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Cambodia Securities Exchange launched officially

vutha — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:40:02 +0000

Creating stock exchange in the Kingdom of Cambodia is the initiative between Cambodian government and Korea Exchange since 2007. Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) will be held 55 percent by Cambodia and 45 percent by Korea Exchange. The both sides planned to open it at the end of 2009 but the plan failed because [...]

Traditional Khmer Wedding Ceremony

vutha — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:11:43 +0000

Traditional Cambodian attitudes to marriage are changing, as most people get married nowadays at a much later age than their parents and grandparents, except in the more remote rural areas. Many young women are postponing marriage in favor of a career. It is no longer unusual to meet bright and beautiful women who [...]

SECC suspended five trading companies

vutha — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:51:19 +0000

Cambodia’s the Securities Exchange Commission of Cambodia – SECC- halted temporarily five domestic trading companies without the necessary regulatory framework.

Ming Bankosal, SECC director, said that Cambodian companies offering derivatives trading had operated without the necessary regulatory framework being in place, according to the [...]

Tax revenues from casino sector up 23 percent

vutha — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:52:44 +0000

The Ministry of Economy and Finance reported that collecting tax revenues from casino industry increased 23 percent but casino owners felt concerned that the industry is facing challenges of shut-down and bankruptcy because of the decrease of clients.

The number of tax revenue from 20 Cambodian casinos contributed [...]

New theatrical play “Daddy’s Fatherland”

vutha — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:35:27 +0000

Former student of Royal University of Fine Arts, Im Kim Sour, whose Japanese name is Midori, formed new comedy troupe “Nouveau Comedy Theatre”. She produced new play “Daddy’s Fatherland”

“I created this group (Nouveau Comedy Theatre) as I saw that theatrical plays, especially Khmer traditional speaking dramas, have [...]

Thailand used heavy weapons to invade Cambodia

vutha — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:40:06 +0000

Two years of bilateral meetings between Cambodia and Thailand over arm clashes have broken out is not fruitful after Cambodia’s Preah Vihear temple was entitled as World Heritage Site by UNESCO on July 07, 2008 in Canada. Thailand sent its troops to enter within Cambodia soil on October 15, 2008 [...]

Two Research Findings on Valentine’s Day in Phnom Penh in 2008 and 2009

vutha — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:03:40 +0000

(These two quantitative researches were conducted by Mr. Tong Soprach, Medical Public Health Independent Researcher in Cambodia. These findings on Valentine’s Day were done in 2008 and 2009)

Abstract 1: YOUNG PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT VALENTINE’S DAY IN PHNOM PENH IN 2008 (A Qualitative Study)

This study explores a new [...]

Blogspot is inaccessible thru Metfone ISP

vutha — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:23:13 +0000

After several news reported about the blockage of a popular blog in Cambodia- KI-media.blogspot.com, and then I accessed blogs of my friends who used free blog platform -sub-domain of blogspot- and all blogs are blocked. It is notice that I accessed these blogs through Metfone’s internet connectivity.

Firstly, I thought that [...]

A stone foundation constructed at pagoda where Thai troops invaded

vutha — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:12:02 +0000

After Thai troops withdraw from Keo Sikha Kiri Svara pagoda on disputed land near Preah Vihear temple, Cambodia’s government constructed a stone foundation sited on pagoda.

A stone foundation reads “Here! It is a place where Thai troops invaded Cambodian territory on July 15, 2008 and Thai troops withdrew from [...]

Government bans broadcast of popular song called “Oh Phnom Penh Euy”

vutha — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:16:52 +0000

Ministry of Information issued a letter dated on Monday to ban broadcast of classic song called “Oh Phnom Penh Euy” which was written by Keo Chanda, former municipal official, in the early 1980s.

The letter stated that “The meaning of the song called “Or Phnom Penh Euy” expresses fully enough the [...]

Buying lesson, cake, candy and paying money to teacher are corruption in education sector?

vutha — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 04:22:11 +0000

Schools will be able to be a training school to educate corruption, if schoolboys and schoolgirls are required to buy candy or cakes sold by teachers, or to pay party for teachers, or to buy gifts for teachers at the end of each year. And students have been forced to buy lessons [...]

What is the definition of freedom of expression in Cambodia?

vutha — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 01:45:47 +0000

I myself do not understand well the practice of freedom of expression in Cambodia because recently, an UN staff was arrested and jailed 6 months in prison and fined one million riel when he just printed information from website and gave it to his co-workers.

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Anticorruption law and corrupt officials

vutha — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 02:27:57 +0000

Cambodia is the poor and underdeveloped country in the world. It was ranked 154th out of 178 countries on anti-corruption organization Transparency International’s corruption perception index and it was also ranked the second most corrupt Southeast Asian nation after Indonesia in an annual poll by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy early this [...]

National Assembly approved $2.4 billion national budget for 2011

vutha — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:03:15 +0000

Last week, Cambodia’s National Assembly passed US$2.4 billion national budget for 2011 by focusing on improving education, health, agriculture, irrigation systems and infrastructure development. It increases about 19 percent, compared to 2010 budget, only US$1.98 billion.

The 2011 budget, totaling $2.4 billion, allocates military and security spending of [...]

Vietnamese products to gain Cambodian market share

vutha — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:44:01 +0000

Most of goods in the market are imported from foreign countries. Not so much products are made in Cambodia. Normally, I noticed that Cambodian consumers always think that Cambodia-made goods have not good quality. How do you think about? Recently, Vietnamese investor is constructing its first supermarket in Cambodia in order to promote [...]

15 companies got licence to act on the Cambodia stock exchange

vutha — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:42:48 +0000

Ministry of Finance and Economics’ the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia granted 15 of 22 companies with the licence to act on the Cambodia stock exchange, which is scheduled to launch in July next year.

Keat Chhon, commission chairman and Economy and Finance Minister, said that granting the licences was [...]