Cambodia has required foreigners to pay for COVID-19 lab test, quarantine and treatment services, Economy and Finance Minister Aun Pornmoniroth said in a letter dated Monday and released to the media on Tuesday. ...

Cambodia will celebrate National Malaria Day on April 25 under the theme, “Zero malaria starts with me”, although there have been no reported deaths from malaria in the Kingdom since 2018. ...

Extraction of the first gold mines in Cambodia has been confirmed to be made within this year, as more than 40 exploration licences on non-mantel mines including gold have been issued to private companies. ...

More than 300 ethnic villagers at two separate locations in Preah Vihear province conducted traditional ceremonies yesterday beseeching the spirits for an end to their ongoing land dispute with the Chinese-owned Rui Feng sugar company. ...

The Kuoy indigenous community in Preah Vihear are seeking Prime Minister Hun Sen’s intervention after they claimed provincial authorities moved the Chheb district land border 3km into their commune land. ...

The government yesterday informed Vietnam regarding its decision to lift the ban on cross-border movement via borders shared with the country but said prevention guidelines remain in place to mitigate risks of coronavirus transmission. ...

The Cambodia Freight Forwarders Association (CFFA) yesterday said the on-going COVID-19 pandemic is seriously damaging logistic providers, with about 10 to 15 percent heading for bankruptcy in the upcoming months. ...

Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) yesterday announced that developing countries which are eligible, like Cambodia, will be able to get trade preference through the United Kingdom’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) from January 1. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the Ministry of Commerce to work with Svay Rieng and Kampot officials to build two additional border markets in a bid to shore up border trade and enhance cooperation with Cambodia’s neighbour Vietnam. ...

The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) is set to receive its first-ever initial public offering (IPO) approval application for a company to list on its Growth Board in more than five years since the secondary board was first launched. ...

Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSP) will commence and execute its share buyback plan in the middle of December, if approved by the exchange and its regulator, according to information given to Khmer Times by the company’s management. ...

Authorities in Koh Kong province are searching for the individuals who set up border posts on nearly 200ha of protected forest, with officials and activists claiming that powerful tycoons had hired local people to encroach on the land. ...

Cambodia exported 179,621 tonnes of rubber in the first nine months of 2020, a jump of 3.78 per cent from the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...

The Cambodia Human Rights Committee (CHRC) on Wednesday issued a press release on the situation of human rights, the implementation of democracy and the rule of law in Cambodia.   ...

Sihanoukville is set to lose yet another casino as Century Entertainment international Holdings, formerly known as Amax international Holdings Limited, will relocate its gaming floor from Sihanoukville to the up and coming tourist spot of Dara Sakor in Koh Kong province. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ordered Cambodia Border Affairs Committee chairman Var Kimhong to meet with villagers at the demarcated border areas in Tboung Khmum province, who claimed their farmlands have been lost to Vietnam.​ ...

The Education Ministry today gave green light to kindergartens and primary schools to reopen next month after more than three months of closures in a bid to stem the spread of COVID-19. ...

Cambodia’s three international airports handled 1.9 million air passengers in the first six months of this year, a 67.5 percent decrease from 6 million air passengers last year.​ ...

Alarmed over the number of Covid-positive passengers coming in via Malaysia and indonesia, the government is temporarily suspending flights from both countries from August 1 until their infection rates  decline. ...