The Ministry of Mines and Energy has unveiled a project which will convert waste materials to energy in Phnom Penh. A study on the waste materials for conversion will also be conducted simultaneously. ...

National Bank of Canada has injected an additional capital investment of $120 million to support the further growth of Cambodia-based ABA Bank. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Indonesia jumped 46 per cent to a record high of more than $792 million last year, from $543 million in 2018, the Ministry of Commerce said. ...

An inter-ministerial statement was issued last week highlighting the achievements and further initiatives of the government’s cash subsidy programme for pregnant women, which seeks to promote maternal and child welfare and improve the wellbeing of children from impoverished families. ...

At a Wednesday meeting of the signatories to the Mekong Memorandum of Understanding on Drug Control, National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) secretary-general Meas Virith requested participating countries and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to seek a solution for the region’s burgeoning ...

On 18 May 2020, the Phnom Penh Municipal Administration issued a notification to all restaurant owners in Phnom Penh about the precautions to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The notification stated that, if the restaurants do not comply with the Phnom Penh Municipal ...

The Ministry of Agriculture has pledged to achieve the goal of reducing poverty among small landholders despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The ministry is aiming to achieve this through the Agriculture Services Programme for Innovation, Resilience and Extension (ASPIRE) project Phase II by 2022. ...

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings will team with Toshiba to manage power grids in Cambodia, hoping to secure a new earnings source as the utility grapples with soaring cleanup costs for the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. ...

More than 10,000 garment workers who recently returned to Phnom Penh from various provinces after the Khmer New Year will be placed in mandatory quarantine, according to officials. ...

Cambodia and East Timor have moved closer to sealing a rice-export deal following a meeting between officials. ...

According to Japan’s The Mainichi News, the company, a renewable energy producer Aura Green Energy Co. has teamed up with another Japanese partner to launch a hybrid power generation business in 2021, with the aim of securing the country’s power supply stability. ...

The National Election Committee claims to have signed up more than half a million people in its first four days of voter registration. The registration period, which began on Thursday and ends on December 1, requires more than 100,000 Cambodian citizens to be registered each day. ...

An unruly protest in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet town entered its second day yesterday as thousands of garment workers from a number of special economic zones continued to throw stones and break windows as they demonstrated for a greater increase to the national garment industry ...

The international airport to be built in Koh Kong province will kick off construction in January next year, according to a spokesman from the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA).​ ...

A male banteng was found dead in Sorng Rukhavorn Wildlife Sanctuary in Oddar Meanchey province’s Samrong town on Saturday and was likely killed by hunters, said officials.​ Ministry of Environment’s secretary of state and spokesman Neth Pheaktra said​ that ​​this was the sixth banteng that ...

Rangers from O’Som headquarters in the South Cardamom Mountains National Park and Wildlife Alliance officials found meat which came from a rare gaur in the Phnom Kravanh section of the park in Pursat province, said a ranger on Wednesday. ...

About 58 endangered aquatic species in Cambodia face  extinction if more effort is not made to protect them. ...

The Ministry of Education yesterday opened a centre for digital and distance learning at the capital’s Preah Sisowath High School. The construction of the centre, which will serve as a studio for producing educational videos and a venue for digital forums, seeks to advance virtual ...

A tourism seaport project is unveiled to be constructed in Koh Tonsay (Rabbit Island), Kep province as the environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) has started. Ms. Ol Phirun, Deputy Governor of Kep province, said that the tourism seaport is an ADB-backed project and a ...

Some of Phnom Penh’s most renowned museums have seen a drop in visitors of up to 95 percent because of the COVID-19 pandemic and lack of tourism, leaving worries about theír future  and staff cutbacks. ...