Samdech Hun Sen, President of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and former Prime Minister of Cambodia, has recommended the Royal Government not be afraid of spending money to rent a unique plane to bring home the Cambodian nationals from Israel if the Israeli government requests ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet has approved the requests of all 30 of the political parties which applied to join the Supreme Council for Consultation and Recommendation, according to Chhim Phal Vorun, head of the council secretariat. ...

During a two-year stretch of the Covid-19 pandemic from June 25, 2020 through June 25 of this year, the Cambodian government spent $714.9 million to help 700,000 poor and vulnerable households, according to Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation spokesman Touch Channy. ...

The Asian Development Bank is engaged in developing a new project called ‘Skills for Future Economy’ with the purpose of improving the industry in Cambodia, according to a senior officer of the Royal Government of Cambodia. ...

The establishment of the Media & Information Literacy Network Cambodia (MIL-KH) is an important step towards providing problem-solving and critical thinking skills to young Cambodians to help them safely use digital communications, according to Oung Chanthol, executive director of the Women’s Media Centre of Cambodia ...

A biodiversity team from Conservation International Cambodia (CI Cambodia) is surveying and identifying birds in the Central Cardamom Mountains National Park, while wildlife research teams from the Ministry of Environment and World Wide Fund for Nature Cambodia (WWF Cambodia) – with participation from members of ...

Cambodia expects to receive millions of dollars next month in proceeds from the sale of nearly 300,000 barrels of crude oil stolen by the Bahamas-flagged tanker MT Strovolos last year following a payment dispute with the Apsara oil field’s Singaporean developer, KrisEnergy, according to a ...

Hodo Group, a private textile and garment maker based in Wuxi, Jiangsu province in East China, said it would strive to become a world-class enterprise, said Zhou Haijiang, board chairman of the group and a delegate to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party ...

Over the past 22 years, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has distributed 1,356,396.16ha of land to 487,157 households, including members of the armed forces, border police officers and poor people. ...

The value of Cambodian trade with the nine other ASEAN countries reached $16.053 billion in 2022 – up 1.4 per cent from $15.838 million in 2021 – accounting for a 30.62 per cent share of the Kingdom’s $52.425 billion in total foreign trade for the ...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport held an event marking the third anniversary of personalised number plates for vehicles being introduced to the Kingdom. In the past three years, the ministry has generated around $28 million from the sales of personalised plates and another ...

Cambodia is about to embark on a major journey to control plastic waste with the avowed purpose of enabling sustainable development and the creation of a circular economy (CE) that can help achieve the country’s 2050 twin targets of becoming carbon neutral as well as ...

The China-Laos-Thailand round-trip train, an extension of the China-Laos Railway, was successfully launched on Tuesday. The new efficient, stable cold chain channel is expected to inject new impetus into trade between China and member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. ...

Cambodia urged the US-ASEAN Business Council to explore the possibility of investing in the health sector and private hospitals in the Kingdom. Boun Sarakmoni, Secretary of State, in a meeting also told the visiting delegates to consider investing in the processing and packaging of agricultural ...

Cambodia imported $904.3 million worth of “electronics” in 2022 – surging by 33.2 per cent from $678.9 million in 2021 – with the fourth quarter accounting for the lion’s share at 28.61 per cent of the annual total, according to figures from the finance ministry’s ...

Li Shulei, head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, led a CPC delegation to Cambodia from Saturday to Sunday, saying China is ready to work with Cambodia to strengthen communication and cultural cooperation to build an exemplary model ...

The total capital of businesses enrolled through the Online Business Registration System (OBRS) via IT Platform phase I – commonly known as Single Portal – had reached almost $10 billion as of January 22, with the number of listed companies increasing to over 32,000, official ...

Cambodia is known for its rich cultural diversity, including ethnic minorities and indigenous communities. As the country has developed, efforts have been made to recognize and protect these groups’ rights through policies and initiatives to promote inclusivity, preserve cultural heritage, and address issues such as ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated a dataset on “Allocated land for social land concession” by adding the two new map features in Pursat from the sub-decree no. 42 on the cutting of 1,130 hectares of land in Say village, Prongil commune, Phnum Kravanh district, Pursat ...

Construction on a Phnom Penh tower block. Photo by Axel Drainville, taken on 4 May 2011. Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0The construction industry has boomed in Cambodia. From 2000 to November 2018, Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction approved 43,136 construction projects representing ...