivals, expanding its collective inbound count by more than 5% and generating more than 18 million additional foreign visits, year-on-year. Within this ...

Around 20,000 workers from the garment, construction, tourism, banking, service and agriculture sectors want to march to present a petition to the National Assembly on International Labor Day, May 1, but Phnom Penh City Hall did not approve the rally. City hall asked them to wait ...

Royalist party Fun­cinpec has joined the opposition in calling for international involvement in an investigation into election irregularities. “I have issued a request to ask for the creation of an independent committee to investigate the irregularities,” Funcinpec secretary-general Nhek Bun Chhay said. While the party failed to ...