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Figures Reveal Inflation Increase

CAMBODIA’S prices were 7 percent higher at the end of June compared to the month in 2010, according to National Institute of Statistics official Sim Ly yesterday. Although the organisation was still preparing to release the official figures, Sim Ly said the figures would also ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011082351198/Business/figures-reveal-inflation-increase.html

Food Imports See Big Jump

CAMBODIA’S total food and beverage imports jumped 28 percent year-on-year through June to US$74 million, as domestic demand continued to outpace the Kingdom’s production capacity. The demand comes as Cambodia’s economy regains momentum following the global financial crisis, said officials at the Ministry of Commerce, ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011082351201/Business/food-imports-see-big-jump.html

Social Enterprises in Cabodia

Cambodia’s economic growth has been on the rise following the global downturn on 2008-2009 and experts say that the private sector is largely responsible for that growth. However, those same experts also acknowledge that the profits generated by companies operating in Cambodia aren’t trickling down ...

http://www.etmcambodia.com/

Danish Firm Opens Warehouse in Capital

DANISH logistic giant Damco has opened a 6,000-square-metre warehouse facility in Phnom Penh in response to the Kingdom’s growing importance as an emerging market, the company said in a statement. Damco Company (Cambodia), which is part of international conglomerate AP Moller-Maersk Group, said manufacturers have increasingly ...

Sand for Singapore's Growth Comes at Environmental Cost to Poorer Neighbors

KOH KONG, Cambodia (AP) — Round a bend in Cambodia’s Tatai River and the virtual silence of a tropical idyll turns suddenly into an industrial nightmare. Lush jungle hills give way to a flotilla of dredgers operating 24 hours a day, scooping up sand and piling ...

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CAMBODIA_SELLING_SAND?SITE=CALAK&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Deals With China Inked

Cambodia agreed to acquire Chinese-made Z-9 helicopters for US$195 million in one of 26 memorandums of understanding agreed by the two countries on Saturday. Cooperation was pledged in sectors such as energy, mining, agriculture and road construction, as well as defense spending and aid. The ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011082251177/Business/deals-with-china-inked.html

Cambodian Consulate Inaugurated in Lahore

LAHORE: The first Honorary Consul General of Cambodia in Pakistan, Chaudhry Salik Hussain, has said that the Pakistan-Cambodia Business Council will soon be established for cooperation between both the countries. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Cambodian Consulate in Pakistan here on Sunday, he said ...

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=64050&Cat=2

Senior CPC Official Highlights Inter-party Exchanges With Cambodia

PHNOM PENH A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said here Saturday that the CPC is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Cambodian political parties to boost mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Cambodia. Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-08/21/c_131064410.htm

Cambodia and N-Korea Update Trade Ties

Ouch Borith, Secretary of State for Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Ri Myong San, Trade Vice-Minister of DPRK, signed an agreement where Cambodia and North Korea agreed to expand bilateral trade, technology, agriculture, industry, investment and the health sector on July ...

http://www.etmcambodia.com/

Kampot Seeks to Rise Pepper Production in 2012

After the harvesting of peppers from Jan 1 to May 31 this year, farmers in Kampot province were able to harvest 16 tons and the hope is to increase production to 20 tons in 2012. Nguon Lay, the head of Kampot pepper community, said on ...

JS Global (Cambodia) Brings in Korean Rice Milling Machines

JS Global (Cambodia), a Phnom Penh-based organization that aims to promote trade between Cambodia and other countries, is importing rice milling machines, manufactured by Dong Yang Industries. Dong Yang Industries, a Korean company established in 1955, has developed its own technology since 1990 to manufacture ...

http://www.etmcambodia.com/

Fertilizer Giant Opens New Branch

The PetroVietnam Fertilizer and Chemicals Joint Stock Company (PVFCCo) officially inaugurated its branch in Cambodia on July 29 with an aim to sell products directly to local farmers. Since the establishment of its representative office in Phnom Penh in May 2010, PVFCCo, an affiliate of ...

http://www.etmcambodia.com/

Microcredit Repayments

While rising inflation poses some financial challenges for rural farmers, it generally isn’t preventing them from paying off loans from microfinance institutions (MFIs). Farmers tend to be able to pay their loans off even though higher prices of food, fuel, fertilizer, pesticides, labor, and some ...

http://www.etmcambodia.com/

Cambodia Will Host Forum of Rice Product to Boost Rice Export

The league of Association of Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia will conduct a forum on rice products in 17 October at Koh Pich center to boost the export of milled rice product to one million tons by 2015 as guided by the government. Cambodia ...

http://thesoutheastasiaweekly.com/

Viettel Dominates Cable Network in Cambodia

Military-run telecom Viettel has deployed more than 16,000km of fibre optics for its Metfone network and is now has the biggest internet coverage in Cambodia. According to a report from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of Cambodia (MPTC), cable network coverage in the country ...

http://vietnambusiness.asia/viettel-dominates-cable-network-in-cambodia/

Lakeside Deal Skips Village 1

Hundreds of families at Boeung Kak lake would receive land titles next week, Phnom Penh governor Kep Chuktema announced yesterday, but one village has been excluded from the deal that all but ends Phnom Penh’s highest-profile land dispute. At a meeting with about 500 villagers ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011081951143/National-news/lakeside-deal-skips-village-1.html

Foreign Ministry Tells NGOs to 'Readjust' Their Actions

The Foreign Affairs Ministry met with to non-governmental groups yesterday and accused them of inciting families to oppose the rehabilitation of the Cambodian rail system, ordering the  NGOs to “readjust” their workForeign Affairs spokesman Koy Kuong said his ministry invited Bridges Across Borders Cambodia and ...

http://www.camnet.com.kh/cambodia.daily/

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