Cambodia Public Holidays 2022
Cambodia will see a total of 21 public holidays in 2022 which are spread across 15 national, cultural and religious festivals.
Public Holidays in Cambodia...
Cambodia Craft Brewery Industry
The craft beer industry is growing rapidly, especially in SEA, and the number of local Cambodian craft brewers has grown exponentially in a short...
World Bank: Cambodia Growing Fast
The World Bank says Cambodia, along with Laos and Myanmar are the fastest growing economies in East Asia.
Ellen Goldstein, the newly appointed World Bank...
Short Term Impact Creates Dependency, Veuve
We meet the social impact worker Aimee Veuve, who believes that sustainability, opportunity and fair pay lies at the heart of the Cambodian workforce’s...
Most Popular HR Software Solutions In Cambodia
All over the world, businesses are replacing manual and paper-based processes with digital workflows and content automation, making their administration swifter, and relying on...
Building A Sustainable Phnom Penh
Re-Edge Architecture + Design has been leading the sustainable building design in Cambodia. Their portfolio, which features a consistent emphasis on green spaces, clean...
What You Need To Know About The Cambodia My 2nd Home...
From July 22, 2022, foreigners looking to invest in Cambodia will be able to apply for the new 10-year (so-called golden visa) which falls...
Discussing The Cambodian Job Market With Everjobs’ Gijs Verheijke
With around 7,500 visits per day and over 3,500 listed openings, everjobs Cambodia is the fastest growing online career portal in the Kingdom. It first...
Cambodia Public Holidays 2024
The Royal Cambodian Government released a sub-decree in August 2023 to officially announce the Cambodian public holidays in 2024. There will be 23 public...
Cambodian Public Holidays 2023
The Kingdom of Cambodia is set to have a total of 21 public holidays in 2023, according to a sub-decree released by the Royal...
First They Killed My Father Netflix Film Premieres In Siem Reap
The Cambodian premiere of First They Killed My Father took place at the Terrace of the Elephants at the Angkor Wat temple complex in...
Setting Up Shop In Cambodia With Endorphine Concept’s Adrienne Ravez
Endorphine Concept is a creative agency that specialises in social media and new forms of digital communication. Founded in 2010 in France by Yohan...
Date Palm Industry Set To Take Root In Cambodia
Date palm cultivation will be introduced to Cambodia following the signing of a memorandum of understanding yesterday between local firm Kheng Lay Co Ltd...
Decathlon’s Inspiring Recruitment And Employee Retention Methods
A pervasive challenge for companies operating in Cambodia, whether they are big multinational corporations or small or medium-sized businesses, is bringing the right people...
Cultural Considerations In The Workplace
Culture plays a crucial role in the harmonious functioning of any workplace. This is particularly true in expat-heavy cities such as Phnom Penh, where...
Events Of The Year: Cambodia’s Biggest Annual Festivals
Cambodia is no doubt a festive place, enjoying a wealth of traditional and international festivals, more so than most other nations. These events bring...
A Look Ahead To Business in Cambodia 2022
With 2020-2021 so severely disrupted, we start looking ahead at 2022 and what changes could be on the horizon which could positively impact doing...
Mastering Marketing In A Cambodian Context
With the growth in Internet usage, an influx of international businesses and a recent jump in the number of marketing agencies operating in the...
AEON 3 Shopping Mall Due To Open On December 15 2022
The third Japanese-backed AEON Mall (Aeon Mall Meanchey) is set to open on December 15 2022. The mega mall is located 8 kilometres to...
Manpower Outsourcing
Following the lead of international companies operating in Cambodia, some local businesses are willing to standardise and leverage their operation costs, by thinking about...
Industry Insight: Dealing With Cambodia’s Skills Gap
Most businesses in the Cambodian IT sector struggle to hire the employees they are looking for and generally find it difficult to recruit competent...
Cambodia’s 2019 General Population Census Data
The data from Cambodia's 2019 General Population Census has revealed that the population is now 15.55 million, which represents an increase of 16 per...
Medical Check-ups for Employees in Cambodia
All employees in Cambodia are meant to undergo medical health checkups. While foreign workers are required to do so annually to renew their work...
Human Capital Showcased At Graduate Forum
Cambodian graduates from overseas institutions and international experts will share insights on economic growth, business planning, industry and agriculture and information and communications technology...
Growing Interest For Part Time Jobs In Cambodia, Everjobs
Everjobs Cambodia, the fastest growing online career portal in the Kingdom has recently launched the latest edition of its Career Report, an in-depth quarterly...
Maybank Cambodia Hosts Event To Boost Banking Talent Development
A first-of-its-kind event to help accelerate the development of skilled talent and create a sustainable pipeline of human capital for the country’s banking industry...
Adapting To Industry 4.0 A Top priority: Ministry
Cambodia is prioritising the adoption of new technologies in manufacturing and encouraging investment in sectors that are undergoing rapid technological innovation, according to a...
Getting Ahead With STEM Education
As Cambodia continues to improve its education system, one area experts agree that needs improvement is the quality of STEM education, or the disciplines...
Protecting Intellectual Property Key To Innovation: Minister
Following an application from a local company to patent the process of turning banana trees into fabric, the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft reminded...
Cambodia to update Immigration Laws in 2021?
A Cambodian ministry working group is currently drafting a new law on immigration to manage foreigners in the SEA country. New Cambodian Immigration Laws...
Know Your Customer – Khouri & INNOV8
In the last decade, Cambodia’s meteoric economic growth has attracted a wealth of foreign expertise into the country. Together with a growing pool of...
INNOV8: Cultural Sensitivity Key To Success
Foreign entrepreneurs who set up business in the Kingdom often mention excessively high staff turnovers and conflicts in the workplace brought about by the...
Obtain a Cambodian Police Clearance Certificate Online
The Ministry of Justice has confirmed the launch of its first phase to allow applicants to obtain a ‘Police clearance certificate’ online but applications...
Mojob Cambodia launches on-demand handyman mobile app
Mojob is the first on-demand marketplace for hiring a handyman in Cambodia, and they have now launched their mobile app in the Kingdom.
Prior to...
Management Skills Demand On The Rise
Phnom Penh employers are demanding increasingly qualified candidates to fill management posts, according to data relating to the last two years. A report on the...
Finance Sector Still Accounting For Lion’s Share Of New Jobs In...
Accounting & Finance has retained its position as the top hiring category in Cambodia’s labour market, according to a report from online job platform...
Cambodia Committed To Vocational Education And Training: Ministry
With the development of the country’s human capital as a top priority, the government on Friday asked the private sector as well as national...
Chasing Sporting Success With Seara
Seara International, founded in Thailand 24 years ago, commenced operations in the fresh-faced Cambodian health and fitness market four years ago as Seara Cambodia:...
Garment Industry Exports Up, Jobs Down
Exports grew at a solid pace in 2016, rising by 7.2 percent to $7.3 billion, but the number of registered exporting factories fell by...
Talking Hospitality
Rob Ainge, the man behind upmarket BKK restaurant Deco, talks to us about the hospitality industry in Phnom Penh.
Ainge’s brainchild Deco, an elegant...
Everjobs To Host Second Career Fair at Aeon Mall
The everjobs Career Fair 2017 hosted by everjobs.com.kh, the fastest growing online career portal in the Kingdom, will be held on June 25 at...
Travelling On The Job: Q&A With Remote Year’s Meredith Dreman
If you think that you need to quit your job to see world, think again. Today we go to Emerald Hub – one of...
Cambodian Government Pushes For More Homegrown Vegetables
A move to stem the flow of an estimated $200 million per year on imports from neighbouring countries has been initiated by the Cambodian government...
The Cambodia Recruitment Market – A Beginner’s Guide
Recruitment is the process of attracting, selecting and appointing suitable candidates to jobs within an organisation. Larger companies have Talent Acquisition staff to carry...
Hospitality Continues To Drive Cambodian Employment
With more than 1.5 million tourists visiting Cambodia during the first quarter of 2017, compared to 1.3 million during the same period in 2016,...
The Quest for Sustainable Development
An idiosyncrasy of Phnom Penh is that the city hosts a dizzying number of NGOs striving to make durable impact on Cambodia’s developing society....
Interest In Marketing Jobs In Cambodia On The Rise, Finds Report
The number of job seekers interested in marketing positions in the Kingdom is increasing, according to a report from online jobs portal everjobs Cambodia.
Data...
Team Building Is Worth The Investment
The Cambodian Labour Market
After two years working in Cambodia, Mr. Jan Van Den Wyngaert, Director of CC Incentives, a company providing custom made incentive...
First Cambodia-made E-bike To Launch In September
The first Cambodia-made electric motorcycles will soon be cruising around Phnom Penh.
Voltra Motors, a local scooter manufacturer, will officially launch at the beginning of...
Labour Market Trends
Cambodia’s GDP growth has been running at something like 6% throughout 2012 but this national figure masks a much higher growth figure in the...
Phnom Penh has the cheapest international school fees in Asia
A new report from the International Schools Database suggests Cambodia's capital of Phnom Penh offers the cheapest international school fees in Asia.
The new report...
Bridging Cambodia’s Skill Gap
One of the most chronic complaints we hear at B2B from our partners relates to the significant misalignment between what universities teach and the...
Staff Development Strategies Are Key, Kevin Britten
Why would a recruiter, the owner of an executive search agency like me, be interested in the retention and development of staff?
Many people think...
Contract Farming A Potential Saviour For Rice Farmers
The current struggles of Cambodia’s rice industry could be alleviated by a contract farming model, according to agricultural experts from Hong Kong-based independent think...
Finding The Best Staff
An innovative approach to recruitment that puts the job seeker at the heart of the process is helping businesses across Cambodia find the perfect...
Public holidays in Cambodia affected by COVID-19
In 2019, the Cambodian government decided to reduce the number of public holidays in Cambodia for 2020 from 28 days to 22 days. However,...
Khmer Sales Staff In High Demand
Kevin Britten, Managing Director of Top Recruitment, believes the current patterns in local labour demand offer a "pretty good snapshot of the present Cambodian...
Cautious Praise For Pension Scheme
While some in the business community have welcomed a government plan to launch a pension scheme for the private sector next year, a leading...
SCCA plans to open a Cambodian pilot training school in 2021
The State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) said in December 2020 that they plan to open a Cambodian pilot training school in 2021 in...
Angkor 500 to support Cambodian entrepreneurs
Angkor 500 is a new venture formed by Khmer Enterprise, and San Francisco based global capital venture firm, 500 Startups. The two-year partnership will...
Cambodian Robotics Companies on the Rise
As the Kingdom tries to catch and capitalise on the Industry 4.0 movement, we look at some of the local companies engaged in robotics...
Recruiting And Retaining Talented Staff
Recruiting talented staff is a challenge in any country, and when you find yourself outside of your comfort zone it can seem like an...
Is Cambodian International Tourism Likely to Re-open in 2021?
As Q4 2021 approaches, there has been increasing speculation in the Cambodian media and online that international inbound tourism to Cambodia may re-open before...
Svay Rieng $1 Billion Green Special Economic Zone
Svay Rieng town is set to have a green SEZ (Special Economic Zone) developed by QiLu (Cambodia), which is expected to cost up to...
Asean WEF Puts Spotlight On Industry 4.0 And The Young
At the Asean World Economic Forum (WEF), which kicked off in Hanoi yesterday, the emphasis was on the young, giving students and the general...
Cambodia The Focus Of New IT Training
Cambodia boasts one of the youngest populations in Southeast Asia, with youth under the age of 30 making up nearly 68 percent of the...
Everjobs Career Report Shows Rise In NGO Industry Opportunities
An in-depth quarterly analysis of the Cambodian labour market made by everjobs Cambodia, the fastest growing online career portal in the Kingdom, has revealed...
Motivating Staff- Tips From Our Experts
Motivating employees was the topic of the table at B2B Cambodia’s first business breakfast event.
Implementing incentive schemes, handing out stocks and shares and earning...
CLPD offers International aviation training in Cambodia
The American University of Phnom Penh (AUPP) has been certified as an Accredited Training School (ATS) by the International Aviation Training Association (IATA) and...
Benefits Of Business Chambers
Signing up to a chamber of commerce comes hand-in-hand with a whole string of benefits for new businesses, says EuroCham Cambodia Chief Executive, Sheila...
Cambodia Needs To Catch Up On Innovation: Report
Despite significant inflows of foreign investment capital that could be used to develop innovative technologies, a new report has placed Cambodia last amongst countries...
Hong Kong Firm And UNDP Sign Partnership In Cassava Sector
A new public-private partnership aims to improve the livelihoods of local cassava farmers by guaranteeing a market for their products through contract farming and...
Three Tips For Workplace Training In 2015
Training is no longer about classroom hours or number of workshop days but how businesses and organisations create results.
Results in individual and organisational performance....
Online Job Platform Everjobs Marks Two Years In Cambodia
The Kingdom's fastest growing online career portal, everjobs.com.kh, celebrates two years of operations in Cambodia this month. With an average of 7,500 visits per day,...
Everjobs: Emerging Interest In Engineering Opportunities
An in-depth quarterly analysis of the Cambodian labour market made by everjobs Cambodia, the fastest growing online career portal in the Kingdom, reveals a...
Cambodia Embarks On The Fourth Industrial Revolution
In today’s world, more countries are looking for innovative strategies to deal with the rising uncertainties they are facing. Asean, not cushioned from the...
ANU Archaeologist Releases Interactive Mobile App For Angkor Temples
Building on the success of the iBook “An Interactive Guide to Angkor” which was recently awarded the Pacific Asia Travel Association’s Gold Award for...
A Business With A Heart
Having a heart is a vital element when it comes down to business, according to Dana Vadhana Sreng.
Since launching Dynamic Outsourcing Services (DOS) in...
New Venture To Invest In Local Tech Startups
OOCTANE Cambodia, a venture capital firm under the umbrella of the Worldbridge Group, announced yesterday the launch of a fund to invest in local...
2021 Foreign Employee Work Permit Applications Extended
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) confirmed that the Foreign Employee Work Permit Applications have been extended until 31 May 2021.
The extension...
Phnom Penh Set For Return Of Water Festival 2023
The 2023 Water Festival will return to the Tonle Sap River in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, following a three-year hiatus...
Sales – It’s All About People
Customer relationships are the key to sales so staff who understand and drive relationships are the most valuable staff, whatever your business. Identifying people...
FazWaz Cambodia: Property and Real Estate Partner
FazWaz is breaking into the Cambodian property market with a full scope of unit sales and marketing solution for agents, agencies, and developers.
What is...
Restrictions on business travellers to Cambodia set to ease
The Cambodian Royal Government has announced the loosening of travel restrictions to Cambodia under COVID-19, which makes it easier for business visa holders to...
Crop Insurance In The Spotlight
To spread awareness of the importance of insuring crops and build trust for the product among Cambodian farmers, the German national development agency, known...
Startup Weekend Backs Budding Entrepreneurs
The Emerald Hub at Phnom Penh International University hosted the Techstars Startup Weekend Phnom Penh, their second startup meeting with the aim of brainstorming...
Startup Finalists Move Into Epic Acceleration Phase At Impact Hub
Five finalists of the Epic Cambodia – the yearlong incubator program launched by Impact Hub Phnom Penh – have received business mentoring and $20,000...
Cambodian Business Confidence Survey 2023 – What Are Businesses Excited And...
Mr. Martin Brisson, Executive Director of EuroCham, provided an overview of the Cambodia 2023 Business Confidence Survey which was released at the recently held ASEAN-Cambodia...
Ministry Partners With SCG To Upskill Construction Workers
The Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training has teamed up with Thai building materials company Siam Cement Group (SCG) to train construction workers through...
Cambodia Ranks Low On Human Capital Index
The Human Capital Report 2016—released yesterday by the World Economic Forum (WEF)—ranks Cambodia 100th out of 130 countries in terms of human capital development,...
Building A Strong Team
Helping develop a strong team in the workplace is a vital component to running any business. Even with the strongest team in place, a...
Confluences – Business Evolution in Cambodia
We recently sat down with Soreasmey Ke Bin, who is the founder and CEO of Confluences, as well as the Chairman of the French...
How Will Cancellation of 2022 Water Festival Impact Tourism in Cambodia?
Tourism remains one of the key economic pillars of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and after two and a half years of being ravaged, there...
Maxk Lighting Team Help Raise Funds For Hospital
Over the last weekend of May, the Maxk Lighting Team set out to join the annual Cycling Community Club’s (CCC) fundraising event for Kantha Bopha...
160,000 foreigners registered on the FPCS app
Nearly 160,000 foreigners from 183 countries living in Cambodia have registered their details on the FPCS (Foreigners Present in Cambodia System) app, confirmed the...
Build Your Capacity, People First.
Mr. Gabriel Helmy, CEO of The Capacity Specialists, suggests the concept of Human Resources as a strategic partner in business is growing in Cambodia.
Learning...
Digital Economy Takes Centre Stage
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Cambodia yesterday launched its latest publication, a compendium of articles by local and international authors that describes Cambodia’s evolution in the last...
Kandal’s River Festival To Boost Made-in-Cambodia Brand
The Sun rises in the horizon as Sopheap busies herself preparing the products she will have for display during the River Festival, which starts...
Innovation Hub Spells Bright Future
Cambodian’s entrepreneurial skills are being called on to use technology to build a better future for the country. And innovative ideas look set to...
Boost Staff Self-Esteem
As the inevitable differences arise when running a multi-cultural office, raising employees’ self-esteem can be essential, claim our panel of experts.
During the first of...
