<p>Agricultural sector insiders said relying on neighbouring markets to source raw materials for Cambodia’s agriculture products is a short-term strategy that needs to be managed. During a discussion, last week with Vu Quang Minh, Vietnamese ambassador to Cambodia, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng ...p>

<p>Information Minister Khieu Kanharith yesterday confirmed that the draft law on Access to Information has been inserted into the 6th mandate of the government’s strategic plan. In an announcement dated yesterday that addressed public and civil society groups’ requests, Mr Kanharith said the ministry had ...p>

<p>With a quarter of construction work already completed, the new port in Kampot province will become the country’s main gateway to tourism destinations in the region, the minister of tourism said. The seaport, which is being built​in Tek Chhou district, will be able​to accommodate one ...p>

<p>prime Minister Hun Sen has called on people to be careful in thunderstorms, which have so far this year killed at least three people and destroyed scores of homes, with more predicted in April and May. The prime minister also ordered the Cambodian Red Cross ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Health has called on the people to take 11 preventive measures to protect themselves from food or alcohol poisoning during the Khmer New Year celebration. Those who felt unwell should immediately seek medical treatment, it said. On Friday, the ministry said hundreds ...p>

<p>Cambodia collected some $1.68 billion in revenue from customs and taxation during the first three months of this year, said prime Minister Hun Sen. Speaking recently at the 18th Government-private Sector Forum, he said revenue from the Kingdom’s customs fees accounted for about $668 million ...p>

<p>UN human rights experts have expressed concern about what they call an escalating trend of silencing political opinion, saying the government has used criminal law to deny former Cambodia National Rescue party (CNRp) members’ the rights to expression and to hold gatherings. However, senior government ...p>

<p>The Agriculture Ministry has ordered officials to investigate and take action against people who illegally cleared state land in Kampong Chhnang province’s in Rolea Ba’ier district.&nbsp;Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon yesterday said that after receiving information about the land grab in the district’s Trapaing Ampil, pra ...p>

<p>Some 40 people representing 180 families from Kantuot commune in preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district on Wednesday gathered at the Ministry of Interior to submit their complaint seeking intervention in a long-standing land dispute. The 180 families have been locked in an eight-year dispute ...p>

<p>As the Ministry of Interior prepares to meet NGOs for the third time next Thursday, Kratie provincial governor Va Thorn has urged an estimated 152 civil society organisations, associations and communities in the province to follow the law, maintain political neutrality and refrain from getting ...p>

<p>prime Minister Hun Sen and representatives from more than 10 political parties on Wednesday met with the Supreme Council for Consultation and Recommendations to review the body’s work after one-year of operation. Writing on his official Facebook page, Hun Sen said he criticised laziness and ...p>

<p>Cambodia and Laos have begun to withdraw troops from disputed territory in preah Vihear province after senior military officials from both sides conducted negotiations.&nbsp;Senior military officers Lieutenant General Srey Doek and Major General Duang Chan recently negotiated with Major General Soukai phommasone, Laos’ Champassak provincial ...p>

<p>The Koh Kong provincial Administration is probing a news report that a private company had colluded with the local authorities to buy 40ha in the Botum Sakor National park. provincial hall spokesman Sok Sothy said on Sunday that the administration was only aware of one ...p>

<p>The document, titled phnom penh 2030, showed that landed homes will increase threefold over the next 13 years. The valuation company claims the total currently stands at 150,000 but will hit 450,000 by 2030.&nbsp;VTrust’s report anticipates an average of 25,000 new landed units to hit ...p>

<p>Battambang provincial court has charged a man who illegally cleared hundreds of hectares of protected forest land for sale as housing lots in Battambang province’s Samlot district since 2015.&nbsp;Long Vuthy, 48, was arrested on September 15 by joint forces from the provincial authority and National ...p>

<p>A report from the General Department of Taxation (GDT) released on Wednesday showed that the department collected $2.183 billion in taxes, while prime Minister Hun Sen on the same day announced that $2.384 billion in customs and excise duties was collected during the period. GDT ...p>

<p>Cambodia’s construction sector continues to grow given the gradual increase of investments in the sector and large imports of construction materials into the country, according to the latest report released on Thursday by the World Bank.&nbsp;The World Bank’s East Asia and pacific Economic Update predicted ...p>

<p>Environmental officials in pursat are questioning rangers over how a group of local journalists discovered nearly 100 logs of luxury timber inside a wildlife sanctuary. After receiving a tip, the journalists, representing 24 small online media outlets, teamed up with five local policemen on Tuesday ...p>

<p>About 70 families who live in floating houses along the Tonle Sap river in Kampong Chhnang province say excessive heat and low water levels have resulted in large-scale die-offs on their fish farms. Van Srey Em, a fishery community representative in both phsar Chhnang and ...p>

<p>Ministry of Environment rangers will soon receive training from experts with the US Forest Service in a bid to improve their ability to crack down on forest crimes and protect conservation areas. US Forest Service officials on Tuesday met with Environment Minister Say Sam Al ...p>