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'>...

A group of South Korean delegateS on Monday announced that it waS Seeking to inveSt in Six priority areaS in the Kingdom, a move aimed at booSting trade between the two countrieS.&nbSp;The planS were diScuSSed during a meeting between the Council of Development of Cambodia SS='cambodia-color'>...

The government has said it will revoke the business licences and immediately halt the operations of five companies in Mondulkiri province’s Koh Nhek district if they are found to be involved in forestry crimes. The warning came as authorities probe the companies’ alleged involvement in logging ss='cambodia-color'>...

The World Bank yesterday launched a new report highlighting the success of Cambodia’s economic development and issued comprehensive policy reform recommendations in order to sustain that growth.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

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 ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a series of meetings before the annual session of the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Hun sen highlighted Cambodia’s achievements as the world body set new targets to eradicate poverty and save the planet.Those achievements included “complete” peace, political stability, security and better public ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian police officers need to step up their game, the Kingdom’s top cop told his department hierarchy this week.speaking at a ceremony to promote two senior officers on Monday, National Police chief Neth savoeun said staff who want to be promoted or rewarded needed to ss='cambodia-color'>...

An agreement signed between Alcatel-Lucent and Cambodia’s Chuan Wei Ltd. is expected to pave the way for expanding mobile ultra-broadband connectivity across the country. According to data from Alcatel-Lucent, approximately one-third of Cambodians are connected to the Internet, with the majority accessing data on their ss='cambodia-color'>...

An agreement signed between Alcatel-Lucent and Cambodia’s Chuan Wei Ltd. is expected to pave the way for expanding mobile ultra-broadband connectivity across the country. According to data from Alcatel-Lucent, approximately one-third of Cambodians are connected to the Internet, with the majority accessing data on their ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sokha HotelS and ReSortS, the hoSpitality arm of Sokimex Group, iS continuing to expand and will open a new reSort hotel in Siem Reap, a company repreSentative Said yeSterday.Svay Vuthy, chief legal and corporate affairS officer at Sokimex, Said the 700-room hotel already under conStruction SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Health is warning the public to beware many skin whitening creams, which have been found to have high levels of mercury in them. Whitening is a common practice in Cambodia, for both men and women, in a culture where lighter skin is ss='cambodia-color'>...

The advent of Cambodia’s much-criticized NGO law was among the top “troubling” developments to take place across the globe last year, the U.N. special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association said in a report released Friday.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s political parties say they are preparing to monitor a voter registration pilot project which will be held in November ahead of future local and national polls. Cambodia’s last election in 2013 was marred by disputes over the results. The opposition alleged widespread voter fraud, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh Municipal Court has issued a summons for opposition leader sam Rainsy to appear in January, to answer court questions in a new defamation case. The court actions against sam Rainsy come despite widespread condemnation by the international community and fears that Cambodia’s upcoming ss='cambodia-color'>...

Around 100 people upset over the installation of new electricity transmission towers by the national electricity company, Electricite du Cambodge (EdC), protested on Friday morning in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district to demand a halt in the placement of the towers, or suitable compensation, protesters and officials ss='cambodia-color'>...

Dozens of businesses from sihanoukville’s Otres beach will deliver a letter to the National Assembly today seeking intervention on a government order to vacate the beach or be forcibly evicted. X Otres BeachX Yun Min ss='cambodia-color'>...

Representatives of Cambodia’s tech sector say they are ready to help the country take advantage of global advances in information and communication technology (ICT), after recent reforms to the main body representing the industry. The management of the ICT Federation of Cambodia was overhauled in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodia Property Awards is back for a second year to reward the best developers, projects and designs in the Kingdom. Those impressive developments will be highlighted at the second annual Cambodia Property Awards 2017, the biggest and most exclusive awards program in the country that ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 50 protesting villagers in sihanoukville’s Mouy commune blocked National Road 4 yesterday for about one hour in an effort to stop authorities from demolishing their houses illegally built in the Kbal Chhay protected forest. Heng sokhom, a representative of the group, acknowledged that their houses ss='cambodia-color'>...

The latest report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) describes Cambodia’s economic situation in 2016 as “broadly as expected,” as it predicts a slight increase in economic growth of 0.1 percent, to 7.1 percent. Released yesterday, the update to its annual “Asian Development Outlook” for 2016 ss='cambodia-color'>...