Cambodia’s total trade worth US$ 2.7-B in first 2 months, + 28%
Cambodia’s import and export trade volume had amounted to US$2.7-B in the 1st 2 months of this year, up 28% compared to the US$2.1-B in the same period last year, the statistics of the Commerce Ministry showed Friday. Main products Cambodia imported are garment and textile ...
Striving to make finance accessible
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 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032964776/Business/striving-to-make-finance-accessible.html
Food prices up 1.6 pct in April
Cambodia saw a one per cent rise in inflation in April compared with the same month last year, according to the latest data from the National Institute of Statistics (NIS). Sim Ly, an official at the NIS said there was a slight increase in food and ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070566683/Business/food-prices-up-1-6-pct-in-april.html
MFone workers told to wait
Former employees of the failed telecommunications company MFone have been told they can expect a decision next month on their claims for more than $4 million in compensation. Former Mfone section manager Bou Kunthea said after a meeting yesterday with offic-ials from the Ministry of Social ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032062036/Business/mfone-workers-told-to-wait.html
Majority of Unions Reduce Wage Demands
Six of the 10 labor unions negotiating with the country’s garment manufacturers over a new minimum wage for factory workers dropped their demands yesterday to $73 per month, breaking previous commitments by unions to stand at $91. Ken Loo, secretary-general of the Garment Manufacturers Association ...
Satellite system will save fuel and routes
Phnom Penh International Airport’s navigation system will be upgraded today with the installment of a new satellite-based system that aims to improve efficiency and reduce fuel usage, an aviation official said. Chhun Sivorn, director of the Air Navigation Standards and Safety Department of the State Secretariat ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/satellite-system-will-save-fuel-and-routes
No consensus on next move in SL drama
After the management of an embattled garment factory this week refused to follow a government order to reinstate 19 dismissed union leaders and activists, unionists and observers are at a divergence of opinion over how the state should respond. “It’s fairly unprecedented,” Dave Welsh, country director ...
Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-consensus-next-move-sl-drama
(English) Hun Sen orders Education Minister to stop signing university diplomas
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The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=NmQzNzVkZDIxYTN
Final Wage Offer for Garment Workers Is $75
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) informed the government yesterday that their final offer in minimum wage negotiations with the country’s unions is $75 per month, $25 less than the unions had wanted. The $75 dollar figure, however, includes a $5 state-mandated health bonus, paid ...
(English) Failed students weigh future
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Laignee Barron and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/failed-students-weigh-future
Hong Kong offers visa free travel to officials
Cambodian diplomats and a range of government officials can now travel to Hong Kong without a visa and stay for 14 days under a new exemption agreement with the commercial Chinese city, officials said. The new exemption took effect on June 1, according to a statement ...
សហភាពអឺរ៉ុបនិងSIDAព្រមព្រៀងផ្តល់ជំនួយដល់កម្ពុជាចំនួន៣៣.១លាន អឺរ៉ូ
សហភាពអឺរ៉ុបនិងភ្នាក់ងារសហប្រតិបត្តិការអភិវឌ្ឍនអន្តរជាតិស្វីស (SIDA) បានព្រមព្រៀងក្នុងការផ្តល់ជំនួយជាទឹកប្រាក់ចំនួន ៣៣.១លាន អឺរ៉ូទៅកាន់កម្មវិធីកំណែទម្រង់ការគ្រប់គ្រងហិរញ្ញវត្ថុដំណាក់កាលទី៣របស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា នេះបើយោងតាមសេចក្តីប្រកាសរបស់ភ្នាក់ងារសារព័ត៌មានជាតិកាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រ។ ...
ក្រុមការងារភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-sida-offer-eu331m-grant-budget-reform
(English) Cambodian PM says state's institutions to be strengthened after opposition ends parliament boycott
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Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-08/11
Cambodia sees 2.65 bln USD trade deficit in 2012
Cambodia recorded a trade deficit of 2.65 billion U.S. dollars in 2012, according to the government’s statistics on Wednesday. The country’s total import and export volume had reached 13.63 billion U.S. dollars last year, up 19 percent from 11.48 billion U. S. dollars in a year ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-01/09/c_132091653.htm
Riot Police Stop March on Last Day of Summits
A group of roughly 100 anti-eviction protestors were blocked by riot police yesterday from marching to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Peace Palace to appeal to U.S. President Barack Obama for help in reforming Cambodia’s land rights policy. The protest, which took place at the Boeng Kak ...
Cambodia Real Estate Could Benefit From QE3
Cambodia’s highly dollarized economy could benefit from a rush of foreign capital into Asia unleashed by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest economic stimulus, unlike some of its Asian neighbors, as it lifts demand for real estate and garment exports in the developing country, a senior ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323894704578106160673901682.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Cambodian parliament passes fire prevention law
Cambodia’s National Assembly on Tuesday adopted a draft law on fire prevention with jail term punishment for arsonists, neglected firefighters, and false information providers on fires. Ninety-four out of ninety-seven lawmakers, who were present at the session, passed the law, saying it would help maintain security, ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/07/c_132365226.htm
ដោយសារតែទេពធីតាឆ្នាំថ្មីសោយផ្លែចេក ធ្វើឲ្យតម្លៃចេកឡើងថ្លៃខ្ពស់ខ្លាំងនៅក្នុងឆ្នាំថ្មីនេះ
បុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំខ្មែរអាចនាំឲ្យមានប្រាក់ចំណេញយ៉ាងច្រើនសម្រាប់អ្នកលក់ចេកដែលទេពធីតាឆ្នាំនេះជ្រើសរើសជាភត្តាហារ ប៉ុន្តែ អ្នកលក់ដូរមួយចំនួនបានលើកឡើងថា ការលក់ដូររបស់ខ្លួននៅមិនទាន់ដាច់ខ្លាំងនៅឡើយទេ។ទេពធីតា កិមិរា ទេវី ដែលនឹងយាងមកគ្រងតំណែងក្នុងឆ្នាំថ្មី សោយចេកជាភត្តាហារសម្រាប់ឆ្នាំ២០១៧នេះ ហេតុដូច្នេះគេព្យាករថា ចេកនឹងលក់ដាច់ខ្លាំងហើយឡើងថ្លៃខ្ពស់ នេះបើយោងតាមលោក ឡោ រស្មី អ្នកនាំពាក្យក្រសួងកសិកម្ម។ ...
ឆន ភារុណ និង Danielle Keeton-olsen
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/37148
Cambodia eyes to become region's prominent gems, jewelry market
Cambodia has eyed to become a precious stone and jewelry hub in Southeast Asia region in the near future, Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said Thursday. Speaking at the opening of the 5th international gems and jewelry fair here, the minister said that with the fast ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-06/13/c_132452793.htm
Hun Sen’s Land Titles Receive Rare Praise From Germany
Since Prime Minister Hun Sen announced an ambitious new plan some 10 months ago to make nearly half a million families official land owners, hardly a week goes by that a rural community does not complain of local officials trying to scam the project. But when ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sens-land-titles-receive-rare-praise-from-germany-17312/