Farmer in Prey Veng’s Svay Antor and Pea Reang and Kanh Chriech districts began digging canals this week to save their rice fields from heavy rains. ...

The Environment Ministry plans to plant 500,000 trees in protected areas across the country this year, to boost forest cover and improve the livelihoods of communities. ...

Minister of Labour Ith Samheng yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with his Japanese counterparts to make it easier for Cambodian trainees to find work in Japan. ...

The Ministry of Environment has fined a Chinese garment factory in Takeo province $7,500 after villagers complained the factory was polluting nearby streams with untreated waste. ...

A Chinese company inked a deal worth $20 million yesterday with the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to repair 107 kilometres of roads in the kingdom. ...

Cambodia will be affected by tropical storm Bolaven over the next five days, with rainfall expected around most of the country, especially in coastal and lowland areas. ...

Loans and deposits at Cambodia’s 31 commercial banks grew 35 percent and 25 percent respectively in the first quarter of the year, according to the National Bank of Cambodia ...

The government was to resume rail services between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville Friday in collaboration with Toll Royal Co, Richz Electronic Services and the Asian Development Bank, sources said. ...

Rolling blackouts between three and nine hours long hit some locations in the capital, Kandal and Kampong Speu yesterday and will continue through Sunday, according to Electricite du Cambodge. ...

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Defense Services, will pay a four-day visit to Cambodia on Wednesday to bolster bilateral ties and cooperation. ...

Cambodia and Morocco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a political consultation mechanism in order to strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation, officials said. ...

Villagers in Banteay Meanchey province’s Malai district have complained that a politically connected firm owned by one of the country’s most influential businessmen has flooded their homes. ...

More than 100 demonstrators continued to stage an anti-eviction protest in front of Koh Kong province’s city hall after a jailed community leader was denied bail yesterday. ...

Special Rapporteur Surya Subedi has been called on to investigate and seek justice for human rights violations caused by the development of two large-scale hydropower dams in Cambodia. ...

Villagers in Banteay Meanchey province on Saturday protested against a local military official’s plan to build a reservoir on their land, then sell the dirt at a profit. ...

Land dispute activist Ly Seav Minh will remain in custody ahead of her family’s trial on Wednesday after a judge at the Supreme Court postponed her bail hearing. ...

The Cambodia National Rescue Party will hold a ceremony today to commemorate the anniversary of a deadly grenade attack on an opposition rally in Phnom Penh 18 years ago. ...

After a kickoff ceremony last Wednesday, a five-year development project in 30 villages, funded and supervised by South Korea’s International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) begins work this week.​ ...

A recently elected village chief in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district, who was forced into another election by his rival, was arrested on Wednesday during the second poll. ...

Workers at A & J Carter (Cambodia) Limited in Kampong Speu province’s Samrong Tong district protested outside the factory yesterday, continuing a strike that began five days ago. ...