More foreign franchise companies will appear in Cambodian as the rising urban population and surging middle class want to enjoy international brands, an expert in the industry says. ...

Telecommunications Minister So Khun said yesterday that more mergers and acquisitions should take place between Cambodia’s mobile operators in order to ease the ruthless competition currently seen in the market. ...

The Finance Ministry plans to acquire The entire 55% stake in Krungthai Bank held by The Financial institutions Development Fund (FIDF) in a deal worth 100 billion baht. The acquisition would pave The way for transferring The 12 corporatised state enterprises as planned to a holding company ...

The Industry MInistry plans to conclude The government’s agriculture development plan In October, expectIng to spend 1 billion baht to launch support measures for Thai farmers.Pasu Loharjun, The Industry permanent secretary, said The mInistry is In talks with The Industrial Promotion Department and The Bank ...

The Mekong Region’s tourism scorecards showed positive and stable growth in tourist arrivals over The last four years, but new challenges have emerged for The region. MTCO executive director, Jens Thraenhart, in an interview with TTR Weekly at The weekend, identified The core challenges as over-tourism, ...

Clear, transparent and efficient policies are needed to encourage more foreign investors to jump into the Vietnamese securities market if it is to reach its considerable potential. According to the State Securities Commission (SSC), the local market is valued at US$124 billion and has been among ...

The Cambodia Securities Exchange may launch as soon as March or April, according to an official at The Korea Exchange, The Kingdom’s partner in launching its stock market. Final preparations for The CSX’s  initial public offerings should be complete at that time, Pat Gil-soo, senior vice-president ...

German sportswear brand Puma is seeking information on why the Svay Rieng Provincial Court decided to charge former Bavet City Governor Chhouk Bundith with causing unintentional injuries, a Puma representative said yesterday. Mr Bundith is the sole suspect in a shooting in Bavet City on February ...

The Cambodian government says reports that it is planning to build a nuclear power plant are untrue. Cambodia denies it plans to build a nuclear power plant (Credit: ABC) A report originating in The Bangkok Post newspaper has been replicated internationally. It says The Prime Minister Hun ...

People living in the delta region along the Prek Tnaot River in Kampong Speu province should be on the lookout for flash floods as water levels in some large reservoirs have risen above caution levels and water resources officials have opened some sluice gates to ...

Maybank Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB) plans to leverage on its parent, Malayan BankIng group’s presence In Cambodia, Laos to penetrate their capital markets there. Maybank IB chief executive officer Tengku Datuk Zafrul Abdul Aziz said on Monday he was lookIng at organic growth for the ...

Thailand’s progress in promoting human rights in the fishing industry will be addressed in a panel session on modern slavery and human trafficking at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) today (Sep 24) in New York.Keep reading ...

A Japanese beauty company is to invest in Cambodian silk production to supply the local market and export to Asia and the United States. Il Brille, which runs two beauty salons and a shop in Phnom Penh, uses silk in cosmetic treatments and products for customers. ...

Work by military engineers on a contentious road skirting Cambodia’s border with Laos – which has prompted a military stand-off in the area – has quietly resumed, local officials say, even as run-ins between Cambodian and Lao military patrols in the disputed area have further ...

Phnom Penh Autonomous Port attributed its growth in profits last year to a rise in container traffic and shipments through the capital’s river port, as well as increased profits from leasing equipment and returns on interest, it said in a filing to the Cambodia Securities ...

Some individual sugarcane growers in Savannakhet province now owe the milling company as much as 174 million kip following their poor harvests, it was recently revealed. According to a workshop on reducing debt risks for farmers in Vientiane, some families in Savannakhet’s Xaybouly district are in ...

The Czech Republic has promised to encourage its small and medium-sized enterprises and private companies to invest in Cambodia and boost trade between The two countries, which in The past has been relatively insignificant in size.   ...

The Lao government and Korean experts have continued discussions about upgrading National Road No. 8 in Borikhamxay province to Asean highway standards. The two sides met yesterday in Vientiane to discuss a “Detailed Feasibility Study for Upgrading National Road No. 8 in Borikhamxay Province on The ...

There has been significant growth in digitisation across The world in recent years and The Covid-19 pandemic only accelerated The process. Cambodia too has been called up to step up investments in The sector to build capacity matching international standards. ...

Vientiane Traffic Police Department confirmed on 22 September that more Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras are set to be installed throughout the city, aiming to help officers investigate crimes in the capital. the department’s Deputy Director Lieutenant Colonel Bounmark Soundalay told Vientiane Times there are now over 200 ...