Minister of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) Hang Chuon Naron on Monday urged parents to bring their kids to participate in reading events, read more at home rather than playing games as the National Reading Day approaches. ...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade pact and the bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) will play a crucial role in attracting more foreign direct investments to Cambodia, Cambodia’s central bank said in a report released on Thursday. ...

Cambodia is set to expand its payment options for tourists by implementing blockchain-based central bank digital currency (CBDC) partnerships. This move is part of the country’s strategy to modernize its tourism sector, recognizing the significant role it plays in the Cambodian economy. ...

Peace, political stability, macroeconomic stability and multilateral and bilateral free trade agreements have played a critical role in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) and fostering economic growth in the Kingdom, said Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice- President of Council for the Development ...

A few years ago this scene would have played out in China. More specifically, it would have played out in a Chinese coastal region to which millions of rural folks had arrived looking for work. A huge hangar, piles of fabrics of all colors at both ...

NagaCorp, which owns Phnom Penh’s only licensed casino, announced on Wednesday that net profits at the company had more than doubled in 2011 and that plans are in store to expand its operations in the country. Financial Results filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange ...

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced Friday that the U.S. and Cambodia have agreed to explore the creation of a bilateral investment treaty that would regulate the rules of foreign direct investment between the two countries, the U.S. Embassy said in a statement. According to the Embassy, such a treaty ...

Members of the Prey Long Forest Network yesterday said they are planning to hold a citizens’ patrol to look for evidence of illegal logging in Kompong Thom province this weekend. The patrol would be the first such patrol in the country since the April 26 murder ...

Smoke billowed over Phnom Penh International Airport and people lay on the grass verges near an aircraft simulator on Friday as hundreds of rescue service personnel and firefighters took part in the airport’s fourth-ever full-scale emergency exercise. Hundreds of soldiers and police, as well as actors ...

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong will visit China in January at the invitation of Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei announced on Sunday. Hor Nam Hong and Yang will co-chair the first meeting of intergovernmental coordinating ...

Corruption is weighing on businesses, and the avenues to address it are limited, according to Cambodia’s leading employer association. At a joint conference with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Cambodian Federation of Employers (CAMFEBA) in Phnom Penh yesterday, the employer representative called on the ...

One person will hold the balance of power on the overhauled National Election Committee when the political agreement signed by the opposition and ruling parties on Tuesday is implemented. Sitting beside four members from the ruling party and four from the opposition, the man or woman ...

Cambodian scholars have voiced their support to Chinese President Xi Jinping for his announcement of China’s contribution of 40 billion U.S. dollars for the establishment of a Silk Road Fund, saying that such a fund is vital for developing countries. Chheang Vannarith, senior researcher of ...

US Ambassador William Todd created the Ambassador’s Youth Council in Cambodia in 2012, one of 80 such groups of youth around the world. The goal is to create better relations between Cambodia and the US and to cultivate young leaders for Cambodia, he said. “Those ...

Seang Sarin swears he only fell asleep for a moment. It’s a moment he has cursed and played over in his head for nearly 20 months now.Speaking to the Post in a detention room at the Kandal Provincial Court this week, the former guard at ...

The Ministry of Commerce has launched Go4eCam, a pilot project that aims to realise the benefit of e-commerce for the nation’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a sector that is currently playing an important role in the country’s economic growth. ...

If industry-watchers were roused last year by the influx of Japanese investment to Cambodia – including bellwether parts manufacturer Minebea – 2012 should not disappoint. Up to 60 new Japanese companies are expected to apply for business licences this year after the number tripled to about ...

More than 200 officials from the Apsara Authority and the Royal Academy of Cambodia have planted 2,000 tree saplings at the Prasat Prei temple in Siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park to further restore forest cover, as trees play an important role in the preservation ...

Digital literacy will play an important role in supporting the recovery of Cambodian tourism from the Covid-19 crisis and leveraging the potential of new technologies to reorganise and develop the ecosystem around Industry 4.0, and strengthen the sustainability and competitive edge of the sector. ...

The scale of progress in the Kingdom’s digital infrastructure has played a critical role in boosting the country’s growth potentials, senior telecom executives told a visiting delegation of Singapore Business Federation (SBF) on Thursday as they visited Huawei Cambodia office at Exchange Square. ...