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Water festival in Phnom Penh cancelled due to border crisis
Cambodia has cancelled the 2025 Water Festival in Phnom Penh to focus on humanitarian issues and returning workers at the Cambodian-Thai border. However, the government has maintained the three-day public holiday and allowed provinces to hold their own celebrations during that time. ...
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Xi Jinping Boulevard closed for three years for Mekong bridge construction
Xi Jinping Boulevard in Phnom Penh has been closed until February 2028 to allow construction of the 3.7km Mekong River Bridge linking the capital with Kandal province, with traffic diverted to alternative routes during the three-year project. ...
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Major and career fair will encourage Cambodian youth to explore futures
The Fulbright and Undergraduate State Alumni Association of Cambodia (FUSAAC) has announced this year’s Major and Career Fair 2025, one of the country’s largest education and career flagship events. ...
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Government pushes to expand literacy programmes, create ‘digital citizens’
The Cambodian government has instructed all relevant government institutions to develop policies that will expand existing literacy programmes to develop “digital citizens”, noting that literacy today has broadened far beyond traditional reading and writing. ...
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Cambodia’s glutinous rice shortage fuels imports from Laos
Some 80 tonnes of glutinous rice was imported from Laos to meet Cambodia’s demand, as local farmers refrain from planting it due to low demand. Farmers have instead shifted to cultivating short period rice varieties with high yields. ...
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Keepin’ it riel: Cambodian currency listed on Australian currency board
The influence and circulation of the Cambodian riel on the international market is expected to increase following its listing on currency exchange boards in Australia. UK-based company Travelex has posted the riel at its outlets in Melbourne. ...
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Finance ministry: ‘Cambodia’s public debt remains manageable’
As of the end of the first half of 2025, Cambodia’s public debt stood at approximately $12 billion, a level assessed by Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth as “manageable, with sustainability and low risk”. ...
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Government rejects allegations that Hun Sen sought to buy shares in Thai energy firm
The Royal Government of Cambodia has completely rejected as false information spread on a Facebook account under the name Sam Rainsy, which alleged that Senate president Hun Sen was involved in the attempted purchase of a 24 per cent stake in Thai energy giant Bangchak. ...
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Press release on the results of the National Minimum Wage Council meeting
On 3 September 2025, Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued a press release on the results of the National Minimum Wage Council meeting.The workers’ representatives proposed an increase of US$10 over the current figure of US$208, and the employers’ representatives proposed maintaining the current ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
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Press release on the results of the “Youth Advocacy on Human Rights within the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights”
On 2 September 2025, Cambodian Human Rights Committee issued a press release on the results of the “Youth Advocacy on Human Rights within the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights”.The Cambodian representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) hosted the AICHR Youth ...
Cambodian Human Rights Committee
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Press release on the results of the visit of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia and Chairman of the Cambodian People's Party, to attend the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
On 2 September 2025, Senate issued a press release on the results of the visit of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia and Chairman of the Cambodian People’s Party, to attend the 80th anniversary ...
Senate
