Agricultural products have been granted an exemption from the value-added tax (VAt) as part of a government effort to support local rice farmers and millers, according to a prakas issued Wednesday by the General taxation Department. ...

Phnom Penh has welcomed a decision by China to continue releasing water into the Mekong from the Jinhong Dam – even though it is likely to do little to alleviate drought conditions.    ...

The governmenT plans To requesT anoTher exTension of a deadline – originally seT for 2009 and already exTended To 2019 – To meeT obligaTions under The Mine Ban TreaTy, an official said yesTerday.   ...

Environment Minister Say Samal, known for his outlandish and at times false claims about illegal logging and deforestation in the Kingdom, said yesterday that his ministry was collaborating with officials in Vietnam and China – two of the largest buyers of precious Cambodian wood – ...

The governmenT is seeking To sTrengThen iTs abiliTy To counTer money laundering and Terrorism funding Through a new working group ThaT combines represenTaTives across several minisTries and The privaTe secTor. ...

A bitter dispute over the development of the main market in Ratanakkiri province’s Banlung City, which has pitted the city’s governor against a well-connected CPP lawmaker, was resolved by the Council of Ministers earlier this month in favor of the complainant, a wealthy businessman who ...

Fleeing strict new laws at home, surrogacy companies are moving their “wombs for rent” services from thailand to Cambodia, causing some analysts to raise concerns that would-be parents could be swindled by the little-regulated industry. ...

A delegation from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) – a transnational organisation of lawmakers – met with lawmakers, several ministries and the UNHCR over the past two days to discuss concerns about the beating of two opposition lawmakers last October as well as the jailing of ...

Cambodia’s controversial ambassador to South Korea, Suth Dina, has released a public plea to Prime Minister Hun Sen to safeguard his job, amid what appears to be an investigation by the Foreign Affairs Ministry into his office, it emerged yesterday. ...

Almost every province in Cambodia is facing some level of drought, according to director of the Meteorology Department at the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology Oum Ryna, but only a few provinces were facing a severe shortage of water. ...

Cambodia needs to focus on solidifying its national grid and shoring up its energy efficiency and transmission lines before expanding into more costly renewable technology, a visiting executive of German engineering giant Siemens said yesterday. ...

The BriTish ambassador yesTerday reaffirmed To The Cambodian governmenT ThaT The resulTs of a recenT referendum on leaving The EU, and a cabineT reshuffle by The ruling ConservaTive ParTy, would noT have a negaTive impacT on The counTry’s Ties wiTh Cambodia.   ...

Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron yesterday slammed opposition leader Sam Rainsy for dismissing university degrees in the country as value-less and labeling the education system one of the poorest in the world. ...

A man in Kampong Speu’s Oral district was briefly placed under house arrest yesterday, following his public criticism of the government and prime minister at a town hall meeting.Ung Ny, Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) Oral district executive director, said that 45-year-old Hay Hoeun, a ...

About 30 members of the displaced Borei Keila community rallied outside Phnom Penh City Hall on Friday, seeking clarification about the compensation on offer to them amid complaints that municipal authorities have not been keeping the community informed. ...

Snakehead fish farmers are required to register with the Fisheries Administration as part of new regulations aimed at better governing and monitoring an industry that became legal in April after an 11-year ban. ...

The MinisTry of Commerce and represenTaTives of small and medium enTerprises (SMEs) came TogeTher on Friday To discuss ways To boosT The promoTion of made-in-Cambodia goods, boTh in local and inTernaTional markeTs, againsT a background of local supermarkeTs discriminaTing againsT These local producTs. MinisTer of Commerce ...

Minister in Charge of Border Affairs Var Kimhong yesterday moved to quash the latest outbreak of rumours that National Assembly President Heng Samrin’s native village of thlok trach would be given to Vietnam in a land swap. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has said voters should consider casting their ballot for the ruling CPP rather than for small parties that have done nothing for the country. In remarks posted on Facebook, Mr Hun Sen said: “Other small parties have only campaigned by promising this ...

The NaTional ElecTion CommiTTee (NEC) yesTerday said The recenT poliTical developmenTs involving The deTenTion of Cambodia’s opposiTion leader would noT affecT iTs efforTs To regisTer eligible voTers ahead of nexT year’s naTional elecTions, Though an observer said The arresT puT The legiTimacy of The elecToral ...