Cambodia is looking at a delayed onset of the rainy season, with experts and government officials having raised concerns of a prolonged dry season affecting agricultural production, as the Pacific weather pattern El Niño threatens to bring drought-like conditions. Ngin Chhay, director of the Rice Department ...

A GOOD media planning strategy is essential for small and medium-sized enterprises from Thailand to break into Cambodia, a marketing guru told a recent seminar. Somphob Ritthikulprasert, executive adviser at ARS Chemical (Thailand), said to tap into Cambodia’s growing consumer market, Thai SMEs should learn how ...

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 ...

Sok Ren lives in a tiny room in a rented house in Phnom Penh. She has not been home in two years, having decided to leave a child behind and find work in the city’s garment sector.  Unions say workers need at least $177 ...

A rash of fires ripped through the capital on Monday evening and yesterday, with the most devastating one destroying 36 houses across a packed slum next to the Monivong bridge in the southern district of Chbar Ampov.The Chbar Ampov fire began to burn at about ...

Nippon Express (NPEXY), a Japanese firm specialising in lorry, rail, and air transport services, launched its new logistics centre at the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) on Monday. ...

Australian government provided $10 million for landmine clearing in the Kingdom. The aid was announced when new Australian Ambassador to Cambodia Pablo Chiho Kang today met with Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn at the ministry. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen during a press conference at the Peace Palace yesterday said that a cabinet reshuffle is on the horizon to improve workflow and its efficiency. ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said ASEAN leaders will meet bilaterally with American President Donald Trump at the ASEAN-US Summit, to be held in Las Vegas in March 2020. ...

The government will disburse between $500 and $600 million in low-interest loans to financial institutions to enable them to provide loans to businesses at lower interest rates. ...

Despite renewed criticism from civil society and a call for its drafting to be postponed, finalisation of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) was well under way, officials said yesterday at the beginning of a week of ASEAN meetings. Speaking to reporters after a meeting between ...

Authorities have arrested and charged a second man in a shooting at Phnom Penh’s Rock nightclub Sunday that involved the son of a high-ranking customs official, during which one man was injured. ...

Cambodia’s coastal Preah Sihanouk province has attracted construction project investment valued at more than $7 billion over the last four years – most from Chinese nationals – the provincial administration said yesterday. ...

The Cambodian government and UNICEF yesterday released results of a clinical trial on new locally produced food supplements to tackle the country’s persistently dismal malnutrition figures, with at least one of the two products proving effective.   ...

The Ministry of Education today allowed university students to sit for a two-days exit examination at school premises after a three-month-long closure, which was imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus. ...

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 ...

Speaking at the Global SME Finance Forum 2020 on moving into the future, the role of digitalisation in promoting SMEs’ access to finance, Chea Serey, director-general of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), said SMEs are considered to be a crucial sector for the economy ...

Authorities in Koh Kong province are on the hunt for people who illegally planted fruit trees at Botum Sakor National Park in Botum Sakor district. ...

A military border guard died at the Preah Vihear Provincial Referral Hospital after stepping on a landmine and suffering injuries to his right leg and body last week. The incident took place in Choam Ksan district’s Sra Em commune. ...

The government announced that it is allowing the reopening of workshops, laboratories and competency assessment centres at technical and vocational education and training institutes in response to a request from the Labour Ministry on June 26. ...