Kampot province will be home to the Kingdom’s first wind farm – a step in the right direction in terms of Cambodia’s renewable energy movement, say experts. The first wind power project in Cambodia is approaching the construction stage. The Blue Circle (Cambodia), the company ss='cambodia-color'>...

A group of eight Cambodians held for ransom on a Thai fishing boat were freed over the weekend after their families paid 1,000 baht (Us$32) per person to a human trafficker in Thailand who is still holding another nine victims, victims and police said yesterday. The ss='cambodia-color'>...

Telecoms operator Metfone, a subsidiary of Vietnam’s Viettel Group, has deployed a digital education system in siem Reap, approaching a total of 3,000 schools nationwide. In a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing ceremony yesterday, siem Reap’s 10 Makara 1979 High school became the latest education ss='cambodia-color'>...

Interior Minister sar Kheng has recommended the creation of a sub-decree to formally connect the interior ministry’s General Department of Identification (GDI) and the Ministry of Economy’s Cambodia Data Exchange Platform (CamDX) databases after a successful pilot of the scheme. The announcement came at a ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy has given the nod to two companies to continue their exploration licence approval processes for some 207sq km of gold-polymetallic mining areas in Tbong Khmum and Ratanakkiri provinces. The areas are 107.10sq km in the Memot area in Tbong ss='cambodia-color'>...

The French government through the French Development Agency or Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has maintained its annual financing commitment at about $100 million as a concessional loan for Cambodia to develop and recover the country’s post-Covid-19 economy in line with its national development strategy ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has strong diplomatic links with many countries. Its warmest relationship with a superpower is with the People's Republic of China. The most important economic ties are with China, the United states of America, Thailand and Vietnam. Cambodia is a member of the UN, AsEAN, ss='cambodia-color'>...

THIBIDI has begun construction on Cambodia’s first transformer factory. The $2.5 million plant is being built in the Phnom Penh special Economic Zone. The plant is the first investment by THIBIDI overseas, as the company is from Vietnam. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 400 protesting workers at In Han sung factory in the capital’s Por senchey district will be told this morning that their bosses have agreed to two of their demands and expect them to return to work immediately. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh: Myanmar president U Thein sien today began his state visit in Cambodia for bilateral cooperation. Thein sien’s visit this year will boost the trade exchange between two countries and also under the framework of ACMECs, and AsEAN integration. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The European Commission has found sufficient evidence to launch an investigation into whether Cambodian rice exported to the EU puts an unfair burden on European rice farmers, potentially imperiling the Kingdom’s tariff-free exports to the bloc. ss='cambodia-color'>...

During a Khmer New Year visit to south Korea, Labour Minister Ith samheng on Monday signed a $3.1 million agreement with his south Korean counterpart to empower Cambodia’s public employment services over the next four years. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kampong Thom provincial authority will provide about 2,000 hectares of land to about 700 poor families in Prasat Balaing district’s Daung commune in an effort to help uplift the community, according to the provincial governor. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Agriculture’s Forestry Administration spokesman Keo Omaliss hit back on Thursday at a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report that claims the Greater Mekong will lose 30 percent of its forests by 2030 without drastic action. ss='cambodia-color'>...

StudentS who failed thiS year&rSquo;S grade-9 and grade-12 examinationS Should not deSpair aS the government haS provided alternative optionS for thoSe who want to continue their StudieS, a MiniStry of Labour and Vocational Training official Said. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The number of foreigners issued with Cambodian work permits this year has more than doubled that of last year. The increase was driven by Chinese workers whose contribution alone could generate millions for the Kingdom’s economy each year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two US SenatorS on WedneSday introduced the Cambodian Trade Act of 2019 bill, requiring the adminiStration to re-examine Cambodia&rSquo;S eligibility to acceSS the preferential trade treatment granted by the US under the General SyStem of PreferenceS (GSP). SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall ordered the demolition on Monday of two ChineSe-owned Steel-framed buildingS on OtreS Beach I in Stung Hav diStrict&rSquo;S OtreS commune that were found to have encroached on the public beach. SS='cambodia-color'>...

A group of villagers from a community forest inside Preah Vihear province’s Phnom Tnout Wildlife sanctuary are collecting thumbprints to evict a family that has been protecting the forest from illegal logging and preventing poaching of endangered species. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A senior official at the Ministry of Environment said on Thursday analysis of blood samples from victims of Kratie province’s contaminated water incident earlier this month have confirmed the presence of cyanide, albeit at very low levels. ss='cambodia-color'>...