The opposition party leader Sam Rainsy sent an open letter Tuesday to interior Minister Sar Kheng to resume talks between the two parties to break the current political deadlock. “I would like to inform all observers that today [Tuesday] I contacted Deputy Prime Minister and interior ...

The prime minister has urged all stake holders involved in the agricultural sector in the country to boost and promote the vital agricultural sector as it will provide food for the country’s people as well as enable exports. ...

Officials have called for climate change-related issues to be taken into account in all future development planning, noting that Cambodia remains vulnerable to an increase in natural disasters caused by climate change. ...

Moc Bai Border Gate Economic Zone is located on the Trans-Asia Road that starts from Myanmar, goes to Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam and ends at Quangxi, China. It was built with three border gates on an area of 21,283ha, covering the communes of Long Thuan, ...

More than 100 workers of Shenzhou garment factory in Phnom Penh fainted Thursday, one day after a similar mass fainting at the same factory. The first workers fainted at about 8 a.m., setting off a chain reaction that sent the entire workforce running from the factory ...

The director of Transparency International Cambodia on Friday called for all political parties to Incorporate anti-corruption measures Into their platforms before next year’s commune elections. ...

All of the Kingdom’s longstanding land disputes will be resolved with the help of 27 newly-created teams, Minister of Land Management Chea Sophara said last week. ...

The Information MInistry announced Monday that it would push back by two months a deadlIne for all 17 local television stations to broadcast only Cambodian-produced content durIng prime time. ...

The Thai Ambassador in Phnom Penh has suggested that Cambodia form a special delegation to tackle the common – and often deadly – practice of illegal logging along the two countries’ shared border, the ambassador said yesterday. Already this year, 11 Cambodians have reportedly been ...

Representatives of 21 Turkish cosmetics and self-care brands pitched their products to wholesalers, retailers and distributors at a cluster meeting in Phnom Penh yesterday, looking to get a foothold in one of Asia’s fastest-growing consumer markets.All but one of the brands had come to Cambodia ...

Thai Beverage’s stake in Fraser & Neave (F&N) is another piece of the strategic jigsaw as ThaiBev moves to become an international giant, benefiting from the Singapore-based beverage firm’s regional distribution network and management know-how Not only has its beverage business expanded regionally and globally, the ...

U.S. Ambassador to Asean David Carden met with judges and Justice Ministry representatives from all 10 Asean countries in Phnom Penh yesterday to discuss the importance of fighting against corruption and upholding the rule of law for foreign investors. “Cambodia will prosper if outside investment comes ...

Arrivals from Thailand and Laos gained the highest growth rate in May of all Cambodia’s tourist suppliers according to the country’s latest tourism report. Released by the Statistics and Tourism information Department of the Tourism Ministry, the report showed a slowdown in travel from Thailand during ...

Commerce Minister asked officials at all border checkpoints to prevent and crackdown on expired products. Thong Thira, Banteay Meanchey’s head of Department of Commerce, said that about 71 percent of 700,000 people living in Banteay Meanchey are farmers. He said the province has big 20 ...

The 7th annual Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam-Myanmar (CLMV) summit took place in Naypyitaw on Monday at the Myanmar international Convention Centre 1. According to a joint statement released at the CLMV summit, the appointees from all participating countries reviewed the progress of projects agreed upon in the previous CLMV ...

The pandemic has increased pressure on building operators, resulting in an all-time high in demand for property management, US-based commercial real estate and service and investment firm CBRE – the largest in the world – said yesterday. ...

Earlier this month Prime Minister Hun Sen approved five more economic land concessions totally 44,780 hectares in the Preah Vihear province. Largely distributed to agri-business companies there is fear that the concessions will lead to deforestation. Heng Roy international, Heng You international, Lan Feng international, ...

All families evacuated during the worst floods Cambodia has seen in more than a decade have now returned home, the floodwaters have receded and relief efforts are coming to a close, officials said yesterday. Two hundred and fifty people, at least half of them children, died ...

A new draft of the trade-union law included “huge changes” that removed all major controversial aspects of the legislation, including criminal sanctions, a union advocate said yesterday. Dave Welsh, country director for the American Centre for international Labour Solidarity, said the Ministry of Labour was to ...

Water Resources and Meteorology Minister Lim Kean Hor has ordered all provincial department directors to be prepared for Mekong river floods as water from the river has started to overflow. Ya Voeun, Tboung Khmum provincial water department director, yesterday said that the water level of ...