The National Assembly has announced that members of the public hoping to participate in the consultation regarding Cambodia’s contentious draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations (LANGO) will have until Tuesday to register. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Officials from the Ministry of Health’s national eye health program yesterday released a report announcing that trachoma, an eye infection that can lead to blindness, is no longer a public health problem in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Four vendors were temporarily detained by Battambang’s sangke district police on Friday after complaints from residents that the dried squid and stingrays they were selling were of poor quality and partly made of plastic. ss='cambodia-color'>...

U.N. human rights expert Maina Kiai on Thursday urged Cambodia’s senate not to pass a controversial NGO law that the National Assembly approved this week, warning that the legislation could have “disastrous” effects. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Six activiStS from Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Borei Keila and Boeung Kak communitieS were arreSted on Saturday morning while handing out leafletS denouncing the controverSial NGO law, paSSed by the National ASSembly laSt week. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s General Department of Taxation and the Japan International Cooperation Agency yesterday completed a more than three-year project to improve taxpayer services and increase tax audit capacity of the government entity. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s microfinance sector is continuing to grow at a rapid pace, with loan disbursements in the first six months of this year increasing almost 50 percent on last year, according to an industry association. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Minister of Interior has ordered senior officials to conduct unannounced spot checks of the Kingdom’s detention centres in an effort to ensure that inmates are not receiving ill treatment behind bars. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong on Thursday requested that China construct its planned regional water resources institute in Cambodia, during a meeting with China’s special rapporteur in charge of Asia affairs, a spokesman said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen has reaffirmed the Kingdom’s commitment to enhance more cooperation, especially the iron-clad friendship with China. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vaccine is the strong foundation to protect people’s lives from COVID-19, reiterated Prime Minister Hun sen in a special voice message. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Riun Pau ran out of food last week. For the 13-year-old and her family, that moment was the culmination of weeks of distress caused by flooding that had already ravaged their Battambang home and farmland. Pau’s neighbours are experiencing similar problems. In Battambang, 67.3 per cent ss='cambodia-color'>...

ODC Director Thy TryWe are happy to introduce Thy Try, Open Development Cambodia’s new director as of today. Try has been involved with ODC as a member of the advisory board since 2011. He previously coordinated a project of Development and Partnership in Action (DPA). ss='cambodia-color'>...

Finance and Administration Managersomary is the Finance and Administration Manager at ODC, where she collaborates closely with the Executive Director to produce financial reports for donors, the Management Team, Board members, Ministries of Interior, Ministry of Economic and Finance, and the Accounting and Auditing Regulator ss='cambodia-color'>...

A group from the Japanese Fish Rearing Association led by Kazuki Nishimura met with Chan sarun, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. During the meeting Kazuki Nishimura told the minister that the Japanese Fish Rearing Association wished to introduce Japanese fresh water fish (Nishiki Koi) ss='cambodia-color'>...

Government officials are at odds over how much Cambodia’s national debt amounts to. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Hun sen said Cambodia’s debt stands at just $2 billion, contradicting information provided by CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap last week that the number is actually $7 billion, or 63 ss='cambodia-color'>...

A combined task force of Thai soldiers and national park officials yesterday arrested 38 Cambodian villagers who encroached on the Panom Dong Rak Wildlife sanctuary in Thailand’s si sa Ket province, which borders Oddar Meanchey province. Thai National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department chief Damrong ss='cambodia-color'>...

The executive director at the Financial Institute of Cambodia (FIC) says 726 students have completed courses so far at FIC since it opened in early 2011. Tith seyla, who earned his bachelor’s degree from the Royal University of Law and Economics followed by a master’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three villagers who were evicted last year to make way for the rehabilitation of Cambodia’s railway—part of a $142 million project paid for by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and AusAid—were hospitalized early Friday morning after they were attacked with rocks and sticks at a ss='cambodia-color'>...

One More Manufacturing Co Ltd on Saturday officially inaugurated “Mee Chiet” an inStant-noodle proceSSing factory with a production capacity of 150 million packageS per year.&nbSp;The factory, which iS located in Kouk Roka commune&rSquo;S Trapaing Por village in the capital&rSquo;S Prek Pnov diStrict, will produce noodleS SS='cambodia-color'>...