Over the last decade economic growth has helped lift Cambodia out of its poverty. The signs were everywhere; bustling construction sites around Phnom Penh ; young workers filing into factories, filling orders for eager clients abroad. More than 400,000 jobs in the textile industry fuelled the hopes of many young women whose earnings in the [...]
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ASEAN-India free trade agreement depends on Thailand
January 26th, 2009 
Cambodian News BANGKOK: A free trade agreement (FTA) between India and South-East Asia will be signed at the upcoming summit of the Association of South-East (ASEAN) if the Thai parliament approves the pact, officials said Monday. “The ASEAN economic ministers have invited the Indian commerce minister to sign the FTA Feb 26,” said Tharit Charungvat, Thai foreign [...]
Cambodian premier to visit Middle East soon
January 12th, 2009 Cambodian News PHNOM PENH, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will start his maiden visit to the Middle East region soon, Information Minister and government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said here on Sunday. The premier will visit Qatar, Kuwait and other countries in the region after Jan. 10 in order to strengthen the kingdom’s ties [...]
Vietnam-Cambodia trade hit US$1.7 billion in 2008
January 12th, 2009 Cambodian News Two-way trade between Vietnam and Cambodia hit nearly US$1.7 billion in 2008, an increase of US$400 million from a year earlier, according to the Vietnamese Trade office in Phnom Penh. Of the total figure, Vietnam exported US$1.45 billion worth of goods to Cambodia, the office said on January 10. Between 2004-08, the volume of Vietnamese [...]