Garment and footwear industry stakeholders yesterday converged in Phnom Penh to discuss how to develop the sector to be sustainable and competitive.Run by the French Development Agency (AFD), the textiles conference at the capital’s sunway Hotel heard that improving employees’ living and working standards, and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s badly overcrowded prison population leapt by nearly 20 per cent in the first 10 months of this year, government data show, raising serious health concerns.The figures, released by the Interior Ministry’s general department of prisons yesterday, show that there were 17,522 prisoners in jails ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Agriculture Ministry yesterday launched a strategy for the developing the sector, aiming to expand exports of agricultural products to spur economic growth through sustainable farming practices.Agriculture Minister Ouk Rabun said the government has implemented many strategies and development plans to boost the agriculture sector ss='cambodia-color'>...

The nearly 1 million hectares of newly protected forests the Environment Ministry wants to create by the end of the year will add nearly a third more land to the portfolio of an agency already struggling to manage the 3.2 million hectares it has. And ss='cambodia-color'>...

The controversial Union Law, which was passed and put into force after dozens of debates and protests, is expected to build confidence among garment and textile buyers as well as employers and workers, experts said. sandra D’Amico, vice president of the Cambodian Federation of Employers ss='cambodia-color'>...

Newly declared protected areas in Prey Lang forest are being illegally logged by companies belonging to a three-star general and his sister, according to Goldman Environmental Prize-winning conservationist Ouch Leng and NGOs with which he is working. Leng, along with 15 NGO officers, patrollers and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Marie StopeS International Cambodia Said yeSterday it will look to Strengthening partnerShipS inStead of accepting US federal fundS after it forfeited itS rightS to USAID funding in order to continue providing legal abortion ServiceS.ThiS waS in reSponSe to US PreSident Donald Trump&rSquo;S executive order iSSued SS='cambodia-color'>...

The government issued a statement yesterday allowing Lim Royal Joint stock Company to create a temporary wood and furniture manufacturing plant in Trapeang srae village in Kratie province.According to an announcement signed by Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Veng sakhon last Thursday, Lim Royal will ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Council of Ministers yesterday ended the ban on the return of former opposition leader sam Rainsy, an apparent reaction to the latter’s comments the night before on a radio broadcast vowing to come back if the restrictions were dropped. “The government has decided to ss='cambodia-color'>...

National and Provincial Military Police in Kampong Speu Seized haulS of illicit timber and arreSted two SuSpectS in Separate caSeS over the weekend. A Provincial Military Police officer, Speaking on condition of anonymity aS he waS not authoriSed to Speak to the preSS, Said the SS='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly’s spokesman yesterday dismissed a statement released by the dissolved opposition CNRP criticising an extraordinary session of parliament called this week to pass amendments to the Penal Code and constitution. An extraordinary session was held on Wednesday to discuss and then approve the Penal ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian government officials and pro-government media yesterday commemorated the seldom-observed anniversary of Marshal Lon Nol’s rise to power, seizing the opportunity to once again re-litigate historical grievances with the United states. In an article on sunday, Lim Cheavutha, the CEO of government mouthpiece Fresh News, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Future growth of telecom networks in rural Cambodia will be funded by a three percent tax on gross revenue for the country’s telecom operators, due to begin within the first half of 2017.​ Im Vutha, spokesperson for the Telecom Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) told Khmer Times ss='cambodia-color'>...

Private firms say costs, delays and bureaucratic red tape have increased since an obscure private company took over the government’s work-permit application and issuance system in september. The Ministry of Labour announced in August that it had outsourced work permit application processing to E-solutions (Cambodia) Co ss='cambodia-color'>...

Export of Cambodia’s fish decreased in the first 11 months of 2016 compared with the same period last year, despite the yield of inland and marine fish seeing an increase, a ministry report said. According to a report released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Myanmar’s Ministry of Tourism is pushing forward with the implementation of a “two countries, one destination” campaign that hinges on establishing direct flights between the historic cities of Bagan and siem Reap. The campaign’s single-visa programme would allow tourists holding either a Myanmar or Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 300 chickens and ducks were culled after a new case of H5N1, or bird flu, was found in Phnom Penh’s sen sok district last week, officials said. seang Borin, director of the municipal agriculture department, said yesterday that 292 chickens and ducks were killed in ss='cambodia-color'>...

While the World Bank commended Cambodia for its strong economic growth and efforts to reduce poverty over the past two decades, it, however, cautioned yesterday that the agriculture and garment sectors posed challenges which could make that growth unsustainable. “An overview of the past two decades, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Worker unions criticized the National Assembly’s passing of 10 amendments to the contentious Trade Union Law on Tuesday, saying they were not aware of the exact nature of the amendments passed by parliament. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sweden loaned Cambodia US$57 million yeSterday for economic country development and cooperation for the duration of 2012-2013. The agreement waS made between Cambodia&rSquo;S Economic MiniSter Keat Chhon and SwediSh ambaSSador to Cambodia Anne Hoglund at the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) yeSterday morning. Keat Chhon SS='cambodia-color'>...