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Villagers affected by dam meet with government officials
Villagers from Stung Treng whose homes stand to be flooded by the Lower Sesan II dam met with representatives of the Ministry of Mines and Energy at an NGO Forum-sponsored meeting in Phnom Penh on March 9, in hopes of establishing a dialogue towards a ...
Floating villages to be grounded
A government minister has sounded the death knell for Tonle Sap picturesque floating villages after outlining a long-term plan to rehome all those living on the lake. Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon on March 9 told Khmer Times he wants to relocate thousands of families living on ...
Mekong riverbanks to be restored
Mines Ministry officials on March 9 announced a project to shore up sections of the Mekong river affected by erosion that threatens families in Kandal province’s Mok Kampol district. Fifty-nine families living along the river say they have been affected by riverbank collapses. Speaking to about 100 ...
Local airlines to face headwinds
Cambodian airlines trying to grow and capture a slice of the more promising Chinese market will face stern competition from more-established international carriers, while new startups could struggle to gain a foothold in the Kingdom’s relatively small market, according to new research by the Centre ...
Myanmar urges closer ties with military
Myanmar’s army chiefs want to increase cooperation with Cambodia in a bid to build closer bilateral ties, according to a senior military official. General Ith Sarath, the deputy commander of the Royal Cambodia Armed Forces, made the comments yesterday after a meeting between Defense Minister ...
HomePro mulls investment in Cambodia
HomePro, a leading home improvement retailer in Thailand, is mulling expansion to neighboring countries – including Cambodia next year – with an investment budget of between $170 million and nearly $200 million. Rakpong Aroonwatdhana, HomePro’s head of investor relations, is quoted by the Bangkok Post ...
Vietnam’s Mobile World Group enters Cambodia
Mobile World Group will launch its first store called BigPhone.com in Cambodia in the first quarter of this year, according to Viet Nam News. The store is under construction, general director of MWG Tran Kinh Doanch was quoted as telling the English daily. “Once operation, the ...
License for Cambodia investment tax service
Cambodia Investment Tax Service has become the 44th tax agent to get a license from the General Department of Taxation since the government made an effort to modernize and make more efficient tax collection by using private companies. Anthony Galliano, company group CEO, said licensing and ...
Angkor Air, Air France MoU
Cambodia Angkor Air and Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance on March 7 signed a memorandum of understanding to cover component support and maintenance services for the national flag carrier’s fleet of Airbus A320. The 12-year agreement includes full component support services, repairs and maintenance, pool ...
Official shares locals’ concerns of dredging
The appearance of an excavator, machine parts and metal structures on islands in the Tatai River in Koh Kong province has aroused suspicions among local conservationists that a company intends to launch a sand-dredging operation in the Tatai Wildlife Sanctuary – a suspicion shared by ...
