The government has launched a 15-year policy framework for the Kingdom’s evolving digital socioeconomic environment to pave the way for a thriving digital economy, as a new engine of economic growth. ...

The Australian government will support Cambodia’s effort to provide piped clean water to rural areas as its Provincial Investment Plan study revealed that less than 50 per cent of villages in the country were connected to piped water in 2020. ...

A 180kg Irrawady dolphin in the Ochheuteal dolphin pleasance in Preah Rumkel commune of Stung Treng province’s Borei O’Svay Sen Chey district was found dead on June 14, most likely from natural age-related causes.​ ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea reached $377 million for the first five months of 2021.  This represents a 6.2 percent increase compared to the same period last year.   ...

Four priority areas of cooperation, namely public health security, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) capacity building, climate-change resilient agricultural production, and sustainable energy have been emphasised by Cambodia’s top diplomat.​ ...

The Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) is joining forces with international multilateral development banks to scale up sustainable finance in the Kingdom’s securities market, and to coordinate training and capacity building initiatives, according to SERC director-general Sou Socheat. ...

The wildlife-friendly Ibis rice project which has gained remarkable success and achievement since 2009 is now extended to benefit another 809 farmers’ families in the provinces of Ratanakiri and Stung Treng. ...

A major global tax overhaul that will set a tax floor of 15 percent has the ability to level the playing field when attracting international investments from technology companies and increase the Kingdom’s coffers. ...

The government is preparing a master plan to develop intelligent transport systems (ITS) to properly consolidate and invigorate the technological development and capabilities in the industry, in the expectation of a soft launch in 2023. ...

Authorities in several provinces have issued letters annulling their previously signed orders regarding land occupied in protected areas and biodiversity corridors after the Ministry of Environment issued a letter in May calling their actions illegal. ...

Yesterday, Australia’s Ambassador to Cambodia, Pablo Kang briefed Aun Pornmoniroth, Minister of Economy on various new Australian programmes commencing in Cambodia under the Mekong-Australia Partnership (MAP).​ ...

Four live pig importers submitted a joint letter to the ministries of Economy and Finance, and Commerce requesting a tender in principle to bring in hogs from abroad to better cover domestic market demand. ...

The Chinese government has donated another 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for Cambodia with their shipment expected on August 23. ...

The senate on September 20 unanimously passed (38-0) two draft laws authorising the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement and the bilateral Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA). ...

Cambodian authorities detained 9,828 drug-related suspects over the first nine months of this year, down 37 percent year-on-year, said an Anti-Drug Department’s report on Saturday. ...

Cambodia’s success and experience in its vaccine rollout provides an important opportunity to learn for future pandemic preparedness, said Dr Li Ailan, representative of the World Health Organization in Cambodia. ...

October 10 is World Mental Health Day and the Ministry of Health and World Health Organisation (WHO) have expressed concern for those whose mental health has suffered due to stress and anxiety caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

The government has agreed in principle to lease more than 370ha of state public land in Koh Kong province’s Sre Ambel district to a private company with plans to develop a natural crab aquaculture area and a small port.   ...

Cambodia is going to reopen secondary and high schools in Phnom Penh on September 15 while Indonesia has tightened protocols on international travellers to help curb the spread of COVID-19. ...

The rapid pace of Cambodia’s coronavirus vaccination campaigns and subsequent booster shot drives will be key to a faster economic reopening, according to a senior World Bank official on September 13. ...