Riverboat services between Siem Reap and Phnom Penh are scheduled to restart on Aug 15 after closing down in March due to low water levels in the Tonle Sap river, a port official said yesterday. Chieat Thol, deputy director of the administrative department and the ...

When Ros Srey Pich was 19, she signed a contract with a recruitment agency that would send her to work as a maid in Malaysia. The recruitment agency, Job Asia, had sourced The teenager from what is now Tbong Khmum province, telling her poor family that ...

As part of ongoing government efforts to modernize and streamline the country’s tax system, 43 tax agent licenses were awarded yesterday. the 43 companies are now legally recognized as offering tax declaration services to the public and private sectors. Eighteen had previously been doing this work ...

As the 2023 national election is approaching, the International Relations Institute at the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) and the Club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ) held a two-day training workshop to highlight the key role of the media in the poll. ...

A group of villagers who were evicted from Kratie province to make way for a Vietnamese rubber company were given a 750-hectare social land concession by the government Thursday, but many said they would hold out for a better offer. A letter signed by Kratie Governor ...

“The agriculture sector today is still playing significant role in promoting local production growth, job creation, and contributing to The poverty reduction of The people.  At The same time, The agriculture sector will continue The basic role for economic growth and socio-economic development in Cambodia in ...

A multitude of international financial institutions and central banks have congratulated and expressed confidence over Chea Serey’s appointment as governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), acknowledging her expertise and qualification to develop the Kingdom’s banking sector. ...

The effort to reduce violence against children in Cambodia is gaining speed, with a boost from The Religion Ministry, which will highlight The Buddhist value of nonviolence as well as The practice of meditation in The country’s schools, according to ministry officials. ...

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has reportedly continued to urge pragmatism in drafting The legal framework of draft union law ahead of The public consultation later this week, demanding a reflection of interests from both workers and employers in The country’s garment sector.  ...

On 24 April 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the participation of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, in the 4th “Asia-Pacific Water Summit” in ...

On 21 July 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the videoconference between His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and the Honorable ...

On 27 March 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has posted the Joint press statement on the meeting between His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and His Excellency Nasser ...

The abuse of Cambodian maids overseas has become one of The most documented human rights violation here. But as The Government, media, NGOs and aid agencies focus Their energies on domestic laborer living abroad, advocates have begun to urge that closer attention be paid to ...

The Environment and Education ministries have unveiled The official textbook on climate change for upper secondary schools. Under-secretary of state of The Environment Ministry Khut Chandara said at The official launch of The book on Monday that education played an important role in social, economic ...

Ten representatives of 143 indigenous families affected by the development of the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam in Stung Treng province gathered yesterday to submit a petition to the Interior Ministry and the Prime Minister’s cabinet. ...

The government created a national commission last week to prevent and crack down on crimes involving natural resources. National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha will head The commission and Hou Sakun, The deputy commissioner general of The National Police, will be second in command. Environment Ministry and ...

Three months since the central bank soft-launched its FAST payment system it is taking the system public, making electronic riel-denominated transfers available to the customers of more than a dozen financial institutions. ...

The Ministries of Environment and Tourism have reiterated calls for factories, restaurants and markets to properly handle waste disposal as The amount produced in The Kingdom continues to grow.   ...

Fish imports from Belize, Guinea and Cambodia are to be banned from the European Union, and three more countries have been warned their imports are in danger, in the first major sanction against countries that allow illegal fishing operations to carry on under their countries’ ...

The Asia Development Bank (ADB) in collaboration with The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) has successfully built a 20-hectare controlled landfill in Battambang province, aiming to serve 126,000 people in The community with The capacity to remove 100 tonnes of trash daily for ...