ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍

Trade volume between Cambodia and China was valued at $1.79 billion in the first four months this year, a 42 per cent increase compared to the  same period last year, according to the Chinese embassy in Cambodia. In 2012, bilateral trade between the countries reached about ...

Throngs of young Cambodian People’s Party supporters have gathered on the corners of Sihanouk and Sothearos Boulevards for days now, their mere presence a testament to the CPP’s ostensibly broad-based popularity. They represent a powerful voting bloc in a country where the lion’s share of the ...

Rem Vannak remains in poor health after enduring about two years of 21-hour days working for no pay on a fishing boat in Fiji, where he was beaten when he complained. Lin Yu Shin, who owns Giant Ocean – the company Vannak worked for that allegedly ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ គណៈ​កម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ប្រាប់​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ព្រហស្បតិ៍​នេះ​ថា រហូត​មក​ដល់​ពេល​នេះ គ.ជ.ប បាន​ទទួល​ពាក្យ​បណ្តឹង​ចំនួន ៧០ ដែល​ក្នុង​ចំណោម​នោះ ៦១ បណ្តឹង​ប្តឹង​ចូល​គណៈកម្មាការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ឃុំ-​សង្កាត់ និង ៩ បណ្តឹង​ប្តឹង​ចូល​គណៈកម្មការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​រាជធានី​-ខេត្ត។ ...

Thanks to a more stable and undisturbed supply chain, sales of new cars in Cambodia have risen dramatically over the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 2012. But the purchases pale in comparison to the country’s thriving second-hand market. Kong ...

Direct private chartered flights from different parts of China to Cambodia are booming as the number of Chinese tourists visiting the Kingdom is mounting, industry insiders told the Post yesterday. As early as July 10, a chartered flight will launch from Wuhan, the largest city in ...

Chea Kea, owner of the Daimond Crown casino on the border with Thailand in Pailin province, is investing in a $4 million feed processing warehouse that will also be used to store commodities and house farm animals. Construction on the warehouse, which is expected to ...

As tensions subside between Thailand and Cambodia over the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, site officials are welcoming a steady increase of international tourists. At 5,240, foreign visits are up 56 per cent in the first six months of the year, compared to the same period ...

Russian sailor Andrey Mantula plans to build what he is calling Cambodia’s first marina off the beaches of Preah Sihanouk province. Mantula, who has lived in Cambodia for one year, is heading up the project. He expects construction to start on October 1 of this year. ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ អគ្គ​នាយកដ្ឋាន​ពន្ធនាគារ​នៃ​ក្រសួង​មហា​ផ្ទៃ បាន​ចេញ​សេចក្តី​ណែនាំ​ចំនួន​ពីរ​ឲ្យ​មន្ត្រី​រឹត​បន្តឹង​សន្តិសុខ សុវត្ថិភាព និង​សណ្តាប់ធ្នាប់​បន្ថែម តាម​មណ្ឌល​អប់រំ​កែប្រែ​នៅ​ទូទាំង​ប្រទេស ក្នុង​ពេល​បើក​យុទ្ធនាការ​ឃោសនា​បោះឆ្នោត និង​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​បោះឆ្នោត​ទី២៨ ខែ​កក្កដា ដោយ​ហាម​មិន​ឲ្យ​យក​រថយន្ត​ឬ​មធ្យោបាយ​ដឹក​ជញ្ជូន​ជា ...

Civil society organisations and local communities yesterday called on the government to cancel an order banning all media from broadcasting foreign election-related reports in the five days before the election. The joint statement, signed by 21 civil society groups, comes after the government on Saturday rescinded ...

The expanding banking sector and the spread of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in rural areas have failed to elbow informal, unlicensed money lending out of the market, industry experts say. Fast and easy access to money – as well as the fear of “losing face” by borrowing ...

Forty-four Number One and OK condom packers, out of work since their contracts ended on Sunday, protested outside the office of health NGO Population Services Khmer (PSK) in Phnom Penh yesterday, demanding “unpaid” seniority bonuses. Representative So Nita said the workers, four of whom have physical ...

Some 400 garment workers yesterday gathered outside the Ministry of Social Affairs to plead for government intervention against a factory owner who fled without paying them overdue wages three months ago. Khem Chamnan, a Free Trade Union representative from the Pine Great (Cambodia) factory in Phnom ...

After a visit to Phnom Penh last week, John C Tsang, finance secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, took to his blog to call for more direct imports of Cambodian rice, which he says comes through a third country. In a post on June ...

A million fish formed the front line of the conservation fight yesterday, when Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officials released them in Kampong Thom provincial waters, celebrating the launching of a national aquaculture institute. Yesterday’s celebration of National Fish Day in Baray district marks the official start ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ គណៈ​កម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប)​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ចន្ទ​ម្សិលមិញ បាន​អំពាវនាវ​ទៅ​អ្នក​បោះឆ្នោត ឲ្យ​ធ្វើ​ការ​ពិនិត្យ​ឈ្មោះ​របស់​ខ្លួន នៅ​លើ​បញ្ជី​ដែល​បាន​បិទ​នៅ​ការិយាល័យ​គណៈ​កម្មការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ឃុំ​សង្កាត់​ ទាំងអស់ និង​នៅ​អាច​មើល​តាម​អនឡាញ។ គ.ជ.ប បាន​អំពាវនាវ​ថា ចន្លោះ​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី១ កក្កដា ដល់​ថ្ងៃ ...

A mid [sic] global economic fragility, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Cambodia grew a whopping 73 per cent in 2012 from the year before, a huge increase helping to fuel a record-setting amount of money pouring into least developed countries, according to the United Nations ...

Cambodia’s largest microfinance institution, (MFI) Prasac, has received a $60.5 million loan to strengthen its capacity in offering broader financial services in the country. On Friday, Prasac signed the agreement for the syndicate loan – provided by more than one lender – with the Netherlands Development ...

It’s been more than a year since union leader Sat Sep was fired from the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Poipet town, a dismissal that sparked strikes and ended in senior members of the Cambodian Tourism and Service Workers Federation being driven from the casino’s ...

In light of ongoing disputes over working conditions in the garment sector, the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) released yesterday details on hundreds of factories it believes will offer greater transparency along the garment supply chain – from producers to buyers – and shine ...

Families who claim a foreigner fabricated documents to sell their land to port officials and a military commander more than seven years ago have desperately appealed to government bodies to intervene. The 104 families who have exhausted legal avenues after both the provincial and Supreme Court ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​បាន​រក​ឃើញ​ថា មន្រ្តី​រាជការ​ជាច្រើន​បាន​ល្មើស​ទៅ​នឹង​ច្បាប់​ដោយ​ពួកគេ​បាន​យក​ម៉ោង​ ធ្វើ​ការ​របស់​រដ្ឋ​ទៅ​ចូល​រួម​ធ្វើ​ការ​ឃោសនា​បោះឆ្នោត ឲ្យ​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​នៅ​ក្នុង​ថ្ងៃ​ដំបូង ដែល​បាន​ចាប់​ផ្តើម​កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ។ កាល​ពី​វេលា​ម៉ោង​៨ ...

Kuala Lumpur-based Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (FGV), the third-largest palm oil operator in the world, said it plans to cultivate rubber inside Cambodia. “We are . . . consolidating by expanding into countries like Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos – planting other crops such as rubber,” ...