Senior Ministry of Environment officials and civil society organisations have expressed concern over the threat to wildlife by poisoning in rice fields, lakes and ponds where they feed. ...

A senior official from the General Directorate of Rubber at the Ministry of Agriculture has said Cambodia’s rubber exports are expected to reach 340,000 tonnes by end of the year. ...

The Ministry of Environment is planning to declare wild Kesor Kol plants – a type of orchid – an endangered species with increased protections, according to the ministry’s secretary of state Neth Pheaktra. Pheaktra also warned of legal action against those who collect or sell wild Kesor ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on December 31 forecast that the Kingdom’s economic growth will return to four percent growth this year if Covid-19 vaccines can successfully curtail the spread in the first half. The central bank’s forecast published in its Macroeconomic and Banking ...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy has given the nod to two companies to continue their exploration licence approval processes for some 207sq km of gold-polymetallic mining areas in Tbong Khmum and Ratanakkiri provinces. The areas are 107.10sq km in the Memot area in Tbong ...

On 06 January 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued an announcement on the launch of public services related to employment and vocational training through the automation system. In order to enhance the use of information technology systems in the era of industrial ...

A $500,000 investment will go towards 125 small and medium sized businesses set to gain grants and training in online commerce according to a joint press release by the Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) and the UN ...

The Ministry of Environment awarded rights to ticket sales at Kirirom National Park and the Prek Toal bird sanctuary to locally-owned firm Lim Sok Cheng for 2021. Kirirom National Park covers 8,401ha in Kampong Speu province and is 44km from the provincial capital of the ...

The heavy fuel oil-fired power plants in Kandal province’s Lvea Em district have started their engines and are generating power to the national grid, according to the Ministry of Mines and Energy. ...

On 10 March 2021, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications released an announcement on the cessation of businesses in the postal sector without licenses and permits to promote the management of the postal sector effectively, efficiently, and orderly in order to protect the benefits of ...

The Ministry of Labour will launch a new job website – WORKNET – on employment services and labour market information in Cambodia on April 8, to help Cambodians find jobs during the pandemic. ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has urged farmers to register their mango farms for certification to exports. This was reminded in the ministry’s press release issued recently, adding that the registration of mango farms is also intended to stabilise the price of the ...

On 19 February 2021, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications issued a press release on the National Internet Gateway responding to reactions from the public, media outlets, and non-governmental organizations who claimed that the government has the intention to collect data, listen to conversations, and ...

The Ministry of Information is preparing to publish 5,000 copies of Cambodia 2021 ahead of the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), which Cambodia is hosting in the middle of this year, for distribution to delegates and participants. ...

Following the announcement last week by KrisEnergy Ltd of less-than-anticipated results from oil production at the Apsara Mini Phase 1A development, a senior official from the Ministry of Mines and Energy said the government could penalise  the company or terminate its licence. ...

On 21 April 2021, the Ministry of Commerce released an announcement on the launching of the Ministry of Commerce’s online market to sell essential foods and groceries to people living in the red areas during the transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

The Ministry of Commerce is pressing on to register some of the Kingdom’s more renown products as collective trademarks and grant them domestic geographical indication (GI) to provide them with added exposure on the international market. ...

On 08 February 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries issued a press release responding to the press release dated 8 January 2021 on the confirmation on the suspension of the importation of 4 types of fish including Pangasius Krempfi, Spot Pangasius, Catfish, and ...

With authorities tightening security to prevent community transmission in Phnom Penh and Kandal province’s Takhmao town, e-commerce activity, cashless payments and delivery services have logged a notable rise, swiftly becoming new features of the digital world in Cambodia. ...

The Ministry of Commerce on April 20 dispatched five trucks to seven “Red Zones” to sell food products and groceries at below-market prices during the ongoing two-week coronavirus lockdown in Phnom Penh and adjacent Takmao town in Kandal province, according to undersecretary of state Pen ...