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Philippines-Cambodia to work together for rice research

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines and Cambodia are looking to work together to research on rice in a bid to boost rice production in both countries. In a statement, the Department of Agriculture(DA) said it recently met with officials of Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, who sought Philippine cooperation in learning new rice […]

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Cambodians block bridge with fish over duty hike

SA KAEO – Cambodian merchants dumped hundreds of kilogrammes of fish on the Thai-Cambodian Friendship bridge on Thursday, closing it to traffic, in a protest against a huge increase in import duty by Thai authorities. About 100 fish vendors and workers piled more than 400kg of pla chon (snakehead fish) on the road in the centre […]

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Cambodia: Tax exemption offered to SMEs

A two-year income tax exemption is being offered to small and medium-sized enterprises that register with the Ministry of Economy and Finance before the end of 2018.   According to a sub-decree published yesterday, the decision to offer a tax exemption for SMEs that are willing to register, and thus fulfill their tax obligation, is to […]

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Cambodia: Poipet SEZ to import power from Thai firm

A special economic zone (SEZ) in Poipet City has decided to import electricity from Thailand to ensure a reliable power supply as it expects the influx of more factories and investment. Poipet PPSEZ Co Ltd reached a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Thailand-based B.Grimm Power Plc to build power transmission lines from Thailand to the […]

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Cambodia: Push to standardize leasing sector regulations

The Commerce Ministry is pushing for leasing sector regulations to be internationally standardized to boost business activities both domestically and internationally and further diversify businesses in the country. The ministry is asking an interministries group and relevant parties to standardize the regulations as soon as possible in order to grow the sector, according to Commerce […]

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