China on Thursday donated one million U.S. dollars to Cambodia for the relief of the flood- affected people. Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo handed over the cash donation to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace in the Cambodian capital. Bu, on behalf of ...

A ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report said the Kingdom cultivated over 2.3 million hectares of rice during this year’s rainy season, but Minister Veng Sakhon expressed concern over the abnormal weather. The ministry’s report on crop cultivation and agricultural exports was posted on ...

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control announced on Thursday that there has been a strange increase in the number of cases of paratyphoid A fever from travelers returning from Cambodia. Since March 2013, there have been 34 cases of paratyphoid A fever reported from ...

Cambodia has seen 957 dengue fever cases in the first five months of 2015, a 63 percent rise compared with 586 cases over the same period last year, a health official said Thursday. ...

The Education Ministry’s bid to rid the grade 12 national exam of cheating and bribery was hailed a success after the first day of testing Monday, with officials reporting only a few attempted cheats and no corrupted proctors. Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron, who spent ...

The Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved projects worth a total $3.5 billion in the first half of this year – a 14 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, a statement released on Saturday said. ...

On 13 April 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training released an announcement on organizing the 4th national technical and vocational education and Training day in 2021, under the theme “Technical and Vocational Education and Training to improve skills and high income” aims to ...

The new Law on Investment will be a crucial tool as the Kingdom pushes ahead with post-Covid-19 economic recovery plans, and help lay the groundwork to maximise benefits from free trade agreements (FTA), according to Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) president Kith Meng. ...

Japanese retail company MUJI announced the development of an eco-friendly natural dyeing plant in Cambodia, a press release on Sunday said. The plan is part of the Business Call to Action, a global initiative supported by several international organisations and hosted by the UN Development Programme ...

The Forestry Administration on Thursday said it could not comment on the accuracy of new, satellite-generated maps that suggest the government has been vastly overstating the country’s Forest cover. Open Development Cambodia, an Open data website, on Wednesday published a series of maps using U.S. satellite ...

The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) recent US$60 million loan to Cambodia is set to boost the skills and competitiveness of its growing labour force as the country’s economy undergoes a key transition. Driven by garment exports and tourism, Cambodia’s economy grew by an average of ...

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) launches today – 16 June 2014 – a new project, the Empowering Cloghers Project (the Project) and announces a call for applications for people interested in receiving training through the Project. The Project aims to strengthen the online ...

Oum Romney, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, highlighted six national policies to protect and develop young children, at the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Policy on Child Protection and Education in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 26 ...

Big water companies have been urged to make voluntary contributions or pay for commercial water use for sustainable ecosystem services. Making this call, senior officials from the Ministry of Environment said the move was to raise money to protect the ecosystem. ...

A new laboratory was added to Siem Reap’s Covid-19 testing facilities. The laboratory is capable of running tests for 900 to 1000 samples per day, according the Minister of Health, Mam Bun Heng. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has sought investments from potential investors from China’s Xiamen city of the Fujian province amid the Kingdom setting records in terms of foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) during the current year. ...

Beginning this year, the Education Ministry will hand over management of 625 primary schools, 4,874 teachers and over 170,000 students to 14 districts in Battambang as part of a new initiative to decentralise and improve primary education. The districts will also absorb the management of ...

The Ministry of Labor hopes that a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will see Cambodia resume sending domestic workers to Malaysia by February, but negotiations on the document have stalled after Malaysia recently rejected 90 percent of proposed provisions to protect workers’ rights. Most strikingly, Malaysia ...

E-Money, which operates under Metfone, and Pay&Go SEA (Cambodia), entered into a partnership for money transfers, mobile phone top-ups and the payment of utility bills. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) notices issued in the January-May period reveal that the government agency approved 61 new private investment projects – both inside and outside of special economic zones (SEZ) – totalling $516.64 million and set to deliver an estimated ...