Union reps and government officials are offering significantly different – if both substantial – numbers in their year-end tallies of garment workers who fainted on the job in 2012. The Free Trade Union yesterday announced that the number of workers to faint in factories rose to ...

A prolonged court case between two French investors in Siem Reap’s landmark Victoria Angkor hotel is at a standstill after auditors ordered by the Supreme Court to examine the hotel’s finances were denied access to the books this week. In a dispute that goes back to ...

Thai-based movie theatre company Major Cineplex said it will build “a high-end lifestyle and entertainment complex” at the Aeon mall in Phnom Penh, hoping to capture Cambodia’s youth market in what it believes is a stable business environment for its entertainment products. While it sees prospects in ...

About 200 former employees of bankrupt mobile phone operator Mfone yesterday protested outside the company’s shuttered offices, asking for the help of Prime Minister Hun Sen in the fight to get more than $4 million in compensation from the company. Mfone declared itself insolvent in ...

Local food producer Ly Ly Food Industry had invested about $1 million for a Chinese-made machine to improve production and food quality as it prepared for the coming regional economic community, the company’s owner said yesterday. Keo Mom said a tremendous amount of goods from neighbouring ...

Local authorities met with Boeung Kak community members yesterday to register villagers left out of the oft-criticised resettlement scheme as a first step to providing them with titles and onsite housing. More than 10 officials including police, commune and village chief, as well as representatives of ...

After years of discussion, the Cambodian and Thai governments on Tuesday agreed at the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Co-operation Strategy (ACMECS) summit in Laos to establish a Cambodian-Thai Business Council in a bid to enhance trade and investment between the ASEAN neighbours after a decline in ...

An indigenous ethnic Banong community in Mondolkiri province yesterday began the final stage in acquiring a communal land title, setting it up to become only the sixth community in the country to secure one of the coveted documents. Established by the 2001 Land Law, communal land ...

Japanese Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) signed an agreement yesterday with local Canadia Bank to shore up Japanese growth in Cambodia and to demonstrate its confidence in the Kingdom’s financial sector. BTMU’s managing executive officer, Takami onodera, and Pung Kheav Se, chairman of Canadia Bank, yesterday ...

OppOsitiOn vice president Kem SOkha On Thursday said he cOuld nOt guarantee there wOuld be nO viOlence fOllOwing Sunday&rsquO;s vOte and appealed tO the internatiOnal cOmmunity tO be On alert and help ensure a peaceful transitiOn after the electiOn results are released. Speaking tO repOrters after ...

Cambodia has witnessed a trade deficit of 1.41 billion U.S. dollars in the first eight months of the year, according to figures from the Ministry of Commerce on Monday. The country’s total import and export volume was valued at 10.45 billion U.S. dollars during the January-August ...

The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs called on Prime Minister Hun Sen to stand down during an event attended by CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha in California on Saturday night. Speaking at a CNRP fundraising event, Ed Royce, a Republican ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 100 million USD aid package to support the development of tourism infrastructure in the three Mekong River countries of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The decision was made at the annual meeting on tourism development of the Greater Mekong ...

បន្ទាប់​ពី​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​បាន​សម្រេច​ឲ្យ​បង្កើត​គណៈកម្មការ​ចំនួន​បី​ទាក់ទិន​ទៅ​នឹង​ការ​បង្ក្រាប​ទៅ​លើ​កម្មករ​ដែល​ធ្វើការ​តវ៉ា​ដើម្បី​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់ខែ​គោល​ ១៦០​ ដុល្លារ​ក្នុង​មួយ​ខែ​នៅ​តាម​បណ្តោយ​ផ្លូវ​ វ៉េ​ង​ស្រេង​ ក្រុម​អង្គការ​សង្គម​ស៊ី​វិល​នៅ​តែ​ពុំ ...

In a letter sent to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training last week, the Council of Ministers encourages the ministry to facilitate talks between garment factory management and the union representing thousands of workers on strike for nearly two months. The letter, written by Council ...

Cambodia has seen a trade deficit of 1.48 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of 2013, according to the Commerce Ministry’s data on Friday. The total import and export volume was valued at 11.82 billion U.S. dollars during the January-September period this year, up ...

The bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and China rose by 31 percent in the first nine months of the year thanks to closer ties between the two governments, Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo said Thursday. From January to September this year, the two-way trade volume ...

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong will visit China in January at the invitation of Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei announced on Sunday. Hor Nam Hong and Yang will co-chair the first meeting of intergovernmental coordinating ...

ឈើ​ប្រណីត​ជាង ៦០ ម៉ែត្រ​គុប​តម្លៃ​រាប់​ម៉ឺន​ដុល្លារ​ត្រូវ​បាន​ក្រុម​អ្នក​កាសែត​ប្រទះ​ឃើញ​នៅ​នឹង​ប៉ុស្តិ៍​នគរបាល​ក្នុង​ស្រុក សង្គម​ថ្មី ខេត្ត ព្រះវិហារ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​សៅរ៍ ខណៈ​ដែល​ពួក​ឈ្មួញ​កំពុង​ដឹក​ឈើ​ទំាង​នោះ​ចេញ​ទៅ​លក់​នៅ​ប្រទេស វៀតណាម ដោយ​គ្មាន​ការ​ទប់​ស្កាត់​ពី​អាជ្ញាធរ និង​មន្រ្តី ...

Singapore signed two energy-related Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Cambodia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), at the Singapore Energy Summit on Monday. This is part of its efforts to strengthen partnerships in the energy sector. Second Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr S Iswaran, ...