On 15 September 2021, the Ministry of Commerce issued a press release on the granting of E-commerce permit or license and conducted many workshops and trainings as well.From the 1st of December 2021 hereafter, the businessman, sole proprietor, company or foreign branch, that has been ...

Cambodia, with a total population of 14,952,665 as of July 2010, is located in Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. The country mostly has a tropical climate and covers a total area of 181,035 km2 Cambodia’s key natural resources include ...

Cambodia’s transformation from war-torn basket-case to one of Asia’s most promising emerging economies is being overshadowed by a backwards lurch in human rights and land policies that critics say are entrenching poverty. ...

During the past four years, Cambodia has seen drastic decreases in rare species of trees due to illegal logging, community research from the National Resource Protection Group indicates. If continued unabated, illegal logging threatens to wholly deplete Cambodia’s rare tree species, Chut Wutty said. Cambodia’s ...

Phat Sreytouch, a former beer promoter, recalls being the constant subject of harassment from the men she served in beer gardens, many who felt they were within their rights to touch her and her colleagues. In a new initiative aimed at ending such attitudes and ...

Cambodia’s land-titling review process lacks transparency and clarity and is in danger of leaving behind Phnom Penh’s urban poor, according to a new report. Since the Systematic Land Registration (SLR) program was established in 2002, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has granted ...

Cambodia has called for ASEAN countries to support a proposal from Thailand that would recognise wildlife and forest crimes as a new priority in the Southeast Asian association’s transnational crime enforcement program. At a meeting of senior law enforcement officials from ASEAN countries held this week ...

Since being endorsed by the Cambodian People’s Party in December as the ruling party’s only prime minister candidate, Hun Manet is increasingly appearing in public, taking his father’s place at events ranging from the inauguration of military buildings to road openings. ...

 Hundreds of families living along both sides of the so-called “94 canal” and facing relocation to make way for a new airport in Kandal province called for authorities to give them land titles, on-site development and an end to intimidation, during a public forum in ...

 Preav Hun cultivated bananas and mangos in the Areng valley of the Cardamom mountains for more than 25 years, but for the past six months Ministry of Environment officials have banned him and his indigenous Chorng neighbors from farming as the government rezones the protected ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “State land reclassification” adding 5 new map features in Kep, Siemreap and Preah Sihanouk. This dataset contains information regarding​​ the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification to state private properties of some ...

The water in Yeak Loum Lake, a main northeastern tourism site in Ratanakiri province, has changed its colour. . ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated a dataset on “Commune/Sangkat budget in 2023” in Sangkat Ou Chrov and Ou Reusey. This dataset shows the expenditures and revenues in 2023 of each commune in the targeted communes/Sangkat under the Innovation for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC).= >Please ...

Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) yesterday said it has taken steps to fulfill its tax obligations to the government. ...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday launched a policy brief and a tool to leverage data and artificial intelligence for mapping vulnerability in Cambodia. ...

On 28 December 2020, the Ministry of Commerce issued a press release on new E-commerce grants and training set to boost Cambodia’s small and medium enterprises. So far, 125 small and medium enterprises are set to gain grants and training in online commerce through a ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged three environmental activists with incitement to disturb social security on September 6, a move civil society groups have said is meant as a threat to others who dare to criticize the government. ...

On 13 August 2021, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a press release on distribution of two types of Kovid-19 rapid test kits to the public.In order to continue to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in a timely manner, the Ministry is open to ...

The Kratie Provincial Court summoned two Kraol indigenous people from Srae Chis commune to appear in court for questioning this week for allegedly illegally encroaching on protected areas, but the two villagers did not show up. ...

Foul-smelling wastewater is draining into the sea at Sihanoukville’s O’Chheu Teal beach, leaving visitors plugging their noses and a local business owner and tourism official concerned that the stink will scare off tourists. ...