Cambodia exported $755.34 million worth of electrical equipment and electronic components to international markets in 2020, up 31.49 per cent compared to $574.44 million in 2019, according to the Ministry of Commerce. ...

The Ministry of Civil Service has launched the “MCS Mobile” app to enable civil servants to verify personal information, positions and salaries in order to manage civil servants more effectively. ...

Another chapter in the long-running land dispute between development firm Phanimex Company and the Borei Keila community unfolded yesterday as 70 residents once again called on the district governor and Prime Minister Hun Sen to intervene on their behalf. At the heart of the dispute is ...

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs plans to form an inter-ministerial working group soon to monitor, disseminate, educate and take action against those who spread and share pornographic pictures or videos on social media. ...

Illegal burning of rice stubble and land at the periphery of forests continues to occur throughout the Kingdom’s rural areas, especially in the north and northeast regions, according to officials who documented the activities on site. ...

With the Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 spreading faster than the previous omicron variants, the Ministry of Health renewed its calls to the public to remain on high alert and protect themselves against the virus. ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Thursday last week disseminated the country’s microfinance industry to local authorities in a district in Kampong Cham province mainly to promote financial literacy, increase financial inclusiveness and enhance protection of banking and financial service consumers, said a release ...

Eang Sophalleth, Minister of Environment, ordered the illegal encroachment on state forest land to stop immediately because this violation cannot be hidden. The Royal Government of Cambodia is paying close attention to and strictly implementing transparent legal measures and efficiency. ...

The number of slums in Phnom Penh has dropped to 277 from 340 in 2013, a survey conducted by Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) and released on Tuesday said. While its data showed positive progress, it noted remaining challenges in places where residents don’t have land ...

Phnom Penh deputy governor Ieng Aunny yesterday acknowledged that the capital continues to struggle with waste management despite recent decentralisation measures, laying the blame with districts’ and communes’ lack of awareness of their new responsibilities, as well as what he characterised as contractor CINTRI’s ongoing ...

The public has been warned not to eat pork from Vietnam after an outbreak of a serious disease in pig farms across the border. The Agriculture Ministry’s department of animal health and production is enforcing additional precautionary measures to ensure contaminated pork from Vietnam does not ...

Cambodia’s total number of COVID-19 infected people identified to have been hit by the more severe and highly contagious Delta Variant of SARS-CoV-2 strains is believed to have crossed 400. ...

Vietnam and Cambodia Wednesday agreed on directions and measures to bolster cooperation between their border provinces and effectively settle arising and complex issues, the Vietnam News Agency reported.The eighth meeting on border province cooperation and development, held in Ho Chi Minh City October 27-28, was ...

Recent protests by thousands of migrant workers in Songkla and Kanchanaburi has exposed further evidence of how Thai exporters to giant American, European and Australian food chains have gone unaudited. Thousands of Cambodian and Burmese workers claimed during strikes early this month at Pattana Seafood factory ...

Cambodia and Singapore have reaffirmed their commitment to continue strengthening cooperation on trade and investment. Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak held a videoconference with Singapore’s Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong on Tuesday. ...

With four people having now died from dengue fever in Kratie and Ratanakkiri, three of whom were children, the provincial health departments are spraying and distributing insecticide to target the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the virus. ...

The Chief Executive met with the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia on Monday at the Santa Sancha Palace. Chui Sai On and Hun Sen exchanged views on how to strengthen cooperation between Macau and Cambodia. ...

The number of tourist arrivals from China and Thailand rose in the first six months of the year while arrivals from Vietnam, South Korea and Laos dropped, according to a senior official at the Ministry of tourism. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen branded the opposition party a “terrorist network” yesterday, while vowing to “cut the arms and legs” of the alleged operation and its purported attempt at “colour revolution” after the disputed 2013 national election. ...

The National Assembly will vote on Monday on landmark legislation giving the government unprecedented new powers to suspend and dissolve its political rivals, and with barely a note of concern from the democracies helping bankroll the country. ...