A forestry official with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) who is usually tight-lipped acknowledged last week that his agency has struggled to combat illegal logging, blaming a shortage of manpower and entrenched opportunistic logging by villagers – explanations that were laughed off ...

For as long as Cambodian rice farmers can remember, their product has had an unsavory reputation. Tough, dirty and unmilled, it was impossible to cook evenly, and even farmers traded it as pig feed in exchange for cash or better-quality rice from Vietnam or Thailand. Even ...

In the shadow of Anlong Mountain in Preah Vihear province, the whir of engines pierces the tranquil scrubland. Here, in the midday heat, a group of workers scour the earth for traces of gold. A licence granted to Malaysian gold miner Delcom, which first began ...

In the course of a year, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction along with the National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution (NALDR) received a combined total of 2,713 complaints of land disputes, of which 1,871 are under review. Of the total, the ...

On 27 February 2020, the Arbitration Council has posted a press release on receiving the additional fund from Sweden and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to enhance Cambodia’s labour dispute resolution services. According to the press, approximately 1.5 million USD has been ...

For political economist Sophal Ear, this view is more nuanced. In his book ‘Aid Dependence in Cambodia: How Foreign Assistance Undermined Democracy‘, published by the Columbia University Press (2012), years of dependency are not showing positive results in the rehabilitation of Cambodia, its democracy and war ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected that Cambodia will have a very low inflationary rate to 3.5 per cent this year, which is 0.1 per cent below the goverment’s new revision but 0.5 per cent higher than the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Cambodia’s government in August also revised inflation ...

The Cambodia Securities Exchange has seen a sharp decrease in action this week, with trading volume yesterday falling to 3,453 shares, down nearly 100 per cent from Monday. Despite the drop, which was accompanied by a strong shift from institutional to retail investors, experts have stressed the time ...

The French Government today granted EUR 1.5 million to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to improve and expand its river monitoring network for better river monitoring and management of water infrastructure project operations along the mainstream and key tributaries of the Mekong.   ...

On 08 October 2021, the Council of Ministers issued a press release on the outcomes of the Council of Ministers’ plenary session​ on October 04, 2021 to review and discuss on:Draft constitution on the amendment to the new Articles 19, 82, 106 (1), 119, and ...

On 11 October 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (70th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (70th) under social protection program to a total of 1,465 workers in 21 factories ...

On 12 October 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (71st) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (71st) under social protection program to a total of 1,178 workers in 16 factories ...

On 10 November 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (74th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (74th) under social protection program to a total of 1,037 workers in 15 factories ...

On 05 May 2022, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction issued a press release on the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a logistics center and multi-purpose port of Kampot Logistics and Port Co., Ltd.Kampot Logistics and Port Co., Ltd. has received ...

More than 300 families in Chhouk district, Kampot province have requested authorities to provide them with land titles in which they have lived for more than 20 years. ...

On 01 August 2022, the Open Development Cambodia (ODC) issued an announcement on the Training Workshop on the Fundamental QGIS.Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to announce the training workshop on the Fundamental QGIS that held on 1st-2nd August 2022. This training workshop aims to ...

On 27 June 2022, the Ministry of Commerce issued a notification on the 15th Cambodian and Import-Export Goods Exhibition.The Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Cambodia has the honor to inform the public that the Ministry is going to organize “The 15th Cambodian and ...

On 23 September 2022, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on the role of banking sector and fintech in digital economy in Cambodia.The workshop aimed to (1) disseminate the government’s policies, laws, and regulations on digitalization and the banking sector as ...

Cambodia’s budgetary process lacks transparency and sufficient regulation, according to a publication this month from the anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) Cambodia. ...

Garment workers in Phnom Penh and Kandal, Takeo and Kampong Chhnang provinces have asked their companies to install water mist fans in the factory amid rising temperatures. ...