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 city [...]
Cambodia’s Garment Workers Hit by Recession
ASEAN-India free trade agreement depends on Thailand
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 ministry [...]
Cambodian premier to visit Middle East soon
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 [...]
Vietnam-Cambodia trade hit US$1.7 billion in 2008
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 goods exported [...]
Three-nation summit discusses development
VIENTIANE — Measures to promote the Viet Nam-Laos-Cambodia development triangle were high on the agenda at the fifth triangular summit, which opened in Vientiane yesterday.
At the summit, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Lao and Cambodian counterparts, Bouasone Bouphavanh and Hun Sen agreed to boost economic, commercial and investment co-operation in the development [...]
African rice buyers meet in HCM City
VietNamNet Bridge – Representatives from 14 central and west African countries have established direct ties with rice exporters in Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Laos through a three-day meeting that began yesterday in HCM City.
The rice buyer-seller conference has been organised under the framework of a programme to promote trade between French-speaking countries in Africa and [...]
Further enhancing Vietnam-Cambodia friendship and co-operation
A high-ranking delegation led by Samdec Chea Sim, Chairman of the Cambodian People’s Party ( CPP ) and President of Senate started a visit to Vietnam today, boosting friendly solidarity and comprehensive co-operation between Vietnam and Cambodia.
Welcoming CPP Chairman Chea Sim, we would like to congratulate the Cambodian people [...]
Russian businessman on trial for paedophilia in Cambodia
Phnom Penh – The trial of a Russian businessman charged with sexually abusing 18 underage girls began Tuesday after a series of delays in getting legal representation for the defendant, national media reported Tuesday. Alexander Trofimov, 41, was arrested in 2007 on charges of abusing the girls while working in the coastal town of Sihanoukville, [...]
Video exposes trade of rare monkeys in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH – An investigation into the illegal animal trade has revealed graphic evidence of rare and endangered monkey species throughout Cambodia being captured and bred to supply the world’s animal testing industry, national media reported Tuesday.
The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), a UK- based animal rights group, released photographs [...]
Delegation of China-ASEAN Association visits Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) — A delegation of the China-ASEAN Association here on Tuesday met with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, initiated a cataract removal project and donated a digital library to local university.
During the meeting with the king, both sides reviewed the bilateral cooperation and exchange between Cambodia and China in the past [...]