The Laos government has said that all the necessary environmental assessments for the Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River have been completed and that no damage will be inflicted on the fisheries in countries further downstream when built, an official at the Cambodia National Mekong Committee said yesterday. Watt Botkosal, ...

Immigration officials from the Interior MInistry and Pursat provInce today are to begIn a census of all foreigners livIng In the KIngdom, though it is expected to focus primarily on those of Vietnamese descent. FollowIng a meetIng In Pursat yesterday afternoon, Major General Khun Sambor, chief ...

Government denials over the rumored development of the Buddhist Institute have reached the highest levels, with the prime mInister pennIng a letter to the kIng to assure him the land is not for sale. In a letter addressed to KIng Norodom Sihamoni dated October 6 and ...

The Ministry of Health, the World Health Organisation in Cambodia (WHO) and institute Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC) on Monday held a joint press conference to reiterate that they are fully prepared for all eventualities in facing the global outbreak of COVID-19. ...

Siem Reap provincial deputy governor Ngan Phirun has instructed authorities to immediately put a stop to all activities at more than 140 illegal logging sites in or near protected areas and biodiversity corridors in the province to prevent further deforestation. ...

China will import “pra” fish from Cambodia in the near future, once technical experts study and assess sanitary and other associated risks in virtual inspections and give the all-clear, Chinese ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian affirmed on December 6.​ ...

The draft law on cybercrime is in its final stages and in the process of being discussed with all stakeholders involved, including experts from US, said Minister of interior Sar Kheng, on Tuesday. ...

The deadline for the country’s five mobile operators to ensure all their subscribers are registered by National ID cards or other legal documents is December 22, officials said yesterday.  ...

Both sides agreed to focus on all-level delegation exchanges – especially among young officers, deputy ministerial-level defence policy dialogue, personnel training, and joint sea patrols. ...

Travel agents, airport operators and airlines all say they are ready to cope with an influx of foreign visitors safely and efficiently. ...

The Cambodia-Laos-Vienam (CLV) Development Triangle Area has achieved an average economic growth of 10 percent in 2011 and 2012 period, meeting the target set for the period. The CLV Development Triangle Area comprises four provinces in Cambodia , four in Laos and five in Vietnam. Delegates from ...

The Cambodian Mine Action Centre has called for all retired staff and families of deceased staff to contact its office to get a pension under its Royal Cambodian Armed Forces status. ...

It’s supposedly not a budding new political party, but Kem Ley’s “Khmer for Khmer” network has all the trappings and rhetoric of a group building a base for an electoral run. ...

The Ministry of interior yesterday ordered all prisons across the country to release inmates scheduled to be freed on weekends and public holidays ahead of time rather than prolonging their sentence. ...

Cambodia’s National Election Committee (NEC), which oversees the country’s polls, should be revamped with representatives picked by an independent panel in a transparent manner with the involvement of all stakeholders, a group of non-governmental organizations said in a report after investigating the latest disputed elections. The ...

A draft agricultural land law threatens to eliminate property rights and effectively remove all limitations on the size of economic land concessions, a coalition of civil society groups said in a statement released.The draft of The Law on the Management and Use of Agricultural Land, ...

A World Bank report highlighting the rate of Cambodian children exposed to second-hand cigarette smoke has bolstered calls to increase tobacco taxes threefold. The World Bank report, which was released on November 20 and titled Risking Your Health, claims nearly 50 per cent of all Cambodians under ...

Economic growth in Cambodia is being hampered by poor sanitation and hygiene, and rising food prices are leaving people struggling to afford basic produce for a balanced diet, according to a report released yesterday by the UN Development Program (UNDP). The UNDP’s 2011 Human Development Report ...

In order to counter criticisms made by journalists and the general public, the government has created a unit made out of mInistry spokespersons to ensure speedy responses. The decision to create the unit was sanctioned by Prime MInister Hun Sen on March 6 via a ...

Member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) are striving to forge a regional free trade facility to be known as FTAAP (Free Trade Area of Asia-Pacific) AFTA (ASEAN Free Trade Area) – signed in January of 1992, it covers all 10 ASEAN members of ...