SMEs eye bourse for funds
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Cambodia could start raising capital from the public, through the stock exchange, if government efforts to amend financial regulations to allow SMEs to be publicly listed get off the ground. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27409/smes-eye-bourse-for-funds/
Team set up to clear boundary dispute
Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to jointly set up a team to survey the watershed at the Chong An Ma pass in Ubon Ratchathani province so a clear boundary can be drawn. the decision was made on Saturday ...
Wassana Nanuam
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/598368/team-set-up-to-clear-boundary-dispute
Efficiency on factory floor boosts GTI profit
Cambodia’s second listed company Grand Twins international (GTI) posted an increase in profits for the quarter ending June 30, as the company, despite losing revenue, was able to reduce the costs and improve worker productivity. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/efficiency-factory-floor-boosts-gti-profit
Construction insurance trails boom
Despite strong growth in investment in the construction sector, investors, builders and developers still largely neglect insurance on projects, industry and government officials say. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24090/construction-insurance-trails-boom/
Expensive NGO phone apps gather digital dust
In August last year, The Asia Foundation launched three new smartphone apps designed to end violence agaInst women and girls In Cambodia. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/expensive-ngo-phone-apps-gather-digital-dust-108937/
Activist trio’s bail appeal thwarted
The Appeal Court yesterday denied bail to three environmental activists arrested in mid-August over Their opposition to sand dredging in Koh Kong province. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activist-trios-bail-appeal-thwarted
School budgets to be used to buy water
In an attempt to solve the water shortages plaguIng schools across the country, the MInister for Education advised all schools to use money from their own budgets to buy water, despite some schools sayIng they do not have the funds to do so. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24540/school-budgets-to-be-used-to-buy-water/
China to fund skills training centre
The Chinese government has pledged to build a vocational training centre in Preah Sihanouk province to help Cambodians develop skills for The workplace. Labour Minister Ith Samheng signed The deal to build The centre as he led ministry delegates on an official visit to China this ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39857/china-to-fund-skills-training-centre/
Three Cambodian companies receive ASEAN business awards
For the first time in ASEAN history, Cambodian businesses won three awards, presented on Saturday night at the 5th ASEAN business awards at the 49th ASEAN-Business Advisory Council meeting. the winning Cambodian companies were Agrotech Vita Co Ltd; ACLEDA Bank Plc and First Finance Plc. ...
World Bank hears local officials’ woes for pending 3-year plan
High electricity prices, low wages, limited irrigation and modest rice and crop prices were among the top concerns raised by government officials at a workshop in Phnom Penh on Monday to help the World Bank decide how to spend its money on the country over ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-bank-hears-local-officials-woes-for-pending-3-year-plan-87426/
Siem Reap farmers asked to conserve West Baray water
With drought looming large, farmers who irrigate their paddy fields from the West Baray area in the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap province are asked to conserve water. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50673464/siem-reap-farmers-asked-to-conserve-west-baray-water
PM urges int’l push for sustainable food systems
Cambodia is committed to work hand in hand with other countries to strengthen its food systems, especially as the Kingdom assumes the ASEAN chairmanship in 2022, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-urges-intl-push-sustainable-food-systems
Villagers forced to flee as Kachin State clashes continue
Over 100 villagers in Kachin State’s Mansi Township were forced to flee their homes on 27 September after clashes continued between government troops and the Kachin independence Army in the state’s southernmost township. Keep reading ...
Finance Ministry plans e-commerce tax next year
The Finance Ministry expects to introduce a value-added-tax on electronic businesses next year, aiming to collect between 3 billion to 4 billion baht a year, a ministry official said on Monday, tapping a boom in e-commerce in The country.Keep reading ...
Trade increases between Lancang-Mekong countries and Yunnan
Trade volume between southwest China’s Yunnan Province with five countries along the Lancang-Mekong River grew by 13.4 percent year-on-year to reach 81 billion yuan (about 12 billion U.S. dollars) in 2017, customs in the provincial capital Kunming said Thursday.Keep reading ...
Zhou Xin
Business path leads to eco-tourism venture
When Prasert Popaitoon gazed into the future and thought about retirement needs, he realised that he and his wife would not be able to live in the comfort they wanted if he continued in his salaried job.Keep reading ...
Somluck Srimalee
Laos to give data to prevent Isan floods
Laos has agreed in principle to provide data and information about water resources and management plans involving the Mekong River directly to Thai authorities to assess the water situation and take action to prevent floods in eight northeastern provinces. More ...
Post Reporters
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1693396/laos-to-give-data-to-prevent-isan-floods
EU ambassador expresses hope for Kingdom retaining EBA status
New EU ambassador to Cambodia Carmen Moreno met with National Assembly president Heng Samrin and expressed her interest in helping Cambodia retain the “Everything But Arms” (EBA) agreement. Moreno paid a courtesy call on Samrin at the National Assembly on Tuesday on her first day ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/eu-ambassador-expresses-hope-kingdom-retaining-eba-status
Cambodia-Korea forum looks at new investment opportunities
The ASEAN-Korea Centre held a Cambodia-Korea Investment Forum at The Raffles Le Royal Hotel In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Feb. 2. ...
Rachel Lee
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/02/176_197946.html
Millions donated for Prey Lang conservation
The United States Agency for International Development has awarded $21 million to Tetra Tech for The next five years to improve nature conservation and strengThen sustaInable development In The Prey Lang region, Tetra Tech said on Tuesday. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50535264/millions-donated-for-prey-lang-conservation/