<p>parts of an environmental impact assessment for the controversial pak Lay dam in Laos was copied word for word from an assessment of the equally contentious pak Beng dam, an advocacy group has claimed.&nbsp;A statement from Save the Mekong, released last week during a meeting ...p>

<p>A European Union delegation on Tuesday visited a fishing community in Svay Rieng province to observe a project aimed at helping them deal with illegal fishing, rear fish, and farm without using chemicals in peam Ro district. The community project in the district’s Baborng commune ...p>

<p>An assessement of plans to build a groundbreaking trade logistics centre west of phnom penh will begin soon, the Ministry of public Works and Transportation said. An early stage feasibility analysis of the phnom penh Logistics Complex is set to begin early next year, supported ...p>

<p>The Swedish Embassy in Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding with the Royal University of phnom penh (RUpp) on Wednesday to fund a high-quality training and research institute. The agreement is worth in the region of $10 million for a four-year pilot phase focusing on ...p>

<p>The UN Children’s Agency has called for a new policy to protect Cambodian children from bullying. In a statement released to coincide with Safer Internet Day on Tuesday, Unicef said young people between the ages of 15 and 25 years olds were particularly at risk.&nbsp;Natascha ...p>

<p>Two US congressmen on Tuesday introduced the Cambodia Trade Act bill to ask US president Donald Trump’s administration to review the preferential trade treatment under the General System of preferences that Cambodia receives from the United States. The CTA bill will require the administration to ...p>

<p>Cambodia produced more that 13 million tonnes of cassava last year, a drop on 2017 despite a six per cent increase in cultivation to 650,510ha nationwide, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The data shows Cambodia produced 13,750,076 tonnes of cassava last ...p>

<p>Some 10 of the 90 Kampong Speu province mining companies ordered to stop have been permitted to resume operations after meeting guidelines laid out by authorities, a Ministry of Mines and Energy official told The post on Tuesday. The firms were earlier ordered to cease ...p>

<p>The Kingdom is steadily implementing “digital government” systems to manage society by using modern computer techniques that require more skilled human resources, Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said on Monday. Speaking during a visit to some 2,000 retired civil servants and military veterans in Battambang ...p>

<p>Following a provincial court order, Ratanakkiri Military police on April 16 arrested 12 Vietnamese nationals accused of crossing the border into Cambodia and illegally clearing forest land. The accused are now being detained at phnom Svay prison in the province. Ratanakkiri military police commander Thav ...p>

<p>Cambodia’s economy remains in a “robust” condition but economic growth is projected to slow slightly this year compared to last, mainly due to weaker than expected external demand, according to a World Bank report released on Wednesday. The bank forecast the Cambodian economy to grow ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Interior on Tuesday gave its approval to Real Camerin to name his new political party the Khmer Conservative party, after his first proposal, the Khmer Empire party, was denied last month. Camerin, a former lawmaker of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue ...p>

<p>A dolphin conservation group has revealed it recently found a newborn Irrawaddy dolphin swimming among adults in the Mekong River in Kratie province, the sixth calf to be discovered this year. Mok ponlok, provincial deputy director of the Fisheries Administration and head of the Irrawaddy ...p>

<p>Development partners on Thursday asked the Mekong River Commission to prioritise policies to protect the basin in future development strategies, noting that the Mekong river basin is among the most vulnerable regions due to climate change. Representatives from Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, the ...p>

<p>The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has reminded newly-elected municipal, provincial, town and district councillors that they are obliged to declare their assets and debts within a maximum of 30 days after taking office or they will be forced to resign from office. But councillors who declared ...p>

<p>Dozens&nbsp;of patients with mental health disorders were admitted to the newly built Mental Health Rehab Centre in Kandal province’s Kandal Stung district. The centre was established under the Ministries of Social Affairs, Health and Interior. The three-hectare treatment facility was funded with a $500,000 budget ...p>

<p>The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) including Cambodia are greatly benefiting from the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Cambodian experts said here on Thursday. Kin phea, director-general of the International Relations Institute Cambodia (IRIC), an arm of the Royal Academy ...p>

<p>A plan to establish a $5.5 million luxury tree breeding centre was set in motion during a meeting between the Agriculture Ministry and China’s Asia-pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation yesterday. The plan was raised by Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon and Zhao Shucong, ...p>

<p>An international business conglomerate with roots in India and an Indian automaker are looking at partnering with the Cambodian government on a project that will strengthen the Kingdom’s public transportation system and make Cambodia a producer and exporter of electric buses.&nbsp;According to a press release ...p>

<p>The National Assembly is drafting a law to take action against doctors and patients who collude with each other to cheat the National Social Security Fund into paying for false medical expenses.&nbsp;Chheang Vun, chairman of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Information and Media ...p>