On 08 July 2016, Ministry of Public Works and Transport has released an announcement on “Organizing portable weighbridge” in order to inform all trucking companies, owners operators or truck drivers, and the public to cooperate and to implement the law properly, transparently, loyally and responsibly from August. The ...

The Ministry of Interior’s department of immigration temporarily arrested 31 foreign nationals, including one Frenchman, on suspicion of staying in the Kingdom illegally in raids of two businesses in the capital yesterday. ...

National Bank of Canada attributed its 5.5 per cent jump in fiscal third-quarter profit to its acquisition of Cambodia’s Advanced Bank of Asia Ltd. (ABA Bank) earlier this year. ...

On  13 September 2016, the Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to establish three new Natural Protected Areas with a total land area of 27 941.06 hectares to be under the management and conservation of Ministry of Environment. Those three Natural Protected Areas include of ...

China has signed an agreement to assist the Kingdom with judicial reforms and to share expertise in overhauling such systems, though one international expert yesterday cautioned that China shouldn’t be considered “a model for justice reform in Cambodia”. ...

Pork sales at local markets have taken a hit following the recent outbreak of blue-ear pig disease as fears have spread among consumers that the meat is not fit for human consumption, pork vendors said yesterday.First identified in Siem Reap in mid-August, Porcine Reproductive and ...

Senior officials from the Environment Ministry have called on the developed world to provide more assistance in the battle against climate change, which they said Cambodia is working hard to address. ...

A special team will be established to review high school students’ claims that they were unfairly graded in this month’s national examinations, the education minister has said.The announcement came as the Education Ministry said it had so far received more than 100 formal complaints from ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport announced the results of a review of failed students’ complaints on Wednesday, stating that all exam results released in September were “correct.” ...

Following raids on phone shops selling grey-market devices last week, the government is giving retailers a two-week window to declare their stock of mobile phone handsets and pay the relevant taxes or face hefty fines.Many of the capital’s vendors have already received a notice from ...

Laos will begin its chairmanship of Asean in January, the year when economic integration across the region begins.officials say the land-locked country can serve as a model for connectivity, helping the region focus on the development gap between the rich and poor countries of Asean. ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), or Central Bank, has issued ASEAN Commemorative Coins to mark the establishment of the ASEAN Community on December 31, according to its statement on Friday. ...

With the onset of the fishing season for the Cambodian fermented fish condiment prahok, an Agriculture Ministry official said yesterday that fish yields this year have increased compared to 2014, but traders say most of the catch so far is too small to use for ...

The four garment workers arrested late last year alongside seven others for allegedly damaging factory property during protests in Bavet City will be released on bail soon, according to Svay Rieng provincial officials. ...

The General Department of Taxation collected almost $116 million in tax revenue last month, up 10 percent over January 2015, with strong growth across all segments, according to official data released on Friday. ...

Coming on the heels of high-profile arrests linked directly to Facebook posts, the Interior Ministry has revealed plans to establish a new “anti-cybercrime” department that will not only “crack down” on crimes like hacking, but a broad range of misdeeds open to interpretation including incitement ...

The results of this year’s much-improved grade 12 national exams have left some with less to celebrate than others, as government data showed a continued large disparity between male and female performances as well as across provinces.According to detailed results released on the Ministry of ...

Customs officials and local police yesterday raided a motorbike market in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district they said was illegally selling vehicles without licence plates or paperwork. ...

Customs authorities seized nearly 1,800 smuggled Huawei smartphones during a raid on Monday on a private residence in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district, a customs official said yesterday. ...

Fishing crime busts rose 150 per cent during the first nine months of 2015, compared with the same period last year, while anti-forestry crime actions dropped 13 per cent. ...