Public, Private Sector Air Concerns on Growth
A lack of economic diversity, faith in the banking sector and slow growth in vocational training and education topped the list of concerns among economists and investors yesterday at a meeting organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government. According to data released ...
Trade with Vietnam slows
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and neighboring Vietnam grew by 17 per cent in the first nine months of the year compared to the same period last year, a decrease from previous years, the Vietnam Trade Office in Cambodia said yesterday. The data showed a total trade volume ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012102659432/Business/trade-with-vietnam-slows.html
ADB - Asian Development Bank : Greater Mekong Ministers to Review New Phase of Development Priorities
Ministers from the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) will review progress on the Regional Investment Framework (RIF) to boost implementation of the GMS Strategic Framework 2012-22, as they meet today and tomorrow for the 18th GMS Ministerial Conference in Nanning, People’s Republic of China (PRC). The ...
Ethnic groups becoming media-savvy
One hot day in June, 2009, Ven Samin, a member of the ethnic Suoy minority in Kampong Speu province, grabbed her digital camera and headed out of the house. The 44-year-old arrived at a collection of damaged rice paddies in Oral district and began taking photos. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013011860869/National/ethnic-groups-becoming-media-savvy.html
Project set to develop franchising
The University of Sydney Business School has launched a research project in an effort to identify barriers to franchising in Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, and to develop a strategy to boost the sector’s growth in the region. The two-year project, funded by AusAID, targets structural, regulatory, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013020861250/Business/project-set-to-develop-franchising.html
Journalist Lied Villagers Claim
More than 300 families embroiled in a land dispute with notorious, and now defunct, NGO Darpo said yesterday that they had filed complaints to the Preah Vihear Provincial Court on Wednesday accusing a Koh Santepheap reporter of disinformation and calling for his arrest and $4,000 ...
Families Forced Out of Homes Ahead of Gov't Deadline
Security forces and employees of a Vietnamese-owned rubber plantation in Mondolkiri province continued to drive families out of their homes yesterday ahead of today’s government-imposed eviction deadline. Officials and villagers say most of the roughly 200 families have already left. With more than 300 security personnel posted ...
Riel stabilizes versus dollar
The stabilisation of the riel over the first half of this year is a reflection of increased confidence in using riel in the economy as well as improvements in the agricultural sector, according to economists and the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). The slowdown in the US economy ...
Land row trial delayed
Four villagers accused of masterminding the theft and intentional damage of property belonging to Cheat Aphiwat Co Ltd in a land dispute will have another month to prepare for trial after right groups Adhoc garnered them a delay yesterday. A village chief and three other villagers ...
Sacombank Shutters Cambodian Securities Arm
A major Vietnamese bank is closing its brokerage and securities arm in Cambodia, an official said yesterday, amid the ongoing drought of listings on the Cambodian Securities Exchange (CSX). Sacombank, which will continue to operate as a bank in Cambodia, set up the securities firm ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/sacombank-shutters-cambodian-securities-arm-15738/
Kirilo Hydro station goes online
The Kirilo No.3 Hydro-power Station, located in the KOH Kong Province of Cambodia, was recently put into operation. The ribbon cutting ceremony of the Project was held on February 23, 2013 in the power station area. The Project was investigated and designed by HYDROCHINA Mid-South ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YmJiM2Y0ZTAwZWQ
Rubber price falls from 2012
Thanks to seasonal demand, the price of rubber has increased from 2012’s year-end prices. But it was still slightly lower than at this time last year, a rubber-plantation owner said yesterday. Mak Kimhong, president of the Cambodia Rubber Association and owner of the Chhop Rubber Plantation ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013031361907/Business/rubber-price-falls-from-2012.html
FBI Holds Investigation Talk for Cambodian Youth
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday gave a talk to some 200 Cambodian youths in Phnom Penh, describing criminal investigation, especially in human trafficking and child prostitution. Various youth from across nine provinces attended the discussion, where they learned how they can participate in ...
Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/fbi-holds-investigation-talk-for-cambodian-youth/1800147.html
Felling illegal: villagers
A private agro-industrial company has come under fire from villagers in Ratanakkiri province who say it has illegally felled resin-producing trees that are their main source of income. More than 1,000 trees in the Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary in Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat district are under threat, the villagers ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/felling-illegal-villagers
Bribes on rise for test takers
More than half a million dollars in bribes were paid to teachers during last month’s national exams by high school students in Phnom Penh alone, the authors of a new study have found. The study, conducted by the Youth Resource Development Program, found that the average ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bribes-rise-test-takers
(English) Naga casino to buy aircrafts to fly Chinese gamblers to Phnom Penh
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The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=Yjk2MWM1NWYyYjY
(English) Factory wage rallies heat up
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Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-wage-rallies-heat
(English) Gov’t-aligned union’s strike quietly ended
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Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gov%E2%80%99t-aligned-union%E2%80%99s-strike-quietly-ended
(English) Rubber company suspends projects as World Bank investigates
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Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/rubber-company-suspends-projects-as-world-bank-investigates/1908775.html
(English) Cambodia at UN To Defend Rights Record
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Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-at-un-to-defend-rights-record/1839449.html