Asian Development Bank (ADB) seeks cooperation with Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) to fight against corruption in projects that ADB funds. In a meeting saturday between Nuon sothimon, ACU’s department chief of juridical affairs and Lorraine Wang-Reyes, ADB’s principal integrity specialist, they discussed cooperation in combating ss='cambodia-color'>...

Seven VietnameSe nationalS arreSted during SimultaneouS raidS on a pair of maSSage parlorS in central Phnom Penh on ThurSday night have been Sent to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for their role in the alleged trafficking of minorS, police and a child-protection NGO Said Sunday. “We SS='cambodia-color'>...

Rice exports to Thailand plummeted in the first four months of the year as a result of that country’s surplus, which reached record levels at the end of 2013. Between January and April, Cambodia exported just 1,550 tonnes of rice to Thailand, down 89 per cent ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia duty-free rice exports to the European Union have this week come under fresh attack from producers in Italy, who say the beneficial treatment is restricting the potential of Italian rice exports. An Italian agriculture collective of farmers, which includes representatives from the Italian Association of ss='cambodia-color'>...

In what is shaping up to be the first of several pivotal garment wage talks, unions are to meet for the first time today to discuss the amount they should request for next year’s minimum wage – but labour leaders and observers say coming to ss='cambodia-color'>...

It’s no secret. Weddings in Cambodia are big, colourful and extravagant affairs. Guests drink and eat to their heart’s content, music draws revellers onto the dance floor and the party lasts for hours. But guests aren’t the only people having fun. Rising affluence paired with a ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government is drafting a series of changes to the Kingdom’s gaming laws in a bid to draw major players from Macau and the Us to the market and potentially create a new tax base from the growing, if currently illegal, online betting industry, ss='cambodia-color'>...

With momentum gathering behind a movement to renovate rather than raze Phnom Penh’s famous White Building, City Hall on Thursday backtracked on its assertion earlier this week that the building was destined for demolition. On Tuesday, Phnom Penh Governor Pa socheatvong said the iconic apartment block ss='cambodia-color'>...

The number of Cambodian women caught in abusive marriages in China is increasing dramatically, according to rights groups, which last year helped repatriate nearly 50 brides who had been either trafficked abroad or lured by the promise of a better life. Local rights groups Adhoc and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Japan’s Aeon Mall Co is to spend more than $200 million building its third shopping mall in Phnom Penh as the firm eyes the Kingdom’s burgeoning middle-class. Construction on Aeon Mall 3 in the capital’s Meanchey district is to begin early next year as a result ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following a bruising first quarter, the Cambodia securities Exchange (CsX) index has picked up over the last few days after Acleda Bank Plc’s (ABC’s) initial public offering (IPO).​ At Thursday’s close, the index ended 7.25 per cent higher at 793.59 points. Trading volume reached 280,791 ss='cambodia-color'>...

A union representative is accused of beating a rival over the head with a walkie-talkie during a factory protest yesterday in the latest burst of violence in one of Cambodia’s special economic zones. Bou sokray, 25, a representative for the Coalition of Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has created a committee tasked with monitoring Koh Kong sEZ Co Ltd’s development of Koh Kong Krao island in Koh Kong province’s Koh Kapi commune. The Council of Ministers first announced the development project on June 14, 2019, according to Hun ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and Malaysia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in order to cooperate and share Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in order to develop the health, government and logistics sectors. Cambodia’s National ICT Development Authority met with the Malaysian Ministry for science, Technology and ss='cambodia-color'>...

The World Bank is losing influence in Cambodia to “emerging donors” and making no major headway in stemming corruption, the Bank’s Independent Evaluation Groups said in a report released Wednesday. specifically focused on the World Bank;s 2007 anti-corruption initiative through 2010, the report uses six ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday added his two cents to the ongoing debate on what Cambodia’s debt to China actually is, declaring it stands at only Us$2 billion. At a ground-breaking ceremony marking the beginning of construction on Phnom Penh’s Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge, the premier rejected ss='cambodia-color'>...

VimpelCom, the Netherlands-based parent company of Cambodian mobile operator Beeline, booked an impairment charge of Us$527 million on its operations in Cambodia and Vietnam, according to a 2011 company report. The impairment, or revaluation of VimpelCom’s assets in the two southeast Asian countries, highlighted the company’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kinal Foundation, in collaboration with the French Agency for Development, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Ministry of Education, Youth and sport will hold the 2019 Thnot d’Or Awards for agronomy and food processing on saturday. The second Thnot d’Or Awards ss='cambodia-color'>...

Preah Sihanouk provincial authoritieS on Sunday Seized more than 400kg of clamS from fiShermen in Prey Nub diStrict&rSquo;S Veal Rinh and O&rSquo;Chrov communeS and returned them to the Sea. Provincial fiSherieS adminiStration director Em Phea Said on Monday that authoritieS patrolled the area on Sunday SS='cambodia-color'>...

Women’s Affairs Minister Ing Kantha Phavi and National Assembly president Heng samrin yesterday highlighted an increase in the number of women who are working in the public sector during a celebration to mark the upcoming International Women’s Day on Friday. Ms Kantha Phavi said females accounted ss='cambodia-color'>...