With the fight over the minimum wage hike for the garment and footwear industry coming to a head, factory owners are already digging in their heels, saying any increase in the $128 a month wage could seriously damage an industry that is facing rising competition ...

The value-added textile sector, as The garment sector is called in Pakistan, has chosen Cambodia as an alternative destination for relocating Their manufacturing units, owing to continued electricity and gas supply problems in The country. The power and gas shortage is affecting productivity in Pakistan’s apparel sector, which in turn, is affecting The sector’s exports. ...

Cambodian men drink more than the global norm and their liquor habits are on the upswing, according to a recent report by the World Health Organization. People – especially men – throughout the Western Pacific and Southeast Asian regions are drinking more, according to the WHO’s ...

The public bus service run by City Hall has been hemorrhaging about $100,000 a month, according to The local authorities.Long Dimanche, spokesman for The Phnom Penh municipality, confirmed The figure yesterday, after it was first revealed by local media following a meeting last week between ...

The Royal Phnom Penh Hospital has been given The rights by The government to import and control The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines from The United States. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen discussed the outstanding debt Cambodia owed to Russia on Wednesday, with the prime minister urging the debt be turned into investment and development in the country. ...

The Australian embassy last week launched The Cambodia-Australia Water Utility Improvement Programme (WUIP) which aims to support The Kingdom’s water operators and improve water service delivery throughout The country. ...

The $4.3 billion 2016 draft budget moved one step closer to adoption yesterday, as The ruling party-controlled parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing The document gave it The green light. ...

The Supreme Court this evening ruled to dissolve The Cambodia National Rescue Party, ending The only existing electoral threat to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s grip on power in The Kingdom. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen thanked the U.N. on Sunday for providing maps that he said prove that the government had upheld the law in its work demarcating the country’s border with Vietnam. ...

Two ethnic Banong communities in Mondolkiri province’s Keo Seima district have completed the final stage in the process to receive rare collective property titles, and are set to receive ownership documents early next month, an official at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) said. Kan Vibol, ...

Programmer Kong Divin recently returned from a trip to the US, where he won second place in a Microsoft office context in Texas. He had entered the same competition last year, but did not win any prizes, though it gave him the drive to return. ...

The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) market capitalisation rose more than 40 per cent last year from 2017, mostly boosted by The rise in The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) share price, The CSX said. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has praised the strong relationship Cambodia enjoys with China, saying the Asian giant plays a significant role in promoting peace, stability and development in the region and the world.​ ...

The National Assembly yesterday approved The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), prepping The stage for The agreement to come into effect by early next year. ...

Authorities are on the hunt for a man who escaped custody on Tuesday after being arrested for allegedly transporting luxurious timber in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary. the suspect was detained by environmental rangers at the Keo Seima Wildlife sanctuary headquarters on Monday but ran off ...

Health experts on Tuesday called on the government to save Cambodian lives by raising tobacco taxes and use the revenues to expand healthcare benefits for the general public.​ the call was made by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA), World Health Organisation (WHO) and ...

The government took steps to shore up The rice sector yesterday, saying it would remove The current value added tax [VAT] on milling machines in The country and shut down companies importing rice from neighboring countries and rebranding it as Cambodian during an emergency meeting ...

The Mekong River and flash floods have claimed at least 168 lives in Cambodia and cost The country about 500 million U.S. dollars due to The damages to rice paddy and roads, Keo Vy, spokesman for The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said Tuesday. ...

The Cambodian Center for Independent Media has set up a website for public comment on a contentious draft law to regulate Cambodian cyberspace. The website establishes a “wiki”-like crowd-sourcing platform for comments on The law, even though The public has not been able to see The ...