Khmer News- Cambodian economy » Phnom Penh

The easiest way of grabbing low rate car loans from Cambodian commercial banks

vutha — Fri, 06 May 2011 08:26:19 +0000

Whether you’re a resident of Cambodia or anywhere else in the world, with the present global financial hangover, everyone is looking for ways to save money in every little way possible. If you’re a prospective vehicle buyer in Cambodia, you must be looking for the commercial banks that specialize in offering loans at [...]

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 [...]

The main causes for road traffic accidents in Cambodia

vutha — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:59:54 +0000

(This article is written by my cousin, Meas Sophy. He tried to write this essay in order to improve his language and share thoughts, opinion and ideas with you)

Nowadays, Cambodia is facing many problems, especially corruption, HIV, economic downturn, poverties and traffic accidents. The most important thing is traffic accidents [...]

Passengers help reduce traffic jam in Phnom Penh

vutha — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:30:45 +0000

Putting blame on the increase of vehicles circulating on the streets is rights but I noticed that car drivers and motorcyclists are making trouble over traffic jam in Phnom Penh. If all passengers have understandings each other during running on the public street, the traffic congestion will be reduced, not so much but [...]

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 [...]

Sales of steamed small snails are lucratvie

vutha — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 14:33:49 +0000

A boy dressed in blue shirt, black trousers and black cap is putting small snails into plastic bag for his customer in Hun Sen park on the morning in the first day of Water Festival ceremony. Normally, if you really want to buy steamed small snails, you go around to riverfront and [...]

Two TV Channels raised nearly US$1.5 million for victims during water festival

vutha — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:50:04 +0000

By Friday evening, two local TV stations- Bayon and CTN – formed fund raising in order to help family members of the dead and the injured during the water festival, raising nearly US$1.5 million. Bayon TV had raised more than US$1.08 million and CTN had raised more than US$500,000.

One day [...]

Rumor and superstition erupted after tragic incident during water festival

vutha — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:22:14 +0000

One day came after tragic incident occurred in the last day of water festival and left hundreds of revelers dead and injured on Koh Pich suspension bridge at the area of leisure where has been developing and became new-eye-catching destination of Cambodians across the nation. Cambodians throughout the nation felt that it was [...]

Feeling socked with thousands of death during water festival

vutha — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:24:25 +0000

I feel very shocked with thousands of Cambodian people’s death in stampede on Koh Pich Island Bridge (Diamond Island) during the final day of water festival ceremony (November 22, 2010) in Phnom Penh. At around 1:20am, my young brother called me about this tragic incident happening in Koh Pich Island while I was sleeping.

[...]

Flood water in Phnom Penh

vutha — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:13:36 +0000

In the last few days, the whole day and heavy rain flooded some areas in Phnom Penh and four provinces in Cambodia. At the mean time, a few people were killed and missed by flood water. Yesterday morning, I drove through Russian Blvd and I saw the flooding along road in front of [...]

Military uniform on sales in Phnom Penh’s market

vutha — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:04:37 +0000

Frequently, I always have driven pass the small market- Teuk Thla market- located along Russian Blvd in Teuk Thla commune, Sen Sok district. When I went into this small market, I saw a lot of military equipments such as military dresses, ranks, belts, boots, caps and others being hanging in stores for sales.

[...]

Advertising on three-wheel vehicle

vutha — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:44:37 +0000

In order to promote their products or services to approach the end-users, private companies spend thousands of millions on advertisements. So far, there are many kinds of advertising to be conducted on television, Radio, newspapers, public places, and other advertising materials such as posters, flyers, stickers…etc.

Recently, there are much [...]

Alcohol uses increase among Cambodian

vutha — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:12:36 +0000

Drinking beer and alcohol is going up amongst Cambodian citizens in Cambodia, seemly to be a big heaven and market of alcohol in the region. The increase in the number of beer users is because of the great number of entertainment clubs, beer gardens, and different places for drinking in Phnom Penh and [...]

Google products presented in Cambodia

vutha — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:34:40 +0000

Google@RUPP will include an overview of free Google products that can help organizations increase awareness, collaborate, and stay informed. Google volunteers from USA and SE Asia will provide an overview and demos of products and free services most often requested by NGOs and other community organizations and answer your questions.

Cambodian market for mobile phone

vutha — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:24:24 +0000

Despite the global economic recession, new mobile phone companies still enter into Cambodiaâ€™s market in order to gain the market share of phone service providers. In the last five years, Cambodiaâ€™s mobile phone market has grown rapidly, and those companies are scrambling to gain a foothold as phones and the internet gain popularity. At [...]