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'>...

The government’s Auction Committee has announced a public auction of more than 1,500 cubic metres of illegally logged timber at a starting price of some 1.4 billion riel (approximately $353,000). This is based on a June 6 announcement by the Ministry of Environment’s General Department ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and Laos will sign a power deal next week during the state visit of the Laotian prime minister. Through next week’s agreement, the Kingdom will buy 2,400 megawatts from neighbouring Laos. Next week’s deal will be discussed at the Council of Ministers tomorrow, according ss='cambodia-color'>...

Private companies have expressed their “deepest concerns” over the potential withdrawal of the Everything But Arms (EBA) preferential scheme. In a joint letter to the European Commission, they said the move will negatively impact the Kingdom. The letter, signed by 40 of the Kingdom’s private ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 60 per cent of 302 familieS living at Boeung Samrong lake in Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Prek Pnov diStrict agreed to accept compenSation aS authoritieS began draining the lake in preparation for increaSing itS depth, Said Prek Pnov adminiStration chief Sim Sophorng. However, the remaining reSidentS SS='cambodia-color'>...

The private sector has welcomed the government’s move to reduce the number of public holidays in the in the Kingdom – known for having the most public holidays in the world – by seven days. However, the government had just added the “Day of Remembrance” ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Friday announced the government’s new strategy for budget reform aimed at enhancing the sound management of public funds. Dubbed ‘Budget system reform programme for 2018-2025’, the new blueprint for the country’s budgetary policy was presented to the public during the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Seventeen familieS from Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Meanchey diStrict, who claim they have lived in the area for two decadeS and are Cambodian by birth, proteSted againSt diStrict authoritieS on WedneSday for deSignating them aS VietnameSe immigrantS. The familieS, from Chak Angre Krom commune&rSquo;S Tuol Roka village, SS='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers and local freshwater vendors on Thursday expressed concern about fresh water supply in Preah sihanouk province, after a private company partially filled fresh water reservoir Boeung Prek Tup with sand for tourist development. Boeung Prek Tup is a natural lake located in sihanoukville’s Village ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Information Ministry yesterday announced that the draft Law on Access to Information is ready to be reviewed during an unspecified inter-ministerial meeting next month after it deemed that the draft’s contents are in line with international standards and the constitution. It also said the draft ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Turkish government is preparing documents and evidence to give to the Cambodian government in order to close Zaman schools, an official said yesterday. Turkey’s ambassador to Cambodia Ilhan Kemal Tug told Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong yesterday that his government was gathering evidence and documents ss='cambodia-color'>...

KhmerToGo.com can’t solve the capital’s traffic problem, but it can keep residents and restaurant owners from getting stuck in it.The new online supermarket is set to go fully operational next week, offering what it claims will be the country’s most comprehensive selection of wholesale and ss='cambodia-color'>...

A dead Irrawaddy dolphin was found on the banks of the Mekong early yesterday morning in Kratie province’s Chet Borey district, according to police. District police chief Noun Yin said officers were unable to determine the cause of the dolphin’s death because there were no physical ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two years since the opening of Cambodia’s first large-scale rice paddy bank, the private sector company behind the project is seeking additional capital to carry it through the next five years. Thaneakea srov (Kampuchea) Plc launched services in late August 2014 with its sprawling facility in ss='cambodia-color'>...

Direct flights between Phnom Penh and Indonesia’s capital Jakarta may soon be a reality, if a current feasibility study by the country’s national airline, Garuda Indonesia, suggests it is viable. While a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two countries concerning direct flights has already been ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police in Takeo province’s Prey Kabbas district are investigating the theft of equipment from a Prey Lvea commune voter registration office on Thursday. National Election Committee voter registration department head Top Rithy said the thief or thieves broke the building’s lock and swiped all but the ss='cambodia-color'>...