The government has said it will cancel the three-day Water Festival scheduled to take place in late October in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19. ...

Some pagodas along with worshippers have failed to comply with health measures to stem the spread of COVID-19 during the Pchum Ben festival, according to the Health Ministry. ...

Cambodia scored a 21 out of 100 on Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2020, a one point improvement over last year’s score. ...

Cambodia continued to reel from the disastrous effects of the February 20 Community Event when another 38 COVID-19 positive cases were reported today, along with two imported cases.   ...

Cambodian exports to neighbouring Thailand were valued at $402 million in the first four months of this year, a 41 percent decrease compared with the same period last year. ...

The Governor of Phnom Penh has designated some areas in Phnom Penh as “Orange Zones” for 2 weeks from June 10 to June 23, 2021 to prevent COVID 19. ...

The first cases of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) have been diagnosed in cattle in provinces bordering Thailand. ...

Although Cambodia is still on Tier 2 of the US Watch List where human trafficking is concerned, the Kingdom is making significant efforts to eliminate it. ...

Phnom Penh is the most vaccinated capital in the world with around 99 percent of adults fully vaccinated, according to Mekong Strategic Partners (MSP). ...

The Japanese government pledged to provide approximately one million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Cambodia, with their shipment expected soon   ...

The National Assembly (NA) has unanimously passed draft amendments to several articles of the Constitution aiming to mandate single citizenship for the nation’s top office holders. ...

Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, has stated that there were more than 210,000 tourists nationwide on the weekend from 29 to 30 January 2022. ...

Pang Nakry Real Estate Co Ltd, a Cambodian-Chinese-Thai joint venture, on March 8 opened Banteay Meanchey province’s first steelworks, in the southwestern district of Malai, according to the provincial administration. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen will attend the 4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit (APWS) in Japan, which was postponed last April because of the global Covid-19 pandemic. ...

The first sitting of the 7th Cambodian National Assembly (NA) will be convened on August 21, nearly one month after its election that took place on July 23. ...

A representative of the National Election Committee (NEC) reported that about 440,000 spoilt ballots had been logged over the July 23-24 period. ...

Chinese publicly-listed manufacturer, Mesnac Co., Ltd, announced plans this month to invest in a new manufacturing facility in Cambodia focussed on the production of tyre mould products. ...

Cambodia became the largest bicycle supplier to the European Union (EU) last year, overtaking Taiwan, which had held the number one spot for two decades, a recent report from the website Bike-EU.com said on Monday. The report from the leading industry newsletter associated with the ...

The Information Ministry has banned journalists from publishing any information about the results of the next elections before the ministry does to avoid what they claim would cause “confusion to the public.” Information Minister Khieu Kanharith told a seminar on Tuesday that the ministry was ordering ...

Cambodia’s three-year reign as holder of the World’s Best Rice Award came to an end last year, but the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) is confident it will regain the title at next month’s ceremony in Thailand. CRF Secretary-General Moul Sarith told Khmer Times yesterday that they ...