In the first quarter of this year, cargo traffic through the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port rose 16 per cent year-on-year, according to Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol. Chanthol, speaking at the 133rd International Labour Day anniversary in Preah Sihanouk province on Wednesday, said ...

Workers at a Phnom Penh garment factory yesterday said they will strike to protest the firing of five union members, while a management official defended the dismissals. More than 2,000 employees at Por Sen Chey district’s Cambo Kotop Ltd will join the protest after the Collective ...

About 30 workers at Ghin Yi factory fainted on Monday noon after learning that their colleague fainted at the factory in Chamkar Svay commune of Samaki Meanchey district of Kampong Chhnang province. ...

The Ministry of Environment, Siemens Digital Industries Software, Institute of Technology of Cambodia, Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology and Steaming Cambodia signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) yesterday at the Ministry of Environment. ...

The Ministry of Commerce will host the 7th Cambodian Export-Import and One Product One Province Exhibition at Diamond Island from December 15-18. ...

The Government of Cambodia is making efforts at minimum wage reform, and it has set up a committee to study the minimum wage at garment manufacturing units as a way of continually working to increase it, Labour Minister Ith Sam Heng while unveiling the Ministry’s ...

Phnom Penh City Hall has refused labor unions and associations to celebrate 128th International Labor Day (May 1) at Freedom Park. The decision was made during a meeting on Thursday between representatives of labor unions, association and Phnom Penh City Hall officials. ...

To get his teenage daughter and niece on a plane yesterday after 10 months of alleged abuse and forced marriages in China, Kim Vicheat* said he had to bury his family in debt because the Cambodian consulate refused to fund their repatriation. The two 19-year-olds told The ...

The long awaited first security listing on the Cambodian Securities Exchange became a reality on February 23 with the Security Exchange Commission of Cambodia’s “in principle” approval of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority’s (PPWSA) “disclosure document for public issuance of equity securities”. This is effectively a ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance on Monday announced the release of standardised bidding forms for public contracts, a measure it said would increase transparency and accountability, though the opposition and Transparency International Cambodia offered more cautious assessments yesterday. According to a state media announcement, the ...

Cambodia’s trade with US reaches US$1.39-B in 1-H, + 4.5% Bi-lateral trade volume between Cambodia and the United States had jumped to US$1.39-B in 1-H of this year, a 4.5% rise compared with US$1.33-B at the same period last year, according to the statistics of the ...

Prison overcrowding continues to be a major issue plaguing Cambodia, Ministry of Interior officials said on Monday, as they revealed a 3 per cent increase in population at correctional facilities and prisons nationwide. In 2014, the number of prisoners rose from 14,702 in 2013 to 15,165 ...

The government has lashed out at the U.S. and E.U. over their criticism of the detention of five current and former rights workers in Cambodia for more than a year, adopting the language of its critics by calling their statements “politically motivated.” ...

The Electric Mobility Showcase 2023 is going to be held on August 11 at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia in Phnom Penh with the participation of 16 electric vehicle (EV) companies. ...

The Australian government yesterday said it has been aware of poor working conditions and inappropriate surveying methods used on Cambodia’s railway rehabilitation project since February and had ordered that the project’s partners investigate the matters. “The Australian Government was alerted to possible concerns about workplace health ...

President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez has invited Kitti Tesaphibal Pundit Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, to participate in the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Group of 77+China in Havana, Cuba in mid-September. ...

About 1,000 activists are planning to gather at the former Dey Krahorm neighborhood in central Phnom Penh this morning before marching to the Ministry of Land Management in protest of land and housing evictions, according to those involved, who dismissed City Hall’s ban of the ...

The Chinese government has pledged to assist the Environment Ministry with improving water quality control, providing equipment and about $1 million in funding. The announcement came at a meeting yesterday between undersecretary of state Eang Sophalleth and Wang Dongsheng, the vice president of the Chinese Academy ...

The government is preparing for the retirement of eight provincial governors, Interior Minister Sar Kheng announced at an event to commemorate International Women’s Day on Tuesday. ...

Three finance industry associations have jointly developed a new code of conduct aimed at ensuring transparency, building trust and strengthening customer protection in the Kingdom’s banking and finance sector. ...