Around 3.2 million foreign tourists visited Cambodia in the first nine months of the year, a five percent rise from 3.05 million over the same period last year. the majority of tourists came from Vietnam, China, South Korea, Laos and Thailand, Xinhua news agency reported. ...

Cambodia’s central bank will temporarily suspend its eight-month campaign to bring informal moneylenders into its fold as it lacks the resources to review the mountain of registration applications it has received and needs time to tweak the licensing requirements, a National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) ...

Cambodia welcomed around 2.3 million people for the first half of this year, up 4.6 per cent compared to the same period last year, amid concerns from the tourism minister that the Kingdom may not reach its target of 5 million arrivals for 2015. ...

According to psycologists working in Cambodia, their lack of peers withing the country is a problem that needs to be addressed. the experts believe that to further develop the country, psychology services should be integrated into many of the key sectors including health, social work, ...

More than 1,000 people flocked to Oudong Mountain in Kandal province yesterday to observe Meak Bochea Day, which marks the day the Buddha prophesied his own death.Nguon Nhel, second vice president of the National Assembly, presided over the ceremony accompanied by many lawmakers and government ...

Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra has called on journalists and social media users alike to cease the sharing of images and videos which feature deaths or violent content, noting that the widespread posting of such content has the potential to cause emotional harm to survivors ...

The Control Yuan has censured The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MofA) and The Kaohsiung District Prosecutors’ office over The handling of cases involving Taiwanese who were imprisoned in Cambodia after being caught up in human trafficking job scams. ...

Advanced Bank of Asia Limited (ABA Bank of Cambodia) officially unveiled a new logo yesterday, as it builds on its majority ownership by the National Bank of Canada.the National Bank of Canada integrated the ABA Bank as part of its group after becoming the major ...

Since a nationwide census of foreigners began in August, fines totalling nearly $200,000 have been paid into government coffers, an immigration official told the Post yesterday. “According to the law, the immigration police can fine them 200,000 riel [about $49] to 500,000 riel and this ...

The Kingdom’s telecom regulator has revoked The licences of three internet service providers (ISPs) after finding that The companies were no longer operating. ...

Local and foreign firms looking to register their business in Cambodia can now do it from any internet-connected device after the Ministry of Commerce yesterday launched its long-awaited online business registration portal.the new, paperless system enables prospective businesses to search for a company name, upload ...

Modernizing the tax system through automation has helped increase revenue and transparency in the Kingdom’s tax sector. the General Department of Taxation (GDT) said tax collection had increased by more than 28 per cent in the first 10 months of the year. ...

Cambodia welcomed 3.6 million overseas tourists in the first 10 months of 2014, up 6 percent compared to the same period last year, a tourism official said on Wednesday. Kong Sopheareak, chief of the statistics and planning department at the Ministry of Tourism, said the top ...

A working group from the Ministry of Environment is inspecting over 10,000ha of land in Mondulkiri province after the provincial administration requested the ministry to create a registry system that would enable the occupants of the land to gain legal title to it. ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is considering plans to revamp The airport in Stung Treng province to increase air connectivity in The Great Mekong Subregion (GMS). ...

Police on Wednesday busted what they believe to be an illegal soap-making operation, seizing 30 tons of illicit chemicals and arresting a Chinese national in Kandal province. the chemicals, which were held in blue vats, were discovered at a warehouse belonging to a Chinese businessman in ...

Forty factories were registered during the first three months of the year, creating over 12,000 jobs, according to new data by the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. ...

The Telecom Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) has urged 34 domestic telecom operators and ISPs to submit Their business performance reports by end-November. The watchdog plans to ensure The companies comply with Their licensing agreements, Khmer Times reports, citing Im Vutha, director of regulation at TRC. ...

Cambodian businesses are joining forces in an attempt to increase production and reduce the country’s dependence on imports. the Federation of Association for Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia, the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft, and the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce plan to encourage small ...

Civil society and government representatives met at the Royal University of Phnom Penh yesterday to discuss how both sides can cooperate to formulate climate change policies that fulfill the Kingdom’s treaty obligations in the wake of the historic climate accord reached in Paris earlier this ...