The United States, through the US Agency for International Development, yesterday committed a $1.5 million aid to the Ministry of Health to help in the Kingdom’s efforts to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. The donation is the latest COVID-19 assistance from the US, with its ...

In the wake of the dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party last week by the Supreme Court, which effectively removes any viable opposition party from challenging next year’s national elections, the European Union issued a statement seemingly warning that the Kingdom’s preferential access through the Everything ...

The opposition has selected five of its members to join a bipartisan committee to examine the draft trade union law, a step the ruling party has not yet made amid murkiness about when the group will actually meet.The law has come under fire from independent ...

Hun Sen’s Cambodia has been shaped by the collection of illegal timber dollars, profiting a politically connected elite and in turn ensuring the ruling party’s grip on the state apparatus, a leading Australian researcher has said. Sarah Milne, a research fellow at the Australian National University, ...

Cambodia’s government has strenuously promoted long-term leasing of unused land as Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) to attract investors and encourage development in the impoverished nation, but observers say the policy has resulted in few benefits at the cost of huge social and environmental impacts. ...

Cambodia-U.S. bilateral trade was valued at $2.89 billion in the first half of this year, up 15.8 percent compared to the same period last year. Figures from the U.S. Statistics Bureau showed that Cambodia exported 2.75 billion worth of goods to the world’s largest economy, ...

The Permanent Mission of Cambodia in Geneva has hit back at three United Nations human rights experts, who expressed alarm over what they called the ‘naming and shaming’ of COVID victims. The Mission said that Cambodia’s response to the coronavirus aims to “ensure that precious ...

COVID-19 has affected the Kingdom’s automotive industry severely, with trade dropping nearly 40 percent compared with the previous year. According to the latest import and export statistics for the first nine months of this year, the volume of automobiles and motorcycles exported dropped by 34.1 ...

At least 92 per cent of the Kingdom’s agricultural input suppliers use digital payments in their businesses while 45 per cent use e-commerce, a new study found. The research, entitled “Digital Challenges and Opportunities of Agricultural Input Suppliers in Cambodia”, was compiled by the Centre ...

The government of Japan has agreed to provide $852,189 in humanitarian funding to Cambodia to promote community health, sanitation and hygiene as well as to raise awareness of environmental concerns.  ...

A temporary ban on fishing was ordered yesterday by Kampong Tralach district authorities to prevent violence while mediation continues to resolve a dispute between the people of three villages and Lorpeang Natural Resources Conservation community. The authorities also ordered the demolition of the community guardhouse ...

Cambodia is focusing mainly on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to meet the country’s goal of reducing its emissions by 21 million tonnes per year in order to combat climate change, according to Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra. ...

The government yesterday issued a new sub-decree to impose a heftier fine for those who evade quarantine in a bid to stem the spread of COVID-19. The new sub-decree comes after Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered authorities to raise the current fine of $250 because ...

On​ 28​ April​ 2021,​ the​ Ministry​ of​ Commerce​ issued​ an​ announcement​ on​ the​ participation​ in​ the​ 4th​ China​ International​ Import​ Exposition​ which​ will​ be​ held​ from​ 5-10​ November​ 2021​ in​ Shanghai,​ People’s​ Republic​ of​ China​ aims​ to​ expand​ more​ markets​ for​ Cambodian​ products​ and​ promote​ ...

The government has opened its first phase of providing a subsidy to 275,747 workers from 513 factories involved in the manufacturing of garments, footwear and bags in Phnom Penh, Kandal  province and Sihanoukville. ...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) fell 50 percent Jan-May from the same period in 2020, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Investment projects for the first five months of 2021 were valued at $825 million, a 59 percent drop from results for the same ...

Standing as one of the largest economies in Asia, Japan is quickly becoming a prime market for Cambodian goods. Even with both economies embroiled in the Covid-19 crisis, bilateral trade managed to reach $1.96424 billion in the first 10 months of 2020, climbing by 12.2 ...

On 04 May 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notice on the paid holiday on Sunday.If the worker and the employer agree to work overtime on a paid holiday on Sunday, the employer shall consider the overtime wage equal to 200% ...

The National Election Committee’s (NEC) “successful” holding of the 2023 general election reflected the proper implementation of the Kingdom’s Constitution, laws and relevant legal documents, said NEC vice-chairman Nuth Sokhom as he addressed an August 14 meeting held to summarise the electoral work. ...

Growth momentum in foreign inbound investment and orders have driven up the value of imports and exports handled at the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in the first three quarters of this year, reported at $1.904 billion, up 21.27 per cent from the $1.57 billion ...