Chuon Phang, the 79-year-old chief of Tasanh commune in Battambang’s samlot district, has always handed out free cotton kramas to local villagers about a month ahead of elections. But the ruling Cambodian People’s Party representative does not characterise the practice as vote-buying. He says he gives ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnamese nationals were deported en masse this week from svay Rieng province, with 142 illegal migrants sent back across the border in a single day, as Cambodia’s nationwide census of foreigners continues, officials said yesterday. General sok Phal, director of the Interior Ministry’s Immigration Department, said ss='cambodia-color'>...

Six inmateS buSted out of Ratanakkiri Provincial PriSon in the wee hourS of yeSterday morning, police Said, adding another incident to a String of embarraSSing eScapeS at the facility over the paSt two yearS. According to a poSt on the National Police&rSquo;S webSite, authoritieS in Ratanakkiri&rSquo;S SS='cambodia-color'>...

Workers at a factory that recently shuttered due to bankruptcy protested yesterday and vowed to continue to do so, after they were paid only part of their severance stipulated under the Kingdom’s Labour Law. Kui Xing factory in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district closed its doors ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s land-titling review process lacks transparency and clarity and is in danger of leaving behind Phnom Penh’s urban poor, according to a new report. since the systematic Land Registration (sLR) program was established in 2002, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has granted ss='cambodia-color'>...

Much of Cambodia’s electrical infrastructure was destroyed or heavily damaged during its civil war. starting almost from scratch, the country has relied heavily on imported electricity while it rebuilds infrastructure and develops new energy sources. Keo Rottanak, director-general of Electricite du Cambodge (EdC), which controls ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader sam Rainsy says his party will do its best to prevent the passage of a controversial draft law to regulate NGOs. Chheang Von, a lawmaker for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and the National Assembly’s spokesman, said sam Rainsy was only making promises ss='cambodia-color'>...

The agriculture industry has lost its luster among industrial manufacturers and service providers. Tycoons are quietly withdrawing money from agriculture projects, just several years after pouring big money into the sector. Just a few years ago, Do Van Minh, Gemadept’s CEO, said that growing rubber ss='cambodia-color'>...

After last year’s crackdown on high school exit-exam cheats, the number of students who have registered to take the exam this August has dipped, but with new monitoring initiatives in place, education officials said they are optimistic the pass rate will increase. The 88,488 candidates planning ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s new mining law is on track for adoption by the end of this year and will introduce a raft of reforms to the sector, a senior official said, although the country’s mining tax will likely remain the same. Meng saktheara, secretary of state at the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Commerce and Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) are continuing working to solve the long-running challenges of the Kingdom’s high cost of electricity and transportation in order to boost the country’s rice industry. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In the wake of mass flooding, the company behind Cambodia’s first major hydropower dam used a government visit last week to distance itself from recent controversies and quell fears about the project’s alleged downsides.In september, Kampot province experienced widespread flooding that left thousands temporarily homeless ss='cambodia-color'>...

The European Union has agreed to investigate forced displacement claims in relation to Cambodia’s troubled sugar industry. The move could see thousands of villagers compensated for illegally confiscated land and loss of earnings. The Clean sugar Campaign – which has been calling on the EU to ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Cambodian ranger on Saturday waS named the recipient of World Wide Fund for Nature&rSquo;S preStigiouS Dr Rimington Award for hiS Significant contribution to the conServation of the Kingdom&rSquo;S natural reSourceS. HiS recognition came in conjunction with the World Ranger Day. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Entrepreneurship Development Fund  (EDF) Board of Trustees convened last week to review some of EDF’s notable achievements in 2020 in supporting Cambodia’s growing entrepreneurial ecosystem. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk provincial authoritieS are working to identify people who have filled in the SuStainable USe Area in Koh Kong &rSquo;S Mondul Seima diStrict and an area of Sea in Preah Sihanouk&rSquo;S Stung Hav diStrict. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has lauded women’s contributions to the Kingdom’s socio-economic development, as the government laid out measures aimed at supporting the attainment of gender equality in its pursuit of sustainable economic growth.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Manet has urged officials at all levels to boldly carry out the government’s policies to achieve Cambodia’s goals and visions. ss='cambodia-color'>...

This dataset contains data for mining concessions in Cambodia’s from 1995 to 2014. The data was collected from many sources by ODC’s mappers such as government, news, company profiles, reports and NGO agency in both pdf and shapefile format. Geographic data is encoded in the ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 500 representatives of Hun Many’s volunteer medical team provided free medical checkups and treatment to more than 5,000 people in samrong Tong district’s skuh commune in Kampong speu on June 11. ss='cambodia-color'>...