<p>Cambodian rubber exports surged 21 percent during the first half of the year, compared to the same period last year, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Sunday. Local producers exported 84,419 tonnes of rubber during the first six months of this year, an increase of ...p>

<p>Garment and textile factory workers are set for an increase in the minimum wage for 2019. The Labour Advisory Committee will decide on Friday how much the figure will rise by after a trilateral meeting on Thursday failed to come to an agreement. With no ...p>

<p>After meeting with the European Commission, prime Minister Hun Sen said he had expected that Cambodia would one day lose its access to the bloc’s “Everything But Arms” (EBA) preferential trade agreement and had “already requested low interest” loans from China, Japan, South Korea and ...p>

<p>The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) cleared more than 30,000 land mines from 75sq km in the first 10 months of this year, the organisation’s director-general said on Monday. Heng Ratana, speaking at a CMAC meeting, said the organisation aims to clear a further 116sq ...p>

<p>France-based Blue Circle has finished a feasibility study for a project to build wind turbines in the Kingdom, with results indicating investment should ensue. The results of the study were presented during a meeting on Monday between company representatives and Suy Sem, the Minister of ...p>

<p>Cambodia’s first Civil Society Day was held on Tuesday, with at least 300 members of civil society groups in attendance at phnom penh’s Hotel Cambodiana for the event. Held under the theme Inclusive partnership for Democratic and Sustainable Development, the day is intended to enable ...p>

<p>The government on Tuesday said it had “noted” 25 recommendations made by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal periodic Review (UpR), saying they were part of a political agenda and linked to the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue party (CNRp). It accepted the other 173 recommendations ...p>

<p>A feasibility study on the construction of a new airport in the Kingdom will be launched later this year, according to a Ministry of Tourism spokesman on Monday. The plan was approved last week in a meeting held by the Ministry of Economy and Finance ...p>

<p>In the first quarter of this year, cargo traffic through the Sihanoukville Autonomous port rose 16 per cent year-on-year, according to Minister of public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol. Chanthol, speaking at the 133rd International Labour Day anniversary in preah Sihanouk province on Wednesday, said ...p>

<p>A United Nations delegation yesterday met with the government to review a report on sustainable development and raise three points regarding social protection initiatives in the Kingdom. According to the UN, a government delegation is expected to attend a series of meetings with the Economic ...p>

<p>The Minister of Agriculture has rejected a request from a Vietnamese company for Cambodia to allow it to export pigs into the Kingdom, while Vietnam continues to suffer a serious outbreak of African swine fever. General Directorate of Animal Health and production director-general Tan phannara ...p>

<p>The public Works and Transport Ministry on Friday said it plans to spend about $170 million to improve Sihanoukville’s wastewater treatment system and deal with floods.&nbsp;Transport Minister Sun Chanthol said during a workshop in the capital that he will push for the budget to be ...p>

<p>The Japan Mine Action Service yesterday pledged its continued support for demining action until 2025, when the Kingdom aims to be mine-free.&nbsp;Nakano Masahito, its technical adviser, said at a press briefing at the Japanese Embassy that JMAS will work hard to help clear landmines and ...p>

<p>City Hall is conducting a feasibility study into having another dumpsite to reduce the burden at the current one in Dangkor district which will be completely filled within two years.&nbsp;City Hall spokesman Met Measpheakdey yesterday said a technical working group is looking for a suitable ...p>

<p>Cambodia, which has shed its status of ‘Sick man of Asia’ is becoming more competitive economically, and the world is starting to notice it.&nbsp;The 2019 Global Competitiveness Report, which was released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Oct 8, ranked Cambodia 106th out of ...p>

<p>Cambodia is aiming to no longer rely on Vietnam and Thailand for bandwidth and access to the international internet gateway.&nbsp;prime Minister Hun Sen during a cabinet meeting on Friday told post and Telecommunication Ministry officials to look into how the Kingdom can have its own ...p>

<p>prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced that about 200 public buses will be provided for people to use for free during pchum Ben in October. Mr Hun Sen made the announcement during a meeting with reps from trade unions and education associations, along with Cpp ...p>

<p>Senior government officials said yesterday that Cambodia needs about 35,000 engineers between 2018 and 2020 to serve in several sectors. pich Sophorn, secretary of state at the Labour Ministry and also vice chairman of the Board of Engineers Cambodia, said yesterday at the board’s annual ...p>

<p>As if highlighting the lack of work skills and experience in the Kingdom, of more than 1,000 job openings in phnom penh alone as of last month, only 150 young applicants were successful at the interview stage. phnom penh Job Center director Aing pheareak told ...p>

<p>The ministry said it had introduced a number of environmental procedures, rules and guidelines to protect, promote and manage environmental issues, and cited major laws such as the 1996 Law on Environmental and Natural Resource Management and the 2008 Law on Natural protected Areas.&nbsp;The ministry ...p>