Prime Minister Hun sen on Wednesday reiterated that he would not be overly concerned if Cambodia had its access to the EU’s preferential “Everything But Arms” (EBA) agreement withdrawn because the Kingdom would not die without it. Hun sen was speaking to factory workers in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The inter-ministerial committee responsible for developing drainage and water treatment systems has agreed to proceed with an infrastructure project to provide Preah sihanouk province’s sihanoukville with the capacity to treat up to 30,000 cubic metres of wastewater per day. An agreement was made during an ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Health formally launched the Kingdom’s first digital hospital service, using the new Peth Yoeung system, on Thursday at Preah Ang Duong Hospital in Phnom Penh following a successful one-month trial. Peth Yoeung, an innovative web-based hospital operating management system for the digital ss='cambodia-color'>...

Asian Development Bank yesterday approved a $60 million loan to Cambodia to boost labor skills and competitiveness and help the government’s efforts to transit the economy into a skills-driven one. Cambodia is ranked 110th out of 140 economies in the 2018 Global Competitiveness Report, based on ss='cambodia-color'>...

Officials said that the nearly 20,000ha of paddy fields in Battambang’s sangke district that faced drought have been rescued, with parts of the province receiving some rain recently. Chhim Vichara, the director of the provincial agricultural department, said on Tuesday that although some 18,000ha of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodia Development Council (CDC) has approved more than $1.8 billion in investment projects during the first six months of this year, research by The Post has shown. According to its calculations, the CDC’s data shows that during the period from January to this week, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia yesterday urged Asean member countries to jointly combat the spread of substandard and counterfeit medicines which are endangering people’s health and welfare and affecting economic growth in the region. Defence Minister General Tea Banh, representing Prime Minister Hun sen, made the call during the 14th ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Authority for Combating Drug and its counterparts in partner countries are set to establish a joint working group to investigate and share information on cross-border drug crimes in the region. NACD vice chairman General Chuon sovann on Tuesday led a delegation to attend a ss='cambodia-color'>...

All species of animals in the sorng Rukhavoan Wildlife sanctuary are facing danger no thanks to night hunters, despite concerted efforts to stop the crimes, say activists and environment officials. The 30,254-hectare sanctuary spans across the sorng Rukhavorn and Rattanak Rokha community forests, as well ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has directed all companies or institutions that plan to hire foreign staff next year to apply for work permits between september 1 and November 30. Heng sour, the ministry’s spokesperson, told The Post yesterday that any employer who ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 200 garment workers at a factory located in the capital’s steung Meanchey Commune1, Meanchey district, have been protesting since Monday after the owner fled without paying their August wages. The workers who were employed by a sub-contractor who supplies garments to a foreign buyer ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s construction boom has pushed thousands of families into modern slavery in the brick industry through debt bondage, a report by researchers from London’s Royal Holloway University say. The blood bricks report was released on Tuesday following the sharp rise in Cambodian brick prices in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The newborn Irrawaddy dolphin which was discovered earlier this week in Kratie province is the first one recorded this year, a World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)-Cambodia report said. According to the report, a group of dolphin-watching tourist-boat operators on Monday spotted a dolphin calf, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian authorities have ordered an investigation into violent clashes over a land dispute in which a protester was shot, after a video clip of the incident sparked outrage on social media. A man was shot and a 10-year-old boy injured in the clash last week ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology called on Wednesday for increased vigilance as Cambodia continues to be in a trough of low atmospheric pressure while facing high pressure from Thailand, leading to dry season rains, sudden strong winds and lightning strikes. The ministry’s notice ss='cambodia-color'>...

Save the Children launched an EU-funded project on WedneSday &ndaSh; ReSponSive and Effective Child Welfare SyStemS TranSformation (React) &ndaSh; which aimS to enSure proper legal protection and quality ServiceS for children, the European External Action Service (EEAS), the EU&rSquo;S diplomatic Service Said. The launch of SS='cambodia-color'>...

A dozen Cambodian migrant workers suspected of cutting down trees in a Thai protected forest were arrested on sunday by military police at a rubber plantation in Thailand’s Nakhon Reachasima province. According to a report by the Bangkok Post, Thai military police conducted a raid ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee yesterday said that three out of seven political parties registered for the sub-national elections will kick off their campaigns on the main streets in Phnom Penh over the weekend. In a statement, the NEC noted that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party ss='cambodia-color'>...

Several familieS in O&rSquo;Raing diStrict&rSquo;S Sen Monorom commune in Mondulkiri province expreSS concern that they will loSe their plantation and community burial land after Seeing machinery arrive to excavate Soil for the conStruction of an airport. They Say the excavation iS taking place in a SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is calling for the establishment of tourism institutes and universities to provide relevant skills in compliance with an Asean curriculum, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said. He was speaking during the sub-Forum on Yunnan-south Asia & southeast Asia Tourism Vocational Education and Personnel Training ss='cambodia-color'>...