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គម្រោង​វិនិយោគ​ថ្មី​ចំនួន​ ២​ ដែល​មាន​តម្លៃ​សរុប​ ៥,៥​ លាន​ដុល្លារ​ ត្រូវ​បាន​អនុម័ត​ ដោយ​ក្រុមប្រឹក្សា​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​កម្ពុជា​ (CDC)​។​ ​ ...

រដ្ឋាភិបាល​មាន​គម្រោង​ស្ថាបនា​ស្ពាន​ឆ្លងកាត់​ទន្លេមេគង្គ​ចំនួន​២​កន្លែង​បន្ថែម​ទៀត ដើម្បី​ភ្ជាប់​ទំនាក់​ទំនង​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​ពី​ទី​ជនបទ​មក​រាជធានី​ និង​ទីប្រជុំជន​ផ្សេងទៀត ​ពិសេស​សម្រួល​ដល់​ការ​ធ្វើ​ដំ​ណើ​រទៅ​មក​របស់​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ពីប​ណ្ដា​ខេត្ត​នានា​មក​កាន់​រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ។ ...

លោក វីលៀម ថូដ ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូត​អាមេរិក និង​លោក ស៊ុន ចាន់ថុល រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​បាន​សរសើរ​គ្នា​ទៅវិញទៅមក​ចំពោះ​ការ​លះបង់​របស់ខ្លួន​សម្រាប់​ការ​​អភិវឌ្ឍ​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​កម្ពុជា​នៅ​ឯសន្និសីទ​កាសែត​មួយ​ក្នុង​រាជ​ធានីភ្នំពេញ កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ បន្ទាប់ពីបាន​បំពេញ​បេសកកម្ម​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​រួម​កាលពី​ខែមុន​ទៅកាន់​សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក។ លោក វីលៀម ថូដ និង​លោក ស៊ុន ចាន់ថុល ដែល​ត្រូវ​បាន​ដំឡើង​តួនាទី​របស់លោក​​បន្ទាប់​ពី​ការ ...

Cambodia’s telecommunications ministry yesterday defended intervening in the market by fixing minimum prices for mobile phone calls, rationalising the base charges as necessary to stem the loss of tax revenue and avert a monopolised industry. The floor price was introduced in 2009 to prevent the demise ...

Germany has pledged $64 million in aid donations to Cambodia for this year and next, amounting to a “substantial increase” over the past two years of official German assistance to the country, the German Embassy announced on Wednesday. Germany’s new aid package, the majority of which—$54 ...

Low-quality education is jeopardizing business growth in Cambodia, and local graduates will not be employable in skilled jobs if the government does not quickly implement educational reforms, business executives warned Thursday at the Cambodian Market Intel 2013 seminar in Phnom Penh. During an hourlong panel discussion ...

Following the announcement of recent reforms to Cambodia’s customs department and Commerce Ministry, a revision of the country’s investment law is planned for next year, according to the secretary-general of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). Speaking to reporters at a workshop at the ...

Tokyo-based Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) to help support Japanese investment in Cambodia. The MoU was signed by SMBC President and CEO Takeshi Kunibe and PPSEZ Chairwoman Lim Chhiv Ho earlier this ...

A development company with a government concession for a high-end property project on the island of Koh Pos, also known as Snake Island, has announced that it will significantly alter its original plans for the project. The new plan, which must first be submitted for ...

The aid sector needs more transparency to ensure that the public knows exactly where and how money is being spent, a consortium of NGOs said Tuesday. Tek Vannara, deputy executive director of the NGO Forum, said at a workshop in Phnom Penh that while the Council ...

At around 6 p.m. in Phnom Penh each evening, about 5,000 large brown bats, having spent the day dangling upside down from a tree at Wat Phnom, spread their huge wings and fly out to begin their nightly search for fruit. And as useful and ...

Cambodia’s Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have received a total investment of 1.65 billion US dollars since their inception in 2006, according to a government report released on Friday. Since 2006 to now, the zones have attracted 172 investment projects, mostly from China, South Korea and Japan, ...

A day after its opening session and still devoid of the 55 lawmakers-elect of the opposition CNRP, the country’s new, one-party National Assembly voted Prime Minister Hun Sen in for yet another five-year term Tuesday and approved an extensive re­shuffle of his Cabinet. In a ...

Newly-designated Ambassador of China to Cambodia Bu Jianguo on Thursday vowed to help further deepen all rounds of cooperation with Cambodia for the benefits [sic] of the two countries and peoples. Paying a courtesy call on Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Bu ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea has reached 329 million U.S. dollars in the first five months of this year, up 12 percent over the same period last year, showed the latest figures from the Korea Trade- Investment Promotion Agency to Phnom Penh on ...

Reporters in Cambodia seeking statistics from government ministries and departments are used to being given the brush-off from time to time, but in the run-up to the July 28 national election, things appear to have worsened. The Council for the Develop­ment of Cambodia (CDC) has for ...

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 ...

Two dozens of Chinese entrepreneurs in the World Eminence Chinese Business Association have been visiting Cambodia to seek possibilities to broaden trade and investment ties between China and Cambodia. The group, led by Xia Lingsheng, the Association’s executive vice president, met with Tep Ngorn, the 2nd ...

The saga of the stalled $240 million Gold Tower 42 was revived last week when it emerged that a supplier for the project had accused the owner and builder of failing to pay out nearly $500,000 in fees, according to an injunction request obtained by ...

Okhna Try Pheap’s ballooning empire of exclusive natural resource licences and concessions has been expanded even further with the granting of a special economic zone (SEZ) in Ratanakkiri province. The May 27 issue of the Royal Gazette reveals Pheap was granted a 136-hectare SEZ in O’Yadav ...

British minister for trade and investment Lord Green would visit Cambodia next Monday in order to boost bilateral trade and investment ties, according to a media statement from the British Embassy to Cambodia on Wednesday. Mark Gooding, British Ambassador to Cambodia, said trade between UK ...

Blackouts in Phnom Penh will no longer be a problem after an energy source near Sihanoukville starts providing an extra 50 megawatts of coal-fired power to the city next month, the director-general of Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) said. Keo Rottanak said by mid-June at the latest ...

Cambodia’s reputation as a standard-bearer for apparel workers’ rights is wearing thin – and yet the country is a rising star when it comes to attracting foreign investment and increasing exports. There are many reasons to deter brands and retailers from sourcing clothing in Cambodia. The Kingdom ...

Cambodia has seen huge growth of foreign aid and loans over the past two decades, but experts are beginning to question its worth—and what conditions might be attached. Total aid from 1993 to 2012 amounts to around $10 billion, with the percentage of aid coming as ...