Secretary of state of the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Long Visalo led a working group to a disputed area of the border with Vietnam in Tbong Khmum province yesterday, officials said.  ...

Vietnam has stopped construction of a road near its border with Kampot province after Cambodian officials complained that the project was coming too close to the borderline, according to a provincial border police official. ...

Commercial occupancy rates stayed almost flat in the first half of this year, with vacancy rates seeing only a marginal decline, according to a new semi-annual report from property consultancy firm Knight Frank. ...

Cambodia has earned nearly US$40 million from foreign tourists who visited Angkor Wat in the first eight months of this year, according to a report released Friday. ...

The Rural Development Bank (RDB), a state-own institution, plans to request an additional $50 million to beef up the government-led emergency fund for the agriculture sector, according to a bank representative. ...

A high-ranking Chinese official has vowed to boost ties with Cambodia to a new high, noting that the Kingdom has steady economic development during a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. ...

The human rights wing of the International Bar Association has found Cambodia’s judiciary is riddled with problems that corrode citizens’ rights to a fair trial, including widespread graft.   ...

A senior investigator at rights group Adhoc has warned that regional economic integration will lead to a flood of Cambodians migrating elsewhere in search of jobs that pay better than those at home. ...

The Kingdom’s much-maligned drug rehabilitation programs may be getting a facelift, thanks to a new government-led push towards ‘community-based treatment’, according to officials and NGOs working in the sector.  ...

A high school director in Prey Veng province accused of embezzling thousands of dollars was transferred to a new position with the provincial government on Wednesday following a protest by students and teachers. ...

About 130 hectares of protected wetlands in three villages in Kampong Chhnang province’s Boribor district were consumed in forest fires last week, according to a police report issued by the Interior Ministry. ...

Authorities have bolstered security across Cambodia in response to last week’s coordinated terror attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead, according to a statement posted to the National Police’s website on Tuesday. ...

Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron was questioned in front of a parliamentary panel yesterday, offering lawmakers a nine-point policy for reforming the Kingdom’s educational sector, according to a ministry official. ...

The value of construction projects approved by the government in 2015 increased by 33 percent to about $3.33 billion compared to the previous year, according to a government report obtained on Sunday. ...

Australian banking giant ANZ has come under fire for its response to a scandal over its financing of a sugar plantation previously linked to forced evictions and child labour in Kampong Speu province. ...

The judiciary is perceived as the most corrupt government institution in the Kingdom, according to a United Nations Development Programme global survey of corruption in the judiciary released on Friday.   ...

The labor minister has ordered workers’ identities to be re-registered with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), according to a statement released yesterday and signed by Ith Samheng, the Minister for Labor. ...

Representatives from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Ministry of Environment and a handful of climate advocates met in Phnom Penh yesterday to brainstorm ways the country can transition to a “sustainable energy future”. ...

Importers can expect a substantial increase in the “specific tax” component of certain products, especially automobiles and auto spare parts, according to a sub-decree by the Customs and Excise Department released yesterday. ...

Cambodia passed a key Millennium Development Goal milestone last year with half of rural areas now having access to clean drinking water, according to a Ministry of Rural Development annual report released yesterday. ...