Malaysian technology company Grab entered Cambodia’s ride-hailing market last week, launching in a market already crowded with similar services including US-headquartered giant Uber and several locally owned and operated companies. The Post’s Robin Spiess sat down with Grab co-founder Hooi Ling Tan to discuss the company’s vision for the future of hailing rides in Cambodia. Grab has become […]
Read MoreCambodia Airports marked 8 million passengers passing through its three airports in the country, an increase of about 14 percent compared to last year, at a ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport on Friday. The company’s airports at Siem Reap, Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh combined for just over 7 million passengers last year, when Siem […]
Read MoreFour new Cambodian cement factories are set to come online in the near future, tripling the number of local producers, but insiders and officials this week maintained that even increased capacity will not significantly lower rates of cement imports to Cambodia due to prevailing high costs of local production. According to information from the Ministry […]
Read MoreThe memorandum of understanding (MoU) to encourage transborder trade between Thailand and Cambodia has been ruled exempt from Thai parliamentary approval by Thailand’s Constitutional Court. The MoU was initially scheduled to go into effect on November 13, but was postponed due to Thailand’s new customs laws. Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand reached $5.6 billion […]
Read MoreJust six months into operations, local mobile payment platform Pi Pay has partnered with giant Chinese counterpart Alipay, looking to capitalise on the Chinese company’s broad network and to attract more merchants to its platform. The partnership allows visitors from China to access Pi Pay merchants through Alipay. Chinese tourists have been visiting Cambodia in […]
Read MoreCambodian businesses need to adapt and digitise their financial operations if they want to remain competitive regionally and around the world, industry insiders said yesterday. Over 200 small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) attended the first annual Tech Startup and SME Forum, hosted yesterday in Phnom Penh, which encouraged SMEs in the Kingdom to streamline […]
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