The Cambodia Herald

CPP lawmaker and de facto party spokesman Cheam Yeap said yesterday it was now “too late” to form an independent committee to investigate alleged irregularities during last month’s national election and that the opposition CNRP needs to be “more flexible” in its relationship with the ...

Government representatives and union leaders will soon hold meetings to discuss garment worker’s salary increase for 2014, according to a union leader Friday. “Negotiations with factory employers to increase the salary for workers in the garment sector is scheduled to take place some time this August,” ...

Cambodia requires effective policy measures to accelerate its development plans for the power sector, according to the summary of a market research report distributed Saturday. UK-based PR Carbon said the report noted that Cambodia’s power sector comprise targets for developing a national power grid to distribute ...

Cambodia’s per capita income increased four times in two decades since the Kingdom held its first United Nations supported democratic election in 1993, according to a report from Cambodia’s Development and Research Institute. In 1993, the country’s per capita income was only $240 USD per year, ...

Kuala Lumpur (The star /ANN) — A country once torn apart by war is emerging as a key investment destination for small and medium enterprises. It was once home to a great civilization. In the 12th century, the Khmer empire was South-East Asia’s largest. Angkor was ...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has denounced a recording posted on Facebook of Prime Minister Hun Sen saying that his CPP had lost in last month’s fifth parliamentary election. Someone had edited and re-recorded a speech he had performed a few weeks ago, said authorities. The ...

Cambodia’s Constitutional Council will resume their inquiries Tuesday into the opposition party’s poll complaints regarding the alleged irregularities of the election, according to the general secretariat of the Constitutional Council. In a statement issued Saturday, the council had already resolved 14 complaints among the 33 received ...

Malaysian information technology service provider Dataprep Holdings Bhd is considering establishing a presence in Cambodia, the Malaysian Reserve reported Monday. “We are currently looking at increasing our presence in Indochina, ASEAN and China,” chief executive Ahmad Rizan Ibrahim was quoted as telling reporters Friday. ...

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS: Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Yunnan and Guangxi in China) is undergoing unprecedented changes. Many of these are positive, reflecting political stabilization and economic growth following decades of poverty and conflict. But the rate and type of development is ...

Sri Lankan agricultural group Lankem Ceylon PLC says it plans to plant 20,000 hectares of rubber in Cambodia as part of a diversification strategy. Lankem chairman A Rajaratnam disclosed the strategy in the company’s annual report for the year to March, 2012, released by the company ...

Cambodia’s Interior Minister Sar Kheng warned the opposition party leader and his supporters that they will be held responsible if their planned mass demonstration against election results leads to violence and destruction of public and private properties. “A peaceful protest against any issues is the freedom ...

Cambodia and Vietnam are enhancing their medical tourism offerings, the International Medical Tourism Journal reported Friday. “In medical tourism, Southeast Asia is a key and fast advancing market. Cambodia and Vietnam now want a share of the action that Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia have,” the journal ...

The Cambodian government announced that it would increase the salaries of low-ranking civil servants to 320,000 Riel per month. The statement was issued by Prime Minister Hun Sen Tuesday. He said, 90,000 civil servants will benefit from the increase which will start in September. Recently the Ministry of ...

Opposition party leader Sam Rainsy has announced that his Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) will not participate in the first session of parliament unless the poll results are reversed. The NEC’s preliminary results showed that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) won 68 seats out ...

Cambodia’s Social Affairs Minister urged factory workers, employers and the public not to be concerned regarding the rumors of disorder and planned protests after the country’s recent parliamentary election. He appealed to all factories and enterprises within the country to proceed as normal. “The Cambodian government ...

Hyatt Hotels Corp has announced the opening of the first Park Hyatt in Southeast Asia in Siem Reap. The announcement Wednesday said the reopening of the former Hotel De La Paix in downtown Siem Reap followed a 14-month renovation by award-winning interior designer Bill Bensley. “We are ...

The Japanese government has congratulated Cambodia on its general election, saying that it was held smoothly and peacefully.  “The government of Japan will continue to follow the situation in Cambodia closely after the election,” said a statement issued by the spokesman for Japanese Ministry of Foreign ...

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said Tuesday that its single-B ratings and stable outlook for Cambodia’s Acleda Bank Plc were “unaffected” by a recent surge in ATM cash withdrawals. A statement from Singapore said Sunday evening withdrawals after polls closed in national elections were about $4 ...

Since early morning Cambodian voters go to the polling stations to cast their ballots in the fifth parliamentary election. 9.67 million people were registered for this election, which is seen a tough completion between the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodia ...

Cambodian voters are urged to refrain from violence, as they will go to vote on Sunday to elect for 123 members of parliament. “Free political environment and the ability of the people to exercise their rights and freedoms, such as the right to vote, freedom of ...

The U.S. Embassy has just announced it will be awarding grants to two recipients for the 2013 U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation in Cambodia. The Archaeology and Development Foundation is the first recipient and will receive $47,000 to implements it’s proposal called the “Documentation of ...

Economic diversification is attracting substantial sums of FDI from China and beyond. Rich in history and culture and blessed with wonderful natural and human resources that are driving its impressive economic growth and attracting record sums of foreign direct investment (FDI), the Kingdom of Cambodia offers ...

U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, William E. Todd returned from a reverse trade mission in the United States to promote trade and investment opportunities in Cambodia. Around 50 Cambodian business representatives accompanied Mr. Todd in meetings with several U.S. businesses, investors, and trade associations in Long Beach, ...

Cambodia’s rice harvest is forecast to reach 9.1 million tonnes this year, down from an estimated 9.3 million tonnes last year but up from 8.8 million tonnes in 2011, the Food and Agricultural Organization said Thursday. The estimates were contained in the UN agency’s quarterly Crop ...