While the World Bank commended Cambodia for its strong economic growth and efforts to reduce poverty over the past two decades, it, however, cautioned yesterday that the agriculture and garment sectors posed challenges which could make that growth unsustainable. “An overview of the past two decades, from 1994 to 2014, indicates strong economic growth – […]
Read MoreCambodia: Cambodia Asks East Timor to Import Rice, Sugar Cambodia is seeking to export milled rice and sugar to East Timor, according to the Ministry of Commerce, with experts saying it will expand markets for the Kingdom?s agricultural products. Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak on Friday asked East Timor?s Ambassador to Cambodia Felicidade de Sousa […]
Read MoreCambodia: Oil firm ready to push ahead with offshore drilling Monday, 15 August 2016 – Singapore-listed oil and gas firm KrisEnergy Ltd is moving closer to finalising its deal with the Cambodian government that will pave the way for extraction from the Block A offshore oil field once negotiations over a technical strategy and fiscal […]
Read MoreCambodia: Malaysia Pushing to Increase Trade with Cambodia MONDAY, 15 AUGUST 2016 – In an effort to further enhance trade and investment and the exchange of information in the private sector between the two Asean nations, the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce and Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) officially signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) […]
Read MoreCambodia: Rice taskforce created, again Monday, 15 August 2016 – The Ministry of Commerce set up a new taskforce on Friday to address challenges faced by the Kingdom?s struggling rice industry and assess demands made by members of the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF), who have decried the ineffectiveness of an earlier taskforce set up by […]
Read MoreCambodia: Regulators keeping a close eye on derivatives market Thursday, 11 August 2016 – Cambodia’s capital market regulator held a forum yesterday on regulations and safeguards for the derivatives market, laying out the inherent risk and reward of the poorly understood financial instrument that has until recently operated with no oversight. Speaking at Cambodia?s first […]
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