The Asian Development Bank has warned that Cambodia’s rapid economic growth has been put at risk by a growing gap between the skills demanded by industry and the poor education and training of the population.
Environmentalists protecting the Prey Lang forest expressed skepticism as the Environment Ministry pledged renewed commitments to conservation at the launch of a $21-million U.S.-funded consulting project for the sanctuary.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has rescinded business tycoon Kith Meng’s 30-year concession to exclusively operate Cambodia’s railways.
Top business representatives including Kith Meng and Bretton Sciaroni raised corruption, electricity prices and the potential loss of European markets for export as the most pressing concerns for Cambodian businesses during the high-level Government-Private Sector Forum with Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday.
About 900 sacked workers from the W&D garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district returned to work on Friday, ending an almost three-month labor dispute after Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly demanded their reinstatement.
Cambodia has signed more than $11 billion in concessional loans as of the end of 2018 – 41 percent coming from China – the Finance Ministry reported Tuesday.
The Commerce Ministry asked a visiting Washington State senator to encourage more U.S. investment to Cambodia, saying there were many opportunities for investors.
American media giant 20th Century Fox has demanded that the Interior Ministry’s Nice TV stop illegally broadcasting its programs, according to a letter from the Information Ministry to Interior Minister Sar Kheng.
Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak has asked a visiting Chinese delegation to create a Khmer-language version of the popular app WeChat to help promote e-commerce in Cambodia, according to an announcement.
American businesses in Cambodia have published an open letter to U.S. Congress arguing against withdrawing trade preferences in light of perceived political injustices, saying Cambodian workers and American businesses would suffer.
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