The Cambodian government on Thursday announced a higher minimum wage of U.S. $80 per month for garment and footwear workers but they were not impressed, vowing to continue a strike until it is raised to U.S. $100. A tripartite meeting between the government, unions and Garment ...

France said it plans to boost its exports to Cambodia as French foreign direct investment in the country – worth $3.18 million in 2012 – continues to rise, officials said on Wednesday. Among this year’s investments, concessions and construction company group Vinci, the largest building ...

Two UN agencies praised Cambodia’s Fisheries Administration Thursday as an “example of success” for addressing child labour in fisheries. in a joint report, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the international Labour Organization recalled that the fisheries agency began raising awareness of ...

Audits of the voter list which claimed that up to 1 million people could lose their right to vote in the July 28 national election were attributed to an “unavoidable margin of error” due to many citizens not having national identity cards or a permanent ...

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Cambodia has officially opened a stock exchange, which economists say will provide a chance for the development of the country and job creation. However, they warn that mismanagement of the bourse could also lead to economic woes. “When this stock market goes well, it will ...

As the creation of Cambodia’s first law on trade unions enters a final phase this week, labor activists and unions said the draft law as it stands is in urgent need of revision, as it would cripple unions and severely undermine collective bargaining rights. They ...

Cambodia hosted the 3rd World Ecotourism Conference on October 3rd at the famous costal province—Preah Sihanouk—in an aim at developing the Asia Pacific region as a leading ecotourism destination. To celebrate the acceptance of the Cambodia costal zone (Preah Sihanouk Ville, Koh Kong, Kep and Kampot) ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea nearly reached the $1 billion dollar realm in 2012, a hike of nearly 100 per cent from the year before, senior officials said yesterday. According to official data from the Korea Trade-investment Promotion Agency, total bilateral trade between ...

Following a considerable increase in Cambodia’s milled rice exports in the first four months of the year, Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said he was optimistic the Kingdom’s rice exports would reach the 2015 target of one million tonnes. With this year’s export figures notably higher ...

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Calls for big-name apparel brands to take more responsibility for working conditions in Cambodian garment factories are growing louder as representatives of retail companies ranging from H&M to Wal-Mart arrive in Phnom Penh for a semi-annual buyers’ forum this week. Since it began three years ...

សមត្ថកិច្ចខេត្តមណ្ឌលគិរីបានសហការជាមួយមន្ទីរបរិស្ថានខេត្តបង្ក្រាបរថយន្តស៊េរីទំនើបម៉ាកឡិចស៊ីសដឹកឈើប្រណិតជាច្រើនដុំនៅក្នុងឃុំសែនមនោរម្យ ស្រុកអូររាំង ខេត្តមណ្ឌលគិរី កាលពីយប់ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ។ លោក ប៉ែន ផល្លី នាយការិយាល័យប្រឆាំងបទល្មើសសេដ្ឋកិច្ចខេត្តមណ្ឌលគិរី បាននិយាយថា ប្រតិបត្តិការចាប់រថយន្តស៊េរីទំនើបនេះគឺធ្វើឡើងនៅម៉ោង ១១យប់ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ។ លោកបានថ្លែងថា៖ «យើងបង្ក្រាបរថយន្តនេះនៅម៉ោង២២ និង២២នាទីកាលពីថ្ងៃទី៤។ តាមពិតការបង្ក្រាបនេះមានការសហការជាមួយអង្គភាពពាក់ព័ន្ធ ហើយយើងបានរកឃើញប្រភេទឈើប្រណិតជាច្រើន»។ ...

“These are the best quality stones,” Lat Yun says with a grin. Nestled in his outstretched hand are three unassuming rocks. “I don’t know what they’re called, I just know they’re the best.” The gemstones of Ratanakkiri are a mineral called zircon, but in Cambodia, they ...

Labor rights activists and a government official accused the International Labor Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia program of Ineffectiveness In its monitorIng of factory conditions followIng a deadly ceilIng collapse on Thursday at a shoe factory In Kompong Speu provInce. Moeun Tola, labor program head of the ...

Good rains have boosted rice cultivation across the country, and nearly 90 percent of farmers have completed planting their paddies, although planting in Svay Rieng province is lagging due to drought, and agriculture official said yesterday. Chan Heng, administration bureau chief of the Agriculture Ministry’s administration ...

Labour-rights groups are lauding a “historic” deal that will result in about $200,000 in wages and benefits being paid to workers who were stranded when the Kingsland Garment factory in Phnom Penh closed unannounced in December. in a meeting on Friday that took place as more ...

MORE UK-based brands were looking to set up shop in Cambodia, Britain’s ambassador to Cambodia, Mark Gooding, said yesterday. Gooding said at Costa Coffee’s official opening in Phnom Penh he was pleased by the arrival of the international chain, the largest coffee brand in the UK, ...