Feasibility studies on achieving Geographical Indication status for Thma Koul rice, Kampot durian and Cambodian golden silk have been completed, officials said yesterday. Ouk Prachea, secretary of state at the Ministry of Commerce, said the ministry was waiting for the results of the studies done by ...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy has decided to decentralise the process for small-scale miners and dredgers to obtain licences, with the government now permitting provincial authorities to directly issue licences to operators without ministerial oversight. Speaking at a meeting on the new measures, Dith Tina, ...

Cambodia was ranked higher than other CLMV countries (Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar, Vietnam) for the readiness of private and state-owned organisations to deal with external economic changes, according to the Change 2015 Readiness Index released by KPMG. The international auditing firm’s report shows that Cambodia was the ...

The United States has agreed to renew its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for Thailand until the end of 2017, the Commerce Ministry revealed on Wednesday. The reinStatement order happened on Monday. It is valid four years and five months. As the tariff privilege takes retroactive ...

Boasting of his more than 30 years’ ruling Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Saturday that he could teach a thing or two to the West about running a country while managing demands for change.The premier, who is Southeast Asia’s longest-serving current leader, recalled ...

Four workers have gone missing after the collapse of an in-progress hydropower dam in Western Cambodia, apparently due to a leak in the structure. The Associated Press reports that the Saturday collapse occurred at the Stung Atay Hydroelectric Project, a $255-million dollar dam on the Atay ...

The provinces of Kampong Chhnang and Koh Kong yesterday guaranteed legal action against any individual found guilty of encroaching on or engaging in illicit land trade within state-protected forests. ...

A public scheme to ease the economic impacts of COVID-19 has distributed more than $260 million to needy households, Ministry of Economy and Finance Secretary of State Vongsey Vissoth said Wednesday. ...

The UNDP in Cambodia published a statement yesterday on its Facebook page stating that the rate of women workers in the Kingdom is higher than others in the region. ...

Kampot authorities have been ordered to take immediate action to stop and annul all signatures on land transfer letters for the purchase or sale of state land in protected areas and the biodiversity conservation corridor. ...

Six foreign ministers from the 10 ASEAN Member states will be meeting in Cambodia today to hold the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM), as Myanmar has not responded to the invitation. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) requested that the authorities investigate, and if necessary pursue legal action, against Kim Chanratana, a Cambodian-American living in the US state of Georgia.   ...

More than 930,000 hectares of state public land inside protected conservation areas are now eligible for privatization, according to a November 30 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has arrested Lay Samnang, former deputy director of the Finance and Supply Department under the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation, for allegedly embezzling nearly $390,000 of state funds. ...

Undersecretary of State and Spokesman of the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce Penn Sovicheat said the RCEP could help Cambodia graduate from its least-developed country status as soon as 2028. ...

China is a key contributor to Cambodia’s socioeconomic development and poverty reduction, Cambodian Economy and Finance Ministry’s Standing Secretary of State Vongsey Vissoth said here on Wednesday. ...

Li Qiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, has congratulated Kitti Tesaphibal Bindit Hun Manet on assuming the office of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet will join other ASEAN Heads of State / Government at the Summit between ASEAN and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this week. ...

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink, U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia W. Patrick Murphy, and Cambodian Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeurng Sackona celebrated the repatriation of 27 looted artifacts to Cambodia at the National Museum today. ...

Dith Tina, a former secretary of state in the Energy Ministry, has been voted the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries on Friday, receiving 111 votes from members of the National Assembly. ...