<p>A group of environmental NGOs working to protect the prey Lang forest called on the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to intervene and protect the region’s resin trees, or they will all be logged within six months, they claimed in a joint-statement issued yesterday.&nbsp;The ...p>

<p>The International Criminal Court in the Hague has issued a statement acknowledging the work of civil society organizations in helping maintain international standards of justice. In 2014 and the first quarter of 2015, some 60,000 people were affected by land grabs, according to a report ...p>

<p>Thanks to improved collection efforts, a total of $34.7 million in taxes was taken in from Cambodia’s casinos in 2015, a 33 percent increase on the previous year, the Finance Ministry said on Monday. Ros phearun, deputy director-general of the ministry’s finance industry department, said ...p>

<p>With the threat of climate change, a long-lasting drought, and contentious dam construction in Laos, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has its work cut out for the rest of the year. Composed of delegates from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, the MRC is in charge ...p>

<p>Three Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ships dropped anchor in Cambodian waters yesterday, mooring at a Sihanoukville provincial port for a three-day visit meant to strengthen the relationship and boost bilateral ties between Cambodia and Japan, according to General Chhum Socheat, spokesman for the National Defense ...p>

<p>As China opened one of its six dams on the upper Mekong River last month to help parched Southeast Asian countries down river cope with a record drought, it was hailed as benevolent water diplomacy.&nbsp;But to critics of hydroelectric dams built on the Mekong over ...p>

<p>As Thailand is surrounded by neighbouring countries that only circulate banknotes, the Royal Thai Mint is eyeing Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) for its regional expansion plan.&nbsp;Deputy director-general of the Treasury Department Werawut Sripaoraya said that officials would tour Laos and Cambodia this year ...p>

<p>Rice exports for the first quarter of the year jumped 8.5 percent to 162,220 tons from 149,464 tons for the same period last year, but in March the figure dropped 14.5 percent, or 9,592 tons, to 66,275 tons in the face of competition from Thailand, ...p>

<p>The controversial Union Law, which was passed and put into force after dozens of debates and protests, is expected to build confidence among garment and textile buyers as well as employers and workers, experts said. Sandra D’Amico, vice president of the Cambodian Federation of Employers ...p>

<p>prime Minister Hun Sen today leads a delegation of high-level officials to Laos for the start of the 29th ASEAN Summit.&nbsp;The event is considered of special import as it comes in the wake of a July international court ruling that determined the so-called “nine-dash line” ...p>

<p>Newly declared protected areas in prey Lang forest are being illegally logged by companies belonging to a three-star general and his sister, according to Goldman Environmental prize-winning conservationist Ouch Leng and NGOs with which he is working. Leng, along with 15 NGO officers, patrollers and ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Agriculture has taken action to prevent millers from purchasing paddy rice at below market price from farmers, currently struggling to produce enough marketable rice crop to make ends meet.&nbsp;The ministry, in a statement issued on Monday, ordered all provincial agricultural departments to ...p>

<p>Better branding of Cambodian products is essential as major global brands inundate the domestic market and local producers look to compete in international markets, panellists said Wednesday evening during an industry forum in phnom penh.&nbsp;Var Roth San, an adviser to the Ministry of Commerce, said ...p>

<p>Environmental campaigner and Areng Valley community leader Ven Vorn lost his appeal against his one-year suspended sentence for “collecting forest products without permission” yesterday at the Appeals Court.&nbsp;Judge Kim Danny did not give reasons why the court decided to uphold the March ruling of the ...p>

<p>Next year will be breakout year for Cambodia’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with specific zones being organized in each province to promote productivity, quality and regional competitiveness, the president of the SME federation said yesterday. Te Taing por, president of the Federation of Associations ...p>

<p>Three officials from the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) finished 10-day security audits at two of Cambodia’s three international airports late last week leaving officials hopeful of a positive outcome.&nbsp;ICAO’s security audit team wrapped up its work at phnom penh International Airport and ...p>

<p>prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday stressed that ethnic Vietnamese have been living in Cambodia since the French colonial period and did not arrive only during his premiership.&nbsp;Speaking at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new road in Tbong Khmum province, the prime minister said it was ...p>

<p>The Environment Ministry has started it’s process of recruiting 300 new forest rangers to work in select provinces next year in a bid to fill staff shortages and reduce deforestation.​&nbsp;Ministry spokesperson Sao Sopheap said yesterday that the existing 960-strong ranger workforce was insufficient to guard ...p>

<p>The government created a national commission last week to prevent and crack down on crimes involving natural resources.&nbsp;National Military police Commander Sao Sokha will head the commission and Hou Sakun, the deputy commissioner general of the National police, will be second in command.&nbsp;Environment Ministry and ...p>

<p>More than 40 unions have joined together to ask the Labor Ministry to make changes to 10 articles in the draft Minimum Wage Law, saying the law did not cover all sectors and restricted the rights of union representatives in wage negotiations among a host ...p>