To participate in reviving sericulture – silk farming – in the Kingdom and boost the living standards of rural people, the private sector and development partners as well as financial institutions have now jointly participated in the effort, said chairman of the board of trustees ...

Svay Rieng Provincial Administration has joined Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville and Siem Reap in issuing a ban on alcohol sales in the province effective today to July 12. ...

More than 70,000 people who were previously refused vaccination for Covid-19 due to their pre-existing health conditions have already largely been vaccinated in the interim by returning for a follow-up visit to get their jabs, according to Ministry of Health spokeswoman Or Vandine.   ...

The Ministry of Education has announced that 140,000 people have so far registered for the MoEYs-E Learning programme within a week after its official launch. ...

Following Prime Minister Hun Sen’s order to accelerate Covid-19 vaccination drives across the country, progress seems to be back on track with the milestone of nine million adults vaccinated reached on August 28.   ...

Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) found an unexploded aerial bomb form the civil war era in the 1970s. The explosive device was uncovered by an excavator removing sediment from the river in Tonle Boun Muk near the Sokha Hotel in Phnom Penh and in front ...

Out of the ruling CPP’s 125 candidates for the national elections, at least 28 people — 22.4% — are related to someone else on the ballot, a review of the candidate list reveals. ...

Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kouch Chamroeun has called on provincial and town police to stop the unwarranted inspections of businesses run by foreigners, especially Chinese nationals.​Chamroeun was speaking at a provincial administration meeting last week that discussed encouraging further foreign investment in legitimate businesses in ...

The Garment Manufacturers Association (GMAC) in Cambodia has reiterated an appeal to buyers to source their goods from Cambodia as the economic situation becomes worse with nearly 200 factories suspending their operations because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration will introduce new solid waste management fees in the capital to ensure the regular flow of operations and in line with current developments in the country. ...

Thong Rathsak, Director General of Tourism Development and International Cooperation of the Ministry of Tourism, who chaired the 2nd Joint Working Group Meeting on Cambodia-Vietnam Bilateral Tourism Cooperation in Kep Province said that air, sea and land tourism will resume soon. ...

Quarantine period has been extended to 21 days for Delta and Delta Plus variants, stressed Prime Minister Hun Sen in his statement on the current COVID-19 situation in Cambodia this morning. ...

About a decade ago, global manufacturing firms staged a mass exodus to Asia in search of low-cost alternatives to increasing domestic wage demands and operational costs. The consensus was the continued development of a regional supply chain that had formed in countries like Vietnam and Indonesia, ...

Drivers in Cambodia have a lot to contend with: cavernous potholes, weaving motorcycles kicking up clouds of choking dust and noodle hawkers trundling down the “fast” lane. Now motorists may find their pockets as ravaged as their nerves, after officials announced a fivefold bump in ...

Over the past 77 years, Vietnam, under the sound leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Government, has grown in all spheres, bring progress, prosperity, and better prestige to the nation in the region and in the world, said a Cambodian official. ...

In a significant move to boost the education sector in the country, the Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to extend the tax reliefs enjoyed by higher educational institutions till now to all educational establishments from January 2024 for five years until the end of ...

Cambodia officially announced the creation of the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) to improve competitiveness, promote trade, and increase investment in the rice sector, according to comments from the Prime Minister. Board elections are expected to take place Mrch 24 and the chairman is limited to ...

The government is poised to reduce the price of electricity by 40 riel ($0.01) per kilowatt-hour for the industrial sector next month, said Minister of Mines and Energy Suy Sem on Tuesday. Insiders lauded the announcement but called on the government to improve the quality ...

Poipet town authorities have ordered a halt to construction and will conduct a site inspection after a partially built six-storey building collapsed during the construction of the first floor. ...

Dolphin conservation groups and government officials are expressing grave concerns over the decline in the number of dolphins present at the Chheu Teal trans-boundary pool of the Mekong River at the Laos-Cambodia border, saying that if this alarming trend is not halted, it will lead ...