<p>Oxfam Cambodia and Amru Rice will launch next month a pilot programme based on blockchain and smart contract technology to improve living standards for local farmers.&nbsp;The project, called BlocRice, is powered by cutting-edge technologies and aims to improve farmers’ livelihoods by increasing the transparency and ...p>

<p>About 10 villagers from Chroy Changvar district’s prek Tasek commune stopped workers of a development firm from clearing their land to build a fence demarcating a planned satellite city.&nbsp;Commune resident Chheng Heak said six workers from the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC), which is developing ...p>

<p>A new customs and immigration terminal is planned at the poipet International Border Gate in Banteay Meanchey province, on the Cambodian side of the common border with Thailand, to cater to an expected increase of foreign tourists when the railway linking both countries is completed ...p>

<p>Kampot provincial authorities have warned some 100 families who have settled on land within Bokor National park to leave or face eviction.&nbsp;In a letter, the authorities say the families are living illegally on state land in Chhouk district’s Decho Aphivat commune that is part of ...p>

<p>The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) and China Foreign Trade Center on Tuesday signed a cooperation agreement with the aim of exchanging business and investment information between the two countries.&nbsp;CCC director-general Nguon Meng Tech told Khmer Times yesterday after the agreement signing that both sides ...p>

<p>Tourism Ministry officials outlined plans yesterday for two new vocational training facilities for the country’s growing tourism sector. Try Chhiv, deputy director general of the Ministry of Tourism, said the government will build the first school in phnom penh with a capacity of 1,000 students, ...p>

<p>Kampong Cham authorities met with concerned villagers on Friday over a proposed sand-dredging project that some fear could lead to the collapse of their riverbank. More than 220 families living on the riverbank in Tamieng village thumbprinted a petition delivered to provincial authorities requesting that ...p>

<p>ambodia’s 700,000 garment workers are among those most affected by exchange-rate costs. Their monthly salaries are paid in US dollars, but most of their daily transactions are in riels. Moreover, because they send – on average – about 30 percent of their salaries back to ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Tourism on Thursday issued a prakas or order to curb price rises during big festivities in a bid to promote local tourism.&nbsp;The prakas, signed by Tourism Minister Thong Khon and released on Thursday said the ministry has told tourism operators to manage ...p>

<p>Taiwanese-owner garment manufacturer Grand Twins International (GTI), which posted a 44 percent surge in revenue and a massive 390 percent in net profit last year, attributed the surge to an increase in orders and the decrease of raw material costs, administration costs and total commissions, ...p>

<p>Facebook has long been the key battleground in Cambodian politics, with parties wrestling for the ear of a young and increasingly connected electorate. But recent analytics show a particularly political brand of social media addiction in the Kingdom, even by regional standards, pushing the stakes ...p>

<p>A farmer died after being struck by lightning on Sunday evening while herding his cattle home in Kandal province’s Khsach Kandal district.​ According to a report by the National Committee for Disaster Management, the number of deaths caused by lightning this year has risen to ...p>

<p>Local residents in Battambang town took part in a political debate organized by U.S. Democracy promotion group, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) on Monday ahead of local elections early next month.&nbsp;Attendees asked prospective candidates questions related to citizen’s concerns over unemployment, migration, ...p>

<p>Japan has provided more than $300,000 to aid the government in its construction of a road and three hospitals in four provinces.&nbsp;The $329,736 grant was signed at the Japanese embassy yesterday by the Japanese ambassador, the director of the preah Vihear provincial department of public ...p>

<p>In 2017, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban planning and Construction (MLMUpC) collected about 371 billion riel (about $ 92 million) in revenue last year, according to a report from the ministry. The income from taxes on property transfers alone collected by the General Department ...p>

<p>Land prices in Siem Reap town increased slightly last year compared with the previous year, thanks to the growing strength of the tourism industry, according to insiders. The provincial capital saw prices rise about five percent in residential areas in 2017 and about 10 percent ...p>

<p>Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday called on the government to amend the law on nationalisation and immigration, while a report from the general department of identification revealed 1,518 foreigners were granted Cambodian nationality from 2014 to 2017. presiding over the department’s annual meeting, Mr Kheng ...p>

<p>The National Election Committee has released the official voter list for July’s general election, containing nearly 85 percent of eligible voters.&nbsp;The voter list contains 8,380,217 names out of 9,882,746 eligible voters, or 84.8 percent of those aged 18 and over.&nbsp;There will be 22,967 polling stations ...p>

<p>There were 1,428 forestry and wildlife crimes in 2017, with 778 cases ending up in court and the remaining 650 cases leading to administrative fines.&nbsp;According to the annual report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the cases included illegal logging, the cutting of ...p>

<p>The National Assembly’s permanent Committee met to discuss a proposed lèse majesté law yesterday, as criticism of the law and draft constitutional amendments continued to mount. National Assembly president Heng Samrin presided over the meeting, where it was decided to forward the draft law banning ...p>