The Ministry of Public Works and Transport, in collaboration with the National Police, conducted a training course for 57 traffic police officers. The training was required, as new systems have been introduced which will allow officers to issue fines and demerit points to errant drivers. ...

The Phnom Penh Commission to Combat Covid-19, led by the capital’s municipal administration, issued a directive telling former workers of NagaWorld integrated resort to immediately halt protests, and ordering them to practice coronavirus health measures to prevent the pathogen from spreading among them and their ...

The hog badger persists in the Kingdom although in unknown numbers, despite continuing illegal poaching for their lard – used in traditional medicines largely based in superstition – as well as their meat and bones, affirmed Ministry of Environment spokesperson Neth Pheaktra. ...

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 ...

Six representatives of the Bunong indigenous community have filed a complaint with the Mondulkiri Provincial Court seeking an investigation into their commune and village chiefs, who they alleged had turned a blind eye to infringement on their traditional burial grounds.​ ...

Cambodia and Malaysia are looking forward to enhancing the cooperation in trade and economic ties. Prime Minister of Malaysia Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, who is in capital on a two-day official visit, is scheduled to have a royal audience with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has reiterated that peace is Cambodia’s top priority, amid the escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, as he warned ordinary Cambodians not to be complacent about the harmony which has been achieved in the Kingdom.   ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced villagers in Prey Moul commune’s Khleng Por village of Kampong Chhnang province’s Rolea Ba’ier district to flock to the forests and valleys in the province to find medicinal plants to sell via brokers to people who need them for traditional ...

On March 19, the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court issued arrest warrants for six brokers and placed six others under court supervision after they led nearly 300 people to occupy state land in the South Cardamom Mountains National Park in Cham village of Kampong Seila commune ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea reached $195.124 million in the first two months of 2022, a 22.762 per cent surge from $158.945 million in January-February 2021, according to data provided by the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) on March 21.   ...

A new impetus in economic, trade and technical cooperation between Cambodia and Qatar will deliver a suite of economic benefits for the Kingdom, above all a driving force for exports to the Middle East and a major magnet to draw in more investors and tourists ...

The Kampong Thom Provincial Administration say that immediately after the June 5 commune council elections, measures will be put in place to make sure that none of the fishing communities throughout the province uses illegal fishing equipment. ...

Withdrawal of Everything But Arms (EBA) from Cambodia has evoked mixed reaction from economic experts and labour unions in the country. While economic experts claimed it would not affect badly, labour unions have raised concerns and urged the government to deal with European Union (EU) ...

The Mekong River Commission is sounding the alarm on the growing challenge of macroplastics and microplastics, urging its four Member Countries to establish a joint, permanent mechanism to monitor and clean up pollutants that seep into the soil, air and fisheries – and can affect ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has reminded his compatriots to pay high attention to COVID-19. “Don’t forget, COVID-19 can infect anybody indiscriminately,” he said while presiding over the inauguration ceremony of the Streets 146B and 148 in Preah Sihanouk province yesterday morning. ...

The government has established three new towns – Sampov Poun and Arey Ksat in Kandal province and Oudong Me Chey in Kampong Speu – following requests from the Ministry of Interior, according to a sub-decree issued by Prime Minister Hun Sen on December 23. ...

The Council of Ministers on January 13 examined, discussed and agreed to the draft policy on land management and use to convert Preah Sihanouk province into a “Model Multi-Purpose Special Economic Zone” with planning to that end from 2022-2038. ...

Cambodia is paving the way for a greener future by setting clear guidelines for climate action, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Environment. ...

After waste from a Battambang-based industrial company polluted the Sangke river, the Environment Ministry imposed fines of around half a million dollars and order the company to relocate 10 kilometers away in a letter issued Thursday. ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports and the French Embassy in Cambodia have signed an agreement for science and technology cooperation under the Huber Curien Tonle Sap Partnership, funded by the Innovation Research Fund, to support the initiative to develop or continue research projects ...