A military border guard died at the Preah Vihear Provincial Referral Hospital after stepping on a landmine and suffering injuries to his right leg and body last week. The incident took place in Choam Ksan district’s Sra Em commune. ...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has renewed calls for the Cambodian government to issue sovereign bonds in riels to underpin the government’s effort on de-dollarisation and protect the economy against external shocks. ...

Positive or negative experiences, like those Cambodia experienced in the 1970s and 1980s, have no value unless we apply them to build firm foundations so as to move forward and develop the nation. ...

The UNDP released a report yesterday claiming that by spending just 1.5 percent of the country’s GDP, Cambodia could reduce the number of people in poverty to just three percent of the population. ...

The Ministry of Land Management yesterday said that the villagers who came to protest outside their offices in the capital over land disputes either had already had resolutions delivered or lacked any legal basis for complaint. ...

The government announced that it is allowing the reopening of workshops, laboratories and competency assessment centres at technical and vocational education and training institutes in response to a request from the Labour Ministry on June 26. ...

Cambodia could lose more than 15 percent of its international remittances in 2020 under the worst-case scenario because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). ...

A Cambodian ranger on Saturday was named the recipient of World Wide Fund for Nature’s prestigious Dr Rimington Award for his significant contribution to the conservation of the Kingdom’s natural resources. His recognition came in conjunction with the World Ranger Day. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday asked China and Mekong countries to work together to combat the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the virus does not devastate public health in the region. ...

The government has decided to build nearly 3,000km of sub-transmission electrical lines to cover all rural villages, with a total project cost of about $82 million in the form of a soft loan from the Chinese government. ...

A regional centre of an inter-government treaty organisation focusing on agricultural research and education kicked off the implementation of its 11th five-year plan to push agricultural innovation in Southeast Asia, including Cambodia. ...

At least seven people were arrested in Phnom Penh over protests to demand the release of prominent union leader Rong Chhun who was charged over statements about the Cambodia-Vietnam border demarcation. ...

The free trade agreement (FTA) between Cambodia and China will undoubtedly promote stronger trade and investment ties between the two countries, Cambodia’s Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak said in a recent interview with Chinese media. ...

More than 60,000 hectares of rice paddy in Banteay Meanchey has been restored after large rainfalls were recorded across the country over the last three days, according to the province’s director of agriculture. ...

A senior official from the SME Bank of Cambodia said   it has approved around $22 million in loans under the SME Co-Financing Scheme for 175 clients as of Tuesday. ...

With many garment factories, construction sites and other businesses closing due to COVID-19, thousands of workers lost their jobs and had to return home to farming and earning a living by working in agriculture.   ...

The Weekend Market, one of the major activities of Accelerating Inclusive Markets for Smallholders (AIMS) project, will be extended to other targeted provinces and Phnom Penh capital in the near future, to promote local agro-commercial products. ...

Cambodia and United Kingdom (UK) has pledged to boost the bilateral trade cooperation and urged the developed country to continue to support trade activities of the least developed countries by offering  specialized treatment in trade system. ...

Over the past three years, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has provided more than 87 billion riel in childbirth subsidies to 210,000 women across the country, according to Heng Sophannarith, director of NSSF’s policy division. ...

The Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) has upheld the decision by the National Election Committee (NEC) in relation to complaints about names deleted from the voter registration list, filed by the League for Democracy Party (LDP). ...