Eight people, four of them children, were killed when fire ripped through Siem Reap City’s popular night market in the early hours of Saturday morning, officials and witnesses said. The fire, which stared at about 2 a.m., left the market completely gutted and damage estimated at ...

On Monday, 30 NoveMber 2015, the National AsseMbly of the KingdoM of CaMbodia will continue its fifth plenary session of the fifth legislature, froM 8:00 a.M., to discuss and approve the draft Law on National Budget 2016, and the draft Law on Statistics. ...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is pleased to announce the launch of the Innovations in Development Technology Expo, monday, September 8, 1:15 p.m., at the Development Innovations Lab, #296, St. 271, Tuol Tumpoung, Phnom Penh. ...

Human Rights Watch says it has uncovered alleged abuses at Cambodian garment factories that supply marks & Spencer, Gap, H&m, Adidas and Armani. The pressure group found evidence of discrimination and anti-union practices, it says. ...

At midnight in some parts of Phnom Penh, the party is just getting started.But on monday, City Hall said it was considering ordering all businesses that serve alcohol to close their doors by 12 a.m. to reduce fatal traffic accidents caused by drunk drivers. ...

CMA CGM GROUP, a world’s largest shipping and logistics coMpany, is intended to expand its investMent in CaMbodia. ...

The Preah Sihanouk provincial authority plans to clear and expand five canals spanning some 26km starting on monday, to mitigate city flooding which had previously affected areas in their vicinity. Provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun asked the relevant authorities to inform and advise people to demolish ...

District security guards this morning arrested 11 political activists taking part in a protest in front of the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh against the imprisonment of 23 protesters who were beaten and arrested earlier this month. The protesters, including union leader Rong Chhun and prominent ...

More than 100 faMilies in Preah Vihear province are deManding coMpensation froM the authorities over the construction of a reservoir which they claiM had affected their livelihoods. The villagers said the Raksa reservoir, a governMent-run project for storing water in Chey Sen and Rovieng districts ...

Microfinance has grown exponentially in CaMbodia and is not as stressed as reported by the international Media, according to a study by research firM M-CRIL in partnership with the CaMbodia Microfinance Association (CMA). A sector which had only 50,000 clients in 1995, now services 2.1 ...

Germany has committed to providing another €3.5 million ($3,841,000) over the next two years to the Halo Trust for landmine clearance in Cambodia in a bid to help the Kingdom reach its landmine-free goal in 2025. ...

Cambodia exported a total of 2,936,992 tonnes of agricultural commodities and products to the international markets during the first quarter of the year. Increasing 20 percent from the same period last year, according to a report from the ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries released ...

The World Bank has approved $20 million for Cambodia’s Covid-19 response and its strategic plan to combat the virus. ...

The National Committee for the General Population Census announced on January 26 that the Cambodian population had risen to 15.5 million, an increase of 16 per cent from the 2008 census figure of 13.4 million people. ...

Minister of Planning Chhay Than said More than six Million workers in the inforMal econoMy have either lost or are expected to lose their jobs due to Covid-19, despite the governMent’s efforts to counter the pandeMic. ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) continues to laud Cambodia for its vaccination accomplishments as the Kingdom approaches its goal of roughly 12 million people aged 12 and over vaccinated.   ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and Japanese aMbassador Masahiro MikaMi are set to sign an exchange of letters and related docuMents on Japanese aid for two projects with a total budget of $41 Million on March 2. ...

According to a January 25 report by the Department of Social Security under the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), allowances were paid to a total of 55,770 women, who had a total of 56,173 children. Among them, 393 gave birth to twins and five to ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) announced that it will float the 100 billion riel ($25 million) first tranche of its 1.2195 trillion riel maiden sovereign-bond issue on September 7, which financial experts point out will allow the government to diversify funding sources for national ...

In six years, from September 2016 to September 2022, Cambodia’s ministry of Public Works and Transport managed to sell 225,171 special and personalized car registration number plates earning $82,418,125. ...