សេដ្ឋកិច្ច និងពាណិជ្ជកម្ម
Largest MFI Prasac gets loan boost for coffers
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 ...
Playing with a bad hand
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 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070166584/National/playing-with-a-bad-hand.html
Map connects factories and buyers
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 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070166578/Business/map-connects-factories-and-buyers.html
ADB to loan $55 million to Cambodia's rice sector
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $55 million to help transform the rice sector of Cambodia into a viable commercial industry as well as taking care of the land and water resources. ADB’s Climate-Resilient Rice Commercialization Sector Development Program―which will run ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=ZjI4NDZjMzFlMmE
Rubber firm has plans in Cambodia
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,” ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062866536/Business/rubber-firm-has-plans-in-cambodia.html
Unlike Past Elections, Property Investors Remain Buoyant
Ahead of elections 10 years ago, people across the country would hoard rice in case the vote sent the country spiraling into a state of turmoil. Businesses across the country would bide their time before making any major investments. And those who could afford to ...
China to help conserve Cambodia's Angkor World Heritage Site
Cambodia’s Apsara Authority and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the project of sustainable management of the existing resources for conservation and sustainable development in Angkor World Heritage Site and Siem Reap region. The deal was inked between ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-06/27/c_132492881.htm
Cambodia's garment exports up 22 pct in 5 months
Cambodia’s garment industry, the country’s biggest income earner, recorded 2.06 billion U.S. dollars in export value in the first five months of this year, up 22 percent on the same period last year, a Commerce Ministry’s report showed Tuesday. Garment export accounts for more than 80 ...
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2013-06/27/c_132492345.htm
UN praises Cambodia 'success' in addressing child labor in fisheries
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 ...
Flights planned from Beijing to Siem Reap, Phnom Penh
Chinese flag carrier Air China is expected to launch the first non-stop flights from Beijing to Cambodia as early as November this year, officials said yesterday. Director of the Air Transport Department of Cambodia’s State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, Vann Chanty, said that officials from ...
K-pop a boon for cosmetics shops
Kim Hyun-joong is looking at you. From a poster outside of a hair salon, from a shop window, in a TV commercial or on local social media sites, the South Korean singer and actor decorates various advertisements in Phnom Penh. But it isn’t just about his ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062766507/Business/k-pop-a-boon-for-cosmetics-shops.html
Mekong Dams Could Be a Threat to Cambodia’s Food Security
The construction of two hydroelectric dams proposed for the Mekong River would lead to steep declines in the availability of fish-an essential source of protein for Cambodians- potentially threatening food security, according to a new report by the fisheries administration. The study by the administration’s Inland Fisheries ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-dams-could-be-threat-to-cambodias-food-security-32202/
Cambodia, M'sia sign $80 mln agreement for telecom improvement in Cambodia
EZECOM and Telekom Malaysia has [sic] signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Tuesday to install a submerged cable system called the Malaysia-Cambodia-Thailand Cable System (MCT). A statement reported that Cambodia’s leading Internet service Telcotech Ltd — a part of Ezecom — will sign the MOU with ...
Cambodia's foreign trade worth over 6 bln USD in 5 months
Cambodia’s trade with foreign countries amounted to 6.25 billion U.S. dollars in value in the first five months of this year, up 20 percent from the same period last year, according to statistics from the Commerce Ministry on Wednesday. During the January-May period this year, the ...
Hong Kong delegation seeks business opportunities in Cambodia
A delegation from China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region are currently seeking possibilities to broaden bilateral trade and investment ties in Cambodia. The delegation comprising of business executives from 24 different firms in the financial and professional services, infrastructure and real estate, garments and textiles, telecommunications, ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=Y2Y2MTQ4Zjk2YmR
Lao Dams, Mining Ruining Sekong Water Quality in Cambodia
Dam-building and gold mining in southern Laos are ruining water quality downstream on the Sekong River in Cambodia, where villagers are no longer able to drink or use the water, according to an environmental group. The activities undertaken by Lao and Vietnamese companies on the Sekong’s ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/sekong-06252013190742.html
Beware risk with ASEAN investment
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have become magnets for Chinese investment amid the global economic slump. Among the most recent deals, Hunan Province-based Xinyuan Mining Co Ltd bought a license to exploit a 28 million square meter gold mine in Cambodia, and ...
Noodle maker tries instant route
Cambodia has always been a source for a broad variety of raw materials from the agricultural sector. The country exports many of these materials to neighbouring countries and other markets in the world – without turning them into new products. This lack of domestic processing has ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062666486/Inside-Business/noodle-maker-tries-instant-route.html
Group Considers Complaint Against Sugar Giant
A London-based sugar trade association aiming to promote a more ethical and sustainable industry will meet early next month to consider a request from Cambodian farmers that it eject U.K.-based sugar firm Tate & Lyle from the group unless it gives them back their land. Some ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/group-considers-complaint-against-sugar-giant-32001/
ផ្សារមូលបត្រឡាវ និងកម្ពុជា មិនមានដំនើរការ២ឆ្នាំបន្ទាប់ពីការបញ្ចូលគ្នារវាងក្រុមហ៊ុនបី
ប្រសិនបើអ្នកត្រូវគេផ្តល់លុយទាំងអស់នៅក្នុងពិភពលោកទៅធ្វើវិនិយោគលើផ្សារភាគហ៊ុនមួយដែលជាផ្សារភាគហ៊ុននៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជានិងឡាវ តើផ្សារភាគហ៊ុនមួយណា ដែលអ្នកនឹងធ្វើការជ្រើសរើស? អ្នកប្រហែលជាគ្មានជំរើសច្រើននោះទេ ផ្សារភាគហ៊ុនទាំងពីរមាន ...
Cambodian Agricultural Research Center Honored
The Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture has been recognized for its contributions to Cambodians by the a group of experts at Food Tank. The US-based think tank said the center, known in Cambodia as Cedac, was responsible for higher yields in Cambodian agriculture ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-agricultural-research-center-honored/1688200.html
FGVH to develop upstream, downstream plantation business in Cambodia
Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGVH) is planning to develop upstream and downstream activities in the plantation sector in Cambodia. Chief executive officer-designate Dr Emir Mavani Abdullah said that apart from marketing its products, including palm oil-based products in Cambodia, FGVH was also planning to set up rubber ...
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/6/25/business/13283257&sec=business
ការលេងល្បែងនៅកាស៊ីណូ ណាហ្គាវើល ក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញនៅតែបន្តទោះមានការតវ៉ាក៏ដោយ
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ ការលេងល្បែងស៊ីសងនៅតែបន្តដូចធម្មតានៅឯកាស៊ីណូ ណាហ្គាវើល ជាសណ្ឋាគារ និងកាស៊ីណូ តែមួយគត់នៅក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ ដែលទទួលបានអាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណត្រឹមត្រូវ ទោះបីជាមានការបន្តការតវ៉ាពីសំណាក់បុគ្គលិកដែល ...
ហុល រស្មី និង Simon Lewis
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/1204/
Illegal cosmetics chemicals trashed
Government officials yesterday disposed of some 30 tonnes of chemical substances they said Chinese nationals had intended to sell illegally as cosmetics. Long Sreng, deputy chief of the Interior Ministry’s anti-economic crime department, said authorities seized the chemicals – some of which already were falsely packaged ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062566459/National/illegal-cosmetics-chemicals-trashed.html