With National Assembly President Heng Samrin attending a conference in Laos, CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha on Wednesday hosted his first official foreign visit since becoming first vice president of parliament in late August. ...

The Justice and Soul Foundation has opened its first cosmetology school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Kate Korpi Salon has been built to teach sustainable cosmetology skills to survivors of the sex trafficking industry. What started as an idea discussed over a cup of coffee five ...

Cambodian Petrochemical Company and Sinomach China Perfect Machinery Industry Corp jointly announced on Friday to build the first oil refinery in Cambodia and the construction is expected to be completed at the end of 2015. Zhang Sugang, president of Sinomach China Perfect Machinery Industry Corp, said ...

The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) has seen slow progress in its first year of operations because there has been only one listed firm and public knowledge about the stock market remains low, officials said Thursday. The CSX was officially launched trading on April 18 last year ...

When he assumed leadership of Phnom Penh municipality in May 2013, Pa Socheatvong vowed to be a governor who would get things done. His predecessor, Kep Chuktema, oversaw the filling in of Boeng Kak lake and the mass eviction of its residents. A similar scenario unfolded ...

 All fifty-five Members of Parliaments (MPs) from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) attended a parliamentary session for the first time on Friday after they had boycotted the parliament for 10 months following a disputed election results in July last year. CNRP’s president Sam Rainsy ...

China Duty Free Group (CDFG) announced Monday that it has invested in a downtown duty free store in Cambodia’s cultural Siem Reap City and the store will be launched in December. “CDFG’s Cambodian subsidiary will firstly start its downtown duty free store of 4,500 square meters ...

Kem Sokha, first vice-president of Cambodia’s National Assembly, on Wednesday lent his support to Chinese investors in Cambodia and urged them to focus on quality and transparency in their projects. ...

Cambodia exported 61,969 tons of dry rubber in the first six months of 2015, an increase of 47% from 42,189 tons over the same period last year, according to the Chinese state News Agency-Xinhua’s report. ...

Garment industry, Cambodia’s largest foreign currency earner, has seen a 9% rise in exports in the first six months of 2015, according to the Chinese state’s News Agency-Xinhua. ...

Cambodia attracted investment projects with a total capital of $3.3 billion in the first six months of this year, according to the figures of the Council for the Development of Cambodia on Friday. ...

The first consultative meeting between Cambodia and Slovakia was held here [Phnom Penh] on Tuesday to discuss ways to promote bilateral ties and exchange views on regional and international issues. The meeting was co-chaired by Cambodian Secretary of state for Foreign Ministry Ouch Borith and the ...

Cambodia’s banking industry recorded a slight increase in lending in the first two months of this year after a sharp rise last year, according to a consolidated data provided by the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Saturday. The data showed that the kingdom’s 33 commercial ...

The number of inmates who died in the country’s prisons in the first quarter of the year dipped to nine from 15 during the same period last year, a rights group and the prison department said. From January to April, nine prisoners—five men and four women—reportedly ...

Cambodia recorded a trade deficit of 1.14 billion U.S. dollars in the first five months of 2014, a latest report by the Ministry of Commerce showed Wednesday. Total trade value jumped to 7.32 billion U.S. dollars during the January-May period this year, an increase of 17 ...

Cambodia attracted about 2.3 million foreign visitors in the first six months of 2015, an increase of 5.6 percent compared with the same period last year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said Tuesday. ...

Cambodia’s trade volume with foreign countries was valued at $ 9.75 billion in the first six months of 2015, an increase of 9.5 percent from $ 8.9 billion over the same period last year, according to Chinese News Agency-Xinhua quoted the ministry of commerce’s statistics. ...

Cambodia has seen a trade deficit of 1.41 billion U.S. dollars in the first six months of this year, the latest report of the Ministry of Commerce showed Monday. Total trade volume reached 8.95 billion dollars during the January-June period this year, an increase of 17 ...

The number of reported dengue fever cases has risen to 2,688 dengue in the first six months of this year, up 116 percent from the 1,245 cases over the same period last year, a statement from the Health Ministry said. ...

Hun Sen has highly appreciated the 1st ASEAN-Australia Annual Summit and looked forward for more cooperation with Australia as Cambodia will be the ASEAN Chair next year. ...