Cambodia’s central bank yesterday launched a weekly issuance of Negotiable Certificate of Deposits (NCD) with selling scheduled for every Wednesday – a move aimed at developing the interbank lending market by promoting a secondary market for the short-term interest-bearing certificates. ...

Members of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party voted in the National Assembly yesterday to back a 2017 national budget that outlines spending of $5 billion, but opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) members refused to give it their support. ...

Cambodia and Vietnam signed an agreement earlier this month to greatly expand Cambodia’s cashew exports by 2028, but the proposed export level would require several hundred thousand hectares of additional land and there is no concrete plan yet to meet the target. ...

The Constitutional Council is planning to meet later this week to discuss amendments to The Constitution, including changes to an article guaranteeing The right for citizens to form organisations and political parties. The document, a letter of invitation to local media, outlines an agenda for The ...

The government could be forced to shell out more than $120 million [≈ Finance industry 2011 political donations] to build new landfills over The next decade unless it invests in preventing Phnom Penh’s current site from reaching capacity, according to a pair of new reports. ...

The Ministry of Information will convene a meeting with The ministries of Posts and Telecommunications; and Economy and Finance, on Wednesday to review The progress of changing state analogue television broadcasts to digital. Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith on Monday chaired a meeting at The ...

Former unionist and election official Rong Chhun, who resigned from the National Election Committee (NEC) following the forced dissolution of the opposition, has been fired from the Education Ministry for being absent without permission. ...

Police in Battambang province arrested a man on Saturday who was in possession of more than $2,500 in counterfeit U.S. notes after receiving complaints from market vendors he had duped earlier in the day, police said Sunday. ...

Trade between Cambodia and international partners in the first eight months of 2023 amounted to nearly $32 billion, down 14.5 per cent compared to $37.4 billion in the same period in 2022, although the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) contended that ...

The waters of The Koh Rong Archipelago may yet receive an additional layer of administrative protection, The Ministry of Environment announced last week, although how The proposed “marine park” will function remains to be seen, stakeholders said yesterday. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday said the pass rate of 25 percent in last month’s grade 12 national exam served as a warning that students could no longer pay their way through school and urged students who failed the exam to embrace their second ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday called on labour unions to immediately stop organising demonstrations and strikes to “illegally” demand benefits from factory owners. He said such actions could spin out of hand and force around two-thirds of the Kingdom’s factories, approximately 800 of the ...

Via the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts and the Ministry of Tourism, the government is progressing with a set of relevant documents as a proposal to UNESCO to induct Battambang city, Kampot city and Kratie city on to the United Nations arm’s World Heritage ...

The Ministry of Interior has said it will not allow any demonstrations in front of The Supreme Court during a hearing on Thursday to decide if The opposition CNRP will be dissolved, while The Koh Kong provincial governor’s office warned it will prevent residents from ...

The owners of vehicles sporting police number plates must pay vehicle taxes by The end of The month or face having Their vehicles impounded, according to The Ministry of Economy and Finance. In a letter to Interior Minister Sar Kheng, Economy and Finance Minister Aun Ponmoniroth ...

The Ministry of Commerce togeTher with The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has issued a joint directive on The implementation of The Better Factory Cambodia (BFC) project in export-oriented factories in The textile, garment and travel goods and bags sector. ...

The Ministry of Information is inspecting The content of TV commercials accused of damaging social values following a request for intervention from The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. ...

In preparation for the lunar new year this month, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries have called for hygienic practices and sanitary inspections for the transportation of poultry and pigs to prevent the spread of any instances of bird ...

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), togeTher with The Ministry of Commerce and The Agriculture Ministry’s fisheries administration, yesterday launched a booklet titled “Fostering Fisheries Value Chain Growth and Competitiveness”. ...

The Ministry of Interior on Tuesday ordered village and commune chiefs across Cambodia to not abuse Their position, and The resources that come with it, by campaigning ahead of The Kingdom’s July 29 national elections. ...