The new Phnom Penh international airport, which is being constructed by the China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd, is expected to play a key role in boosting Cambodia’s economic growth and tourism after being completed. ...

Cambodia attracted 39 fixed-asset investment projects worth $294 million in the first quarter of 2023, generating some 47,000 new jobs, a report of the Council for the Development of Cambodia said Monday. ...

The construction of Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport has been now 86 percent complete, and the new airport in Siem Reap province is expected to be put into trial use in June this year and into official operation by October. ...

Two new investment projects worth over $10 million have been approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). The investment projects involve establishing a garment factory and a packaging factory, creating over 2,900 jobs. ...

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina on April 19 set out a list of requirements and suggestions for a new, high-calibre agricultural laboratory proposed for southeastern Takhmao town in Kandal province, according to a statement from his ministry. ...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Cambodian Agriculture Cooperative Corporation (CACC) are launching a new project targeting over 1,200 smallholder farmers and their extended families in Koh Nhek, Mondulkiri, the country’s north-eastern province. ...

The government has issued a new sub-decree to transfer funds for an additional five years to commune administrations for local development expenditures. The money will help to improve public services and local level development for the period between 2024 and 2028. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to 21 new investment projects in November 2023. With a total investment capital of nearly $619 million, these projects can potentially create approximately 22,000 jobs. ...

Hundreds of stakeholders gathered in Siem Reap for the Cambodia Climate Change Summit 2023 (CCCS), with officials announcing the imminent launch of a new environmental strategy to address climate change-related challenges. ...

Türkiye and Cambodia have taken another step to developing closer ties with the signing of a new agreement to boost cooperation in the inspection sector. ...

A new project aimed at enhancing the climate change resilience of smallholder farmers and local communities by increasing their access to growing premium market segments was launched in Cambodia on 27 October 2023. ...

KEAN SVAY, KANDAL PROVINCE, CAMBODIA — Five years ago, Lun Sam Ath took out a $12,000 loan to build a new wooden house and repay a previous loan that she had used to buy a motorbike. ...

In May 2024, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 24 new projects and one production expansion project with a total investment of more than $246 million, creating about 15,000 jobs. ...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has signed a grant agreement worth $5 million with the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to launch their new Mekong Basin Partnership. ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday ordered embattled union leader Ath Thorn to stay away from the SL garment factory and its workers and to avoid any public gatherings that could “damage public order,” drawing a tight circle around one of the country’s most ...

Lawmakers from the opposition SRP and Human Rights Party who were expelled from Parliament earlier this month have called on the foreign diplomatic corps and international donors to stop signing agreements and conducting other business with the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen. In a letter ...

A representative of the Zongtex Garment Manufacturing company in Phnom Penh on Tuesday denied employing workers as young as 15 to make U.S. government clothing, following an exposé by The New York Times on poor standards in factories producing U.S. government attire. On Sunday, The Times ...

The Labor Ministry in a statement Thursday insisted that unions were still free to register as entities recognized by the government, a day after a ministry spokesman said that union registration had been effectively suspended for the foreseeable future. Free Trade Union (FTU) president Chea Mony ...

During the third meeting of the joint-party Electoral Reform Commission on Monday, the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP agreed to 14 points for future discussion, but failed to address the central issue of reforming the National Election Committee. The CNRP entered the first round of talks ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday, after becoming the latest ruling party official to weigh in on the CNRP’s embattled campaign slogan, went on to question the validity of the recent extraordinary congress that elevated Kem Sokha to party president.At the inauguration of a new road ...