The inking of a €300 million contract for water turbines, and job advertisements marked “urgent” appear to be the latest signs that Laos is powering forward with the Xayaburi hydroelectric dam project on the Mekong River. Assurances the $3.8 billion project was on hold pending further ...

Plans to create a tourist circuit encompassing coastal areas of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand could be delayed as infrastructure is not yet in place and authorities cannot find investors. The sea route from the Mekong River Delta province of Kien Giang to Sihanoukville in Cambodia and ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday vowed to continue maintaining peace and political stability as these factors are fundamental elements for social and economic development, Xinhua news agency reported. The premier said that to date, all state institutions including the National Assembly, the Senate, ...

News of an end to a year-long political deadlock has labour union leaders believing the opposition party can bring their interests to parliament, but a lack of follow-through could cost the Cambodia National Rescue Party vital support from one of its key interest groups. Different union ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, accompanied by businesspeople and senior officials, flew to Nanning City of southwest China’s Guangxi province on Monday to attend the 11th ASEAN-China Expo. Senior officials accompanying the prime minister included Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol, Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia Chea ...

Cambodia, along with other ASEAN members, will make joint efforts to create an upgraded China-ASEAN Free Trade Area and contribute to the building of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, said a senior Cambodian official at the First ASEAN ...

On 04 May, 2021, the Ministry of Information has posted an announcement on the access to information and dissemination of information in restricted area during the COVD-19 pandemic. The announcement stated that all media and journalists can no longer broadcast news from inside the restricted ...

The construction of Cambodia’s new international airport has been on track on its construction progress, according to government officials and will soon be 50 percent completed. State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) spokesman and undersecretary of state Sin Chansereyvutha spoke to local news and gave ...

A Cambodian media delegation led by Kao Imran, Head of Arabic News at the Ministry of Information, together with their counterparts from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and ASEAN member countries yesterday visited the Saudi State History Exhibition, held at the headquarters of the Saudi ...

Koh Kong villagers facing the loss of their land to a Chinese mega-tourism project held a news conference in Phnom Penh yesterday to appeal to the government for the right to remain on their property. Kith Ten, 54, from Kiri Sakor district’s Prek Khsach commune, ...

Eight months after the anti-graft provisions of the Anti-Corruption Law came into effect, the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) announced yesterday that it would start a widespread campaign to introduce standardized fees for government services in every commune office—though it will likely be months before any visible steps are taken. More than 2,000 ...

Two rival workers unions continued to trade barbs Thursday, each blaming the other for a violent clash between striking garment workers and police at a factory in Kompong Speu province on Monday that saw eight people arrested. The Free Trade Union (FTU) has led strikes for ...

The European Union (EU) signs Wednesday to provide Cambodia with equipment to detect illicit trafficking and criminal use of nuclear and radiological materials. The agreement was inked between EU Ambassador to Cambodia Jean Francois Cautain and Om Yentieng, vice-chairman of the Secretariat of National Counter-Terrorism Committee. Under the deal, ...

While more Japanese companies are flocking to Cambodia for investments in recent years, they are more diversified, ranging from restaurants to manufacturing industries and electronics. Yoshihito Katsuo, first secretary in charge of trade at the Japanese embassy in Phnom Penh, told Kyodo News on Friday that ...

The Cambodian Council of Ministers on Friday approved a five-year development strategic plan (2014-2018), which needs financial resources of 26.5 billion U.S. dollars to achieve the target, according to a news statement released after a weekly cabinet meeting. The plan is designed to develop infrastructure, ...

គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា ​​ប្រកាស​​ជា​​ផ្លូវការ​​ពី​កំណែទ​ម្រង់​​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​​ នា​ពេល​ខាង​មុខ ដោយ​ស្នើ​ឲ្យធ្វើ​វិសោធនកម្ម​ច្បាប់ និង​នីតិវិធី​ទាំងឡាយ ដែល​​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ការបោះឆ្នោត ឲ្យ​ស្រប​តាម​គោលការណ៍​នៃ​លទិ្ធប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ និង​នីតិរដ្ឋ​។ ការប្រកាស​នេះ ធ្វើឡើងខណៈ​ដែលគណបក្ស​សង្រ្គោះ​ជាតិ កំពុង​ប្រមូល​ស្នាម​មេដៃ​ពីពលរដ្ឋ​ដើម្បី​ដាក់​ជូន​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ​ ឲ្យជួយ​ពិនិត្យ​ពី​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រ​តី​នៃការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​នៅកម្ពុជា។ នៅក្នុង​សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍​ របស់​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា ចុះ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៤​ខែតុលា​​ឆ្នាំ​​២០១៣ បានឲ្យដឹងថា ការ​ប្រកាស​នូវ​ជំហរ និង​ប្តេជ្ញា​កែ​ទម្រង់​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​​នេះ គឺ​​ផ្អែក​​លើ​​រដ្ឋ​ធម្ម​នុញ្ញ និង​ច្បាប់​ជា​ធរមាន​នានា និង​ស្ថាន​ការជាក់ស្តែង​ក្រោយ​ការបោះឆ្នោត​​ជ្រើសតាំង​តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​កន្លងមក ព្រមទាំង​យោង​តាម​ជំនួប​រវាង​ថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំ​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា និង​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៦​ខែ​កញ្ញា ។​ ...

Local and foreign dignitaries offered their condolences to the royal family on news of the death in Beijing yesterday of King Father Norodom Sihanouk, who led his country out of colonial rule in the 1950s and went on to play a leading role in the country’s ...

Archeologists and researchers have identified rare fish fossils buried in the ground in Phnom Svay of Banteay Meanchey province.​The news was released in a press release from the Ministry of Environment, stressing that the discovery was made by Mr. Lim Vanchan of the Fossil Study ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Unions”. This bilingual new topic page gives the overviews of Unions in Cambodia, together with the related contents such as law and regulations, daily news and publications.=>Please click here to go to “Unions”.  ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Sugarcane”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of sugarcane in Cambodia, together with the related contents as well as relevant reports, news and statistic.=>Please click here to go to “Sugarcane”.   ...