The Kingdom’s software development sector is being seen as an increasingly important player in the country’s move to strengthen its tourism industry and provide visitors with the latest conveniences. stephane Combre, a developer at To Do in Cambodia, said that the firm’s platform, launched in ss='cambodia-color'>...

After years of protesting, two Cambodian farmers make their case this week in a Bangkok court against Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol, who they blame for the loss of their livelihoods. The stakes are high for the farmers and the company. The villagers from Cambodia are trying to convince the ss='cambodia-color'>...

City Hall has instructed the public, including business owners, to dispose of garbage in a timely manner in accordance with the schedule set by authorities, as well as to pack dangerous waste in a red bag to aid garbage collectors. Phnom Penh Governor Khuong sreng ss='cambodia-color'>...

The leader of a U.S.-baSed group that helped finance the Cambodia National ReScue Party&rSquo;S 2013 election campaign Said TueSday that it would proteSt againSt Prime MiniSter Hun Sen during hiS weekend trip to the U.N. in New York by rekindling the oppoSition party&rSquo;S “Hun Sen SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Bar Association has refuted a scathing critique of its independence and ethics by the International Bar Association (IBA) that questioned Cambodia’s membership in the global group, calling the assessment an unfounded “insult.”Following a visit to the country by a team of legal experts, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy is in talks with the Chinese government to build a research and training school, in order to boost the staffing capabilities of the country’s growing mining industry, according to a senior ministry official. Following recent news that gold deposits ss='cambodia-color'>...

Almost 80 people representing 305 families involved in land disputes in Phnom Penh and Takeo provinces yesterday gathered at the Ministry of Land Management to ask the ministry to expedite the resolution of their disputes and provide them with legal land titles. A group of 50 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Though it has refused calls to open new channels for migrant workers to vote in upcoming elections, the National Election Committee (NEC) has sent a letter to all Cambodian embassies appealing for citizens living abroad to return home to register for next year’s polls. But as ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen said on Monday he had urged Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to invest more heavily in Cambodia’s rice sector, while also acknowledging the need to lower rice processing costs and find new export markets to boost the competitiveness of Cambodia’s most important ss='cambodia-color'>...

Media outlets in Cambodia have came under increasing threat over the past year, according to a new report by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), though the Ministry of Information, responding to a similar recent report, has insisted freedom of expression and the press is ss='cambodia-color'>...

In an effort to stimulate Us$5 billion in trade between Cambodia and Vietnam by 2015, the Vietnamese Trade Fair will be held at the Diamond Island Convention and Exhibition Centre from september 21 to 25. Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun sen and Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun sen announced plans Thursday to encourage rubber smallholdings in a bid to expand production as the country promotes the cash crop as the number two commodity after rice. Hun sen said the government will support not only large-scale rubber plantations but also ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has coped well in terms of exports despite the slowdown in some European economies, said the head of the IMF’s Asia-Pacific department last week. Anoop singh, director for the department, said Cambodia has enjoyed many years of economic growth at about 6 per cent or ss='cambodia-color'>...

A pair of cigarette brands distributed by two of the Kingdom’s most prominent businessmen are being smuggled from Cambodia to Vietnam at an estimated rate of more than 300 million packs a year, contributing to tobacco manufacturer losses of nearly $200 million annually, according to ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 500 families from three communes in siem Reap province’s Chi Kraeng district are seeking the prime minister’s intervention in a dispute with a rubber company over 1,000 hectares of land. siem Reap provincial governor Chan sophal said on Wednesday that Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker seang ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture, or Cedac, haS built a $500,000 rice mill in Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Pur Senchey diStrict in the hope of exporting more milled rice overSeaS, an official Said yeSterday. “We expect that in 2013, we would export between 200 tonS and SS='cambodia-color'>...

With the number of cars on Cambodia’s roads growing at a consistent pace, high-end automotive distributors are jockeying for a foothold in the market, but they are not the only ones who stand to benefit from Cambodia’s splurge on cars. Working on the sidelines, the ss='cambodia-color'>...

As this year’s pepper harvest gets under way, farmers in Kompong Cham province are expecting lower yields due to severe hot weather in recent months. Yin sopha, executive director of the Dar Memot Development Agriculture Pepper Cooperative, said the hot weather and lack of rain ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia exported garment and textile products in equivalent to 1.34 billion U.s. dollars in the first quarter of 2013, up 17 percent from 1.14 billion U.s. dollars at the same period last year, the Commerce Ministry’s report showed Friday. Garment industry is the country’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Gold prices in Cambodia are down about 27 per cent from January through June, according to the Ministry of Commerce. Gold trade changed little yesterday after the biggest drop in almost two weeks in response to the Us Federal Reserve Chairman Ben s Bernanke’s comments ss='cambodia-color'>...