Cambodia has lowered its economic growth projection from 7 to 6 per cent for 2011 after more than a month of flood devastation in the Kingdom and continued economic turmoil in the United States and Europe, Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon said yesterday. The full impact ...

A US-Asean Business Council delegation representing 11 fortune 500 companies concluded a two-day visit to Phnom Penh on Saturday, the council said in a statement. With Cambodia scheduled to take the chairmanship of Asean next year, members from US companies such as Chevron, GE, Abbot, ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen Mnounced yesterday that the government would create a one-stop service office for rice millers and exporters in order to reduce red tape and help the country reach its lofty export target of a million tons of milled rice by 2015. “We cannot ...

Some of Cambodia’s biggest exporters have experienced a sizeable decline in milled-rice shipments this month, with one insider putting the number as high as 40 per cent year-on-year. The waning figure stands in stark contrast to last year’s milled-rice export numbers, which increased about 22 per ...

Fast food chain KFC lost more than half-a-million dollars in the first half of 2012, according to a statement to the Malaysian stock exchange last week by the majority owner of KFC Cambodia, QSR Brands. The statement said that the company suffered losses of $578,000 in ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen received a visiting delegation of Japanese investors on Friday, according to the national news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse. Led by Fujino Takashi from the Keidanren Japan Business Federation and a member of the Board of Directors at Asahi Glass, the delegation’s visit ...

Citibank, one of the largest banks in the US, showed stronger interest in Cambodia yesterday when the Bangkok-based Thailand head of the big international bank met with Economy and Finance Minister Kheat Chhon. Mey Vann said Citibank recognized that Cambodia had a good investment climate and incentives ...

Frontier and emerging economies such as Cambodia present companies with a specific set of challenges and risk, both real and perceived, beyond those found in more developed markets. A risk category getting ever- increasing attention is that of “social risk”, roughly defined as the risk of ...

More than 16,000 hectares of rice paddies are currently being affected by drought across the country, officials said yesterday. “There wasn’t enough rain for the rice this year, ” said Nhep Srorn, director of Takeo province’s agriculture department. Pich Sokhin, governor of Oddar Meanchey province, said ...

The Cambodian government has developed six prakases related to a controversial sub-decree that regulates the recruitment of migrant workers, but it cannot yet release the details, a Labor Ministry official said yesterday. On the sidelines of an ASEAN meeting in Siem Reap aimed at curtailing migrant worker abuses, Seng Sakada, ...

Cambodia has been featured as a case study in a new report launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) focusing on the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing nations’ agricultural sectors. While the report acknowledges the positive effects ...

Following the release of the country’s first nationwide economic census earlier this year, the government is now planning to carry out a similar census dedicated to the agriculture sector, a government official said yesterday. Minister of Agriculture Chan Sarun announced the government’s intention to carry out ...

Trade between Vietnam and Cambodia exceeded US$1.9 billion dollars in the first seven months of this year, the High Quality Vietnamese Goods Business Association said yesterday. Speaking at a news conference, an association official said Vietnamese exports to Cambodia came to $1.6 billion in the seven ...

ពលករកម្ពុជាចំនួន ៧០០ ០០០នាក់កំពុងបម្រើការក្នុងវិស័យកាត់ដេរដែលជាវិស័យផ្តល់ឱកាសការងារឯកជនធំបំផុតរបស់ប្រទេសនេះ។ ប៉ុន្តែ បើក្រលេកមើលឋានៈគ្រប់គ្រងនៅជាន់ខាងលើរោងចក្រវិញ​ ភាគច្រើនបុគ្គលិកទាំងនេះជាជនបរទេសដែលមកពីប្រទេសចិន សិង្ហបុរី បង់ក្លាដែស ស្រីលង្កានិងប្រទេសហ្វីលីពីន។ ...

One woman who has been actively involved in the development of Cambodia’s business climate is Janet Lueckenhausen of Functional Engineering. She’s been working closely with Cambodia’s biggest foreign-owned companies since 2008. Now she’s shifted in her role from executive director of International business Chamber of Cambodia ...

រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ ​ចេញ​អនុក្រឹត្យ​ស្តីពី​ ​ការ​បង្កើត​ ​និង​បំពេញ​បន្ថែម​អគ្គនាយកដ្ឋាន​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ឌី​ជី​ថល​ឱ្យ​ស្ថិតនៅ​ក្រោម​ឱវាទ​ក្រសួងសេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ ​និង​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​ ​ដើម្បី​ដឹកនាំ​ ​គ្រប់គ្រង​ ​និង​អភិវឌ្ឍ​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ឌី​ជី​ថល​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​ ​បន្ទាប់ពី​លោក​រដ្ឋ​ម​ន្រ្តី ...

The Cambodian National Rescue Party is making a strategic shift in its bid to win the next election: focusing less on traditional hot-button issues like government corruption and territorial disputes, and instead offering voters a series of concrete new policy initiatives. This required clear and ...

រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល​នឹង​សម្ពោធ​ដាក់ឱ្យ​ប្រើប្រាស់​ជា​ផ្លូវការ​មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល​ជាតិ​ព្យាបាល និង​ស្តារនីតិសម្បទា​អ្នកញៀន​គ្រឿងញៀន​នៅ​ខេត្ត​ព្រះសីហនុ​នា​ថ្ងៃទី​ ២២ ខែមីនា ដោយ​មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល​នេះ ផ្ដោត​សំខាន់​លើ​ការបណ្ដុះបណ្ដាល​ជំនាញ​វិជ្ជាជីវៈ​ដល់​អ្នកញៀន​គ្រឿងញៀន ដើម្បី​ឱ្យ​ពួកគេ​មាន​មុខរបរ​ និង​ជំនាញ​ចិញ្ចឹមជីវិត​ច្បាស់លាស់​ពេល​ត្រឡប់​ទៅកាន់​សហគមន៍ ឬ​គ្រួសារ​វិញ​។ ...

ក្នុងការប្រារព្ធទិវាសហគមន៍ក្រីក្រក្នុងទីក្រុងអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិលដែលធ្វើការពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងដីធ្លីនិងប្រជាសហគមន៍ដីធ្លីក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញបានស្នើជាថ្មីឲ្យអាជ្ញាធរ និងស្ថាប័នពាក់ព័ន្ធដោះស្រាយវិវាទដីធ្លីដោយសន្តិវិធីតម្លាភាពនិងឈរលើគោលការណ៍ច្បាប់ ចៀសវាងការបណ្តេញចេញដោយបង្ខំ ការប្រើអំពើហិង្សា និងការប្រើប្រាស់ប្រព័ន្ធតុលាការគាបសង្កត់ទៅលើប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ។ ការស្នើនេះ បានធ្វើឡើងនៅក្នុងវេទិកាស្ដីពីសេរីភាពបញ្ចេញមតិ និងការអភិវឌ្ឍទីក្រុងដោយមានការចូលរួមពីសហគមន៍ក្រីក្រតំណាងសហគមន៍ជាង៤០ និងអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិលសរុបប្រមាណ ២០០នាក់ កាលពីថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញ នៅសាលារៀនអន្តរទ្វីបអាមេរិកាំង។ ...

The Prime Minister said Tuesday there will be another discussion about the increase of minimum wages for factory workers. Speaking at an inauguration ceremony for the Toul Sophy Secondary School in the district of Ou Rang Ov, he said around 500,000 to 600,000 people are working ...