(English) Forest cover is the area of land covered by tree canopy. Measuring and reporting this can show the different types of forest that exist and the areas of each, and how these areas change over time. ...

​លោក​ ធី​ ទ្រី​ នាយក​ប្រតិបត្តិ​/​និពន្ធ​នាយក​នៃ​អង្គការ​ទិន្នន័យ​អំពី​ការ​អភិវឌ្ឍ​ (​អូ​ឌី​ស៊ី​)​ ត្រូវ​បាន​ជ្រើសរើស​ឱ្យ​ចូលរួម​វេទិកា​ទី​ក្រុងប៉ារីស​ស្តី​ពី​សន្តិភាព​ ឆ្នាំ​២០១៩​ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​ ១២-១៣​ ខែវិច្ឆិកា​។​​លោក​ ធី​ ទ្រី នៅ​មុខសាល La Grande halle de La Villette កន្លែងប្រារព្ធវេទិកា​ទី ...

អង្គការ​ទិន្នន័យ​អំពី​ការ​អភិវឌ្ឍ​ (ODC)​ និង​អង្គការ​មូលនិធិ​អាស៊ី​ សហការ​គ្នា​រៀបចំ​ "​សន្និសីទ​ជាតិ​ទិន្នន័យ​បើក​ទូលាយ​ឆ្នាំ​២០២៤៖​ ទិន្នន័យ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​បើក​ទូលាយ​ដើម្បី​ការ​អភិវឌ្ឍ​ប្រកបដោយ​បរិ​យា​បន្ន​"​ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៦​ និង​ទី​២៧​ ខែមីនា​ ឆ្នាំ​២០២៤​ នៅ​មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល​នវានុវត្តន៍​ឌី​ជី​ថ​ល​ រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​ ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រ​កម្ពុជា​។​ ...

(English) A land concession is a grant of rights over an area of land for a specific purpose. In Cambodia land concessions can be granted for various purposes, including agribusiness, redistribution of land to the landless and land-poor, infrastructure development, mining and fishing. They have ...

Employees at a Taiwanese-owned shoe factory in Kompong Speu province where two workers were killed when one of the building’s floors collapsed on Thursday have been ordered back to work today, despite ongoing concerns from labor activists about the building’s safety. While conceding that some parts ...

The first vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) on Monday blamed some of the deaths in this year’s floods on “careless” mothers. “Maybe the mothers are careless, maybe they don’t pay much attention to their children, so they drown,” NCDM First Vice ...

As hundreds of riot police conducted protest suppression drills in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Monday morning, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s mansion in the center of the city was the focal point of a demonstration by some 2,000 garment factory workers. Municipal police, along with 16 ...

Tiny Cambodia is emerging as a key pawn in the diplomatic struggle over one of the world’s busiest stretches of water: the potentially energy-rich South China Sea. The country of 15 million people is this year hosting a series of regional summits in which China’s claims ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has returned home from his trip to China a wealthier leader having secured upwards of US$2.5 billion in Chinese investment and loans over the next year alone, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The package includes a $2 billion ...

At 9 a.m. yesterday, more than 200 soldiers, police and military police officers were gathered outside a large mansion on Street 55 in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district. All were waiting for their promised “ang pao” – red envelopes containing cash usually handed out during ...

While Cambodian handicrafts such as silk clothing, stone and wood carvings and rattan furniture are popular with tourists, who snap up the articles at gift shops and airports, the size of the sector is nowhere near what it might be, according to industry insiders. They ...

More than 100 villagers living on a 20-hectare swath of a rubber plantation in Ratanakkirri province gathered outside O’Chum commune hall yesterday to protest their eviction at the hands of a Chinese company, local officials and rights activists said. About 120 families from Trang Churng Village ...

Despite fears that a warning to users of social media and Internet blogs will dampen free speech, the head of National Election Committee (NEC) has insisted the intention was not to limit expression ahead of July’s national election. The NEC last week issued a statement requesting ...

The uncle of a man who died in Thursday’s ceiling collapse at the Wing Star Shoes factory in Kampong Speu province claimed yesterday that the company had threatened to give the family nothing if they did not agree to an on-the-spot payout. It came as a ...

A Singaporean startup is planning to install streetlamps in three villages in Kompong Chhnang province later this year in an effort to enhance safety for people making their way home at night. Fosera Lighting is raising money through an online campaign to construct 75 solar-powered streetlights ...

The Cambodian government on Monday issued a statement, warning foreign diplomats against interfering in the country’s internal affairs over the contested July 28 election that handed victory to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party. “Cambodia does not need to resort to laws from other countries. ...

A Cambodian trade unions leader on Saturday called on garment workers not to participate in the opposition party-planned mass demonstration next week against the results of July’s election that handed victory to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party. “I would like to appeal to all workers ...

Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy said his country has reached a political “stalemate” and is calling for a halt in international aid to the Phnom Penh government. Rainsy spoke to VOA during a visit to Washington, where he is trying to convince U.S. officials and others ...

As political deadlock continues, Minister of Defence Tea Banh yesterday used the unveiling of 12 Chinese-made military helicopters to announce that the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces stand “ready to protect” the government and constitution, following what he called “free and fair” elections in July. Speaking in ...

Customs officers along Cambodia’s border have been instructed to increase their efforts to properly inspect and tax products coming into the country, which has increased the cost of imports and led to a rise in retail prices for a host of goods, government officials, businessmen ...