The property sector in Preah Sihanouk province seems to be booming, thanks to new project developments, the growth in tourism and a twinning program between the province and Zhencheng district in China’s Guangdong province. ...

Cambodia wants Unesco recognition for Kampot, Kratie and Battambang cities and hopes they would be considered by the UN organisation to be recognized as World Heritage sites when the kingdom files its application next June.​ ...

Local enterprise TK&D Manufacturing on September 19 inaugurated a new production line for paper cups and straws made from rice, corn and cassava in Pursat province’s easternmost Krakor district, to supply domestic and international markets. ...

Cambodia has declared its readiness to join relevant development partners to restore the socio-economic situation and promote prosperity at the 78th UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) session in the Thai capital Bangkok. ...

Regional and international issues and how to bring the ASEAN-US partnership to another level will be discussed at length as Prime Minister Hun Sen and his ministers arrive in Washington, DC, for a special summit on May 12-13. ...

The UK has expressed interest in promoting investment in Cambodia’s infrastructure and energy sector, in a move that has been hailed as a potential avenue to appreciably lower production costs domestically and bolster the Kingdom’s general competitiveness on the regional and global stages. ...

An agreement will be be signed between Cambodia and China to pump $2 million into nine projects to create greater impact in transport and logistics, information system, food security, research, capacity building, and cultural conservation. ...

Tourism officials from Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar discussed solutions for luring tourists to their region and integrate their tourist industry as they met in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday. ...

FacebookTwitterEmailShareIn a recent article published in the journal PLOS Medicine, researchers performed a prospective, longitudinal study to estimate the proportion of outpatient consultations resulting in inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions in young children in three low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), Madagascar, Senegal, and Cambodia. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith have called on the French government to supply maps and other related documents to settle a border dispute, as they expressed their commitment to ending the spat. ...

As Cambodia’s Facebook generation turns to the internet for their news about the Kingdom, a public relations and communications agency is seeking to capture the group’s attention by highlighting various people and their Cambodian pride. ...

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong urged Viet Nam and Cambodia’s defence ministries to strengthen their co-operation at a reception on Saturday for Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh. ...

Cam Top Property Group, from Cambodia, and Australia-based Cate Group have come together to jointly invest $25 million in an affordable housing project that will be launched next week for low middle- and middle-income Cambodians. ...

Three environmentalists and a rights worker were detained yesterday for more than two hours and blocked from delivering a petition to the National Assembly calling on the government to order sand-dredging operations in Koh Kong province to cease. ...

SIEM REAP CITY – Opposition leader Sam Rainsy was greeted Tuesday by 15,000 supporters and a small dust storm at the CNRP’s first post-election rally in Siem Reap, where he once again called on Prime Minister Hun Sen to stand down. Arriving on a scheduled flight ...

Government and business representatives continue to remain optimistic about Cambodia’s prospects after the ASEAN Economic Community integration next year, saying that the Kingdom had upped production levels and strengthened quality measures to remain competitive in the region. ...

China’s leading cement equipment manufacturer and service provider CITIC Heavy Industries Company on Saturday secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from a Cambodian conglomerate to build a $262 million cement plant in Cambodia. ...

Cambodia’s civil servants and security forces must be politically neutral, and will be if the Cambodia National Rescue Party takes power after the 2018 election, acting opposition leader Kem Sokha told supporters in Banteay Meanchey on Saturday. ...

The National Election Committee has received and settled 150 complaints in regards to preliminary voter lists for February’s Senate election. Among the complaints, 144 were approved, one was denied, three had already been resolved and two were withdrawn. ...