<p>Officials from Koh Kong province’s environment department have confirmed that the construction of a yellow vine processing plant has been halted after a directive from the Environment Ministry.​&nbsp;Department chief Morn phalla said that while the plant’s construction had ceased, factory equipment was on the site ...p>

<p>The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) issued a prakas, or directive, last week instructing commercial banks and microfinance institutions to make out more riel loans to their customers, in a bid to promote the use of the national currency.&nbsp;The prakas, which took effect on Thursday, ...p>

<p>Alleged illegal logging and timber exports continue to happen in the prey Lang forest, while drug trafficking in the area is also on the rise, according to the latest prey Lang Com-munity Network (pLCN) report yesterday.&nbsp;The fifth monitoring report on the forest’s status from April ...p>

<p>As the country enters its first campaign period since the CNRp nearly upset the ruling party in 2013, the opposition party believes momentum is on its side. The researchers found that in the three communes they visited, the ruling party was deeply intertwined with the ...p>

<p>In a tributary in phnom penh’s phum prek Toal district that flows into Boeng Tompun, a mountain of plastic, garbage and waste has built up to the point where it stifles the water from flowing. Embattled residents who live next to the pile of waste ...p>

<p>Addressing the delegates, Chea Serey, director general of National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), stressed the role and importance of digital finance initiatives in broadening financial inclusion. She said digital finance could be a “game changer” for Cambodia’s nascent financial sector as it enables financial service ...p>

<p>In popel commune, Takeo province, some seven commune councilors from the ruling Cambodian people’s party are going to vote in the Senate election, which will take place on February 25.&nbsp;The election will take place without the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue party, which gained more ...p>

<p>The killing of three conservationists patrolling Cambodia’s biggest carbon credit project exposes the nearly insurmountable conflicts of interest plaguing schemes in which huge corporations such as Disney and Virgin Atlantic have invested millions of dollars, observers say.&nbsp;Military police Officer Sek Wathana, Environment Ministry Ranger Teurn ...p>

<p>On the orders of prime Minister Hun Sen, Koh Kong provincial authorities on Friday inspected a section of protected mangrove forest that in December was discovered to have been filled in with sand and illegally sold, with the consent of local authorities, to tycoon Chea ...p>

<p>The Labour Ministry has created a technical working group to study and investigate what causes fainting in an attempt to reduce episodes of fainting at factories nationwide.&nbsp;Labour Minister Ith Samheng, who is also chairman of the National Committee for Health and Work Safety, said the ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Cults and Religion has said it will consider lodging a complaint against activist monk But Buntenh following his remarks that Cambodians, including the King, drink contaminated water. Cambodian Youth party president pich Sros, who initially had said he was thinking about lodging ...p>

<p>Cambodia is preparing to construct the longest wooden boat to break a world record currently held by China by making a boat about 85 metres long that can hold nearly 200 people. Sar Sokha, vice president of the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia, said ...p>

<p>Cambodia and Thailand are due to open an international checkpoint bordering Battambang province and Sa Kaeo province to facilitate the flow of goods across the border at the end of this month.&nbsp;Nguon Ratanak, Battambang provincial governor, and porn poth penpas, Sa Kaeo provincial governor, held ...p>

<p>Cambodia’s three-year reign as holder of the World’s Best Rice Award came to an end last year, but the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) is confident it will regain the title at next month’s ceremony in Thailand.&nbsp;CRF Secretary-General Moul Sarith told Khmer Times yesterday that they ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology warned on Saturday of potential flooding from the remnants of tropical storm Haima, which killed at least 13 people in the philippines and battered southeast China last week.&nbsp;Water Resources Minister Lim Kean Hor told the public and authorities ...p>

<p>Acting opposition leader Kem Sokha has promised to use his new dialogue with prime Minister Hun Sen to push for migrant workers to get a vote in the 2018 national elections.&nbsp;Celebrating Human Rights Day on Saturday at the CNRp headquarters, Mr. Sokha spoke to supporters ...p>

<p>Cambodia’s milled rice exports only grew by a dismal 0.7 percent last year compared with 2015 and this was the lowest since 2014, according to government figures released yesterday.&nbsp;“Last year Cambodia only exported 542,144 tons of milled rice and the lowest exports were in the ...p>

<p>“The Cpp encourages all companies, owners of factories to give workers and their staff, particularly those registered to vote in the commune elections, appropriate time off so that they may have a chance to cast their votes,” a letter from the ruling party says.&nbsp;The Cpp ...p>

<p>The Human Rights party closed yesterday of its own accord, officially removing itself from any conversation about potential challengers to the ruling party in the absence of the CNRp.&nbsp;The move was met with mixed responses yesterday – with some lamenting the loss of a “back-up” ...p>

<p>plans for a railway line connecting Bavet city in Svay Rieng province to Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh city were revealed this week by the Minister of Transport.&nbsp;During a meeting with Nguyen Nhat, Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Transport, Cambodian Transport Minister Sun Chanthol said both governments ...p>