A new report has found that 28.1 per cent of Cambodians borrow money to pay for healthcare, with microfinance insiders claiming it does not reflect the reality in the financial sector. The University of New South Wales (UNSW) surveyed 5,000 households across Cambodia and found ...

An Education Ministry statement yesterday said the government, with support from the UN World Food Programme and development partners, implemented the school feeding programme in 1,167 primary schools through which 260,000 children received breakfast, about 8,000 children got funds to buy food and about 5,000 ...

The provincial administration and the Department of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction in Mondulkiri province planted 53 stone markers around the Doh Kramom mountain area to protect it from any further encroachments. But the indigenous community claimed that the planting of markers, which was ...

The price of the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority stock over the Aug. 30-Sept. 5 period fluctuated from KHR 6,350 (US$1.57) to KHR 6,450 (US$1.59), but trading volumes went down to zero again on Aug. 31, the second time in the bourse’s short history. With ...

Thailand had been asked to supply more electricity to those Cambodian provinces close to the shared border, according to officials. Suy Sem, Cambodian minister of Industry, Mine and Energy, talked to reporters after a bilateral meeting with his counterpart, Thai Minister Arak Chonlatanon last week, a ...

More than 24,000 Cambodians visited Malaysia during the first half of 2012, while Malaysian arrivals to Cambodia numbered 54,000, an increase of 11.1 per cent compared with the same period in 2011.   Ambassador Hussein’s remarks came during the the first three-day Malaysia Travel and Shopping ...

Manufacturers in Cambodia yesterday agreed to increase the monthly wage of garment workers by $7 per month by providing them with additional allowances for transportation and housing, bringing the minimum wage packet taken home every month to $73. The raise occurred as the number of strikes ...

Net profits at NagaCorp Ltd., owners of Phnom Penh’s only licensed casino, jumped 38 percent to reach $52.4 million in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period last year, the company said in its most recent financial report. The casino generated a total ...

“Cambodia’s economic growth will stand about 7 per cent this year,” director general of National Bank of Cambodia His Excellency Chea Chanto said. He adds: “Cambodia is trying to diversify its economies to boost the growth.” At the same time, the report from World Bank said: ...

More than 100 Banong ethic minority villagers in Mondolkiri province on Wednesday stopped and briefly apprehended a group of 11 outsiders who they say were caught illegally logging timber in the area, villagers said yesterday. The villagers say that they took it upon themselves to stop ...

The newly appointed Kompong Thom provincial governor on Tuesday promised more than 500 families who were forcefully evicted by a Vietnamese rubber plantation more than three years ago that they would be given replacement land to farm on early next month. Security forces evicted villagers from ...

At Chak Angre Krom Primary School in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district on Sunday, 82-year-old Kat Om slowly made his way out of one of the classrooms, his forefinger darkened with ink. Mr. Om is a seasoned voter, having thrown his support behind the ruling CPP—which claims ...

Garment industry, Cambodia’s largest foreign currency earner, reported a 22 percent surge in exports in the first 11 months of 2013, according to figures from the Ministry of Commerce on Thursday. The Southeast Asian nation exported apparel products in equivalent to 5.07 billion U.S. dollars during ...

Cambodia’s banking sector remains stable with steady growth in business operations even though political tension between the ruling party and the opposition party over election results is still going on, Central Bank’s chief said Friday. “The banking sector has been developing soundly, in terms of ...

Canadia Bank PLC and Cambodia’s postal service are expected to open a commercial bank next month with financial backing from one of Singapore’s largest financial institutions, officials and sources with knowledge of the venture said Thursday. The bank, known as Cambodia Post Bank PLC, will provide ...

Union officials fear violence that occurred at two separate rallies in front of the SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd factory last week will continue at one scheduled this morning. About 10 SL strikers were injured during demonstrations on Thursday and Friday, when uniformed and plain-clothes SL ...

Only about 10 per cent of Cambodia’s workforce is being granted paid annual leave, a report released last week says. Under the 1997 Labour Law, workers who work a standard 48-hour week are entitled to 18 days of paid annual leave, in addition to one day ...

Overall revenue from Cambodia’s booming tourism sector reached $2.5 billion last year, according to Tourism Minister Thong Khon. Khon said in an interview on Tuesday that the figure, which does not reflect the amount the state collected in taxes on the sector, marked a 15 per ...

Cambodia’s stock exchange will receive a $2.5 million funding injection from the South Korean government in an attempt to draw more corporate interest from companies who may want to go public, according to a recent report on state media site AKP. The funds will go towards ...

Cambodia has invited resource-rich Azerbaijan to help develop Cambodia’s prospective oil and gas industry, Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol announced during a high-level visit to the Caucasian country on Tuesday, according to Azerbaijani media reports. Mr. Chanthol laid out a goal to achieve an overall trade ...