Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, once again ordered local authorities and all stakeholders to carry out the fourth round of cash relief programme in a proper, precise, transparent, accountable and fair manner. ...

Cambodia will partner with 17 other countries around the world to train teachers, educate students and develop local expertise in fields and careers related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (known collectively as STEM). ...

Cambodia is a safe tourist destination with the Kingdom ranked by the World Health Organization (WHO) as among the top nations in the world with the best COVID-19 containment and impact management.​ .. ...

The 50×2030 Initiative is launching a data use grant competition for researchers in Cambodia. The initiative is a global partnership between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Bank. The IFAD will lead the work on data ...

The Kingdom is forecast to register gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 3.5 percent, a sharp reversal of 2020’s contraction of 3.1 percent, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has said in its macroeconomic situation report. ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MoLVT) has called for preparation for vaccination of garment workers, as the government prioritised them in the list of people to be vaccinated against the COVID-19. ...

The Ministry of Environment has rejected reports by Amnesty International and the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) that large-scale illegal logging has increased in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary since PLCN was banned from patrolling the area. ...

The Ministry of Information is preparing to publish 5,000 copies of Cambodia 2021 ahead of the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), which Cambodia is hosting in the middle of this year, for distribution to delegates and participants. ...

On 02 April 2021, the Ministry of Health released confirming announcement that the death of a 56-year-old Cambodian woman in Phnom Penh died due to a sudden coronary heart disease, not because of COVID-19. ...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has advised taxpayers and tax service agencies located in lockdown-restricted areas to electronically file income tax returns and avoid the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus. ...

The government has bought a private hospital in Phnom Penh to specifically treat Covid-19 patients as public hospitals are running out of bed space to accommodate the daily influx of increasing numbers of new patients. ...

Fifty-three Bunong indigenous families in Kbal Romeas commune Stung Treng province’s Sesan district have accused a company of illegally setting up boundary poles for a plantation and encroaching on community land, an accusation the provincial authorities have denied.   ...

The Kingdom’s remains bogged down in efforts to officially export edible bird’s nest to China, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on April 1. ...

The government plans to rebuild the derelict old Dang Tong Port in Koh Kong province into a medium-sized multi-purpose seaport at a cost of $1.5 million to spur waterway trade with Thailand, a senior public works official said. ...

On 20 April 2021, the Ministry of Health released confirming announcement that the death of a 57-year-old Cambodian woman who lived in Kampong Speu died due to a traffic accident, not because of COVID-19. ...

Kuala Lumpur-based Apigate Sdn Bhd has successfully rolled out its Storefront solution with Cambodia’s leading mobile telecommunications operator Smart Axiata Co Ltd, Apigate said in a press release on January 27. ...

Camboticket entered the market in 2014 and soon found its niche among foreign travellers. However, it is currently sustaining daily operations because of locals adopting the bus ticket-booking platform. ...

The winner of the 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize Ouch Leng and four other forestry activists were sent to Kratie Provincial Court yesterday after being accused of putting signs up in a protected area. ...

A General Department of Taxation (GDT) official on February 22 listed some of the assets that would be exempt from capital gains tax once it comes into force in January 1, 2022 and shed light on some of the finer subtleties of the tax. ...

The Cambodian economy is not insulated from fears of inflation and the selloff of US bonds, according to a financial analyst. US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reaffirmed the US’ quantitative easing policy to spur a turnaround in the country’s economy. ...