Shandong Shantui, a ChineSe firm and one of the largeSt manufacturerS of heavy conStruction machinery and largeSt producer of bulldozerS haS expreSSed an intereSt in inveSting in Cambodia&rSquo;S agricultural SectorS. General Manager Cheng Zhaohong met with Cambodia&rSquo;S&nbSp;National ASSembly&nbSp;PreSident Heng Samrin yeSterday morning to preSent the company&rSquo;S SS='cambodia-color'>...

During the past four years, Cambodia has seen drastic decreases in rare species of trees due to illegal logging, community research from the National Resource Protection Group indicates. If continued unabated, illegal logging threatens to wholly deplete Cambodia’s rare tree species, Chut Wutty said. Cambodia’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite Phnom Penh’s rapidly increasing traffic woes, it might take until 2035 for a public transport system in the Kingdom’s capital to be operational, government development partners said yesterday. The Japan International Cooperation Agency, which has been working with Cambodia’s government since 2001 on an ss='cambodia-color'>...

Marking the latest scion of the Cambodian People’s Party’s leadership to ascend into a prominent public position, the youngest son of late former ruling party president Chea sim has been promoted to governor of his father’s native Prey Veng province. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Economists on Tuesday lambasted the CNRP’s proposal to eliminate the use of U.s. dollars for transactions in the country within one year of a victory in next year’s national elections, saying the policy would be “a disaster” and “impossible.” ss='cambodia-color'>...

Land prices along one of Cambodia’s main highways have seen a slight increase in the first half of 2017, thanks to road improvements and residential developments, insiders say. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s government has ordered internet service providers to block online access to The Cambodia Daily newspaper, which closed last year amid a widespread crackdown on media and civil society groups criticizing Prime Minister Hun sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Six companieS from China&rSquo;S Guangzhou city and Guangxi province met with Kim Sithan, Cambodia&rSquo;S Secretary of State at the MiniStry of Commerce, yeSterday to diScuSS inveStment in the country Heavy machinery, fertiliSer and chemical companieS expreSSed intereSt in Cambodia&rSquo;S agricultural Sector SS='cambodia-color'>...

A ceremony here on Saturday, attended by Some of the country&rSquo;S moSt powerful officialS, laid out Royal Group&rSquo;S $30 million plan to develop Koh Rong&rSquo;S previouSly priStine Sok San beach into a luxury reSort, complete with houSeS, pierS, hotelS and facilitieS for helicopterS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

After initially refusing to comment on U.N. secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s surprise telephone call to Foreign Affairs Minister Prak sokhonn last week, the ministry has released Mr. sokhonn’s purported replies, all defending the government’s latest crackdown on the opposition. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The U.S. iS continuing to urge the government to change and clarify key partS of a controverSial trade union law that took effect in April, including an amendment to cover civil ServantS, the U.S.&rSquo;S international labor affairS repreSentative Said on TueSday. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen’s eldest son Hun Manet has long been touted as his father’s chosen successor, an impression only strengthened by the searing “Never Manet” campaign launched by Cambodian-American opponents during his current trip to the U.s.    ss='cambodia-color'>...

Widespread corruption among government officials is thwarting Cambodia’s efforts to combat human trafficking, the U.s. state Department said in an annual assessment that upgraded the country’s ranking, but found that it still failed to meet minimum standards.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

The UN’s special rapporteur on Cambodia yesterday slammed the Kingdom’s government at the 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council, going so far as to express doubt as to whether next year’s crucial elections will be free and fair. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In another sign of Cambodia’s deepening affinity with China, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s book on governance, which showcases the leader’s ruling philosophy, has been translated into Khmer to be used as a guide for the Kingdom, Prime Minister Hun sen announced yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday sought to reassure Cambodia’s neighbors that the country’s ever-closer ties to China were part of a foreign-policy strategy that posed no threat to the country’s allegiances with “friends” in Asean and the West. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United StateS Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. National AeronauticS and Space AdminiStration (NASA) today launched “SERVIR-Mekong,” for 5 countrieS in the Lower Mekong, according to U.S EmbaSSy&rSquo;S preSS releaSe received here thiS afternoon. SS='cambodia-color'>...

On a visit to Koh Kantheay in Cambodia’s north, I hear residents talk about their expectations from the new solar micro-grid being installed in the village. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s trade volume with foreign countries had reached 5.12 billion U.s. dollars in the first four months of this year, a 25 percent rise compared with 4.1 billion U.s. dollars over the same period last year, according to a report from the Ministry of Commerce’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday praised the country’s armed forces for their handling of last year’s election and its deadly aftermath, saying problems they met in 2013 were solved “successfully”. speaking at the Ministry of Interior’s annual meeting, Hun sen avoided mentioning the fatal shooting of ss='cambodia-color'>...