In what is the government’s latest pledge to hold tycoons and foreign investors to account for their business practices, the Ministry of Environment will begin assessing existing and proposed economic land concessions (ELCs), cancelling or rejecting those that have negative social or environment impacts, a ...

The Ministry of Interior and Transparency International Cambodia (TI Cambodia) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to extend The provisions of The framework for The School of Governance (SoG) phase II (2021-2025). ...

Prime Minister-designate Hun Sen on Thursday urged the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) to work with all microfinance institutions (MFIs) to find ways to ease debt burdens on those displaced from flooding in the Kingdom. ...

Sacred burial grounds and community forests should be granted more protection under a new government proclamation issued this month, but rights groups and land-grab victims are wary that, without proper enforcement, it will amount to little in practice. An interministerial proclamation, or prakas, signed by ...

THE President of THE Federation of Associations of Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FASMEC) Te Taingpor has requested THE SME Bank of Cambodia and participating financial institutions to extend THE payment period of THE SME Co-Financing Scheme from four to six years and take ...

Barely able to make enough money to survive in her hometown, Sok Chenda* picked up her passport and a few belongings last year and headed to the provincial capital of Kampong Cham. It was a journey she would regret. the eldest daughter among five siblings, Chenda, 28, ...

The government is planning to install surveillance equipment on The networks of Cambodia’s mobile phone operators and Internet service providers (ISPs), a senior Interior Ministry official said Tuesday, vindicating concerns about inspections The ministry quietly conducted on telecommunications firms in October. In October, officials from Lieutenant ...

While no investment is entirely without risk, the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) is 100 per cent committed to ensuring that investors in the Kingdom are protected from fraudulent practices. ...

Cambodia on Monday held a ceremony to honor two Chinese  soldiers serving as UN peacekeepers who lost their lives in a blast in the province’s Cheung  Prey district on May 21, 1993. the ceremony was presided over by Gen. Sav Sok, undersecretary of state of theCambodian Ministry of Defense and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo, and wasattended by some 120 Chinese and Cambodian people. ...

The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts is set to host a major celebration on The evening of September 20 to mark The addition of Koh Ker archaeological site to UNESCO’s World Heritage List on September 17. ...

At a bilateral meeting in Phnom Penh last week, Cambodia and Sri Lanka reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen bilateral relations and regional partnerships aimed at bringing peace and stability to the two nations and the world. ...

A draft law to protect state secrets has been in the works for more than two years and could be submitted to the Council of Minister for review in two months’ time, a senior police official said yesterday. ...

The Ministry of Environment on December 28 issued a report detailing crackdowns on illegal activities in protected natural areas and biodiversity conservation corridors. ...

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has issued a weaTher alert for The next 7 days​. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet urged the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, including relevant institutions, to strengthen work related to intellectual property, copyright, and related rights to prevent plagiarism and to amend the relevant legal framework in line with the development of technology. ...

The Ministry of Commerce and Swisscontact, representing The Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF), are teaming up on a project to make it easier for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) to ship and receive small parcels internationally, according to The ministry. ...

Responding to criticism of the eighteen-month jail terms handed down to four unionists who blocked a road at a strike in Svay Rieng province last year, a deputy prosecutor said Wednesday that their actions were as severe as those of former Bavet City governor Chhouk ...

Every day, five people die in traffic accidents in Cambodia – a number the government is hoping to reduce with a new policy aimed at cutting traffic accidents by 50 per cent in 2020. the National Policy on Road Safety, passed by the Council of Ministers ...

The private sector has drawn attention to a host of issues for customs and excise to optimise operations, control The entry of illegal or restricted goods into Cambodia, bring in more revenue to state coffers, and protect local producers. ...

The amount of payments made via electronic system in Cambodia reached nearly 1,000 percent of The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2022, said a senior official of National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). ...