The Ministry of Public Works and Transport yesterday announced the start of feasibility studies aimed at building an express elevated toll road that would extend from Phnom Penh’s city centre to the airport by 2021.Public Works Minister Tram Iv Tek said yesterday that China’s Henan ...

The Ministry of Commerce announced last week a $400 million proposal by three Chinese firms to build state-run rice warehousing facilities to increase the Kingdom’s storage capacity. ...

The Ministry of Health will investigate a baby milk formula sold in Cambodia that has been recalled over a risk it contains bacteria that causes botulism, an official said Tuesday. New Zealand dairy company Fonterra has advised eight companies that bought a whey protein concentrate produced ...

The executive committee of the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) will meet with two ministries today to explore the possibility of reducing the logistical and energy costs of transporting rice, a key factor to keeping Cambodian rice exports competitive compared to neighbouring countries, a CRF official ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance last week did away with a special tax on imported products that were being used for re-export, after Japanese businesses said that it undermined their status as Qualified Investment Projects. Under the Qualified Investment Projects (QIP) scheme, firms can ...

Market regulator Securities and Exchanges Commission of Cambodia and Cambodia Securities Exchange are looking at reducing some of the current initial public offering requirements, as a way to attract more small- and medium-size businesses to list on the flagging exchange. ...

Cambodia has moved to formalise its ill-regulated derivatives sector by launching a key regulation earlier this month.On July 2, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) approved the prakas on the “Licensing and Supervision of Derivative Trading”. ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has uploaded a new library resource on​ “Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development Project III – LASED III”, which a number of environmental and social risk management documents are available to access. Those documents include Environmental and Social Management Framework ...

The feasibility study of a navigation and logistics project to link the Bassac River in Phnom Penh to a “seaport” in the Kampot-Kep region shows that there are no technical, environmental or legal issues, according to the transport ministry. ...

The National Employment Agency (NEA) of the Ministry of Labour and Vocation Training (MLVT) provided 3,380 careers for 17,535 Cambodians registered in the job searching platform for the first semester of this year.​​ ...

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS: Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Yunnan and Guangxi in China) is undergoing unprecedented changes. Many of these are positive, reflecting political stabilization and economic growth following decades of poverty and conflict. But the rate and type of development is ...

Investors in Cambodia, tied with Yemen as the world’s 164th-cleanest country for doing business, face risks in a planned stock market because of ineffective financial and legal systems, the country’s exiled opposition leader said. “Among the little dragons of Southeast Asia, Cambodia is the least encouraging,” ...

The government has approved the reclassification of 70-hectares of land along the Mekong river in Kandal province’s Lvea Em district for Khun Sear Import and Export Company to rent. According to a letter signed on May 2 by Chhit Sokhon, a secretary of state at ...

Cambodia’s construction sector continues to grow given the gradual increase of investments in the sector and large imports of construction materials into the country, according to the latest report released on Thursday by the World Bank. The World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific Economic Update predicted ...

On​ 22​ March​ 2018,​ the​ Ministry​ of​ Mines​ and​ Energy​​ of​ the​ Kingdom​ of​ Cambodia​ issued​ a​ press​ release​ on the​​ launching of​ four​ mining​ concession​ areas​ for​ domestic​ and​ foreign​ mineral​ companies​ to​ apply​ for​ a​ mineral exploration​ license​ as​ indicated​ in​ the​ “map​ ...

The Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts is holdings discussions with other ministries to find solutions to some of the challenges salt production faces in the Kingdom, particularly a shortage of labour and adverse weather conditions.​ Ministry spokesman Um Sotha told Khmer Times yesterday that the biggest ...

The Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organisation (NRWPO) said that on behalf of rangers, it will formally request the Ministry of Environment next week to provide proper vehicles to transport evidence of forestry crimes. ...

On 02 August 2019, the government of Japan has agreed to provide USD 310,777 to AAR Japan under the framework, the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO projects.  The Grant Contract has been singed between H.E. Mr. Horinouchi Hidehisa, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to ...

A sub-decree aimed at regulating single-use plastics and foam containers is currently in the works, the Ministry of Environment said on Sunday. Neth Pheaktra, the ministry’s spokesperson, said he could not provide further details as yet while the regulation is being formulated. ...

Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Sam Heng said a master plan was being established for Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes to further human resource development in the face of a shortage of technical skills in the workforce. ...