The tiny liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini causes damage out of all proportion to its size. Consumed as cysts within raw fish by people in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, it causes the tropical disease, Opisthorciasis, putting its victims at risk of cancer. Despite affecting millions of ...

Cambodia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the region, and despite UN goals set up for the end of 2015, that number has remained high. There, only 75 percent of women giving birth were attended by trained health workers in 2012, according ...

Phnom Penh is changing at a blinding pace, with major new residential and commercial projects set to transform the capital’s skyline within the next five years. Chrek Soknim, CEO of Century 21 Mekong Realty, one of nearly two dozen Century 21 Cambodia affiliates, sees oversupply ...

Singaporean oil and gas company KrisEnergy has decided to give up one of its oil exploration blocks in Vietnam to focus on its operations in Cambodia. ...

Amru Rice (Cambodia), one of the country’s leading rice exporters, has scaled up its BlocRice technology project to 500 households in two communities in Preah Vihear province. ...

Chhouk District Administration has decided to temporarily suspend sales in Chhouk Market for one week from June 29 to July 5, 2021.    ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a lot of changes to people’s lifestyles and whether they are working, studying, celebrating or just talking. One of the biggest changes for everyOne has been the increase in virtual gatherings via video conferencing services in place of holding in-person ...

Cambodia was one of only nine countries and territories that saw no significant changes in electricity tariffs between 2019 and 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic began to sweep across the globe. ...

Australia is one of the longest-standing supporters of mine clearance action in Cambodia, contributing essentially to Cambodian government’s goal to reach mine-free status by 2025. ...

The Asian Vision Institute (AVI) provided a one-week Mekong-Lancang Peace Boat Training Programme to researchers, policy makers and civil servants from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam to enhance regional cooperation and develop peace and prosperity in the region. ...

“National Cashew Policy 2022-2027” has officially been launched to increase productivity and competitiveness of Cambodia’s cashew, one of the country’s priority agro-industrial crops. ...

A Chinese-invested tire factory in Cambodia’s Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) launched its operation on Saturday after more than one year of construction. ...

Two agreements on recruitment of Cambodian workers will be signed before Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Cambodia today when he makes a one-day visit to the country. ...

 Mothers bearing one child will now receive up to $480 in cash payments in a scheme being introduced by the Royal Government of Cambodia to help families cover the costs associated with raising a child, such as food and clothing. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet has imposed a one-year moratorium on hiring new government servants. ...

The Asian Development Bank forecast last month that Cambodia would have one of the lowest inflation rates in Southeast Asia this year if global fuel prices remain stable.​ ...

One of the cardinal reasons behind the Royal Government of Cambodia’s (RGC) confidence to transform the Kingdom into a high-middle-income country by 2030 and a high-income country by 2050 stems essentially from the government’s ambition to boost rice exports to 1 million tonne by 2025. ...

The Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology received a senior World Bank delegation to exchange lessons learned from on-going water and irrigation projects to improve the implementation of a new one. ...

For hundreds of years, the ancestors of Vam Sovann have lived in Koh Kong province’s remote Araeng valley. Some 70 km from the nearest national road, Mr. Sovann’s village has no electricity or phone coverage, no paved roads or running water; instead, it has access ...