In order to aid waterway transport, sand-dredging – largely banned since a 2011 decree – will soon begin reappearing at dozens of locations along the Tonle Bassac river, a spokesman from the Ministry of Mines and Energy confirmed yesterday. ...

Nearly three weeks after releasing an official price list for basic public services such as the production of passports and ID cards aimed at combating corruption, Interior Ministry officials Monday admitted that the new prices were not yet being applied. ...

The ministries of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and Environment, as well as The World Wide Fund for Nature Cambodia (WWF Cambodia), will request The Anlong Kampi Irrawaddy dolphin conservation area in Kratie province be added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations (FAO) has kicked off a weeklong provincial level training workshop aimed at strengThening national capacity on analysis and interpretation of agricultural statistics and data.  ...

The government is preparing legislation to regulate The establishment of a corporate bond market that would give local companies a new debt instrument to raise capital for Their operations or expansion. ...

Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan has summoned a student from the country’s top state journalism school for a meeting at his office after she used a post on her Facebook page to question the sense of a guest lecture he delivered last week. Mr. Siphan ...

A Defense Ministry official has requested that vehicles bearing Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) license plates be exempt from paying the country’s road tax, noting that a recent increase in inspections by tax officials could hurt “military officers’ feelings.” ...

On 26 September 2023, the General Department of Taxation issued an announcement on the postponement of the payment of property tax and unused land tax for 2023 until October 31, 2023.In order to enable property owners who are willing to fulfill these tax declaration obligations ...

The opposition CNRP has written to The embassies of Singapore and Malaysia requesting copies of draft agreements with The Cambodian government on sending migrant workers to The countries that They say They were not privy to. A Ministry of Labor official last month said The government ...

On 18 August 2017, the National Bank of Cambodia issued a press release to strengthen customer protection as follows:Fines 400 million Riel (US $ 100,000) to microfinance institutions (MFIs) that do not comply with the laws and regulations, especially the Prakas on transparency in the ...

The government will not consult civil society groups on The latest iteration of a draft law that will regulate non-governmental organisations and associations, a senior Interior Ministry official said yesterday. Meas Sarim, deputy director-general of The General Department of Local Administration at The Ministry of Interior ...

The Alliance of Rice Producers and Exporters of Cambodia (ARPEC) has proposed a “Code of Conduct” for rice exporters of The country to prevent contamination of rice from oTher origins in rice exports to EU member countries. Under The Everything But Arms (EBA) trade ...

Farmers and the authorities in Svay Rompear commune, Kampong Leng district, Kampong Chhnang province said they would continue to seek court permission to recover five tractors that authorities had impounded on March 26, ...

A delegation of more than 30 Japanese businesspeople yesterday met with the Council for the Development of Cambodia to discuss investment opportunities in the Kingdom, after seeing what they said were vast improvements in domestic legal and tax regulations.  However, no definite decisions had yet ...

Two ministries on February 22 ordered factory owners and directors in the textile, garment, bag and travel-goods export sectors to register with Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) and obtain certification on working conditions. ...

Police on Friday warned labour union leader Pav Sina that if he continues to lead protests – thereby violating the rules of a court order – he will be arrested. the Collective Union of Movement of Workers leader was called to the Choam Chao commune police ...

The Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved projects worth a total $3.5 billion in The first half of this year – a 14 per cent increase compared to The same period last year, a statement released on Saturday said. ...

Employees of the Ocean Garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district continued to protest Monday against management’s decision to ignore an Arbitration Council ruling on owed wages. Cheng Chhorn, secretary general of the Collective Union of Movement of Workers, said the workers will march to ...

09 March 2021, the Ministry of Economy and Finance released an instruction on the requirement to work from home for a 1-week period in order to prevent COVID-19 transmission which has been continually spreading in Cambodia since the community transmission event on 20 February 2021. ...

The Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology, Thor Chetha, on January 19, presided over The handover ceremony of “Mavic 3E Drone and Bathymetric” with The help of Chinese company Guang Dong and closing training courses on use for measurement and service to The water resources ...