Cambodia’s total exports rose more than 40 per cent year-on-year through October, carried by strong growth in agriculture shipments. Total exports reached US$4.05 billion in the first 10 months of 2011 compared with $2.82 billion during the same period last year, an increase of 44 per ...

China’s presence in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh is obvious. The city skyline is dotted by Chinese-funded projects. But the full extent of Beijing’s influence here will be tested when President Hu Jintao visits this week ahead of a regional summit. The timing of Hu’s visit ...

អង្គការ​ជាតិ និង​អន្តរជាតិ​ដែល​កំពុង​បំពេញ​ការងារ​រួមចំណែក​ក្នុង​ការលើក​កម្ពស់​សុវត្ថិភាព​ចរាចរណ៍​ផ្លូវគោក​នៅ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​បានស្នើ​ទៅ​លោក​ ហង់ជួន ណារ៉ុន រដ្ឋមន្ដ្រីក្រសួង​អប់រំ ពិនិត្យ​លទ្ធភាព​ជំរុញ​ការផ្សព្វផ្សាយ​អំពី​សុវត្ថិភាព​ចរាចរណ៍​ផ្លូវគោក​នៅ​តាម​គ្រឹះស្ថានសិក្សា​នានា​នៅពេល​បើក​បវេសនកាល​ឆ្នាំ​សិក្សា​ថ្មី​ព្រមទាំង​បញ្ចូល​សំណួរ​អំពី​សុវត្ថិភាព​ចរាចរណ៍ ...

កំពង់​ផែ​ស្វយ័ត​ក្រុង​ភ្នំពេញ (PPAP) កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​ចាប់​ផ្ដើម​ធ្វើ road show (ការ​បង្ហាញ​ទីផ្សារ) សម្រាប់​ការ​បោះ​ផ្សាយ​មូលបត្រ​លក់​ជា​លើក​ដំបូង (IPO) ដល់​វិនិយោគិន ដែល​ទទួល​បាន​ការ​ចាប់​អារម្មណ៍​ច្រើន​ពី​ការ​វិនិយោគ​ផ្សារ​ហ៊ុន​នេះ។PPAP ដែល​ជា​សហគ្រាស​រដ្ឋ​ដែល​ប្រតិបត្តិការ​កំពង់ផែ​ឈាន​មុខ​គេ​ទី ...

Almost 150 garment factory workers from two Phnom Penh factories fainted late last week after inhaling toxic fumes used to treat clothes, workers and union leaders said yesterday. The mass faintings came as the Clean Clothes Campaign and Community Legal Education Center released an evaluation report ...

The recruitment firm HRD Company had allegedly threatened the mother of two sisters working as maids in Malaysia, pressuring her to withdraw her NGO complaint seeking help in repatriating her daughters or risk having all communication with them cut, a rights group said yesterday. Pov Chhan, ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance yesterday urged companies intending to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) to buy insurance to bolster public confidence. Vice President Bo Chanpiro of the Financial Industry Department of the Ministry of Economy and Finance said the finance sector relies not only ...

On the fourth and final day of his trial for alleged involvement in a secessiOnist movement, independent radio statiOn owner Mam SOnando told the court On Friday that he had returned to Cambodia from the U.S. to stand the trial because he was innocent. Mr. SOnando, ...

The price of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority stock over the Sept. 6-12 period fluctuated between KHR 6,350 (US$1.57) and KHR 6,300 (US$1.55). The price on Sept. 6, KHR 6,350, fell to KHR 6,300 (US$1.58) on Sept. 7 and remained there until climbing to KHR 6,350 ...

An international rights group yesterday said the situation of human rights in Cambodia was continuing to worsen and accused the government of being “at war” with its own citizens over access to land. In its briefing paper, the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) also said that Cambodia was ...

The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court has ordered villagers living on disputed land in Sihanoukville to leave the area by Thursday, according to a statement released by th the court yesterday. “We wish to inform people living in Muoy commune’s Phuom Bei village that on August 9, ...

Malaysian authorities have freed 105 mostly Indonesian maids who were forced to work without pay by day and held against their will at night, local media reported on Monday. The women were freed Saturday in a raid on a building near the capital Kuala Lumpur where ...

Cambodia is predicted to greet 4 million foreign visitors this year, an expected 12 percent rise year-on-year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said Monday. “Last year, we received 3.58 million foreign tourists, up 24 percent year-on-year, and generated total revenue of about 2.2 billion U.S. dollars,” he ...

The KTH Premium Power Mall, opposite the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh, will be officially inaugurated on March 1 by K Thong Huot Telecom Co (KTH). The 1,200-square-metre mall will focus on international brands of electronic products. A mall representative told the Post the business would cater ...

Military police in Preah Sihanouk province said yesterday that they impounded four trucks carrying retail goods worth about $1 million that a lieutenant general in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces had imported from Thailand without paying tax duty. The unpaid import duty amounted to about ...

Thai construction company Ch Karnchang has continued work on the controversial Xayaburi dam in Laos, even as the Lao government has assured other Mekong River nations that the project is postponed pending further environmental studies, the company’s CEO said yesterday. Ch Karnchang’s CEO Plew Trivisvavet told ...

The legitimacy of a lawsuit filed by prominent businesswoman Chhin Sokountheary, also known as “Crocodile Grandmother”, accusing Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema of abusing his power by stealing some 34 hectares of privately owned land is being called into question by the Phnom Penh Municipal ...

Access to finance could reduce violence, empower the most vulnerable in society and improve the livelihoods of Cambodia’s poorest people, a conference on community-led funding heard on Wednesday. Sarah Sitts, country manager of the international NGO Pact, introduced the funding model of savings-led micro-finance (SLMF). In ...

U.S. listed gambling firm Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc. (EGA) will next month hold a grand opening for its second casino on the Thai-Cambodia border, the company said. In a statement issued on Monday from Hong Kong, it said that Dreamworld Club in Poipet, which has been ...

The 3rd international industrial machinery and garment fair kicked off at Cambodian capital’s Diamond Island Exhibition Center on Thursday with the participation of about 240 exhibitors from 16 countries and regions. A variety of industrial machinery for the production of textile and garment, footwear, plastics ...