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A dozen Montagnards agree to repatriation from Cambodia to Vietnam
A dozen ethnic Montagnards who sought refugee status in Cambodia willingly returned to their home country of Vietnam Thursday after Hanoi gave assurances it would not punish or discriminate against them, according to rights group and United Nations officials. The 12 were part of a group ...
Vietnam, Cambodia boost cooperation in border management
Vietnam and Cambodia agreed on directions for stepping up cooperation in border control at a high-ranking meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia on 14 July. They also assessed immigration control and order and security in border areas and border gates between the two countries. Keep reading ...
Cambodia agrees agro-industrial framework
The government has agreed to a new framework to increase the competitiveness of its agricultural sector in line with the recently launched Industrial Development Policy, state news agency AKP reported on 29 July. Ty Sokun, secretary of state at the Ministry of Agriculture, said that the ...
Cambodian garment factory workers demonstrate for subsidies
At least 500 workers from three garment factories in Cambodia demonstrated on 14 July outside the Labor Ministry in the capital Phnom Penh, demanding that government officials intervene in their quest for better working conditions and food and transportation subsidies. The workers from two factories in Kandal ...
Surge in electricity bills spark confusion
Confused citizens in coastal communities like Kampot and Sihanoukville are complaining about surging electricity bills, which they say are not linked to higher usage or even rises in per unit cost. The rising costs are largely unexplained and often disproportionately high in relation to actual power ...
Cambodian rice fed' dispels fake rice claims
The Cambodian Rice Federation held a press conference yesterday to allay fears drummed up by local media that fake rice is being distributed in the Kingdom. Rumours began to surface this week when a reporter with local news site Khmerload published a story claiming to have ...
Cambodia sees 7 pct rise in new business registration in 1st half of 2015
Cambodia granted operating licenses to 2,165 new companies in the first six months of 2015, up 7 percent from last year, according to a commerce ministry’s report. Keep reading ...
Hun Sen asks Western leaders to help resolve Cambodia’s border disputes
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen sent letters to the leaders of the three western countries on 15 July asking to borrow a decades-old map to try to settle disputes over alleged territorial encroachment by Vietnam. The Cambodian leader sent letters to U.S. President Barack Obama, French President ...
Germany considers renewables funding
Germany’s development bank is considering expanding its investments into Cambodia’s renewable energy and agriculture sectors, a visiting German parliamentarian told the president of Cambodia’s Senate last week. Thomas Gambke, chairman of the ASEAN Parliamentary Group in the German Parliament, met with Cambodian Senate President Say Chhum ...
Rules passed for derivatives
Cambodia has moved to formalise its ill-regulated derivatives sector by launching a key regulation earlier this month. On July 2, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) approved the prakas on the “Licensing and Supervision of Derivative Trading”. The prakas regulates the sector by allowing individuals ...
