<p>The Ministry of Economy and Finance has highlighted three urgent measures to solve infrastructure woes in preah Sihanouk province, which is facing challenges amid rapid development.&nbsp;The ministry highlighted measures focusing on roads and drainage systems in the province following a meeting with the Cooperation Committee ...p>

<p>prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called on garment factory workers to understand why the hike in the minimum wage next year is not as high as previous raises.&nbsp;The government has increased the wage for next year by $8, a decrease of $4 when compared to ...p>

<p>An elephant was found dead at a cashew nut plantation in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province’s Keo Seima district on Sunday. Experts initially thought the elephant may have been poisoned by a chemicals used by locals, but later confirmed it had been shot. ...p>

<p>Civil society organisations dealing with environmental issues yesterday urged the Environment Ministry to disclose environmental impact assessment reports due to a lack of public information on whether or not companies comply with their reports after development projects have been approved.&nbsp;In a workshop on “promoting Environmental ...p>

<p>prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday said the country is now facing an electricity shortage of about 400 megawatts, leading to power outages, and appealed to people, especially those in the business sector, to understand that this is because of an ongoing dry spell. Speaking ...p>

<p>The German government announced on Tuesday that following negotiations with Cambodian officials it has decided to approve a package of $34 million in loans and $32 million in grants to develop rural infrastructure and reduce poverty. A press release by the German Embassy urged Cambodia, ...p>

<p>In 2009 the Royal Government of Cambodia signed a Concession agreement with Toll from Australia the biggest Logistics company in Australia at the time to be the Operator and Maintainer of the North and South Line. Soon after Toll signed it joined with Neat Oknha ...p>

<p>Senators yesterday unanimously agreed to pass the National Strategic Development plan of 2019-2023 worth $57.7 billion in capital.&nbsp;In order for the budget plan to be finalised, it will need to be reviewed by the Constitutional Council and approved by the King. The vote was held ...p>

<p>Outgoing EU Ambassador George Edgar met with prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday, when he finalised arrangements to officially announce a $100 million grant for the Kingdom’s fishery sector amidst a review of the Kingdom’s trade status. Kao Kim Hourn, delegate minister attached to the prime ...p>

<p>prime Minister Hun Sen hailed the agreements signed in Hanoi on Saturday as further steps towards ending conflicts and ensuring peace and development along the Cambodian-Vietnamese border for generations to come. Hun Sen led a Cambodian delegation on a state visit to Vietnam from Friday ...p>

<p>Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said the government had reached a quorum to deploy 3,600 teachers at schools that lack teaching personnel and will continue to improve teachers’ quality and raise their standards of living. Speaking at the 22nd Teachers’ Day celebration at the National ...p>

<p>The Czech government on Monday pledged to support the Kingdom’s efforts to retain its Everything-but-arms trade status during prime Minister Hun Sen’s visit to the republic.&nbsp;Mr Hun Sen is on a five-day official visit to Eastern Europe which started on Sunday. He met Czech prime ...p>

<p>Cambodia’s economic growth is projected to be highest in the Asean region despite facing several challenges, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. In its latest Regional Economy Outlook published on Tuesday, the IMF predicts that the Kingdom’s economic growth will remain strong at seven per ...p>

<p>The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) has committed to raising the Kingdom’s rice exports to one million tonnes by 2022, its president Song Saran said on Wednesday. The comment was made at the Strategic plan 2020-2023 Consultation Workshop, which was attended by CRF members, ministry representatives, ...p>

<p>With the construction industry growing at a dizzying pace as the sound of buzz saws and jack hammers relentlessly permeate the capital while announcements of massive developments become a weekly affair, many unanswered questions remain to what can be done regarding halted projects—most notably the ...p>

<p>While local petroleum prices have dropped by nearly a quarter of their value since the start of the year, companies operating in the Kingdom’s highly competitive transportation sector insist they have not been able to convert lower fuel costs into higher profits – even when ...p>

<p>In recent months prime Minister Hun Sen has made an effort to show that the government has a handle on the voracious deforestation that has ravaged the country’s forests over the years.&nbsp;Yet his speeches and decrees have done little to slow down, much less stop, ...p>

<p>The Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers met here Friday to discuss a range of bilateral issues including boosting trade and progress in a cross-border rail link. At the 10th Meeting of the Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation between Thailand and Cambodia, Foreign Minister Don pramudwinai ...p>

<p>Construction on a $12.5 million solar farm in Svay Rieng province will begin in the next few days, and will feed 10 megawatts (MW) a day into the national grid, officials announced yesterday.&nbsp;The 10-hectare site in Bavet City will be built and operated by Sunseap ...p>

<p>As the harvest season of Cambodia’s most important crop kicks off, a crisis is looming as both rice farmers and millers face crippling capital shortages and a promised industry lifeline has yet to materialise.&nbsp;Industry experts said yesterday that these small farmers desperate to pay their ...p>