Union leader Pav Sina on Tuesday said garment factories around the country illegally fired dozens of his local representatives last year, far more than in 2013, and urged the government to help get their jobs back. Mr. Sina’s Collective Union of Movement of Workers (CUMW) is ...

The Cambodian government earned about $80 million leasing economic land concessions and forests to private companies over The last three years, according to a report from The Ministry of Economy and Finance released last week. The January report, signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, found that ...

A rice trader on Monday filed a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cabinet and three ministries alleging that officials in Kompong Cham province had wrongly fined her for an overweight truck after using improperly weighted scales. Saing Darlin had her truck impounded ...

The Royal University of Phnom Penh’s department of psychology has seen a decrease in students and its dean has blamed a lack of human resources and decreased interest in The subject. Phan Chan Pov, dean of The psychology department at The university, said There are ...

Health Minister Mam Bun Heng yesterday announced the formation of a working group to address mass fainting, a day after the premier raised the issue at a meeting with garment workers, though relevant officials had few details on the group’s objectives. ...

The announcement last month that traffic cops will collect 70 per cent of fines They give out has already seen enforcement increase, according to a senior official at The Interior Ministry.Speaking yesterday, General Run Roth Veasna, director of The ministry’s Department of Order, said tickets ...

The Cambodian government will open an embassy in The Republic of Turkey next year, a statement issued by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. ...

Officials responsible for issuing new identity cards, which every adult will eventually need, must get a grip on the task and speed up, the Ministry Of Interior said yesterday.In an “instruction” to staff, Interior Minister Sar Kheng said the number Of new ID cards issued ...

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 ...

The Ministry of Information will create an e-book on new media-related words already approved by The National Council of Khmer Language (NCKL) at The Royal Academy of Cambodia. ...

As the Kingdom marks the first anniversary of the inscription of traditional Cambodian dance drama Lakhon Khol on Unesco’s cultural heritage list, the government is preparing to have 10 other forms of tangible and intangible heritage registered with the UN body. ...

About 1,000 Cambodians allegedly working illegally in Thailand were arrested and deported after the Thai government declared an end to a grace period for labourers, a member of the official receiving committee at the border in Poipet said Monday. ...

The National Assembly, Senate and The Parliamentary Center of Asia (PCAsia) have partnered to strengThen The capacity of officials in parliament through training. ...

The Stung Sen wetland has become The Kingdom’s latest Ramsar Site, said The Ministry of Environment. The seasonally-flooded 9,293ha freshwater swamp, located along The souTheastern edge of The Tonle Sap great lake in Kampong Thom province, was declared Cambodia’s fifth Ramsar Site on Friday under ...

On 21 August 2017, the Ministry of Information issued a letter laying out recommendations to owners of radio and television stations and other media outlets as follows:Alcohol-associated reward advertising is allowed only in the period of 15 days before and after Khmer New Year, Chinese ...

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs expressed its dismay regarding The use of inappropriate and immoral language on social media by a small number of individuals. It considered These acts as having damaged The honour and dignity of Cambodian women as well as being detrimental to ...

The National Assembly (NA) has approved draft laws which will rename The Ministry of National Assembly-Senate Relations and Inspection and establish a permanent Secretariat of State for Border Affairs. The new legislation is part of The seventh-mandate government’s bid to deepen its reforms. ...

The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved four projects, worth a combined $17.4 million, during The first 10 days of February. ...

The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) and The US Chamber of Commerce will jointly host The Cambodia-US Business Forum in New York next Friday aimed at promoting investment and business opportunities in Cambodia. ...

Italy will set up a chamber of commerce in Cambodia this year with the aim of promoting and strengthening trade and investment opportunities in the kingdom.   ...