The Ministry of Information will expand its monitoring of social media posts to include more platforms. ...

Cambodia’s central bank is looking to tighten monetary policy to slow an inflation rate that could hit 8 to 9 percent this year, National Bank of Cambodia Director General and Spokeswoman Nguon Sokha said yesterday. Increases in commodity prices and petroleum has led to rising prices ...

Manufacturers of soy and fish sauces should fortify the products with iron in order to improve Cambodians’ health, government officials said yesterday. During a workshop on iron fortification, Sat Samy, secretary of state at the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, called on producers to help combat ...

The government, Hagar International and Save The Children are teaming up to address The country’s lack of social workers, hoping to beef up The social service sector and deal with The growing number of children in residential care facilities – informally known as orphanages.   ...

TBONG KHUM DISTRICT, Kompong Cham province – From November to May, the Mekong River is quiet. So is life for the hundreds of thousands of people who live along its banks, which in Cambodia forms a 155,000 square km basin covering six provinces and Phnom ...

The Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) is planning to develop a 400-unit apartment complex on The former site of The Ratanakkiri provincial airport, an official with knowledge of The project said yesterday. Ly Teang, Banlung City branch manager for Canadia Bank, whore investors are The ...

Vietnamese investors shied away from the Cambodian market during the first half of the year as the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) failed to register a single qualified investment project (QIP) from Vietnam during that period for the first time in its 22-year ...

Officials in Laos announced that construction Of the controversial Xayaburi dam will begin with a kickOff ceremony at the construction site Wednesday. Protests from human rights activists and environmental groups have delayed the project for 18 months, but the joint Laotian and Thai project is apparently ...

Cambodia’s modern railway system on Friday commenced commercial rail operations on the 256- kilometer”Southern Line” between the capital city of Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville Port. the launching was made after years of renovation with the financial support from the Asian Development Bank and development partners. “ADB ...

The planned construction of 88 hydroelectric dams in The lower Mekong basin by 2030 will cause food security challenges in Cambodia, experts say. “Cambodia is going to pay The highest price for dam development basin-wide, to The point of affecting The food security of its 80 ...

An Interior Ministry official said that for the first 21 days of 2024, the authorities of the Ministry of Interior had cracked down on gambling in 43 locations and sent 72 suspects to court. ...

Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra has reiterated the importance of traditional media, noting that it has an important role to play in a digital context, where true and false information are often mixed together. ...

A senior ruling party official yesterday accused foreign journalists and media outlets in Cambodia of interfering in the Kingdom’s governance and urging political instability. Speaking to reporters in the capital, Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker and National Assembly spokesman Chheang Vun said a number of journalists – ...

At least 41 new land disputes were reported in Cambodia last year despite a government moratorium on the widespread grant of so-called economic land concessions, a rights group said Thursday. the new cases in 17 locations—including the capital Phnom Penh—added to the 223 land conflicts previously ...

The government aims to transform Sihanoukville into Cambodia’s industrial hub – a “second Shenzhen city”, Ministry of Economy and Finance secretary of state Vongsey Vissoth said. Located along The coast, Preah Sihanouk province boasts an international airport, a railway line connected to Phnom Penh and ...

Mr Hun Sen considers Cambodia’s first drop of oil as a blessing to the Cambodian nation. the revenue raised from this oil production will be used for two priority areas: education and health. ...

The chevron oil company announced it is not ready to pump offshore oil in Block A in Cambodia. Mr. Steve Glick, Chevron President said: “The company is not ready to pump oil in Block A offshore Cambodia on The set-date of December 2012, complaining that more tasks need to be completed, but expressed ...

In what may become yet another populist pledge, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said he is considering giving $50 to every woman who gives birth in Cambodia to decrease child mortality and tackle malnutrition of mothers. ...

The National Programme for Sub-National Democratic Development Phase 2 (2021-2030) was officially launched yesterday under The presidency of Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

About 100 villagers prevented a company from clearing part of its land concession in Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat district on Saturday in the latest confrontation in a long-running dispute in the Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary, according to a villager and a local official. ...