An absence of public transport, improved roads and the economic development of Cambodia’s rural areas was reflected in an increase in vehicle registrations by 7.7 per cent from 2011 to 2012, official data shows. However, as an insider said yesterday, many cars and motorcycles will ...

A youth group headed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s youngest son has been chosen as the local winner of the Asean People’s Award, which will be given to one recipient from each Asean nation at the regional bloc’s annual summit in Kuala Lumpur later this ...

Cambodia’s government and civil society yesterday expressed worry over the lack of progress on finalising the draft text for an international climate change treaty set to be adopted at UN climate talks in Paris (COP 21) after the final round of negotiations concluded in Bonn, ...

For many years, Phnom Penh’s villas have represented the most attractive and obvious options for both commercial and residential use in the city, but experts say the number of villas available is on the decline. the stock of villas is decreasing, due to the demolition and ...

New and existing companies listed on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) will have their taxes halved by the Cambodian government, a move that is being labelled as a generous attempt to boost activity on the bourse. the sub-decree, which was signed off by Prime Minister Hun ...

On 17 May 2022, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on​ the dissemination ceremony on the implementation of the Tourism Recovery Co-Financing Scheme – TRCS. the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has adopted and launched the “Strategic Framework and Programs for ...

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs is spearheading calls for a pregnant woman rushed out of this year’s national exam after going into labour to be allowed to re-sit The test amid strict reforms, which include no second chances for those who “fail”.Twenty-five-year-old Pich Sam Ath ...

The number of traffic accidents over Lunar New Year has decreased since last year due to more widespread knowledge of The upcoming traffic law, government officials and road safety experts say. ...

On 27 October 2021, the Asian Vision Institute issued a press release on the Asian Vision Institute and the Ministry of Environment​ signed the MOU on the cooperation on environmental management and sustainable development.the Ministry of Environment, represented by​ H.E. Dr Vann Monyneath, General Secretariat ...

The Information Ministry will use a new form of media pass for journalists working in Cambodia by The end of January in order to easily manage and collect data from journalists. ...

On 4 May 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a joint press release of the foreign ministries of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia and the Kingdom of Thailand. Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand are privileged to host three important leaders’ ...

Cambodian officials say the country’s economic growth rate is set to exceed seven percent this year. According to financial analysts even if the global economy slows, Cambodia is well prepared to deal with it, partly because of strong foreign investment. But the billions of dollars ...

Due to the expansion of economic and business activities between Cambodia and China, since early August the Bank of China has been negotiation with National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on the promotion of business transactions in Chinese yuan. It is part of a larger but quiet ...

Cambodia’s Minister of Defense Tea Banh on Monday dismissed suspicions that his government had reneged on accepting an offer from the U.S. to upgrade buildings at a naval base in Preah Sihanouk province because it plans to host Chinese military assets at the site. In a ...

Forty NGOs from around the world have called on the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague to begin preliminary examinations into claims that Cambodia’s “ruling elite” were accused of committing crimes against humanity. On October 7, British lawyer Richard Rogers submitted ...

A campaign organised by Cambodians has led the country’s first vice-president of the National Assembly to urge Australia to back down from its bid to resettle refugees there. Kem Sokha said in a letter to the Australian Ambassador to Cambodia, Alison Burrows, that the deal to ...

On 22 September 2022, the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia has posted an Instruction on the termination of the provision of additional services to consumers in the form of “loan scheme” on their official Facebook site. According to the Instruction, all mobile phone service providers in Cambodia ...

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 ...

Commercial lenders have said the central bank’s requirement that banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs) increase the share of local currency in their loan portfolio to at least 10 percent by the end of 2019 could prove challenging to implement as their biggest clients exhibit a ...