The long-awaited Cambodian Credit Bureau (CBC) launched yesterday, a move that is expected to increase the amount of information banks retain on the history of borrowers in the banking system. Despite loan disbursals in the banking sector growing by 25 percent last year, banks have so ...

Cambodian developers are betting that casinos can make the tiny Southeast Asian country a bigger draw for high-spending tourists. The nation of 15 million people has more than 25 casinos, but most are small affairs in rough-and-tumble border towns that cater to hard-core Thai, Chinese and ...

លោក ទៀ បាញ់ ​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​ការពារជាតិ និង​លោក ផាទ្រីក មូហ្វ៊ី (W.Patrick Murphy) ​ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូត​សហរដ្ឋ​អាមេរិក​ប្រចាំ​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​បាន​ព្រមព្រៀងគ្នា​ក្នុងការ​ពង្រឹង​កិច្ចសហប្រតិបត្តិការ​ទ្វេភាគី​នៃ​​ប្រទេស​ទាំង​ ២ ជាពិសេស​លើ​វិស័យ​យោធា​ក្នុង​ការហ្វឹកហ្វឺន និង​ការចូល​សំចត​នាវា​របស់​សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក​។ លោក ទៀ បាញ់ បាន​ថ្លែងប្រាប់​កាសែត​ភ្នំពេញ​ប៉ុស្តិ៍​ថា ​ក្នុង​ជំនួប​ពិភាក្សា​ជាមួយ​លោក ផាទ្រីក មូហ្វី កាលពី​ថ្ងៃទី​ ១៣ ខែ ...

អគ្គី​ស​នី​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​ស្ថិត​ក្នុង​ចំណោម​អត្រា​តម្លៃ​ថ្លៃ​បំផុត​នៅ​លើ​ពិភពលោក​។​ ពន្ធ​ខ្ពស់​ពី​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ធ្វើ​ឱ្យ​តម្លៃ​អគ្គី​ស​នី​កើនឡើង​ដល់​២១​ សេន​ដុល្លារ​ក្នុង​មួយ​គីឡូវ៉ាត់​សម្រាប់​ការ​ប្រើប្រាស់​នៅ​ក្នុង​ទីក្រុង​និង​នៅ​តាម​ខេត្ត​ជា ...

លោក ហ៊ុន សែន នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​នៃ​ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រ​កម្ពុជា​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​ប្រកាស​ផ្ដល់​ថវិកា​សរុប​ចំនួន ៨៣ ​លាន​ដុល្លារ​ជួយ​ដល់​មន្ទីរពេទ្យ​កាល់ម៉ែត​ក្នុង​ការបន្ត​ការសាងសង់​​អគារ​កម្ពស់​ ១២ ​ជាន់​ដែល​មន្ទីរពេទ្យ​នេះ​កំពុង​ដំណើរការ​សាងសង់​បាន ១៧ ​ភាគរយ​លើ​គម្រោង​ដែល​មាន​ស្រាប់​ ៣៩ ​លាន​ ៧ ​សែន​ដុល្លារ ហើយ​នឹង ...

Against the backdrop of the slight recovery by world economies, especially the US and Europe, two traditional markets for Cambodia, Asian Development Bank (ADB) deputy country director Peter Brimble sat down with the Post’s group business editor, May Kunmakara, to talk about Cambodia’s economic performance, ...

Kampot pepper yields are expected to increase significantly in the first harvest since gaining Geographic Indicator status in April 2010, as increased demand from exporters drives up prices. Output this season is expected to surge by 17 per cent, from 23 tonnes in the last harvest ...

Rajah & Tann, Southeast Asia’s largest law firm, has expanded to Cambodia through a tie-up with local law firm Sok & Heng, which has taken on a new name, RT Sok & Heng Law Office. Rajah & Tann’s deputy managing partner, Patrick Ang, estimates that there ...

Villagers near the Sesan River in Stung Treng province are a step closer to being forced to make way for a hydropower dam following a National Assembly vote on Friday, but they are no closer to learning the details of such a move, a community ...

Toll Royal Railways (TRR), the current operator of Cambodia’s dilapidated rail network, restarted freight services to Kampot province yesterday, four months after it suspended its work. TRR’s resumption comes on the heals of a rival proposal to manage the train network by a consortium that includes one ...

With Cambodia currently seen as a country where the laundering of illicit cash may be going undetected, an international expert yesterday warned that economic growth and more international trade could leave the country open to financial crime. Gert Demmink, a former head of supervision at ...

Canadian insurance and financial services company Manulife Financial officially launched its Cambodian country office on June 28, one of several new players seeking to enter one of Southeast Asia’s still-untapped markets. Britain’s No.1 insurer Prudential said last week it had approval from the Cambodian government to open a wholly foreign-owned life insurance operation. Manulife, the world’s ...

Authorities have partially backed down on an order forcing 196 residents in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district to move their homes, but refused to scrap the plan completely when confronted at Chaom Chao commune hall yesterday. Phuong Sopheap, one of about 20 residents that congregated ...

Companies and individuals need to do more than just create technology. They need to optimise the services and goods they provide, especially when introducing new concepts to developing markets such as Cambodia. That was the message from one presenter at last weekend’s T3CON12-ASIA conference in Phnom ...

Global brands Levi’s and Gap had slashed their orders from the Tai Yang and Camwell garment factories by 20 per cent, the factories’ boss said yesterday, amid the longest strike in the industry’s recent history. Tai Yang Enterprises manager Wu Minghuor said his company had shuttered ...

Cambodia’s infrastructure is deterring highly anticipated investment into the production of raw materials to support its rapidly growing garment sector, experts say. While garment exports rose 10.2 per cent to $5.48 billion last year, the increase of raw materials imported to support this growth increased about ...

More than 100 Cham fishing families who moor their boat homes on the banks of Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva peninsula have been ordered to relocate, with one official saying the fishing boats were spoiling the beauty of the riverbank and the area around the new hotel. “We already ...

Almost five months after the launch of the Credit Bureau Cambodia (CBC), experts agree that it has given financial institutions valuable new access to information about creditworthiness of potential borrowers, improving efficiency and loan quality. At the same time, there are still a few rough ...

Even as bulldozers slowly pushed freshly dredged sand into the Tonle Bassac yesterday, expanding Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich, developers and officials could say little about the massive project slated to occupy the new space – a 555-metre tower that would be the tallest in Asia, ...

The Thai owners of a pair of sugar plantations in Koh Kong province accused of forcing hundreds of farmers off their land will give the land back if it can be proved that those evicted legally own the land, rights workers and a village representative ...