In an effort to appease rice farmers and stimulate rice millers to purchase fragrant rice currently being harvested across the country, the government announced that it had found $27 million to pay for emergency measures. The Ministry of Economy and Finance released a statement on Friday ...

The General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance has collected around 4,649 billion Riel or some US$1.11 billion state revenue for the first nine months of 2015, according to the state news agency-AKP. ...

The number of fires in Cambodia increased by 14.7 per cent in 2015 compared to the previous year, killing 35 people and consuming almost 600 homes. ...

As the Kingdom moves into the heart of the dry season, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries has issued a set of guidelines on the prevention of forest fires, stressing that jail is in the cards for those starting blazes. ...

The Foreign Affairs Ministry released a statement on Tuesday clarifying the policies that will be used to collect service passports from public servants after they have returned from their missions abroad and are no longer authorized to use them. ...

Gas stations around the country will be required to sell their products at a standardized price and any that overcharge will be fined, the government said yesterday. ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has denied media reports the government will issue dollar-denominated sovereign bonds using Bangkok-based Twin Pine Consulting as advisers to raise more money and reduce reliance on foreign loans. ...

Thai manufacturers are being urged to transfer some of their production facilities to Cambodia and other neighboring countries, according to a report in the Thai media yesterday.   ...

Cambodia is hosting the two-day 19th ASEAN Valuers Association (AVA) Congress, the first time it has been held in the Kingdom. ...

Plans were finalized last week for the first direct flight between Cambodia and Japan, which is set to launch in September, according to Tourism Minister Thong Khon, who met with Japanese Ambassador Kumamaru Yuji on Thursday.   ...

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology issued a strong weather warning yesterday for coastal, plains and plateau areas, from yesterday to June 5, especially along coastal areas where the ocean swell is expected to reach one to two-and-a-half meters. ...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) announced yesterday that the government will collect annual road tax payments from July 1 until November 30. ...

The Ministry of Agriculture has removed Meas Sopheap, its chief of staff in Koh Kong province, over allegations he privately sold state land worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. ...

Half of US businesses operating in Cambodia believe that political stability in the country is such that they are confident in expanding their operations, according to an annual report by the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore and the US Chamber of Commerce’s International Affairs ...

A man in Kampong Speu’s Oral district was briefly placed under house arrest yesterday, following his public criticism of the government and prime minister at a town hall meeting.Ung Ny, Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) Oral district executive director, said that 45-year-old Hay Hoeun, a ...

Officials registered 326,620 vehicles for the first ten months Of 2015, reflecting an increase Of about 18 percent for the same period last year, according to State News Agency-AKP. ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng said yesterday that his decision regarding a request from the National Police to amend the drug law will depend on the results of a study by the National Authority for Combating Drugs on drug addicts currently serving ...

Cambodia’s embassy in Thailand has denied allegations that officials from the embassy were extorting Cambodian employers and migrant workers in Thailand by demanding bribes for fake passports and pushing along applications to legalize a person’s working status. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a directive on Monday instructing officials returning from work overseas to hold on to their mission passports, directly contravening two recent Foreign Ministry announcements calling on officials to hand the passports over upon return in a bid to prevent their ...

Though the Kingdom’s total number of reported crimes was down in 2015, instances of robbery and armed robbery in some provinces noticeably increased, according to an annual National Police report. ...