The government will strengthen its inspection of employers to ensure they have work permits and proper paperwork for their foreign employees, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Labour released earlier this week. Inspection teams will visit businesses, NGOs, casinos and entertainment venues to ensure business owners are following the […]
Read MoreWhen government-aligned Fresh News reported on Sunday that bilateral trade between the US and Cambodia had increased to $3.46 billion last year, up more than 8 percent from the year before, they weren’t using Cambodian government data. Nor was the state-run Agence Kampuchea Presse using government statistics when it reported in November that trade with […]
Read MorePhnom Penh’s construction boom has created an opportunity for specialised engineering firms to carve out a niche in the Kingdom. The Post’s Robin Spiess sat down with Masato Sanae, general manager of the Cambodian branch of Japan-based Taihei Engineering Company, to discuss how garden landscaping and construction maintenance can flourish in the capital. Why has Taihei […]
Read MoreThe garment industry’s gridlock due to a crackdown on illegal trucks continued through the Chinese New Year, potentially prolonging a crisis that members of garment and trucking associations have said threatens their industries. An open letter released on Wednesday by the Garment Manufacturer’s Association in Cambodia (GMAC) claimed the crackdown had affected more than half of the […]
Read MoreA 60-KILOMETRE stretch of Cambodia’s long-delayed railway from Phnom Penh to the Thai border in Poipet has been completed, Transport Minister Sun Chanthol said. The comments came during a logistics forum hosted by the European Chamber of Commerce in Phnom Penh, during which Chanthol gave brief introductory remarks about the status of transport infrastructure in […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Economy and Finance held a workshop yesterday to finalise a draft on a sub-decree managing non-tax revenue sources, part of the government’s attempt to improve its revenue collection. About 300 officials from relevant ministries attended the workshop, which was headed up by Net Mony, director-general of the General Department of State Assets […]
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