In a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation yesterday, the Japanese government officially granted aid of 974 million yen (about US$12.2 million) to the Cambodian government. The Honorable Masafumi Kuroki, Japanese ambassador to Cambodia, said his country had made the donation to ...

Cambodia has observed noticeable increase of wildlife presence including rare and endangered species at Virachey National Park in the last five years, according to the Ministry of Environment. ...

The United Nations‘ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) predicts the paddy output in Cambodia this year will decline, according to its Rice Market Monitor (RMM) issued on Monday. Paddy output in Asia is forecast at 661 million tonnes, or 441 million tonnes on a milled basis, ...

Property watchers have long noticed that weekends, at this time of the year, are a prime times for people seeking to buy or rent homes, but this year it’s different. ...

Kampong Cham provincial governor Un Chanda said yesterday at a press conference the province has exported over 20,000 tonnes of fresh yellow bananas to international markets during the first six months of this year. ...

The Federation of Associations of Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FASMEC) is seeking to establish small and medium enterprise (SME) parks in each province across the country aiming at promoting local agricultural products processing. ...

Less developed countries should promote domestic software development that meets local needs and capabilities, bringing development gains, a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report published last week says. Locally developed software is more likely to fit the culture, context and language where it ...

The government is now drafting a policy on pepper with the intention of scaling up a competitive advantage, attract investors and boost added-value to Cambodian pepper production, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Commerce. ...

The volume of bilateral trade between Cambodia and Japan was recorded at $1.01 billion in the first half of this year, a year-on-year decrease of 3.7 percent. ...

Another Covid-19 patient has died while undergoing treatment at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh, the Ministry of Health announced in the early hours of March 28 after confirming the country’s ninth fatality from the disease. ...

Last year saw 7,860 new businesses register with the Ministry of Commerce, down 40.72 percent from 13,259 in 2019. At the same time, the ministry dissolved 500 businesses last year, marking a 187 percent increase from 174 in 2019. ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries plans to submit a list of three mango farms to experts at China’s General Administration of Customs for a check of their meeting sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS).   ...

At least 314 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Svay Rieng province so far and tied to the February 20 community event, a health official said. ...

At least 95 factories and enterprises have restarted production just a week after the government’s lockdown measures in Phnom Penh and Takmao city were divided them into three zones. ...

The Ministry of Environment has yesterday gave recognition to five forest rangers for their outstanding work in environmental protection, natural resource management, and biodiversity conservation where they work at two wildlife sanctuaries in Kratie. ...

The government will waive quarantine for medical workers and frontline service providers at treatment facilities who maintain strict health measures while on duty and receive negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results.​ ...

Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration yesterday started putting up boundary posts to build a fence around a 350,000-square-metre site of a private company to develop tourist sites at two villages in Koh Rong city. ...

The Australian government is spending around $34.33 million to build clean water facilities and pipe systems that will benefit at least one million Cambodians people living in the countryside. ...

Amid fears of large-scale transmission of the new Covid-19 variant Omicron, border province authorities are looking at the possibility of implementing strict measures for crossing migrant workers, including implementing mandatory quarantines and PCR testing. These measures are the result of what was learnt dealing with ...

The Ministry of Commerce yesterday informed traders,  Association of Freight Forwarders, Importers and the public that at present, exporting goods to China via the Vietnam China border may become an issue due to the severe bottleneck. ...