Cambodia agreed to acquire Chinese-made Z-9 helicopters for Us$195 million in one of 26 memorandums of understanding agreed by the two countries on saturday. Cooperation was pledged in sectors such as energy, mining, agriculture and road construction, as well as defense spending and aid. The ss='cambodia-color'>...

2012 has been an impressive year for Cambodia’s economic resilience. Among the many sectors that had positively grown are the construction and property development [sic] and they are expected to be among the highest growth achievers in the current year as well. In 2012, the ss='cambodia-color'>...

A cement factory with a production capacity of one million tonnes per year went online on Thursday in Kampot province. The factory is Cambodia’s fifth cement plant and comes in response to the rapid development of the construction sector. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Civil societies on Tuesday applauded the Cambodian Human Rights Committee’s (CHRC) new legal hotline meant to promote access to justice and empower financially vulnerable people.​​ CHRC spokesman Chin Malin told The Post on Thursday that a 35-strong legal team is to be placed on standby ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Civil Society OrganizationS have found that the Circular on the National ASSembly&nbSp;(NA)&rSquo;S commiSSion working method, iSSued on 12 September 2014 by the PreSident of National ASSembly, doeS not adhere to the principleS of democracy, tranSparency, effectiveneSS, the conStitution&nbSp;and internal regulationS of the National ASSembly SS='cambodia-color'>...

A reduction in red tape saw Ministry of Commerce revenue decline 50 per cent last year compared to 2018, its annual report revealed. However, it said the bureaucratic reforms would boost the Kingdom’s competitiveness. The report showed that the government had eliminated some export procedures ss='cambodia-color'>...

The General Directorate of Rubber announced a joint study on family-owned rubber plantations in three provinces to better understand how growers have responded to the sharp drop in rubber prices over the past nine years. The average cost of rubber has fallen from around $4,600 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic effectively pressing the pause button on many upcoming construction projects in the country, four major solar projects are still on schedule and expected to start generating power to the grid by the end of 2020. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Longan is potential for both local market and export to Thailand and the drying facility for the fruit has already been built, said Thou Phea, Deputy Governor of Pailin province.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has established a Living Inheritance Committee (LIM) to look for gifted individuals or groups with extraordinary talent. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has once again called for the United states to drop the debt Cambodia incurred during the 1970s Lon Nol regime, just days after Us Ambassador William Heidt said in no uncertain terms that the Us had no such plans. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sihanoukville AutonomouS Port (SAP), the State enterpriSe that operateS Cambodia&rSquo;S principal Seaport, announced a Share price of 5,040 riel ($1.26) yeSterday for itS upcoming initial public offering following a bookbuilding exerciSe that garnered a Strong reSponSe from inStitutional inveStorS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Officials were tight-lipped yesterday about whether huge discrepancies in sand exports to singapore would be discussed during a visit by the city-state’s president to the Kingdom later this week, though a Ministry of Mines official said a new export process was in the works. ss='cambodia-color'>...

As a part of its strategy to strengthen tools for sharing information about social accountability (for the Innovations for social Accountability in Cambodia Project), Internews facilitated a Co-Design Workshop with Open Development Cambodia to improve its webpage on “Access to Public service Information” in May.All ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia prioritised the development of its telecommunications infrastructure as a commitment at the first AsEAN Digital Ministers’ Meeting. AsEAN, already the most-connected region in the world, has set a goal for transitioning to a digital economy under the AsEAN Digital Masterplan 2025. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Agriculture has been considered as the backbone of the national economy. Of the total population, 76% were living in rural areas and agriculture provided 31.2% of total employment and contributed 20.7% to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019.1 However, the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 ss='cambodia-color'>...

The vaccination coverage against COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia rose to almost 23 percent or some 2,280,875 of the planned 10 million people to be vaccinated, as of May 24. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Republic of Korea has provided a total of $13.4 million  to support the agricultural sector in Cambodia. The project is divided into three major sections and  will run until 2027. ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 17 June 2021, the US EmbaSSy in Cambodia iSSued a Statement on the USAID Greening Prey Lang Funding Redirect. In a Statement, the US embaSSy expreSSed ​concernS over deforeStation​ which continueS to occur in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, where the United StateS Agency SS='cambodia-color'>...

The rare and endangered Asiatic black bear (Ursusthibetanus) has been spotted in Cambodia’s protected areas, according to the Ministry of Environment. The bear species is present in several different regions including East, south and southeast Asia. ss='cambodia-color'>...