The value of exports of garment and accessories from Cambodia rose by 3.3 percent to $5.021 billion in the first eight months of this year, compared with 4.861 billion during the corresponding period last year, according to the statistics from the Ministry of Commerce. ...

The Court of Appeal on Thursday heard the case of the “Adhoc 5”, five current and former staffers of the rights group who in September 2018 were found guilty of bribing a mistress of former opposition leader Kem Sokha.​ ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has said that the government will provide vocational training to 1.5 million poor youth as part of its policy for the upcoming seventh mandate. ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport (MoEYS), with support from UNICEF, officially launched the “Inclusive Education Action Plan 2024–2028” last Friday. This landmark initiative is set to transform Cambodia’s educational landscape by ensuring every child, including those with disabilities, has access to quality education, ...

Two new investment projects worth a combined $5.5 million have been approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...

PHNOM PENH: Chinese Union Group and the government of Cambodia plan to ink MoU of construction of mega-development projects in Koh Kong province, southern part of Cambodia. Environment minister Mok Mareth made the announcement upon arrival from China, where he attended APEC meeting in Tainjin on ...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology on Tuesday warned people not to travel by sea from August 3-5 because the country would suffer from the impact of a storm and cause torrential rain. The ministry’s statement said according to the forecast, a depression on the ...

A 9-year-old boy has become the 10th person this year to die of bird flu in Cambodia, the World Health Organization announced Monday. The U.N. agency said the boy from a village in northeastern Battambang province came down with fever and vomiting on July 26 and ...

Cambodia’s economic growth is forecasted to reach 7.2 percent in 2014, and 7.5 percent next year according to a report by World Bank on Monday. The report said Cambodia’s garments continue to be the key engine of growth, followed by construction. The poverty rate continued to ...

MVL Foundation Limited has allocated a $5 million grant for the development of education, the establishment of schools, and charity in Cambodia. ...

Hang Puthea, National Election Committee (NEC) spokesman, on Monday said that 17 political parties have fielded a total of 86,042 candidates, among them 27,813 are females, equivalent to about 32 percent. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved an investment project worth $84.5 million that will need about 1,000 workers to manufacture solar panels in an industrial zone in Kratie province, according to a release by the CDC. ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) is finalising strategies to develop human capital, promote better work conditions, and enhance the livelihood of about 1.5 million poor and vulnerable families. ...

As of April 20, Cambodia had inoculated a total of 1,277,688 people against Covid-19, including civil servants, government officials, members of the armed forces and their families, the general public and foreigners, in a vaccination drive administered by the ministries of Health and National Defence. ...

responsAbility Social Investments AG, a Swiss for-profit company that operates four microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs), recently reported to MicroCapital that it has invested USD 13.5 million in microfinance institutions (MFIs) Equity Bank of Kenya and VisionFund Cambodia. The investments have been made through three MIVs: ...

Trade volume between Cambodia and Japan reached over $586 million in the first quarter of this year, up 4.90 per cent year-on-year, despite the Covid-19-fuelled demand and supply shocks reverberating across the global economy, a report from the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) shows. ...

The government has kept its baseline projection for Cambodia’s economic growth this year at 5.6 percent, which was announced in late January, marking a sharp drop from the 6.6 per cent put forward in October, as the Ukraine conflict and geopolitical unrest caused regional and ...

Cambodia has eyed to become a precious stone and jewelry hub in Southeast Asia region in the near future, Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said Thursday. Speaking at the opening of the 5th international gems and jewelry fair here, the minister said that with the fast ...

Cambodia’s largest Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP) Saturday reported that it earned the total revenues of about US$14-M in the 1st 5 months of this year, + 14 rise from US$12.3-M at the same period last year. Goods exported through the port are mostly garment products and ...