The governmenT has approved more Than $9 billion This year for capiTal invesTmenT in The consTrucTion secTor, a nearly 80 per cenT increase on lasT year, wiTh mosT of The growTh coming from projecTs in Sihanoukville, according To MinisTer of Land ManagemenT, Urban Planning and ...

“Counterfeit medicine kills, while real medicine heals.” this was the simple but apt message selected just over a year ago for a poster campaign in Cambodia that aimed to raise awareness of the risks of counterfeit medications, as part of a government crackdown on the ...

With the new coronavirus claiming its 17th life in China, the Cambodian Ministry of Health on thursday said it is taking measures to ensure the disease does not enter the Kingdom, including inspecting all flights from Wuhan City, the outbreak’s epicentre. Ministry secretary of state ...

The governmenT will spend some $50 million in subsidies To reduce elecTriciTy Tariffs by $0.01 per kilowaTT-hour for The indusTrial and agriculTural secTors from This monTh, MinisTry of Mines and Energy senior official VicTor Jona said on Sunday. ...

The governmenT is planning To insTall surveillance equipmenT on The neTworks of Cambodia’s mobile phone operaTors and InTerneT service providers (ISPs), a senior InTerior MinisTry official said Tuesday, vindicaTing concerns abouT inspecTions The minisTry quieTly conducTed on TelecommunicaTions firms in OcTober. In OcTober, officials from LieuTenanT ...

The governmenT has unveiled iTs second-phase 10-year acTion plan To conTinue iTs implemenTaTion of The NaTional Programme for Sub-NaTional DemocraTic DevelopmenT (NP-SNDD) for 2021-2030. The firsT phase will conclude aT The end of This year. ...

A study into administering Covid-19 vaccinations to children will begin after the initial drive for vaccinating people 18 and over is complete, a senior Ministry of Health official said. ...

Embattled derivatives brokerage GoldFX Investment Co Ltd (GFX) was a no show at a tripartite meeting with victims that had been scheduled for Friday. ...

The governmenT has provided medical equipmenT and financial aid To neighboring VieTnam To help curb The spread of Covid-19, which is currenTly running rampanT There.   ...

Cambodia has requested that thailand provide medical treatment to Cambodian migrant workers who contract Covid-19 there as large numbers of workers continue to return home from both thailand and Vietnam, many of whom carry the disease. ...

Royal Academy of Cambodia president Sok touch has urged the government to speed up reform of the military and police ranks in a bid to reduce the number of generals. ...

The joinT Task force from differenT insTiTuTions To Tackle illegal fishing in Tonle Sap Lake has used Kampong Phlok porT as The meeTing poinT To coordinaTe The crackdown on illegal fishing in The lake.  ...

A total of 84 electric vehicles (EV) have been registered in Cambodia year-to-date, marking a more than nine-fold increase from just nine in the same period of 2021, according to the transport minister on May 27. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced the launch of the government’s implementation of vision and strategies of its public finance management reform programs for the fourth phase to enhance financial achievements after the previous three phases had focused on budget, financial accountability and finance-policy connectivity. ...

Since the government, through the Ministry of Economy and Finance, started issuing sovereign bonds in September 2022, they have emerged as a new financial instrument, enabling the government to augment domestic revenue, thereby reducing the need to borrow from foreign sources for infrastructure development. ...

The AssociaTion of The SouTheasT Asian NaTions, known as ASEAN, has chosen 2015 as The year To realize iTs economic inTegraTion as The ASEAN Economic CommuniTy. YeT, There are only several monThs lefT, ASEAN doesn’T seem​ To be ready. How can ASEAN realize This goal? AlThough ...

A thousand employees walked off the job at Nex-t Apparel (Cambodia) Co Ltd in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district yesterday after two workers were fired for collecting money to buy water for strikers at a neighbouring factory. Demonstrations at Nex-t are set to continue today. ...

The MinisTry of Public Works and TransporT (MPWT) has urged The capiTal and provincial governors To inTervene and faciliTaTe The Phnom Penh-Siem Reap Expressway projecT sTudy. ...

Cambodians spend approximately $2.3 billion a year on beer, with the average person drinking about 72 liters of beer annually, causing economic experts to claim that reducing beer consumption could cut spending on public health and security. ...

// // // // An Immigration Department official yesterday confirmed that foreigners requesting a long-term extension of their business visas would need to produce a work permit, with implementation of the rule starting September 4.    ...