Though U.S.-owned businesses in Cambodia are optimistic of the country’s economy, its appeal as an investment destination lags behind most of its neighbors due to the perception of endemic corruption, a new survey of 475 senior U.S. business executives in Asean shows. The 2013-14 ASEAN Business ...

The U.N. special envoy for human rights in Cambodia on Monday met with about 100 activists in the capital Phnom Penh who sought his help to gain the release of nearly two dozen people arrested during recent violent government crackdowns on striking factory workers. Envoy Surya ...

Investment approved between January and October surpassed those last year by  US$160 million, accordIng to a report from the Council for the Development of Cambodia. The 126 local and foreign Investment projects through October, worth about $6 billion, overshadowed the $5.8 billion In the whole of ...

Rice production declined slightly in 2015 due to drought in some areas, according to estimates from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, but officials say this will not affect domestic supply or exports. ...

The number of fires in Cambodia increased by 14.7 per cent in 2015 compared to the previous year, killing 35 people and consuming almost 600 homes. ...

Multiple animal species are in “dramatic decline” on Cambodia’s Eastern Plains as a result of habitat loss, road incursion, insufficient law enforcement and poaching, the World Wildlife Fund said in a statement yesterday. ...

Authorities in Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary seized a stockpile of first- and second-grade luxury timber on Saturday, while a truck hauling wood was intercepted by authorities in Kratie province in the early hours of yesterday morning. No arrests have been made in either case, authorities ...

Vietnamese investors are planning to invest more in accommodation services and to build hotels in at least three provinces that Vietnamese visitors traveling to the world-knowned Angkor Wat will travel past. ...

Cambodia had attracted some $427 million of investment from China last year, up 62 percent compared with the $263 million in a year earlier, according to a report by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). The cumulative Chinese investment in Cambodia has totaled $9.6 ...

On 08 March 2021, the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport released an announcement on the suspension of gym businesses and all sports or exercises in Phnom Penh, Kandal province, Sihanoukville, and related provinces concerning the community transmission event on 20 February which is not ...

In yet another attempt to stem the lootIng of Cambodia’s forests, lakes and rivers, the Interior MInistry has given all cities and provInces until July 20 to submit detailed reports on all the illegal loggIng and fishIng takIng place In their jurisdictions. The latest Initiative comes ...

They’re still massively undeveloped compared to their Thai neighbors, but Cambodia’s islands are starting to get the attention they deserve. Whether you’re looking for an all-night party or an underwater adventure among pristine coral reefs, Cambodia’s got an island for all types and all budgets. Not ...

In the wake of a crime spree that drew a public expression of concern from Prime MInister Hun Sen earlier this month, Justice MIn­ister Ang Vong Vathana met with senior prosecutors from Phnom Penh and all 24 provInces on Fri­day and ordered them to ex­pedite ...

The European Unions expressed its concern and called for peaceful talks to end violence, which killed at least four people in a heavy-handed crackdown yesterday. The statement added the EU Delegation calls all parties involved in labour disputes to cease violence, come back to the ...

Thailand closes all road travels with Cambodia and tightens conditions for air travel as the measures to prevent the widespread of Covid-19. Thai authorities have begun to carry out the notification of a temporary travel suspension of all border entrances, with some of the ports ...

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On 20 September 2023, the Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) issued a statement regardIng their non-Involvement In the VOD rebroadcastIng process on their official social media site. AccordIng to the statement, CCIM would like to Inform the national and International public that they are not ...

A huge haul of river sand dredged in Cambodia has been quarantined at the southern indian port city of Cochin since its arrival in April despite a ban on sand exports instituted by Prime Minister Hun Sen in 2009. india’s Deccan Chronicle news­paper reported on Tuesday ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation Prak Sokhonn on Tuesday called on all foreign NGOs to avoid at all costs activities which could be associated or linked to money laundering, financing of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. He said ...

On 20 April 2020, the Ministry of Education has release an announcement on their official facebook page regarding the collaboration between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of information in producing “distance learning” and “e-learning” program.  It is the response to the temporary school ...