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Cambodian rice exports fall in Q1
As Thailand sells its rice reserves and reforms in Myanmar are rewarded with more access to markets abroad, Cambodia’s total exports of milled rice are on the decline, falling more than 10 per cent in the first quarter of this year compared with the same ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-rice-exports-fall-q1
Myanmar rice is back
While exports of Cambodian rice have been booming, analysts are predicting that new competition from Myanmar could eventually rain on the parade. Cambodia exported nearly 176,000 tonnes of rice in the first six months of the year, a 125 per cent increase from the same period ...
As US Economy Slows, Investment in Asean Nations Necessary
Siem Reap City – With a host of uncertainties still hanging over the U.S. economy, more than 100 American businesses—the largest delegation to ever visit Cambodia—gathered here over the weekend, and all of them were in agreement about one thing: The slowdown in the U.S. ...
Cambodia’s date with US biz
US companies will re-establish their commitment to Cambodia and the region today at the US-ASEAN Business Forum in Siem Reap, a high-profile meeting involving several heads of state and some of the biggest companies in the world. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will lead the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012071357388/Business/cambodias-date-with-us-biz.html
Myanmar’s man on a mission
Cambodia, as ASEAN chair, could play a vital role in strengthening the international community’s perception that Myanmar has reformed and sanctions need to be lifted, independent observers told the Post yesterday. As Prime Minister Hun Sen described yesterday’s arrival of Myanmar president Thein Sein in Phnom ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032255199/National-news/myanmars-man-on-a-mission.html
Cambodia to Send Observers to Monitor Burmese Elections
Cambodia will accept an invitation from Burma to send observers to monitor its historic April 1 elections, Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said yesterday. Mr. Kanharith spoke with reporters after a meeting between Prime Minister Hun Sen and visiting Burmese President Thein Sein, who promised that his ...
Burmese President to Visit Cambodia Next Week
Thein Sein, president of Burma, will visit Cambodia next Tuesday and Wednesday, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The visit will be Mr. Thein Sein’s first to Cambodia since taking power one year ago. ...