The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) said it had received nearly 20,000 declarations of assets and liabilities from officials across all ministries and provincial administrations in a period of just 10 days, from January 1 to 10. ...

The construction of the $300 million third ring road was 50 percent complete as of early May and is scheduled to be finished next year, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport’s spokesman Heang Sotheayuth. The 52 kilometre road stretches from National Road ...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has marked the completion of renovations and expansion of a stretch of National Road 5, a part of Asian Highway 1, linking Battambang town to the Banteay Meanchey provincial capital of Sisophon. ...

The Kep Provincial Administration is set to break ground on the long-awaited $1.95 million Ses Sar quay, or “White Horse Port”, on September 15 in the northwestern reaches of the coastal province, in a bid to prop up the local transportation and tourism sectors. ...

About 1,000 Bunong ethnic minority families in Mondulkiri province are crying for justice after their shelters were demolished by environment officials, alleging they were living on state land, even though the families say they have been living there for generations. ...

In the middle of a growing crisis with Cambodian and Thai nationals illegally crossing the border every day, Cambodian Lieutenant General Seng Thearin, deputy commander and chief of staff of Region 5, attended a Zoom meeting with his Thai counterpart Major General Karipob Chaiyapunth, chief ...

Officials from the General Directorate of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF) found 17 fuel businesses in four provinces conducting illegal business, while more than 1,000kg of defective goods and over 500 litres of counterfeit alcohol were confiscated and destroyed from October 18-20. ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said that at the end of the third quarter of 2021, banking and financial institutions provided loans totaling 185.1 trillion riels or about $44.9 billion to agriculture, construction, manufacturing, services, wholesale and retail trade and household units. This accounted ...

The value of imports and exports handled at the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) reached $2.234 billion in 2021, marking a 42.75 per cent rise from $1.565 billion a year earlier, according to a statement released by the operator on January 10. ...

The environment watchdog Anti-Corruption Natural Resource Protection and Civil Rights Protection Organisation (ACNCIPO) filed a complaint with the Kampong Speu Provincial Administration on March 28 – opposing what they allege is a company’s plan to clear 1,227ha of wildlife sanctuary land in Oral district’s Tasal ...

Cambodia successfully hosted the 40th ASEAN National Police (ASEANAPOL) Conference and associated events over March 1-5, where member countries, dialogue partners and observers came together in a show of the “spirit of cooperation”. ...

The retail prices of regular-grade petrol and diesel respectively increased by about 0.9 per cent and 2.8 per cent on June 1, according to a notice issued by the Ministry of Commerce. ...

Cambodia earned more than $1.502 billion from tax collection in the first four months of 2022, an increase of over $340 million or 29.36 per cent year-on-year, a feat observers believe reflects recovery and encouraging results from the government’s push started in early November towards ...

Cambodia netted $241.41 million from exports to Canada in the first quarter of 2022, marking an 8.1 per cent rise year-on-year from $223.23 million, and accounting for 98.2 per cent of bilateral trade over the period, according to Customs. ...

At a meeting with 1,400 people in attendance in Ro-ang commune of Kampong Cham province’s Kampong Siem district on April 30, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon advised them to work on recovering their family’s economic prospects by resuming all types of agriculture ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport said the more than 1,000 students who earned A grades in last year’s high school examinations are set for their February 2 meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

The Cambodian government has implemented a value-added tax (VAT) on cigarettes to combat the health risks associated with smoking and tobacco products. Effective August 1, companies importing and distributing cigarettes in Cambodia must apply a flat rate of 10 percent VAT on all cigarette supplies. ...

Exports from Cambodia to the US in the first eight months of 2023 dipped 4.8 per cent to $6.1 billion, compared to the same period in 2022, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE). ...

The registration of voters for the year 2023 will take place from Oct. 1 to 19 at the communes/Sangkat across the country, announced the National Election Committee (NEC) in a meeting with stakeholders held at the NEC’s headquarters in Phnom Penh this morning. ...

The total capital of 28,618 companies registered in the online business registration system jumped to $8.4 billion as of Aug 27, compared to 20,693 companies with a total capital of $5.8 billion at the start of 2023. ...