Cambodia’s garment industry saw 69 new factories open in the first nine months of this year. But 32 others closed during the period, said a Ministry of Industry and Handicraft report. Ministry spokesman Oum sotha who voiced no concern over the possible removal of Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Interior on Tuesday established a working group to study the opening of new border checkpoints along the Kingdom’s frontier with neighbouring countries. Interior Minister sar Kheng signed a letter appointing sok Phal and Lam Chea as head and deputy of the committee, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Mondulkiri provincial governor Svay Sam Eang haS iSSued an announcement nullifying the provincial adminiStration&rSquo;S 2015 deciSion that granted a portion of the Doh Kramom Mountain area to the MiniStry of MineS and Energy. On June 3, 2015, the provincial hall agreed to cede a 5.07ha SS='cambodia-color'>...

Local firms will no longer be charged value-added tax (VAT) on exports of agricultural goods, Prime Minister Hun sen announced Friday. The premier said dropping VAT charges on exports of agricultural products – including milled rice, corn, cassava, and pepper – will enhance the competitiveness ss='cambodia-color'>...

Acting on orders from National Military Police commander sao sokha, the Kratie provincial court and Military Police detained an oknha (tycoon), and another man following questioning on Thursday, Military Police spokesman Eng Hy said. “Following a proper investigation, the police can detain any individual who is ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodina Human Rights Committee (CHRC) spokesman Chin Malin on Wednesday rejected a report by a group of NGOs to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that the Kingdom is facing an “ongoing human rights crisis”. Malin said he also expected that the possible adoption of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government yesterday expressed its commitment to reduce gender-based violence, eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and girls and provide effective reproductive health services in line with the action plan of the International Conference on Population and Development. The commitment was made during the National ss='cambodia-color'>...

Smaller partieS running in the Kingdom&rSquo;S upcoming national electionS have complained of difficultieS in finding enough repreSentativeS to monitor polling StationS come July 29. Election monitoring organiSationS the Committee for Free and Fair ElectionS in Cambodia (Comfrel) and the Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free SS='cambodia-color'>...

A boy was killed and another three injured after an unexploded ordnance (UXO) they were playing with detonated in Kampong speu province’s Ka Ek Porng village on Monday. Deputy district police chief suon Chan said the four friends were minding cattle in a field when ss='cambodia-color'>...

Preah Sihanouk provincial authoritieS and memberS of local communitieS have collected 77 tonneS of water hyacinth at a Sihanoukville beach, Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall SpokeSperSon Or Saroeun Said. He told The PoSt yeSterday that the aquatic weedS had been floating along Some of the province&rSquo;S SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Council of Ministers on Friday approved its national budget draft of about $6.7 billion for 2019, an increase of 11.4 percent over 2018, and NGOs now want to review it before it is sent to the National Assembly for ratification. According to the draft, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian experts on Tuesday urged entrepreneurs, traders, producers and suppliers to pay more attention to food safety standards to ensure the welfare of consumers. The appeal was made at the Food safety Forum held at the Mekong Institute under cooperation with Institute of standards of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The EU on Wednesday launched the new phase of a multi-agency supported programme aimed at strengthening the Kingdom’s education sector. The Capacity Development Partnership Fund (CDPF), which was started in 2011, has entered its third and final phase which will cost $27 million over four ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Friday lauded the Chinese developer behind Koh Kong province’s $3.8 billion tourism project, despite it causing a decade-long dispute with the villagers there. “The Union Development Group [UDG] transformed the quiet area in Koh Kong province into an attractive tourist ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Interior and the Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC) are to conduct a census aimed at ascertaining the exact number of registered civil society organisations (CsOs) in the Kingdom, the ministry’s General Department of Administration director-general Prak sam Oeun told The Post on ss='cambodia-color'>...

Mondulkiri provincial authorities are hunting poachers who shot at environmental rangers with an AK-47 assault rifle at the srepok Wildlife sanctuary, injuring one. Provincial environment department director Keo sopheak said the incident happened​ at around 3:30am on Tuesday when six rangers equipped with two AK-47s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Forty-five families in Kampong Chhnang province on Thursday attended the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to submit additional evidence with regard to a 14-year-long land dispute with KDC International. The villagers, from Kampong Tralach district’s Lor Peang village, submitted evidence confirming to the court that the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers in Battambang province on Wednesday found nearly 40 unexploded ordnances left over from war while they were clearing land in Kors Kralor district’s Chhnal Moan commune. Colonel Chhang Vanchhai, district police chief, yesterday said that 39 unexploded ordnances, including one DK rocket, 21 B rockets, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Apsara Authority has been installing boards informing the public on the prohibition against buying and selling land in siem Reap province’s Angkor area, following recent Facebook posts of land sales in the world heritage protected site. Apsara Authority spokesman Long Kosal on Thursday said it ss='cambodia-color'>...

Khmer National United Party president Nhek Bun Chhay has warned party officials not to nominate relatives in the upcoming sub-national election. In a meeting with party officials at the KNUP headquarters in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district on saturday, Mr Bun Chhay said candidates have ss='cambodia-color'>...