National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) is preparing to sign agreements with the state Bank of Vietnam and the Bank of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to promote the use Cambodia’s local currency, riel, in their economic activities. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Preliminary results of the 7th national election show that the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) received more than 6.3 million votes, or more than 82 percent. The Cambodian People’s Party is the leading party. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s private sector hopes to provide vocational training on technical skills for approximately 1.5 million young people to supplement the country’s local skilled workforce, enhance capabilities, and reduce production costs shortly. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs has officially launched the sixth edition of the “Neary Rattanak strategic Plan (2024-2028)” yesterday to promote gender equality and empower women in line with the government’s Pentagonal strategy. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The head of a construction firm that was involved in a massive land swap with siem Reap’s provincial government in 2010 defended the deal on Friday saying orders for the move of government offices and civil servants—which is now being reversed—came directly from the national ss='cambodia-color'>...

Around three quarters of Cambodia’s population depend on agriculture, forest products and fisheries for their livelihoods, so the management of the environment and natural resources is of great importance. Deforestation has occurred on a large scale. Cambodia lost six percent of its remaining primary forest ss='cambodia-color'>...

Whether it is dancing pop stars or plays on national pride, dramatically increasing budgets for beer advertising took Cambodia’s TV sets and public spaces by storm in 2011. Beer advertising surged 164 per cent year-on-year in 2011, according to data from Indochina Research Ltd, making it ss='cambodia-color'>...

As expected, the book-building phase for Phnom Penh Water supply Authority’s initial public offering was significantly oversubscribed, the estimate being 17 times. Interested investors had the opportunity to bid at a price  no lower than 4,050 riel a share, and at a maximum of 6,350 riel ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen pushed regional unity at the opening ceremony of the AsEAN summit yesterday, but criticism directed at Cambodia over the south China sea ensured the dispute remained front and centre. As heavily armed guards lined the streets outside the Peace Palace in Phnom ss='cambodia-color'>...

Younger SoutheaSt ASian countrieS will look for a meanS of filling the financial gap between poorer mainland ASEAN memberS and more developed StateS thiS week during the 44th ASEAN Economic MiniSterS Meeting, which kicked off today. At the five-day meeting which Prime MiniSter Hun Sen waS SS='cambodia-color'>...

China has done a lot to support Cambodia over the years with millions of dollars in aid, loans and investment. But after reports this week that China has pledged another $500 million in soft loans and grants—and publicly thanked Cambodia for its support in southeast ss='cambodia-color'>...

Independent radio station owner Mam sonando mounted a spirited defense during the third and last day of testimony at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday in his trial for allegedly leading a secessionist group. At time raising his voice, waving his arms and grabbing his head ss='cambodia-color'>...

The wife of slain environmental activist Chut Wutty today rejected early police accounts of the circumstances around his shooting death, saying she believed he had been targeted for death for his work in protecting Cambodia’s endangered forests. speaking to the Post by phone, 40-year-old sam Chanthy, ss='cambodia-color'>...

According to documents published in the latest Royal Gazette, Prime Minister Hun sen signed off on three land concessions covering more than 20,000 hectares last month, 11 days after a moratorium on the granting of such concessions was announced. On May 7, Mr. Hun sen signed ss='cambodia-color'>...

Thirteen Boeung Kak lake women who were sentenced to two and a half years in jail on Thursday following a lawyer-free trial that lasted just three hours will appeal their convictions, their distraught supporters said yesterday. As the reality of the trial, which rights groups have ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday urged people to resolve their own land disputes to aid the progress of an ambitious land-titling project announced earlier this month. speaking at an event in Kompong Cham province’s Kroch Chhmar district to mark National Fish Day, Mr. Hun sen thanked ss='cambodia-color'>...

The vision regional leaders have for an AsEAN Economic Community by 2015 may become clearer after this week’s Economic Ministers meeting in siem Reap, but not everyone has a rose-coloured view of what such integration might mean for Cambodia. students who have not mastered the ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 8,000 hectares of land was cut from economic and forest land concessions owned by some of the country’s biggest tycoons and awarded to villagers last month, according to documents from the Council of Ministers. Four sub-decrees signed by Prime Minister Hun sen order that ss='cambodia-color'>...

The 2013 China’s Zhejiang and Cambodia matchmaking symposium was held here on Tuesday to seek opportunities to expand business ties between China and Cambodia. Gong Zheng said the Chinese firms are doing businesses in the fields of agriculture, infrastructure development, construction and real estate, mineral ss='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers who allege authorities and armed forces in Preah Vihear province have been burning their houses and clearing farmland of 400 families, to create a social land concession, protested yesterday, calling on intervention from Prime Minister Hun sen. The 5,557-hectare sLC in Kulen district’s srayang village ss='cambodia-color'>...