Cambodia’s economic growth could surpass previous estimates and hit 8.7% this year, Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech yesterday. Earlier government forecasts estimated growth of 6% for 2011, though increasing garment exports and a strong recovery in the tourism sector have stimulated the economy lass='cambodia-color'>...

KAMPONG SPEU PROVINCE— Three years ago, Pao had a farm and a charcoal stove near a stream in a community called Omlaing in western Cambodia. The farm gave her rice, charcoal sales gave her extra income and the nearby forest provided edible and medicinal plants. Pao lass='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly is drafting a law to take action against doctors and patients who collude with each other to cheat the National Social Security Fund into paying for false medical expenses. Chheang Vun, chairman of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Information and Media lass='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee announced yesterday that the number of National Assembly seats for the upcoming national election will increase by two, bringing the total to 125. NEC spokesman Dim Sovannarom said that two more seats were added to the 123-seat National Assembly in compliance with lass='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said he would consider releasing four human rights officers and an election official – who have been detained since April – after the verdicts in their cases, but he said two members of the opposition will receive no such consideration. lass='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee has appealed to Cambodian people working or studying abroad to come home and register to vote in the 2018 national election. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition lawmakers have requested Health Minister Mam Bunheng appear at the National Assembly to answer questions over graft, irregularities and poor services within his portfolio, including claims that officials from the National Malaria Centre misappropriated cash from the Global Fund. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Nuth Sokhom, former Funcinpec lawmaker; Hel Sarat, formerly of the Cambodian Nationality Party; and Dim Sovannarom, former deputy director of the government’s human rights body, were all confirmed to the NEC, replacing three CNRP-nominated members who resigned in protest of the party’s dissolution in November. lass='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) called on all Cambodians who registered to vote to review the 2021 voter list. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has in total 9,205,675 eligible voters, of them some 4,904,825 are women, according to the preliminary voter list of 2021, released yesterday by the National Election Committee (NEC). lass='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) officially announced the validity of the 2021 voter list, which consists of 9,205,690 voters, or 87.98 per cent of all eligible citizens aged 18 years and over, including 4,904,832 woman. lass='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Environment will organise the second National Orchid Day on May 11 to publicise the many kinds of orchids that grow in Cambodia, especially the Kingdom’s wild orchid species. lass='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) is preparing to set the date for the election of councillors of the new five districts created by the government through a sub-decree. lass='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) has so far granted permission to 7,662 political party representatives – 1,617 of them women – to observe its preparations of voter lists, ahead of next year’s national elections. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has registered a total of 9,710,645 eligible voters, of them 5,161,906 are women. lass='cambodia-color'>...

On 16 January 2023, the National Election Committee (NEC) has posted an announcement on the submission and receipt of applications for registration of national and international journalists for the first election to elect the newly formed and separate councils of Kandal, Kampong Speu and Kratie lass='cambodia-color'>...

On 16 January 2023, the National Election Committee has posted a press release on the dissemination meeting with stakeholders on the re-election process for the new municipality and district council elections on their official website. According to the press release, the meeting has set Sunday, 09 lass='cambodia-color'>...

The government will issue a sub-decree to extend the validity of expired ID cards to enable people to cast their ballot for the National Election on July 23. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s electoral process was “distorted” due to the ban on the Candlelight Party and ruling elites harassing opponents, UN experts said in a statement released Wednesday. lass='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election cost around $50 million, and funds were used in an open and accountable manner. lass='cambodia-color'>...