A water shortage in the tourist town of sihanoukville has led authorities to advise scores of businesses to dig their own wells as only 50 percent of local demand is currently being met after high temperatures dried up the water supplier’s only reservoir. On March ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian migrant workers sent home $256 million last year, according to a report from a U.N. agency and the World Bank, which was released in Bangkok yesterday. The report from the bank and Rome-based International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), titled sending Money Home to Asia, ss='cambodia-color'>...

A 135-megawatt coal-fired power plant will start producing energy this month in the coastal province of Preah sihanouk, according to a high-ranking energy official. The plant is seen as an important element in the government’s strategy to deal with the current energy shortage. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday met a Japanese delegation at the Peace Palace to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation, especially in the development of blockchain technology. In the morning, Mr Hun sen met with the delegation headed by Kozo Yamamoto, a member of the House of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Australian government provided $10 million for landmine clearing in the Kingdom. The aid was announced when new Australian Ambassador to Cambodia Pablo Chiho Kang today met with Foreign Affairs Minister Prak sokhonn at the ministry. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons spokesman Nuth savna announced that it is conducting investigations into the death of a five-month-old baby who had been living with her mother in Correctional Centre II (Prey sar). ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Japanese government today donated a total of $890,471 for the development of irrigation systems, maternal and child healthcare, and youth capacity building in the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Fifty families claiming ownership of 5ha in Koki village, Bit Traing commune, in Prey Nop district, Preah sihanouk province, on Monday protested on the site over claims that Ouk sineth and his associates illegally encroached on their land, bulldozing their homes and crops during the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on saturday announced the arrival of 12 ships containing more than 1,000 containers of raw materials from China at sihanoukville Autonomous Port to supply struggling garment factories in the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Agriculture and Rural Development Bank (ARDB) has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with the Cambodia Food Manufacture Association (CFMA) to disburse $50 million in loans from the government to small- and medium-sized enterprises (sME) for business expansion and productivity. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has said it secured a 12.7 million euro (nearly $14 million) grant from the European Union for the construction of the Bakheng Water Treatment Plant and its 500 kilometres of distribution network in Phnom Penh.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s economic rise starkly contrasts the political chaos that reached a climax in November 2017 with the dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party — the country’s only major opposition party — and the detention of its leader, Kem sokha. Prime Minister Hun sen has ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hotels and international flights forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia are expected to reopen this month Clais Chenda, President of Cambodia Hotel Association, said that some hotel owners confirm they will resume operations shortly and international flights are expected to commence ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hotels and international flights forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia are expected to reopen this month. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The two-way trade of Cambodia with Vietnam experienced a decrease during the first quarter of the year caused by the global pandemic. However, the trade volume with Thailand remained steady. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small and Medium EnterpriSeS and the ASia Foundation haS formally announced the Go Digital ASEAN initiative. Supported by a $3.3 million grant from Google, the initiative iS deSigned to equip 200,000 people &ndaSh; of which 60 percent will be SS='cambodia-color'>...

WorldBridge Industrial Developments Co Ltd on November 27 broke ground on its long-awaited WorldBridge i4.0 sME Cluster zone in Kandal province. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia began the fourth round of free trade talks with south Korea this week, as the Kingdom continues to embark on expanding regional integration with an aim to diversifying export opportunities. ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 26 November 2020, the Embassy of sweden in Phnom Penh issued a press release on its government’s decision to close its office in Phnom Penh by the end of 2021. In this press release, the embassy also noted that the activities of the Ministry ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s garment industry had issued a renewed plea for help amidst new statistics revealing that more than 150,000 workers have now lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. ss='cambodia-color'>...