The government needs to enforce legislation on protecting the environment, even as it gives away masses of land and resources in concessions, or risk jeopardising its economic future, the UN assistant secretary-general for disaster risk reduction said yesterday. “The most critical impact of disasters today is ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia needs to improve the skills of its workforce if it is to compete and benefit from Asean’s plan for greater integration and the free flow of skilled labor within the region by 2015, Minister of Labor Vong sauth said on Friday at the Asean ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Phnom Penh Municipal Court official yesterday refused to disclose the nature of “incitement” charges issued in February against well-known monk Loun sovath, while the Ministry of Justice claimed it was unaware of the case against the social campaigner. According to documents dated Feb. 14 and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s inflation rose by 5.49 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of the year, due to increases in food and fuel prices, according to the monthly data from the National Institute of statistics compiled by the Post. However, economists and government officials said they were ss='cambodia-color'>...

Local police in Ratanakkiri province’s Veun sai district yesterday tried to shut down a community meeting in which villagers were being educated about land rights, because it was being held without permission, rights workers said. According to Pen Bonnar, provincial coordinator for rights group Adhoc, two ss='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers who claim their patrols last week uncovered criminal activity in Prey Lang forest presented the government yesterday with a list of 15 people they say are illegally logging in the area. Reoun sopheap, a representative of about 100 villagers from Kampong Thom province’s sandan district, ss='cambodia-color'>...

A new banking settlements system called CHANCEs, dealing exclusively in the Chinese currency renminbi (RMB), aims to make trade between China and the AsEAN countries easier and less expensive. Owned and operated by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the CHANCEs system stands for ss='cambodia-color'>...

Twelve families from Koh Kong province on Nov. 6  filed a complaint with Prime Minister Hun sen’s youth volunteers and the Department of Land Management, requesting assistance in a land dispute with businessman, Heng Huy. Pok Yon, the families’ representative, said that earlier this year, Heng ss='cambodia-color'>...

Tractor imports fell by 24 per cent last year, a significant decrease from 44,993 units in 2011 to 36,301 units, according to recent statistics from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Although the cultivation of some crops in the Kingdom has increased, analysts said yesterday ss='cambodia-color'>...

Canada-based life insurance company Manulife Cambodia will launch a big advertising campaign on tuk-tuks this year to raise awareness of its services. Manulife Cambodia chief executive Robert J Elliott said the campaign would begin with 75 tuk-tuks. He believes between one and two million people ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kampong speu palm sugar production is projected to decrease slightly this year due to a late start, though prices are expected to rise thanks to the sugar’s growing popularity following its geographical indication certification. Despite the drop in production, Hong Hoeung, director of Kampong speu Palm ss='cambodia-color'>...

The supply of shopping centre space in Phnom Penh is set to triple in the next five years, according to a CBRE Cambodia report, and one insider said the jump in higher-end retail venues would come even sooner. A Parkson Corporation sdn Bhd shopping centre, one ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnamese Bank sacombak (Cambodia) Plc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of sacombank in Vietnam, will extend its operation in the Cambodian financial market, according to a bank official. Nguyen Nhi Thanh, CEO and President of sacombank in Cambodia, said during the first anniversary celebration after the bank’s transformation ss='cambodia-color'>...

Markets like Olympic and O’Russey in Phnom Penh and the traditional fresh food markets in cities and towns across Cambodia are where the overwhelming majority of Cambodians get not only the food they eat, but also the basic household products they use. The shopping behavior data, provided by ss='cambodia-color'>...

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Cambodia’s trade deficit reached $1.99 billion through the first nine months of the year, an increase of 33 percent compared to the same period in 2011, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce on saturday. Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported that the total value ss='cambodia-color'>...

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Regus, the world’s largest provider of flexible workplaces is offering a helping hand to local and international businesses in Cambodia, with the launch of its first business centre there. The flexible workspace at the center enables companies of all sizes to expand their presence in ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite attention from Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and official development assistance, farmers are by far the largest source of investment in agriculture, the state of Food and Agriculture 2012 report by the Food and Agriculture Organization published last week said. Farmers in low and middle income ss='cambodia-color'>...

K-Cement workers who were told they could not form a company-wide union because their workplaces were “separate” entities have now had their application to register individual unions rejected by the Ministry of Labour, union leaders said yesterday. sok Kin, vice president of the Building and Woodworkers ss='cambodia-color'>...