A senior official at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs has urged for human trafficking prevention by promoting women’s economic empowerment and identifying the needs and opportunities for women working in the informal economy. ss='cambodia-color'>...

One of the cardinal reasons behind the Royal Government of Cambodia’s (RGC) confidence to transform the Kingdom into a high-middle-income country by 2030 and a high-income country by 2050 stems essentially from the government’s ambition to boost rice exports to 1 million tonne by 2025. ss='cambodia-color'>...

India is now Vietnam’s fastest growing tourism market with the number of visitors last year from that country increasing by 231% from 2019, the year before Covid broke out. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following the announcement that The Phnom Penh Post, and Post Khmer, its Khmer language sister paper, will cease publication in print form on March 29, several social observers, government officials, intellectuals and readers were prompted to share their thoughts at the end of more than ss='cambodia-color'>...

Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) and the Institute of science and Technology of Cambodia (IsTC) in Preah Vihear, focusing on collaborative efforts in education and research, the Prayuters Library Program is excited to announce the opening of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) successfully launched Cambodia’s first national open data conference on 26 March 2024 at the CADT Innovation Center in Phnom Penh, under the theme – “Open Government Data for Inclusive Development,” – resonated deeply, reflecting Cambodia’s commitment to building a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s bicycle export fell 43 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2024, said a General Department of Customs and Excise’s report on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s exports grew by an average of 13.3 percent between 2017 and 2023 and reached $23.47 billion, or 54.7 percent of the country’s gross domestic product in 2023. ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 13 February 2023, 93 Media and Civil Society OrganizationS (CSOS) releaSed a joint Statement to expreSS their deeply diSturbed by Prime MiniSter Hun Sen&rSquo;S order to revoke the licenSe of Voice of Democracy (VOD), and alSo condemn the recent Sexual haraSSment and intimidation of SS='cambodia-color'>...

China has not yet purchased milled rice from Cambodia for the period 2019-2020, with the country still trying to fulfill its quota for the year 2018. Kao Thach, CEO of Rural Development Bank (RDB), told Khmer Times that Cofco – China’s largest food processor, manufacturer and trader ss='cambodia-color'>...

Because of the increasing demand for power consumption and a rise in development activies, power supply in the Kingdom has increased sharply, according to a report by the Ministry of Mines and Energy. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The World Wide Fund (WWF) and the Wildlife Conservation society (WCs) have expressed support for the Chinese government which has imposed a ban on wildlife trade as it is suspected of being behind the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus infection. The WCs also called on ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen today announced he will donate seven months’ of his salary to the National Committee for Combating COVID-19.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport announced today the 90-percent completion of the rehabilitation of more than 30 roads in Preah sihanouk in a bid to improve road access and strengthen tourism in the province. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Interior Ministry officials said Tuesday that Thong sarath, a senior military officer wanted for coordinating the murder of a prominent businessman in Phnom Penh last month, has likely fled the country, leading police to call on Interpol to help track him down. Chhay sinarith, director ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC), the Cambodia Footwear Association (CFA) and the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (EuroCham) on June 2 requested the European Commission to postpone its withdrawal of the ‘Everything But Arms’ (EBA) preferential trade scheme for 12 months so ss='cambodia-color'>...

Banteay Meanchey administration said the province boasts potential investment activities which need more power to meet local demand as it aims to reduce the energy imports from its neighbour Thailand in the northwest. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hyundai Agro (Cambodia) will export fresh vegetables and other fresh ingredient from Cambodia to south Korea by the end of June this year, its managing director said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In 2018, Khmer Times reported a 10 percent increase per year in waste generated by the Kingdom. In 2019, Phnom Penh alone generated up to 3,000 tonnes of waste daily – with Cambodia as a whole producing over 10,000 tonnes – the equivalent to 3.6 million ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia-U.S. bilateral trade waS valued at $2.89 billion in the firSt half of thiS year, up 15.8 percent compared to the Same period laSt year. FigureS from the U.S. StatiSticS Bureau Showed that Cambodia exported 2.75 billion worth of goodS to the world&rSquo;S largeSt economy, SS='cambodia-color'>...