Cambodia - Next Oil and Natural Gas Frontier?
U.S. and Japanese companies are interested in prospecting for oil and natural gas in Cambodia. According to Phai Siphan, state secretary and spokesman of the Council of Ministers Office, in the provinces of Preah Vihear, Siemreab, and Kampong Thom there are 17 oil blocs covering ...
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Cambodia-Next-Oil-and-Natural-Gas-Frontier.html
Sold
Last year saw a record increase in economic land concessions and the area controlled by agro-industrial companies jumped to more than 2 million hectares nationwide, according to human rights groups who track such projects. Mining companies are also flocking to Cambodia and those already have ...
http://www.camnet.com.kh/cambodia.daily/selected_features/Carving%20Up%20Cambodia.pdf
City’s Transportation Workers Protest High Gasoline Prices
About 100 tuk-tuk drivers, motorcycle taxi drivers, vendors and other informal transportation workers protested against the high price of gasoline yesterday at the National Assembly, claiming the high petrol prices are cutting into their small profits. Vorn Pao, president of the Independent Democracy of Informal Economy ...
MRC ព្រមានប្រទេសតាមដងទន្លេមេគង្គក្រោមនឹងទទួលរងគ្រោះរាំងស្ងួតធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ
គណៈកម្មការទន្លេមេគង្គ ហៅកាត់ថា MRC បានឲ្យដឹងកាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារថា បណ្តាប្រទេសតាមដងទន្លេមេគង្គក្រោម នឹងទទួលរងគ្រោះរាំងស្ងួតធ្ងន់ធ្ងរខ្លាំង ចាប់ពីពេលនេះ រហូតដល់ខែមករា ឆ្នាំ២០២០ ដែលអាចបណ្តាលឲ្យផលិតផលដំណាំប្រឈមនឹង ...
ប៉ិច សុធារី
https://bit.ly/346Vh5m
South Korea leads Asia’s big three as Cambodia’s leading investor
South Korea replaced the UK as the largest investor in Cambodia last year, with about $287 million injected, 12.5 per cent of the total foreign direct investment, according to data from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). This represents 33 per cent ...
Lifting maid ban proving a challenge
A lack of legal protections, insufficient commitment from the Malaysian government and an overworked, understaffed embassy are among the major obstacles to lifting the maid ban, according to an internal government report obtained yesterday. Penned by the Ministry of Interior, the 12-page brief details a ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010960701/National/lifting-maid-ban-proving-a-challenge.html
At Fuel Pumps, Price and Quality Are Anybody’s Guess
PHNOM PENH – Cambodia imports all of its fuel from abroad, but little regulation in the sector means everyday Cambodians see all kinds of prices at the pumps. Prices are high in Phnom Penh, while sometimes cheaper on the outskirts of the capital and even ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/at-fuel-pumps-price-and-quality-are-anybody-guess/1619374.html
Million-tonne goal still a challenge
It has been more than two years since the Cambodian government issued a rice export policy in June 2010, aiming to export a million tonnes of milled rice by 2015. However, a shortage of capital to buy unmilled rice, known as “paddy”, together with high ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Special-Reports/million-tonne-goal-still-a-challenge.html
Shopping shapes up in Phnom Penh
With demand for shopping space in Cambodia on the rise and investor interest growing, the Japanese developer Aeon Mall (Cambodia) Co Ltd last week broke ground on the construction of a US$205-million mall in Phnom Penh. “We are happy to contribute to the development of ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/retail/326570/shopping-shapes-up-in-phnom-penh
Capital ideas for developers
Peering out over the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh from a sixteenth-storey private balcony at the new Bellevue Apartments, one could watch for hours as cranes swing back in forth over all the new developments on the west side of the water. “Phnom ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/332995/capital-ideas-for-developers
The CSX at six months
Every day, thousands of people drive past a big electronic billboard showing market data from the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), the first securities market in the Kingdom’s history. While waiting for the traffic light, those Cambodians who are interested can get a glimpse of the ...
Prices fluctuate due to poll
As election data trickled in on Sunday evening and a fear set in borne of uncertainty and a beefed-up police presence, demand for basic commodities surged, food prices briefly rose, and some banks saw an expected rise in withdrawals. Sales of rice jumped from their normal ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prices-fluctuate-due-poll
U.S. gov't launches HIV research project in Cambodia
The United States government on Wednesday launched a HIV research project in Cambodia, aiming to collect and disseminate critical data that will help the country in the fight against HIV. Men Chean Rithy, coordinator for the newly-launched HIV Innovate and Evaluate Project, said the U.S. provided ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/131211/us-govt-launches-hiv-research-project-cambodia
ការនាំឈើប្រណីតពីកម្ពុជាទៅចិនមានការធ្លាក់ចុះ ៩៥%
ទីផ្សារនាំចេញធំបំផុតរបស់កម្ពុជាសម្រាប់ឈើប្រណីតនៅប្រទេសចិនត្រូវបានរកឃើញធ្លាក់ចុះក្នុងបញ្ជីនាំចូលក្នុងឆ្នាំ ២០១៥ បន្ទាប់ពីការរំពឹងថាទទួលបានតម្លៃថ្លៃរយៈពេលជាច្រើនឆ្នាំ។ការកត់ត្រាការនាំចូលឈើ ...
Daniel Pye
http://bit.ly/1Ou9NKG
Local oil prices fall slowly
The current volatility of oil prices on the global market is bringing cuts in prices at Cambodia’s five main petroleum retailers. However, some observers say the current fall in prices is too limited. Data from the Ministry of Commerce showed that super oil retailed at 5,200 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012062156925/Business/cambodia-oil-prices-fall.html
សម្បទានដីដែលមានជម្លោះបានផ្លាស់ទៅតំបន់ព្រៃថ្មី
គម្រោងដាំកៅស៊ូដែលមានរយៈពេលមួយទសវត្សរ៍ដែលកំពុងមានជម្លោះជាមួយនឹងអ្នកស្រុកបានទទួលផ្ទៃដីចំនួន ៩ ០០០ ហិកតា ក្រោយត្រូវផ្លាស់ប្តូរទៅដីព្រៃនៅខេត្តស្ទឹងត្រែង។ អនុក្រឹត្យដែលចុះហត្ថលេខាដោយទីស្តីការគណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីកាលពីខែមីនាបានបញ្ជាក់ថា ផ្ទៃដីចំនួន ...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា
https://vodenglish.news/conflict-ridden-land-concession-moved-to-new-forest-area/
ការនាំចេញទំនិញពីកម្ពុជាទៅថៃនិងវៀតណាមកើនឡើង
ការនាំចេញទំនិញកម្ពុជាទៅកាន់ប្រទេសជិតខាងគឺថៃ និង វៀតណាម បានកើនឡើងក្នុងខែមករាឆ្នាមនេះ បើប្រៀបធៀបនឹងរយៈពេលដូចគ្នាកាលពីឆ្នាំទៅ។ យោងតាមទិន្នន័យរបស់អគ្គនាយកដ្ឋានគយ និងរដ្ឋាករបានឲ្យដឹងថា ការនាំចេញ ...
Manoj Mathew
https://bit.ly/3lLDtul
Government Blames Child Flood Deaths on ‘Careless’ Mothers
The first vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) on Monday blamed some of the deaths in this year’s floods on “careless” mothers. “Maybe the mothers are careless, maybe they don’t pay much attention to their children, so they drown,” NCDM First Vice ...
Zsombor Peter and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-blames-child-flood-deaths-on-careless-mothers-45666/
Last days of a valley damned
Yong Yim’s voice rises to a high-pitched quiver when she talks about a planned dam in the Areng Valley that would inundate land her family has inhabited for hundreds of years to form what amounts to a giant battery. Now they are staring at ...
ម៉ៃ ទិត្យធារ៉ា David Boyle និង Danson Cheong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013020861238/National/last-days-of-a-valley-damned.html
Elephants at centre of tourism tiff
For the ethnic Bunong people in this northeastern province, animals are an integral part of the local economy. Pigs, chickens and water buffaloes offer a variety of sustenance and labour. But it’s the elephants that bring foreigners – and foreigners bring cash. “When I get tours, the ...
Laura Ma
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/elephants-centre-tourism-tiff