<p>Cambodia exported more than 282,071 tonnes of rubber last year, a 30 per cent increase from 2018’s 217,501 tonnes, a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report said. The commodity reeled in $377 million in revenue last year, up 32 per cent from 2018’s $286 ...p>

<p>The Battambang provincial Department of Environment is continuing to search for the owners of nine illegal charcoal kilns that were destroyed by forest rangers on Monday at the phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary. Department director Kort Boran said on Tuesday that seven rangers at the wildlife ...p>

<p>The government downgraded its economic growth forecast for this year to 6.1 per cent from its earlier 6.5 per cent projection, Ministry of Economy and Finance undersecretary of state phan phalla said on Thursday. Speaking at a public forum on Macroeconomic Management and Budget Law ...p>

<p>The loss of trade preferences in Europe would be more than offset if Cambodia manages to enter a free trade agreement (FTA) with China, said Cambodian Chamber of Commerce (CCC) president Kith Meng.&nbsp;Meng on Tuesday said landing an FTA with the second-largest economy in the ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport will on Monday launch “Komar Rien Komar Cheh”, an early childhood education programme supported by USAID, Global partnership for Education (GpE), Unesco, Unicef and many other NGO partners.&nbsp;The event will be presided over by Minister of Education, Youth ...p>

<p>Authorities over the weekend blocked the prey Lang Community Network (pLCN) from holding a tree ordination ceremony in the prey Lang protected forest area across four provinces, citing its failure to obtain permission to hold the event.​&nbsp;The pLCN had organised a two-day ceremony in the ...p>

<p>Ministry of Environment officials have warned it will take legal action against prey Lang Community Network (pLCN) and several other organisations if they continue to collect deforestation data in the area.&nbsp;The ministry’s warning comes after pLCN suggested a new programme that would use satellite imagery ...p>

<p>Suspected timber smugglers have gotten off the hook in the vast majority of busts that have followed prime Minister Hun Sen’s January call for a crackdown on the illegal timber trade, a post analysis has revealed. In the wake of the prime minister’s creation of ...p>

<p>Some 190 Bunong indigenous people in Mondulkiri province are expressing concern that land sales in the Tring and pupe mountain areas could result in a loss of cultural sites and their ancestral identities.&nbsp;Chean Vanna, one of their representatives in pou Lung village, told The post ...p>

<p>Unlocking greater access to formal finance for Cambodian women will play a strategic role in the process of the Kingdom’s economic development, National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) director-general Chea Serey said on Monday. She said this at the Training on the Trainers (ToT) programme on&nbsp;Financial ...p>

<p>Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Hang Chuon Naron encouraged youths to participate in the annual Cambodia STEM Festival, which is held online from January 25-29.&nbsp;This year’s theme is “prepare for the Future” because Cambodia will need an increase of professionals in science, technology, engineering ...p>

<p>In July, conservationists in Cambodia sounded the alarm over a regulation that saw eight protected areas in Koh Kong province collectively lose territory twice the size of phnom penh, the country’s capital. Officials said the move, affecting nearly 127,000 hectares (314,000 acres) under Sub-decree No. ...p>

<p>Sun Chanthol, Minister of public Works and Transport and permanent Deputy Chairman of the 38-Road Infrastructure project, accompanied Tea Banh, Deputy prime Minister and Minister of Defense to inspect the construction site, pavement, AC concrete, drainage system of 38 road infrastructure project in Siem Reap ...p>

<p>Officials said the Stung Sen River water levels in Kampong Thom province have finally begun to drop after exceeding the alert level late last week, but warned of more rain in the coming days.&nbsp;He Koeun, director of the provincial Department of Water Resources and Meteorology, ...p>

<p>The World Bank has upheld its economic growth forecast for Cambodia this year at 5.5 percent, supported by the resurgence of the services sector, particularly tourism, following the post-pandemic recovery. This projection is in contrast with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which revised its growth ...p>

<p>The autumnal equinox will occur this year on September 23. The phenomenon, which signifies an equal duration of day and night due to the Earth’s position in its orbit around the sun, happens twice a year in September and March. At these times, the sun ...p>

<p>The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) has announced the “success” of recent human rights dialogue between the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and the UN Office at Geneva. It noted that the talks had made a significant contribution to the implementation of a ...p>

<p>While river fishermen are claiming to have had smaller catches this season, experts are predicting that this year’s freshwater fish yields will be double that of previous years.&nbsp;Heng Kong, director of the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute at the Fisheries Administration (FiA), predicted that ...p>

<p>Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina recommended that the Technical Secretariat on Economic Land Concessions maintain a database of the companies which received economic land concessions. Regular inter-ministerial meetings should be held to deliver updates on the progress of each of the companies.​ ...p>

<p>General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) said that they have collected more than $2.69 billion in 2022, an increase of 18.3 per cent over 2021 revenue.​ In a February 3 annual meeting in Kep province, GDCE director general Kun Nhem said that the figure ...p>