The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said on Thursday they have joined forces with police to take legal action against those involved in fraudulent online lending saying it is a crime, and urged the public to contact official financial institutions when borrowing money. ...

Cambodia is shipping 14 Mine Protected Vehicle (MPV) armoured vehicles to Mali to support its UN mission to the troubled African nation, with an official noting that the vehicles would mitigate the threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and landmines, which were sometimes employed by ...

Sangkat Forestry Administration officers and the military police of Choam Ksan district conducted a raid on a car that was illegally transporting wood in Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district. ...

The number of motorcycles on Cambodia’s roads has increased to six million, with one million cars also in the country, Transport Minister Sun Chanthol said, adding that many accidents have been caused by motorcyclists. ...

The tourism and housing industries in Cambodia are showing signs of recovery this year, according to the ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook. ...

Three detained land rights activists from the Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community (CCFC) were released on bail Tuesday evening after confessing to plotting and incitement and publicly apologizing to Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

Cambodia’s rice sector is working on transformation on the framework of climate resilience within the rice industry to get more competitiveness in the market, Sang Saran, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) said. ...

The National Audit Authority (NAA) will conduct an audit of the Center for Alliance of Labor Human Rights (CENTRAL) on July 15 following a request from the Interior Ministry on June 28. ...

The four-day 6th Greater Mekong Sub Region Environment Ministers’ Meeting (EMM-6) kicked off in Phnom Penh, where China and Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries are discussing progress in environmental quality management and financing of low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure and technologies. ...

The Cambodian government is preparing a policy on establishing Cambodia-Japan special economic zones as the country is keen to attract more direct investments from Japan. ...

Australia reaffirms its commitment to further strengthen cooperation with the Kingdom in several areas especially in the fields of economy, investment, trade, agriculture and climate change, supporting the socio-economic development response to the regional and global crisis. ...

While significant obstacles remain, the success of the rice sector is a potentially crucial driver in Cambodia’s prosperous and equitable development. Cambodia announced two major bilateral trade agreements recently, with the Philippines and Thailand, that are expected to further expand the country’s rice export sector. ...

The Phnom Penh authorities had issued a decision on the night of June 2 on measures to be adopted to curb the surge of Covid-19 in the city. ...

China has granted some $131 million in aid to the Cambodian military. It comes as yet another sign that the Kingdom is strengthening strategic ties with its Asian neighbour to counter increasingly cold relations with the United States. The aid was announced as part of ...

While calls from all corners have demanded Australia take Cambodia to task – not only for its political crackdown but also for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s threats to beat up protesters on Australian soil – observers say any such confrontation is unlikely to materialise during ...

Cambodia and Korea have joined hands to study the legislation of occupational health and safety regulations for employees at factories and business enterprises. The project was initiated on Thursday at the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training when Minister Ith Sam Heng met with Choi Heaeun, ...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy yesterday provided its first-ever training to 216 provincial and ministry officials to increase their knowledge on the inspection of the Kingdom’s oil industry. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen praised journalists and a large number of local press institutions for making efforts to prevent the spread of fake news propagated by “rebels” and opportunists who intended to incite social unrest against the government. Hun Sen’s statement was made through a ...

About a decade ago, global manufacturing firms staged a mass exodus to Asia in search of low-cost alternatives to increasing domestic wage demands and operational costs. The consensus was the continued development of a regional supply chain that had formed in countries like Vietnam and Indonesia, ...

The General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) on Friday issued a set of measures to help the ailing shipping and garment sectors as the supply of raw materials from China dries up. ...