<p>Today (Tuesday) marks the final day for the EU Commission for Trade to receive the opinions of the EU bloc’s 28 member-states before deciding whether to suspend the Everything But Arms (EBA) tariff preferences for Cambodia. However a unanimous decision will be required to withdraw ...p>

<p>Cambodia has unveiled several measures to support local manufacturers and exporters in case the European Union (EU) decides to temporarily strip trade preferences from the country, according to China’s Xinhua News Agency.&nbsp;The Cambodian Ministry of Commerce issued a statement on February 12, saying that it ...p>

<p>In an agreement signed at the Embassy of Japan in phnom penh on Tuesday, Shanti Volunteer Association (SVA) received a $529,068 grant from from the Japanese government to carry out its projects aimed at improving early childhood education in Battambang. In a press release, the ...p>

<p>US-based supporters of Cambodia’s former opposition party have launched a campaign to lobby US lawmakers to support legislation aimed at placing sanctions on the Cambodian government. The activists are planning to call and petition lawmakers to urge them to support the Cambodia Trade Act and ...p>

<p>Two men who allegedly led some 30 villagers to illegally grab and clear forest land within the Ream National park for private ownership were detained by the preah Sihanouk provincial authority on Saturday. Neth pheaktra, secretary of state and spokesperson of the Ministry of Environment, ...p>

<p>preah Sihanouk provincial authorities have announced they would not recognise the more than 200 families who had illegally built makeshift huts and planted boundary markers on state and private land at Rithy II village in Stung Hav district’s Keo phos commune. Stung Hav district governor ...p>

<p>The government has contributed more than $110 million toward mine clearance operations, management of mine action institutions and through tax exemptions on demining equipment over the last 10 years. Ly Thuch, first vice president of Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, yesterday disclosed this ...p>

<p>Despite losing its duty-free export status in the EU, the Kingdom’s rice exports saw a six per cent increase in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, according to figures released by the Secretariat of One Window Service for ...p>

<p>Cambodia is currently among the fastest electrifying countries in the world, with coverage reaching 89.1 per cent as of the end of 2017, a newly published World Bank report says. The Kingdom has made significant progress in providing access to electricity, becoming one of four ...p>

<p>Five new chainsaws and six makeshift tractors were impounded by the prey preah Roka Forest Community Network (ppRFCN) and rangers during a three-day forest patrol from June 7-9 in preah Vihear province. Sun pov, a ppRFCN representative who also participated in the forest protection campaign, ...p>

<p>The Japanese government is set to grant about $4.6 million in aid to Cambodia to support economic and social development in the Kingdom.&nbsp;According to a Foreign Affairs Ministry statement, Minister prak Sokhonn and Japanese Ambassador Horinouchi Hidehisa will sign the Exchange of Notes and related ...p>

<p>The Koh Kong provincial court on Tuesday heard the case of Spanish environmental activist Alejandro “Alex” Gonzalez-Davidson, who is accused of being an accomplice in “threatening to cause destruction, defacement or damage” and inciting others to do the same. Gonzalez-Davidson’s defence lawyer, Sam Chamroeun, said ...p>

<p>Battambang provincial governor Nguon Ratanak oversaw the distribution of land titles on Tuesday following a 20-year-long land dispute between villagers and soldiers. Speaking during the distribution in Bavel district’s prey preal village on Tuesday, the governor said the disputed land was divided into 51 plots ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation has told The Rabbit School, a local NGO that educates autistic students, to move its operations from government-run National Borei for Infants and Children (NBIC) to a new premise, school director Hun Touch said. The ministry’s ...p>

<p>Minister of Commerce pan Sorasak on Wednesday said the Cambodian government has focused on its competitiveness strategies and the growth of Industry 4.0 in the Kingdom to withstand the trends of global protectionism and geopolitical polarisation. Speaking at a workshop on “Cambodian Trade Integration Strategy ...p>

<p>The director of the Natural Resource and Wildlife preservation Organisation (NRWpO) requested the Ministry of Environment on Tuesday order an investigation into an alleged land grab in phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary in Oral district’s Trapaing Chor commune in Kampong Speu province. NRWpO director Chea Hean ...p>

<p>The Interior Ministry is set to fine six political parties for not submitting their annual reports and financial statements for two consecutive years. Bun Honn, a ministry secretary of state, yesterday said the six parties are among 44 which are registered in the Kingdom. Speaking ...p>

<p>The government will spend some $4 million on the Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development project phase II (Lased II) to benefit almost 600 families in prasat Balang district’s Doung commune in Kampong Thom province. The land allocation is aimed at alleviating poverty in ...p>

<p>Twenty-three residents of preah Sihanouk province’s Bit Traing commune in prey Nop district, who are entrenched in an eight-year land dispute, were urged on Wednesday by the Ministry of Justice to submit legal documents as proof of ownership to preah Sihanouk provincial Court. “We do ...p>

<p>The Apsara Authority has announced that it will begin construction of canals surrounding forest areas in Angkor Archeological park in Siem Reap province this week in a bid to preserve the historical site.&nbsp;Chum Sopheakmakara, acting director-general of the Apsara Authority, in a statement issued on ...p>