Bakan grassland in Pursat province has been designated as a national protected area, officially called the Bakan Protected Landscape.​​​ ...

Health authorities continue to report elevated dengue fever activity nationwide in Cambodia, with an additional 3,363 cases reported from June 27-July 23; bringing the total to more than 8,020 since Jan. 1. ...

Since 2017, the Kingdom’s park rangers have intervened in over 8,000 forestry and wildlife crimes a year, with more than 800 cases referred to courts. ...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will help Cambodia to achieve its goal of becoming an upper middle-income country by 2030, said Sok Siphana, Senior Minister in Charge of International and Multilateral Trade and Economic Relations. ...

The construction of the $245 million cable-stayed Cambodia-Korea Friendship Bridge, to be built in two sections across the Tonle Sap River and the Mekong River, will begin soon as the final evaluation of the project has just been completed. ...

The United States has reversed its decision to suspend $18 million in assistance to Cambodia through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) following this year’s National Election when Washington had considered the election unfair and lacked transparency. ...

The Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) with the Ministry of Environment have organised another large-scale campaign to reduce the use of plastic in Kampong Chhnang province that kicks off tomorrow under the theme “Today I don’t use plastic bags”. ...

Minister of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation Chea Somethy has urged the National Centre for the Support of the Elderly to train senior care providers to have sufficient skills to provide quality and effective care for the elderly in the community. ...

Cambodia’s exports to Australia reached $236.92 million in the first eight months of 2023, marking a six per cent decline from the $252.16 million recorded during the same period last year, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). ...

The Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI) will start its official commercial operation on Oct. 16, after the airport flight demonstrations and tests of check-in demo, passenger boarding and landing as well as many other necessary procedures have been made successfully. ...

Cambodia-US trade during the first nine months of 2023 reached $7.08 billion, marking a 3% dip from the $7.3 billion in the corresponding period of 2022, as per the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). ...

Tok Khoun is the community leader of the Fishery Farm Conservation Trapeing Kouy in Santey Village, Dan Run Commune, Sonikhom District, Siem Reap Province. He is a producer and a community facilitator for the Women’s Empowerment Farmer Business School (WE-FBS). ...

Meta rejected the recommendation of its Oversight Board to suspend former Prime Minister Hun Sen from the company’s platforms for inciting violence. Cambodian government officials celebrated the announcement and said Meta’s representatives are permitted to resume their work in the country. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and China is expected to grow with the interest shown by traders and investors during the Cambodia-Hong Kong exhibition in Phnom Penh, which featured over 40 companies. ...

The General Department of Taxation earned e-commerce value-added tax (VAT) income of $46 million from the operation of electronic goods and services in the first seven months of this year, according to official figures yesterday. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet will hold wide-ranging discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his first official visit to China starting tomorrow, said a statement released by the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh on Monday. ...

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has urged farmers in rural and remote areas to use water cautiously as this year’s rainy season is expected to end earlier and bring less rainfall. ...

Australia and Cambodia​ on Friday joined together to launch a Food Innovation Partnership to support Cambodia’s agri-food small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing new products, meeting food safety standards, and improving their market reach. ...

Peru will continue cooperating with Cambodia for the interest of both nations and peoples, reaffirmed Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra, President of Peru, in a recent congratulatory message to Dr Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia. ...

Hong Kong investors are keen to explore investment opportunities in Cambodia and have pledged to introduce business potentials created by Cambodia’s new investment law and its sub-decrees to their colleagues back home. ...