The Ministry of Transport has started checking trucks traveling along National Road 6 to ensure they conform to legal size and modification requirements, it announced this week. According to a post on the ministry’s Facebook page, mobile inspection teams were deployed in Kampong Cham province to lass='cambodia-color'>...

India, the world’s second most populous nation, agreed to provide a $20 million concessional loan for the construction of electricity transmission lines in Cambodia after Prime Minister Hun Sen’s official four-day visit to India. According to a joint statement, “The two governments agreed to sign a lass='cambodia-color'>...

Geographical indication status is being sought for Siem Reap prahok fish paste after the Industry Ministry granted approval for a national standard. Siem Reap prahok fish paste, made from fermented fish, is among many products in Cambodia that the government is working to get GI status. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia annulled licenses to four private firms whose concession of 40,000 hectares threatens Prey lang, one of the richest national forests. A letter from the Council of Ministers to the Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry and Mining, in charge of managing the forests and the natural resources, lass='cambodia-color'>...

A pledge in mid-June by Cambodia and Vietnam to increase bilateral trade by more than US$2.5 billion by 2015 may lead to decreased trade with Thailand, market analysts have said. The pledge made by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung lass='cambodia-color'>...

Newly-appointed Asian Development Bank’s director for Cambodia Eric Sidgwick said Wednesday that promoting inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth that will help improve the quality of life of Cambodians, especially those who are most vulnerable, are his key focus areas. “This is an exciting time to be lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia Airlines plans to spend $1.5 billion to acquire up to 22 planes, a move that might see the new airline’s eventual fleet size overtake that of national carrier Cambodia Angkor Air. “We [will be] starting to deploy 16 to 22 aircraft immediately once it’s ready lass='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Wednesday questioned the sincerity of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party in efforts to resolve a 10-month political standoff amid an impasse in negotiations to reform the country’s electoral body following disputed polls. The CNRP’s Deputy President Kem Sokha lass='cambodia-color'>...

The ruling Cambodia People’s Party (CPP) and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) decided to cancel their meeting, which is scheduled for February 27, according to a CNRP official. The meeting of the two parties’ working groups was suspended not because of political issues, but lass='cambodia-color'>...

In a report released yesterday, local election-monitoring organisation Comfrel accuses the ruling Cambodian People’s Party of stifling the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party’s campaign for district, provincial and municipal council elections. Comfrel cited the closure of Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park to would-be campaigners, and the lass='cambodia-color'>...

The ruling Cambodian Poeple’s Party’s Supporters today protested against Kem Sokha, the deputy President of the oppostion Cambodia National Rescue Party, in Kampong Cham province. The opposition sees the protest a a disturbance. Hundreds of the CPP supporters rallied in front of the CNRP Headquarters in lass='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) is scheduled to hold a people’s congress on Sunday afternoon at the capital’s Freedom Park to consult with its supporters over current political situation, its President Sam Rainsy announced Wednesday. “We will meet with about 3,000 supporters on Sunday lass='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition CNRP will host a conference in Phnom Penh on July 27 with 2,000 members of its National Council along with about 3,000 elected commune councilors, according to a statement issued by the party Wednesday. “Although the leaders are busy visiting and helping the people lass='cambodia-color'>...

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday that China and Cambodia should continue and develop their precious traditional friendship to advance their relations and form a community of common destiny. China supports Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodian People’s Party to lead the country in lass='cambodia-color'>...

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Fifty-five opposition politicians were sworn in to the Cambodian parliament Tuesday, ending a yearlong boycott in protest of what they called massive vote rigging by the party of longtime ruler Hun Sen. The swearing-in of Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Sam Rainsy and his colleagues took lass='cambodia-color'>...

A senior U.S. diplomat says the country is looking to strengthen ties with Cambodia following an end to the nation’s yearlong political stalemate. Scot Marciel, the State Department’s leading diplomat for Southeast Asia, told VOA Khmer in an interview Wednesday that Washington wants to have a lass='cambodia-color'>...

Thirty-three Cambodian nationals were arrested for illegally logging rare rosewood trees in Thailand, where they are currently awaiting trial, officials said Wednesday. The arrests marked a long-called-for shift in tactics by Thai authorities: In the past, Thai soldiers and border police have often dealt with illegal lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will introduce a much-needed national quality standard for dried snakehead fish, frozen shrimp, and its fish paste, known as prahok, in a bid to improve consumer-safety requirements and boost exports of the products. Kao Sochivy, deputy director general of Fisheries Departments, told the Post yesterday lass='cambodia-color'>...

Although the long-awaited land Traffic law was passed by the National Assembly in December, a police official said Tuesday that the government would not begin enforcing it for another five or six months. The law is set to bring tougher penalties for many traffic offenses—including drunk lass='cambodia-color'>...