KrisEnergy’s oil production dreams in the Khmer Basin appear to be dead in the water after the oil and gas company revealed it was not able to form a viable debt restructuring plan and will lose its revolving line of credit from Singapore-based DBS Bank. ...

Australian miner Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Ltd has produced 137kg dore bars with 90 per cent gold solution, in just over a month since it kicked off commercial operations of its flagship gold mine in northeastern Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen on ...

On 31 March 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training released an announcement on the provision of allowances to 9,541 workers of factories in garment and tourism sectors whose employment contracts have been suspended in line with the third round of the Royal Government’s ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has rocked the retail landscape in Phnom Penh, with anxiety around infection risk keeping the masses away from shopping malls and driving retail consumption down by nearly five per cent in the first half of this year, compared to July-December 2020, according ...

In the morning of September 13, Mang Sineth, Deputy Governor of Preah Sihanouk Province, inspected the implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to prevent the spread of Covid-19 at the Hun Sen Secondary School  located in Sangkat 4, Sihanoukville, which is reopened to test the ...

The Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) kicked off its two-day 7th East Asian Sea (EAS) Congress on December 1 with Cambodia hosting the event in the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk. ...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected 385.3478 billion riel, or more than $93 million, in vehicle tax revenue for the taxable period in June-November – from 791,168 units – or 174.2 percent of the 2021 plan (just over 221 billion riel), according to GDT ...

On 22 December 2021, the Ministry of Commerce issued a press release on the entry the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP).The RCEP Agreement is an ASEAN initiative and has been announced to begin negotiations in 2022 in Phnom Penh, the capital of the Kingdom ...

The Techo Sen Institute of Public Works and Transport (TSI) announced the launch of a capacity building project on road maintenance methods to improve sustainable infrastructure in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, with the expectation that the project will provide an opportunity for the three countries ...

On 08 February 2022, the Ministry of Health has released an instruction on continuing to prevent the COVID-19 transmission especially the Omicron variant on their official Facebook site. The instruction is made following the concerning surge in daily Omicron positive cases in the kingdom. The Royal ...

More than 60,000ha of flooded forest land in Zone 3 in the six provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake has been reclaimed from nearly 15,000 families and returned to the state. Officials have since reforested the area with different kinds of trees, bamboos and palm ...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has been organising a second workshop to share knowledge on capacity building and institutional strengthening to develop a framework for monitoring and evaluation of the logistics sector and logistics data in Cambodia and in the context of Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam ...

As people across the country took to polling stations to vote their local leaders in the 5th mandate commune council elections on the morning of June 5, Prime Minister Hun Sen and his wife Bun Rany also cast their ballots amid a throng of voters ...

In a bid to win the support of the people for the upcoming National Election, the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has committed itself to strengthening the Law on Immigration on managing foreign immigrants, promising to strongly prevent and suppress illegal crossings, residing and activities ...

Indigenous communities in Cambodia marked the 29th World Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Day – the 19th in Cambodia – with celebrations across the country. Their aim was to promote cultural identity preservation and growth, while urging the new government to expedite the collective land registration process ...

Cambodian foreign minister Prak Sokhonn extended congratulations to the departing Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Cambodia, Carmen Moreno, for her exemplary efforts and success in her diplomatic tenure in the Kingdom. This sentiment was shared during her farewell call on 16 August 2023 ...

Mondulkiri provincial administration is considering the transformation of Putang village into a role model cultural and natural tourist attraction. Mondulkiri Provincial Governor Thong Savon unveiled the intention when distributing main fruit trees to 100 families in the village located in Romnea commune of Sen Monorom ...

ASEAN has launched its inaugural ASEAN Maritime Outlook (AMO) at the 13th ASEAN Maritime Forum, held in the Indonesia resort island of Bali on August 1. This publication is set to be a cornerstone in managing various maritime issues, with a special focus on streamlining ...

Moments before Mr Hun Manet was sworn in as the new Prime Minister, his predecessor Mr Hun Sen said that he expects the new government to take Cambodia out of its least-developed country status and achieve the upper-middle-income and high-income in 2030 and 2050 respectively. ...

On August 22, both Cambodia and Thailand welcomed new prime ministers, marking a unique coincidence. Former Prime Minister Hun Sen acknowledged this in a post to his official Telegram channel, highlighting the synchronicity of two constitutional monarchies ushering in new leadership on the same day. ...