While the government claims that the recent sub-decree to establish a new town and new districts will improve administrative management and provide public services closer to villages, civil society groups say the changes are a waste of the national budget. Affiliated Network for social Accountability ss='cambodia-color'>...

Local authorities on Tuesday decided to close a canal at sihanoukville’s sokha Beach following the completion of four facilities in Preah sihanouk province designed to treat wastewater before it reaches the sea. Four more facilities are still under construction. The first four water treatment plants, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police on Saturday detained 19 VietnameSe including two women in PurSat province for fiShing with illegal equipment in a protected area in Koh Ka Ek Village in Kandieng diStrict&rSquo;S Raingtoel commune. The General CommiSSariat of the National Police Said on Monday that the authoritieS alSo SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s economic outlook remains robust in the near-term despite the country set to face bigger external risks and potentially lose trade privileges to its main markets, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has told the finance minister. An IMF team visited Phnom Penh earlier this ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen said on Friday that Cambodia would not fall into a so-called debt trap as it embraces China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as the Kingdom only accepted projects beneficial to the country. Hun sen was speaking in China on the first ss='cambodia-color'>...

Members of the Prey Lang Community Network are urging the National Committee for Forest Crime Prevention to close a sawmill run by Think Biotech in Kratie province. According to a PLCN statement published yesterday, members from the provinces of Kratie, stung Treng, Preah Vihear and Kampong ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has tasked all relevant ministries, institutions, authorities, educational institutions, learning centres and monasteries to develop lifelong learning opportunities for the people to better their lives. In a message published yesterday to mark this year’s National Literacy Day, Mr Hun sen said ss='cambodia-color'>...

Water Resources and Meteorology Minister Lim Kean Hor has ordered all provincial department directors to be prepared for Mekong river floods as water from the river has started to overflow. Ya Voeun, Tboung Khmum provincial water department director, yesterday said that the water level of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Every year, the world celebrates 8th of september as the International Literacy Day, to recognize the important role of literacy as the basis for poverty reduction, democratization, and sustainable development. International evidence demonstrates that literacy improves the quality of people’s lives as literate people are capable ss='cambodia-color'>...

U.S. and AuStralian crime fighterS are preparing Cambodia for a Spike in online child Sex abuSe caSeS but local officialS fear that predatorS are a Step ahead of police due to narrow lawS.​​​​ The Spread of cheap, high-Speed internet and the riSe in mobile phone SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s rice production and exports will likely continue to grow this year and next year despite low milling rates, buoyed by strong demand from China, according to a report from the United states Department of Agriculture (UsDA). In the report released last week, the UsDA ss='cambodia-color'>...

Almost 150 people representing some 253 families from Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district travelled to Phnom Penh on Tuesday to seek help from the authorities to resolve an ongoing land dispute. The families, who have been evicted from their villages, had also petitioned the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Fisheries Administration Department announced a temporary ban on mackerel fishing from Tuesday until March 31, as the fish’s breeding season is approaching. Head of the department, Hong Hy, said: “To ensure the sustainability of maritime resources in Cambodia, the fisheries department prohibits mackerel fishing ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has decided to dig a one-hectare pond to store day-to-day water for the Oddar Meanchey provincial prison and its surroundings. The prison is located in samroang city, an area currently facing shortages of water. Provincial Governor Pen Kosal ss='cambodia-color'>...

African swine fever has spread to parts of Vietnam that border Cambodia’s Ratanakkiri and Kratie provinces, a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries official said on Friday. Tan Phannara, the General Directorate of Animal Health and Production director-general, told a Phnom Penh workshop that he ss='cambodia-color'>...

Every year on June 5, countries around the world celebrate World Environment Day, a United Nations initiative to promote environmental awareness. some countries began celebrating the day since 1974, while Cambodia started in 1996 following a sub-decree issued by the government. This year, the Ministry of ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 400 workers are set to stage a protest for “fair compensation” on Monday against Now Corp, a garment factory in Kandal’s Ang snuol district that allegedly terminated their contracts abruptly. On Wednesday, the workers went back to work after Now Corp suspended its ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Mondulkiri provincial administration has annulled the ownership of 990ha in Phnom Prich Wildlife sanctuary after finding that a senior justice ministry official had encroached on a conservation zone. The provincial hall said seng sovannara – the Ministry of Justice’s under-secretary of state and a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen left for Europe on sunday as he embarked on a five-day diplomatic visit to three EU countries, in a trip analysts have speculated could be crucial in deciding the Kingdom’s ‘Everything But Arms’ (EBA) fate. According to a Ministry of Foreign ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Union of Journalist Federations of Cambodia has urged local unions and media associations to collaborate and conduct a joint evaluation of the Kingdom’s media freedom. UJFC president Huy Vannak, who was re-elected to his position during its congress on saturday, said all local unions and ss='cambodia-color'>...