The province’s new landfill site was built on a total area of 20.80 hectares in Paoy Svay village, Ta Kream commune, Banan district. It has four pits to store garbage, a waste treatment plant, a warehouse to store hazardous waste, and several residential buildings. ...

Newly-constructed Siem Reap Angkor International Airport is scheduled to put into official use on Oct. 16, 2023 onwards to welcome more local and international tourists to the Kingdom of Cambodia, especially to Siem Reap cultural province. ...

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication recently organized a GovTech Conference, a platform for digital technical officers to share practical experience and case studies related to governance and digital technology. ...

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will continue to provide technical support for Cambodia in order to realise its vision of becoming a high-income nation by 2050. ...

Cambodia has played a crucial role in advancing ASEAN’s external partnerships, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sok Chenda Sophea in his ASEAN Day message on Thursday. ...

 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 ...

The US Embassy yesterday hit back at unsubstantiated claims of a United States-backed conspiracy to topple The government disseminated by pro-government media outlet Fresh News, even as local news reported that The Interior Ministry would investigate The purported plot.​   ...

Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading ride-hailing app, announced yesterday the launch of two new initiatives in Cambodia under its ‘Grab for Good’ social impact programme. A company-wide commitment by Grab to create positive social and economic impact through technology.​ the two new initiatives are Break the ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport on Wednesday launched The Quality and Inclusive Education Support Partnership, an initiative supported by Sweden and Unicef that aims to enhance access to education for children in The Kingdom, particularly from disadvantaged communities. Running from 2020 to 2023, The ...

The Prey Lang Community Network, which works to protect Cambodian forests, has been selected by UNDP for an Equator Prize, for outstanding community organizing. In an interview with VOA Khmer, The group’s spokesman, Seng Sok Heng, says The government is “inactive” in protecting Cambodian forests, some ...

Canada-based Angkor Resources Corp – formerly Angkor Gold Corp – has entered into a “ground-breaking” collaborative engagement with Ratanakkiri province’s Jarai minority ethnic communities on the Andong Meas licence. “the agreement covers exploration through mining and also includes reclamation,” Angkor said in a May 4 press ...

Artisanal mining is small-scale mining that typically involves individuals, family groups or small communities, often working with limited technology. The mining may be seasonal, fitted around oTher work such as farming. There is a large overlap between this type of activity and gemstone mining. Artisanal ...

Around 50 metres of riverbank on Saturday collapsed in Kampong Cham province’s Kampong Cham city and has affected a commune administration hall building. Provincial Governor Un Chanda, who inspected the collapse site in Veal Vong commune, on Saturday said he had ordered officials to tackle ...

Two more people in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district were arrested Tuesday in connection with what local authorities are calling a secessionist plot, a forestry official said yesterday. Veal Veng district forestry chief Thorn Bunthet said that Kuy Van, 55, and Leng Chhoeuk, 50, were arrested ...

Opposition lawmaker-elect Mu Sochua and five CNRP youth supporters were ejected Tuesday from Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park after they gathered to film a video for a foundation named after Free Trade Union founder Chea Vichea, who was assassinated in 2004. “We did not come to ...

The government attracted more than $6 billion in electricity investment between 2006 and The end of last year. This is in response to rising electricity demands and is in line with government goals to reduce its cost for both commercial and residential users. ...

Three purpose-fitted motorbikes used to carry processed wood and 12 illegal timber pieces of koki and sokrom luxury wood were seized by the Royal Gendarmerie in O’Yadav district, in Ratanakkiri province, and police in Mondulkiri’s Keo Seima district, for further legal action, said the provincial ...

In light of Cambodia confirming 91 Covid-19 cases, Germany announced on Tuesday that it will provide €1.5 million ($1,618,000) to help support the Covid-19 Emergency Response Plan in the Kingdom. ...

Japan’s Sumi Wiring Systems Co Ltd launched production of automobile wiring this month, a company official said yesterday. Japanese companies such as Sumi and Minebea, a ball-bearings maker, have helped Cambodia’s manufacturing industry diversify away from garments, the country’s main manufacturing product and export, and Prime Minister Hun Sen ...

When Khemarey Khoeun is sworn in as a park district commissioner in Skokie, Illinois, on May 16, she’ll be making history as the first Cambodian-American woman elected to public office at any level of government in the United States. ...