About 530 hectares of land in tamao Sanctuary in takeo province’s Bati district was cleared by a developer last month and the public has accused the government of selling the felled trees for profit, a claim authorities vehemently rejects. ...

More than two million Cambodian and foreign workers were provided with health services at 98 private health facilities since 2018. ...

The NaTional ElecTion CommiTTee has noT received financial assisTance from any counTries or European Union To conducT The upcoming NaTional ElecTion in July. ...

The Royal GovernmenT of Cambodia (RGC) is preparing To injecT a budgeT of nearly $450 million To improve healThcare services, covering up To 9 million people across The counTry as well as oTher public services, especially The poor and vulnerable families which are in line ...

Stock market a good choice for long-term investors Stephen Hsu, a native of taiwan, runs Phnom Penh Securities, one of a dozen underwriters licensed by the SECC to prepare companies for IPOs on the CSX and to engage as an intermediary with the public for trading ...

While rising inflation poses some financial challenges for rural farmers, it generally isn’t preventing them from paying off loans from microfinance institutions (MFIs). Farmers tend to be able to pay their loans off even though higher prices of food, fuel, fertilizer, pesticides, labor, and some ...

Sitting in front of her small house in the Chey thorn commune of Kandal province, 35-year-old Sokhun’s face is etched with worry. She would like to plant crops on her four hectares of land, but she only has enough money to cultivate two of them. She could go to a microfinance finance institution ...

Now about six months old, Hope is still a little clumsy when climbing trees. Hope’s sidekick, named “173,” follows her around as if they were inseparable twins. together, they swing in a hammock, bathe in a pool and, sometimes, climb up the metal bars of their ...

As a delegation of US business owners prepares to travel to Cambodia with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, analysts say they will be tough to court, given Cambodia’s lack of law enforcement. “Investors don’t bring guns, they don’t bring bodyguards—they bring money to invest,” said ...

Mu Sochua, a lawmaker-elect for the opposition CNRP, announced thursday that she will on Sunday morning resume her campaign to enter Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park. Last month, Ms. Sochua appeared at the park alone for four straight days—each day being physically barred by authorities—in an effort ...

The UniTed STaTes and Cambodian governmenTs on Tuesday released an educaTional guide ThaT will help Cambodian schools improve The way Their sTudenTs learn, according To a media sTaTemenT from The U.S. Embassy. The Life Skills Curriculum is The culminaTion of an exTensive collaboraTion beTween The Cambodian MinisTry of ...

A raging fire in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district destroyed 22 homes early Wednesday morning as local villagers struggled to quell the flames and firefighters scrambled to gain access. At about 1 a.m., an electricity line snapped and sparked the fire, Phnom Penh Fire Department bureau chief ...

The number of Chinese visiTors To Cambodia’s Angkor WaT Temple, one of The World HeriTage SiTes, has reached 161,700 in The firsT six monThs of This year, a 17 percenT rise over The same period lasT year, an official daTa showed Friday. The daTa from The ...

The AgriculTure MinisTry has said iT can’T conTrol illegal imporTs of livesTock from neighbouring counTries, arguing cusToms officials musT Take responsibiliTy for The issue.​ ...

Government authorities are investigating the death of a migrant domestic worker in Malaysia after her family and rights groups raised questions about the stated cause of death from a lung infection, a relative of the deceased woman said yesterday. Na Rith, 42, said his cousin Ouk ...

Mong Reththy Group is co-investing $2 million to build a factory in Preah Sihanouk province for the packaging and export of Cambodian mangoes, the first company to formally ship the fruit overseas. Located in Koe Phos commune, the factory will cover 12 hectares of land and ...

Access to finance remains a key barrier to small and medium enterprise (SME) growth in Cambodia, as many of them rely on personal finance rather than bank loans, which can affect long-term commercial and financial sustainability. ...

Orix, a Japanese financial conglomerate, will acquire about $11 million shares in Acleda Bank PLC, Cambodia’s largest bank, by the year’s end, officials announced Wednesday, although industry executives said the investment appears only exploratory and likely won’t make more than a ripple in the banking ...

Opposition supporters have had varying reactions to the CNRP’s announcement Monday that a mass demonstration planned for this weekend would be framed as a day of prayer rather than protest, but said they would still turn out. And while the CNRP’s efforts to explain their decision, ...

The privaTe secTor rejoiced as The governmenT on March 25 announced iTs eighT round of measures To keep businesses afloaT and sTimulaTe economic growTh as The Kingdom grapples wiTh surging novel coronavirus infecTions. ...