Lao dam unapproved yet under way: NGO
The construction of Don sahong Dam, the second of 11 potential and controversial Mekong mainstream dams, is moving ahead without approval from Mekong River Commission members, according to a conservationist group report. Located less than two kilometres from the Cambodian-Lao border, the dam has been slammed ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062766515/National/lao-dam-unapproved-yet-under-way-ngo.html
Flooded Forest Gets Protection
A Northeastern section of the Mekong River that is home to a number of endangered species has been designated a conservation site by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. A prakas issued by Minister Chan sarun on April 23 officially declared a 56-kilometre section of ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050765443/National/flooded-forest-gets-protection.html
Committee Formed to Sell Off Mfone’s Assets
The administrator dealing with the debts of defunct mobile operator Mfone yesterday established a committee to sell off the company’s remaining assets. since it filed for bankruptcy in January, more than 1,000 creditors, including former staff, have claimed Mfone owes them a combined $160 million. Mfone’s remaining ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/committee-formed-to-sell-off-mfones-assets-22715/
Japan signs a $90m loan deal to improve highway
After reaching agreement late last month, the contract for a $90 million concession loan from Japan to Cambodia was officially signed in Phnom Penh yesterday to improve 83.5 kilometres of National Road 5. The construction is scheduled to start in June 2015 and will be ss='cambodia-color'>...
Climate Change Poses Major Threat to Cambodia’s Rural Poor
The Cambodian economy faces major problems for its predominantly rural population in the event of more erratic climate shifts, according to the United Nations Development Programme’s 2011 Cambodian Human Development Report. “This is an agrarian economy that depends very much on weather. And we are among the ss='cambodia-color'>...
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កាលពីថ្ងៃពុធនេះ មន្ត្រីជាន់ខ្ពស់មួយរូបរបស់គណបក្សកាន់អំណាចនៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជា បានបង្ហើបថា មេដឹកនាំគណបក្សប្រឆាំង សម រង្សុី មិនស្មោះត្រង់ បន្ទាប់ពីបានសន្យាថា គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិរបស់លោក នឹងកាត់បន្ថយការរិះគន់លើរដ្ឋាភិបាល សម្រាប់ការដោះស្រាយជម្លោះព្រំដែន ជាមួយនឹងប្រទេសវៀតណាម ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Cambodia: Mineral, Metal and Fuel Resources
Cambodia, with a total population of 14,952,665 as of July 2010, is located in southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. The country mostly has a tropical climate and covers a total area of 181,035 km2 Cambodia’s key natural resources include ss='cambodia-color'>...
Minister’s appeal to listed companies
The opening of the Cambodia SecuritieS Exchange (CSX) waS marked by a Speech from MiniSter of Finance Keat Chhon, who urged three State-owned companieS to Speed up their initial public offeringS. No companieS, State-owned or otherwiSe are currently trading on the new market. Telecom Cambodia, SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Business/lets-get-the-ball-rolling.html
Mfone’s pricing plan draws controversy
The launch of Mfone’s new unlimited calling plan has drawn criticism from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. It is said that the price scheme contravenes Cambodia’s minimum pricing rules introduce in 2009. Hello, another mobile phone provider, has already introduced an unlimited calling plan ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tycoon’s dredging tests locals’ patience
Ruling party senator Ly Yong Phat has defied an order endorsed by the Prime Minster to halt his controversial sand dredging activities on the Tatai river in Koh Kong, prompting authorities to request intervention, documents obtained by The Post reveal. The dredging operation on the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chasing China’s rice import potential
China National Cereal, Oil and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO) is the latest mainland Chinese company to sign a deal to export Cambodian rice. COFCO is one of a number of Chinese companies that have signed similar deals with their Cambodian counterparts, but direct rice exports to China ss='cambodia-color'>...
Capital’s growth pushes housing demand
Phnom Penh’s growing population is driving demand for residential property, with approvals soaring in the first seven months of this year, according to Lao Tip seiha, director of the construction department at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. A total of 227 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Moody’s Downgrades Acleda, Cites Risk
Ratings agency Moody’s changed its outlook on Acleda Bank’s financial strength yesterday to “negative” from “stable” and downgraded its rating of the bank’s local currency deposits to Ba2 from Ba1. The rating downgrade was applied due to changes in shareholders at the bank over the ss='cambodia-color'>...
A threat to Kingdom’s FDI
Tokyo: Cambodia needs more than an estimated Us$13 billion in infrastructure works by 2020 if the country intends to continue attracting foreign investment, a joint survey by some of the world’s top financial institutions indicated on Wednesday. During a conference held by the Japan International Cooperation Agency ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011101452126/Business/a-threat-to-kingdoms-fdi.html
Cambodia’s top micro manager [Interview]
How did the floods affect the industry late last year? Of course, we were worried when the floods began because many people were affected. When the floods continued, we did a survey and found that just about 10 per cent of MFI borrowers were affected. But ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030754891/Business/cambodias-top-micro-manager.html
Increasing prices drive Kingdom’s rubber
Rubber production in early 2012 increased 21 per cent when compared to the end of 2011, according to Mak Kim Hong, president of the Cambodian Rubber Association. He said yesterday that the price of one tonne of good-quality rubber rose to Us$3,800 in early 2012, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Prosecutor’s account of questioning varies
Svay Rieng provincial proSecutor Hing Bunchea haS refuSed to clarify what triple Shooting SuSpect and depoSed Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith Said to him after contradictory StatementS from him were printed in different newS publicationS laSt week. On ThurSday, Hing Bunchea told the PoSt that Chhouk SS='cambodia-color'>...
Nation’s first sea bridge opens
A bridge crossing the sea between sihanoukville and the island of Koh Puos in Cambodia has officially been opened by Prime Minister Hun sen. Koh Pous owned by the Russian company Koh Pous (Cambodia) Investment Group is turning the island into a resort known as ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011071350355/Business/nations-first-sea-bridge-opens.htm
Bank’s Plan Greeted With Skepticism
A 10 year strategic plan designed to ensure financial stability in Cambodia has been released by the central bank to much skepticism. The $700,000 study sponsored by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is said to be short on details even though it calls for the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Villagers protest at governor’s home
Representatives of 168 families from Kampong Cham’s Memot district staged a protest at the provincial governor’s home yesterday, seeking an intervention on their behalf in an ongoing land dispute with Memot Rubber Plantation. ss='cambodia-color'>...