Cambodia exported around 149,464 tons of rice the first three months of 2015, up about 77% from around 84,331 tons exported during the same period in 2014, according to data from the Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export Formality (SOWS-REF). Cambodia exported 387,061 ...

Ahead of International Women’s Day, the United Nations’ Committee on the ElimInation of DiscrimInation agaInst Women (CEDAW) issued a statement highlightIng the important roles rural women and girls play In society while stressIng the need to protect and promote their rights. ...

A group of four female Indian bikers, who have been travelIng by motorcycle, coverIng more than 10,000km across Asia to promote education for young girls, arrived In Phnom Penh yesterday and met with Foreign Affairs MInister Prak Sokhon. ...

Marie Eckstein, of Charlevoix, and her business partner Lin Alessio, of interlochen, founded the nonprofit Red Dirt Road in 2012 to empower Cambodian women by teaching them business and sewing skills. ...

Female Cambodian entrepreneur Kimsrun Elida has been selected to take part in the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 at Stanford University in California next week. ...

Open​ Development​ Cambodia​ (ODC)​ published​ a​ new​ topic​ page​ on​ “Women in development”. This​ bilingual​ topic​ page​ gives​ a​ quick​ overview​ of relevant national policy frameworks regarding women’s empowerment and gender equality in Cambodia. This topic page also provides basic statistics on education and labor, ...

Next month the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) will hold the sixth edition of the Cambodia Rice Forum, bringing major stakeholders in the sector together to discuss the future of the local rice industry and create a joint effort to ramp up production and exports. ...

China imported 40 percent more rice from Cambodia from January to October this year over the same period last year, according to government data. ...

Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison has been buying truckloads of water for inmates since a road construction crew broke the water pipe leading to the jail last week, officials said Sunday. ...

Cambodia exported about 233,859 tons of rice in January-August 2014, down about 1.2% from about 236,728 tons rice exported in the same period last year, according to data from the Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export Formality (SOWS-REF). Cambodia exported about 379,856 tons rice in all ...

Cambodia will end customs fees for milled rice exports with effect from May 1, 2014, in order to reduce production costs and boost Cambodia’s competitiveness in the international market, according to local sources. ...

The government yesterday assured those in the garment industry that the Trade Union Law, which came into effect in May, is not meant to put pressure on any particular group, but rather to help employers and employees work together in harmony. Labor Ministry secretary of state ...

Cambodian police have yet to receive information about last week’s massive heroin haul by Taiwanese authorities, who indicated that the drugs were sourced from Cambodia, said Lieutenant General Khieu Sopheak, spokesman for the interior Ministry. According to Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice, 70 kg of heroin were ...

Minister of interior Sar Kheng has requested that the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport conduct a study on establishing education centres along the lines of the One Window, One Service offices to assist students with finding employment after they finish their studies. ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation has dismissed remarks by critics regarding the National Election Committee’s (NEC) decision to disqualify the Candlelight Party (CP) from the July 23 general election. The ministry described comments by “a handful of critics” as “misleading and politically ...

On 05 October 2019, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued an announcement on revoke a ban on self-employed foreigners as Cambodia needed foreigners’ expertise and technology in the service sector and to attract investment. ...

A women’s entrepreneurship centre opened its doors in Phnom Penh on Friday, providing a platform for Cambodian women to access the tools and resources needed to start or grow a sustainable business.The WECREATE Cambodia Center supports female entrepreneurs by connecting them to a network of ...

A team of researchers, led by scientists in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, will launch a project designed to improve nutrition and empower women in Cambodia by promoting their production and marketing of horticultural crops and rice produced via sustainable intensification practices. ...

In spite of gaIns, gender Inequality In Cambodia remaIns significant, particularly In education and political empowerment, accordIng to the World Economic Forum’s recently released 2015 Global Gender Gap Report. ...

// // // // An Immigration Department official yesterday confirmed that foreigners requesting a long-term extension of their business visas would need to produce a work permit, with implementation of the rule starting September 4.    ...