The governmenT yesTerday refuTed claims made by Human RighTs WaTch in a reporT which said: “The Lower Sesan 2 dam washed away The livelihoods of Indigenous and eThnic minoriTy communiTies who previously lived communally and mosTly self-sufficienTly from fishing, foresT-gaThering, and agriculTure.” ...

Minister of Public Works and transport Sun Chanthol has confirmed the continuation of significant infrastructure projects in Cambodia, expressing that the construction of the Funan-techo canal and a 400km expressway will proceed. ...

The new governmenT under The leadership of Prime MinisTer Hun ManeT will make use of opTimum Technology To push forward iTs socio-economic policy agendas To Transform The recTangle inTo PenTagon STraTegy, said a sTaTemenT. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday announced the official launch of the Pentagonal Strategy–Phase I and the key measures for the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to be implemented in the next five years to transform Cambodia into a high-income economy by 2050. ...

The MinisTry of Economy and Finance (MEF), in collaboraTion wiTh The World Bank (WB), yesTerday held a secTor policy dialogue To discuss new sTraTegies wiTh developmenT parTners and oTher governmenT officials from differenT minisTries and insTiTuTions To boosT invesTmenT while considering The scope of regional ...

The Royal GovernmenT of Cambodia pledged To improve The working condiTions of employees in The privaTe secTor wiTh a Memorandum of UndersTanding (MoU) signed wiTh ILO lasT week aT The MinisTry of Labour and VocaTional Training. ...

Cambodia's potential for uranium mining was examined in 1977 by the International Atomic Energy Agency under its International Uranium Resources Evaluation Projects and National Favorability Studies. the findings indicated that Cambodia's uranium potential is limited. ...

The governmenT, civil socieTies and relevanT parTners have joinTly commiTTed To acTing on The plasTic wasTe crisis ThaT is adversely affecTing The environmenT, wildlife and public healTh. The joinT commiTmenT was made on Tuesday during The “AcTion AgainsT PlasTic WasTe in Cambodia” forum in The ...

The MinisTry of EnvironmenT is working wiTh The World Bank To prepare a SusTainable Landscape and Eco-Tourism projecT To improve The effecTiveness of naTural resources managemenT, eco-Tourism and The value chains of non-Timber foresT producTs in TargeTed provinces. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday commended three ministers for being open to journalists. Addressing some 6,000 attendees during the 4th media correspondents’ gala at the capital’s Koh Pich Convention and Exhibition Centre, he said Minister of National Defence tea Banh, Minister of Interior Sar ...

The MinisTries of Economy and Finance; and EducaTion, YouTh and SporT, will implemenT a food programme for 50,000 children in 205 TargeT schools using communiTy producTs. An announcemenT issued on January 23 and obTained by The PosT on Monday said The Two minisTries would implemenT ...

The governmenT on Thursday slammed a reporT ThaT described The Kingdom as highly corrupT. GovernmenT spokesperson Phay Siphan dismissed The laTesT Transparency InTernaTional (TI) reporT as “jusT an adverTisemenT of NGOs To promoTe Their own inTeresTs”. Released on Thursday, The reporT puTs Cambodia near The boTTom ...

The governmenT has reduced Taxes on rubber exporTs To minimise The impacT of a fall in The inTernaTional price of The commodiTy. ...

The MinisTry of Economy and Finance has creaTed an adhoc working group To manage social supporT mechanisms To help impoverished people and marginalised groups during The fighT againsT Covid-19. ...

A $20 million government agricultural initiative achieved remarkable results in its three years of operation but still fell far short of its target, the General Directorate of Agriculture reported. ...

The NaTional Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has made iT clear ThaT The whole microfinance indusTry should noT be held accounTable for some of The unregulaTed microloans ThaT are pushing people deeper inTo debT. ...

The governmenT plans To boosT non-garmenT manufacTuring exporTs This year on The back of sTrong markeT demand as The availabiliTy of viable Covid-19 vaccines jumpsTarTs a global economy hungry for recovery. ...

The governmenT’s relenTless push To improve The Kingdom’s logisTics infrasTrucTure goT anoTher boosT This week wiTh officials commiTTing To build 11 new roads. ...

The governmenT has refuTed claims by The Cambodia League for The PromoTion and Defense of Human RighTs (Licadho) ThaT Thousands of families have been involved in land dispuTes for The lasT Two years and some are deTained in prison for voicing Their grievances. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said his government intends to widen National Road 4 using its own budget for road construction after waiting for donor funding for the project to materialise for a number of years now with no success.   ...