The new Mlech Water Treatment Plant in Kampot province’s Chumkiri district, which can produce 2,000 cubic metres of clean water a day, was formally inaugurated to meet the needs of the people in the area as well as in neighbouring Takeo province. ...

A leaked report from experts at an international body overseeing Angkor Archaeological Park reiterated past congratulations for Cambodia’s efforts to dismantle illegal structures in heritage areas amid mass evictions of roughly 10,000 families from the site. ...

Since 2017, the Kingdom’s park rangers have intervened in over 8,000 forestry and wildlife crimes a year, with more than 800 cases referred to courts. ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Monday that some 200,000 vehicles had traveled on the kingdom’s first-ever expressway since it was open to the public for trial use for free on Oct 1. ...

Stung Treng province’s Bunong indigenous community in Kbal Romeas commune have demanded that authorities assist them in protecting their forest against a Chinese company Siev Gek and expedite the creation of a 3,000-hectare reserve in the commune’s Kbal Romeas village in Sesan district. ...

Cambodia has reached an agreement to receive 300,000 barrels of crude oil that was stolen by a tanker following a payment dispute with Singaporean energy​ KrisEnergy, a senior government official said on Tuesday. ...

A working group from the Ministry of Environment and the APSARA National Authority (ANA) has prepared 95ha of land in the new Run Ta Ek village for development, as nearly 1,000 families prepare to relocate from the Angkor Archaeological Park. ...

Cambodia exported a total of 670,000 tonnes of raw cashew nuts worth $1.07 billion last year to the international market, with 98.5 percent of its raw cashew nuts worth $1 billion being shipped to Vietnam. ...

Cambodia reported 1.26 million air travelers during the first quarter of 2023, up 549 percent from only 195,000 passengers over the same period last year, said the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation’s report released on Wednesday. ...

The National Employment Agency (NEA) of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training is gearing up to hold a job forum in Village 5 of Sihanoukville’s Commune IV on April 26, with around 1,000 jobs at large private firms on offer. ...

Environment officials and authorities in Preah Vihear province are investigating a wildfire in the Phnom Tnaot-Phnom Pok Wildlife Sanctuary that damaged more than 4,000ha of forest in recent days, said officials on March 6. ...

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) donated mine detectors, personal protective equipment and specialised explosive disposal tools worth over $780,000 to the Army Engineering Command and the Bodyguard Unit. ...

Keo Socheat, executive director of the Sansom Mlup Prey Organisation (SMP), said that more than 2,000 farming households are now planting organic paddy rice through the IBIS project. ...

Cambodia reported 1.26 million air travelers during the first quarter of 2023, up 549 percent from only 195,000 passengers over the same period last year, said the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation’s report released on Wednesday. ...

The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) has set export targets for the nation at 750,000 tonnes of milled rice in 2023 and one million tonnes by 2025. This represents an over 50 percent increase compared to the export figure in 2022. ...

The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation has begun the third payments of its 13th round of cash transfer programme to more than 700,000 impoverished and vulnerable households. The programme began during the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

ACLEDA Bank Plc has borrowed $100 million from China-owned Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to provide new loans to micro, small and medium enterprises, according to its latest filing with Cambodia Securities Exchange. ...

Up to $4.9 billion of total investment capital for 268 investment projects have been approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) in 2023, with some 307,000 jobs created, according to its statement on Wednesday. ...

An estimated 225 representatives from organizations representing more than 30,000 older people from 25 capital and provinces, participated in the third “National Older People Forum” themed “Older People and Supporting Policies”, in Battambang City Hall on Oct 27. ...