<p>A group of international businesses in the garment industry have expressed concern over the labour and human rights situation in the country. On Thursday, the group – which includes Nike, Adidas, and Levi Strauss – sent a letter to prime Minister Hun Sen pleading with ...p>

<p>The inter-ministerial committee responsible for developing drainage and water treatment systems has agreed to proceed with an infrastructure project to provide preah Sihanouk province’s Sihanoukville with the capacity to treat up to 30,000 cubic metres of wastewater per day. An agreement was made during an ...p>

<p>Cambodian courts and police authorities have summoned a total of 140 ex-members of the opposition party in recent weeks, a local human rights group said, as government efforts to intimidate and suppress the opposition continue more than a year after the party was banned.&nbsp;Dozens of ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Health formally launched the Kingdom’s first digital hospital service, using the new peth Yoeung system, on Thursday at preah Ang Duong Hospital in phnom penh following a successful one-month trial. peth Yoeung, an innovative web-based hospital operating management system for the digital ...p>

<p>Asian Development Bank yesterday approved a $60 million loan to Cambodia to boost labor skills and competitiveness and help the government’s efforts to transit the economy into a skills-driven one.&nbsp;Cambodia is ranked 110th out of 140 economies in the 2018 Global Competitiveness Report, based on ...p>

<p>Officials said that the nearly 20,000ha of paddy fields in Battambang’s Sangke district that faced drought have been rescued, with parts of the province receiving some rain recently. Chhim Vichara, the director of the provincial agricultural department, said on Tuesday that although some 18,000ha of ...p>

<p>The Cambodia Development Council (CDC) has approved more than $1.8 billion in investment projects during the first six months of this year, research by The post has shown. According to its calculations, the CDC’s data shows that during the period from January to this week, ...p>

<p>Six people were arrested, nearly 20 vehicles destroyed and over 2,000 first-grade timber logs were impounded in a span of four days last week. This was the result of a series of crackdowns on forestry crimes carried out by the National Committee for prevention and ...p>

<p>While Cambodia welcomes an ongoing influx of Chinese tourists, investment and development, the world at large increasingly suspects that China is launching a military build-up in the country for stronger Chinese influence in Southeast Asia. Dara Sakor, a new China-backed coastal resort in Koh Kong ...p>

<p>Cambodia yesterday urged Asean member countries to jointly combat the spread of substandard and counterfeit medicines which are endangering people’s health and welfare and affecting economic growth in the region.&nbsp;Defence Minister General Tea Banh, representing prime Minister Hun Sen, made the call during the 14th ...p>

<p>The government is set to amend traffic laws as the nationwide death toll from road accidents continue to rise. Speaking at the 2nd annual conference on road safety on Thursday, Minister of public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol, who is also vice-chairman of the National ...p>

<p>Three children were killed and nearly 1,300 families evacuated to higher ground due to floods caused by heavy rains and rising water level of the Mekong River, the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said. NCDM spokesman Keo Vy told The post on Thursday that ...p>

<p>In the first eight months of the year, Cambodia exported 1.6 million tonnes of paddy rice to neighbouring Vietnam through informal channels, a recent report from the Ministry of Agriculture revealed.&nbsp;That figure is significantly higher than the total amount of milled rice shipped abroad through ...p>

<p>The National Authority for Combating Drug and its counterparts in partner countries are set to establish a joint working group to investigate and share information on cross-border drug crimes in the region.&nbsp;NACD vice chairman General Chuon Sovann on Tuesday led a delegation to attend a ...p>

<p>prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday that under his leadership Cambodia had never fallen after countries withdrew aid, and that the Kingdom would continue to remain strong. Hun Sen was presiding over a ceremony at the Chaktomuk Theatre Hall in phnom penh to commemorate ...p>

<p>The Interior Ministry will meet with NGO officials next week to listen to their requests for the government to amend the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations.&nbsp;In a press statement issued on Monday, the ministry said the meeting will enable representatives of local and international ...p>

<p>In a boast reminiscent of US president Donald Trump, prime Minister Hun Sen went on a tangent on Wednesday before thousands of garment workers in por Sen Chey district extolling his negotiating prowess, calling himself one of the top negotiators in the “history of world ...p>

<p>prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday announced the government’s new strategy for budget reform aimed at enhancing the sound management of public funds. Dubbed ‘Budget system reform programme for 2018-2025’, the new blueprint for the country’s budgetary policy was presented to the public during the ...p>

<p>A small crowd of goods transporters protested at the pailin customs office on Saturday, demanding that authorities reduce the fees for imported goods, a request that was firmly denied.​ Chum Voeun, Stung Kach commune police chief, said that about 18 vendors protested, claiming they could ...p>

<p>All species of animals in the Sorng Rukhavoan Wildlife Sanctuary are facing danger no thanks to night hunters, despite concerted efforts to stop the crimes, say activists and environment officials. The 30,254-hectare sanctuary spans across the Sorng Rukhavorn and Rattanak Rokha community forests, as well ...p>