More than half of Cambodians living in rural areas still do not have access to treated water, about 200 people heard yesterday at a forum at the Phnom Penh Hotel. The event was sponsored by WaterSHED, an NGO funded by USAID’s Regional Development Mission-Asia and the Stone Family Foundation. According ...

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ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ម៉ា​ឡេ​ស៊ី​នឹង​កំណត់​ឱកាស​នាំ​ចេញ​សារធាតុ​គីមី​ និង​ផលិតផល​គីមី​នៅ​វៀតណាម​ និង​កម្ពុជា​ តាម​រយៈ​សាជីវកម្ម​អភិវឌ្ឍ​ន៌​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​ក្រៅប្រទេស​របស់​ប្រទេស​ម៉ា​ឡេ​ស៊ី​ ពី​កម្មវិធី​លើកកម្ពស់​ការ​នាំ​ចេញ​ផ្សារ​ភ្ជាប់​ជាមួយ​បេសកកម្ម​ព​ន្លឿ​ន​ការ​នាំ ...

A water shortage in the tourist town of Sihanoukville has led authorities to advise scores of businesses to dig their own wells as only 50 percent of local demand is currently being met after high temperatures dried up the water supplier’s only reservoir. On March ...

When a 100-metre-long section of a Phnom Penh garment factory crumpled in on itself like a cheap pup tent, Sen Sok district officials promised an investigation. The results of that investigation, which was to have taken place more than a year ago, in March 2012, ...

Garment factories run the risk of having their cargo confiscated by U.S. customs authorities if they continue using pirated computer software in their administrative operations, and may be prosecuted under a law that requires all manufacturers to use licensed digital software, according to a local ...

The water shortage that has led to tens of thousands of households in Sihanoukville without running water for the past week occurred after provincial officials decided to limit power to a water pumping facility operated by the tourist town’s privately-owned distributor, a manager at the ...

The hunt for oil around northwestern Cambodia has unearthed “positive” results for Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), which intends to continue exploring the area in a project that could last at least six more years, a government spokesman said. JOGMEC’s survey on the ...

As Cambodia’s busy tourism season approaches, domestic and regional airlines are scrambling to offer Siem Reap routes in a bid to capitalise on the growing number of visitors to the Angkor Wat gateway. In the past several months, players have entered the fray at a ...

The government is drafting a new law that will aim at improving auditing standards and management practices at all of Cambodia’s ports on the coast and rivers and at dry ports inland, officials said yesterday. Speaking at a workshop on port regulation in Phnom Penh, ...

Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh on Wednesday, in a meeting with the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, called on delegates to host an EU-ASEAN business summit next year, according to Eurocham members who were present. The summit is expected to focus on enhancing business strategies ...

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 ...

ABA Bank has been awarded “Cambodia Retail Bank of the Year” award by this year’s Asia Banking & Finance Retail Banking Awards. With 150 bankers from across Asia on hand to congratulate the winners in Singapore, ABA Bank Deputy Chief Executive Officer Askhat Azhikhanov said ...

The head of the underwriting team that will launch Cambodia’s first IPO April 18 is Han Kyung Tae, Managing Director of Tongyang Securities (Cambodia) PLC and a South Korean stock market specialist. Tongyang Securities (Cambodia) Ltd. is the Cambodian subsidiary of Tongyang Group, a South ...

A shortage of workers, particularly those with skills, is the biggest threat to economic growth in Cambodia today, Sok Chenda, secretary general of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), said yesterday. Speaking at the Greater Mekong Subregion Investment Policy Forum organized by the Organization ...

ក្រសួងពាណិជ្ជកម្ម បានបញ្ចប់ពង្រាងច្បាប់ស្ដីពីការពារអតិថិជន ដែលមានគោលបំណងលើកកម្ពស់ពីសុវត្ថិភាពចំណីអាហារ និងផលិតផលដល់អ្នកប្រើប្រាស់ និងជំរុញឲ្យអ្នកផលិតគោរពតាមច្បាប់។ នេះបើយោងតាមក្រសួងពាណិជ្ជកម្ម។ លោក ម៉ៅ ថូរ៉ា រដ្ឋលេខាធិការក្រសួងពាណិជ្ជកម្ម បានមានប្រសាសន៍បញ្ជាក់ឲ្យដឹងថា ក្រសួងពាណិជ្ជកម្ម កំពុងកែសម្រួលមាត្រាច្បាប់មួយចំនួន បន្ទាប់ពីបានបញ្ជូនទៅគណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីពិនិត្យ។  ...

​ខណៈ​តម្រូវការ​អគ្គិសនី និង​​ការ​ផលិត​ក្នុង​ស្រុក​កើនឡើង​ទិន្នន័យ​ថ្មី​​ចេញ​ផ្សាយ​​ដោយ​ក្រសួង​រ៉ែ​ និង​ថាមពល​​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​​បង្ហាញ​ថា​ការ​​ផលិត​​ថាមពល​ដោយ​ធ្យូង​ថ្ម​​​កើន​ខ្ពស់​ជាង​វារីអគ្គិសនី​ជា​លើក​ដំបូង​ ...

A new report – 10 Years of the Better Factories Cambodia Project: A critical evaluation – has been released by Clean Clothes Campaign and Community Legal Education Center. Started in 2001, the goal of the Better Factories program is to improve the working conditions in ...

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni began a 3-day state visit to Vietnam starting on Monday at the invitation of Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, local media reported. The visit, the fourth made by Cambodian king since he came to the throne in 2004, will likely elevate further ...

Cambodia has made almost no progress over the past six years when it comes to gender equality, and is still the lowest-ranked country in the region, according to the World Economic Forum’s 2012 Gender Gap Index. Ranked 103 out of 135 countries surveyed, Cambodia placed last ...