Economic Land Concessions
Explore Open Development Cambodia’s revised and updated database of Economic Land Concession profiles and maps.Explore now ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tatok community members waiting for land titles in dispute over ownership
The Tatok community is located alongside canal 03 in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district, where 35 families live. They are waiting for City Hall to issue them land titles after submitting their petition in late 2018. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/tatok-community-members-waiting-for-land-titles-in-dispute-over-ownership/
Preah Sihanouk lifeguard towers set in motion
Twelve beach side lifeguard towers were inaugurated at sihanoukville’s Ochheuteal Beach 2 on March 14 to make it easier to supervise tourists visiting the beach or bathing in the sea, bringing the total to 16. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-lifeguard-towers-set-motion
PM urges ministry to upgrade nat’l railways
Prime Minister Hun sen has urged the transport ministry to find ways to upgrade the existing railway to a high-speed system in order to improve logistics infrastructure and facilitate Cambodia’s rapid socio-economic expansion. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-urges-ministry-upgrade-natl-railways
Nearly 4.6M tourists logged in Cambodia over Khmer New Year
Cambodia counted nearly 4.6 million domestic tourists over this year’s three-day public holiday for the Khmer New Year, including 4.5 million Cambodians and nearly 30,000 foreign residents – a number which officials have said is similar to that seen pre-pandemic. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nearly-46m-tourists-logged-cambodia-over-khmer-new-year
Two largest parties plan final major rallies June 3
The Kingdom’s two largest political parties plan to hold major rallies with tens of thousands participants expected on the last day of the Commune Council Election campaigning period, which ends on the afternoon of June 3. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-largest-parties-plan-final-major-rallies-jun-3
Boom in high-end residential projects in Phnom Penh, despite pandemic
Despite the pandemic, there has been a boom in the development of high-end residential projects in Phnom Penh. The construction sector is one of the country’s main economic engines. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath and Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/boom-in-high-end-residential-projects-in-phnom-penh-despite-pandemic/
1st EV charging unit set for public
Chevron (Cambodia) Ltd, the local manager of the Caltex petroleum brand, on April 26 launched the Kingdom’s first publicly-available electric vehicle (EV) charging point, along with the southern Phnom Penh filling station where it is located. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/1st-ev-charging-unit-set-public
Major biomass power plant on track to go online by July
A major rice husk biomass power plant in southeastern Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district is still on track to be completed and start operations by July, a press release confirmed on May 5. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/major-biomass-power-plant-track-go-online-july
PM hails Covid fight after zero cases May 7 in 14-month first
Prime Minister Hun sen lauded the Kingdom’s achievement in the fight against Covid-19, after the country recorded zero coronavirus cases on May 7, the first such instance since the community outbreak on February 20 last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-hails-covid-fight-after-zero-cases-may-7-14-month-first
Tuol Kork residents receive free check-ups, treatments
The Ministry of Health – in collaboration with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) – organised a one-day event on May 9 to provide free general health check-ups, examinations and treatment services to people living in the capital’s Tuol Kork district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tuol-kork-residents-receive-free-check-ups-treatments
National Assembly refutes EU resolution
The National Assembly (NA) has hit back at a European Parliament resolution condemning the political and human rights situation in Cambodia, calling it another display of the Parliament’s “double standards”. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/national-assembly-refutes-eu-resolution
Food, governor board laws passed
The National Assembly (NA) has passed a number of draft laws and amendments relating to the number of members in the administrative boards of governors, food safety and a successor for the chairmanship of the NA’s 4th Commission to replace the late Hun Neng. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/food-governor-board-laws-passed
City Hall expands flooding response with additional water pumps, trucks
The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration is deploying water pumps and using 10 sewage trucks to pump out floodwaters from Meanchey district’s Boeung Tumpun commune and other areas during this rainy season. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Japan to help Cambodia with roadmap to carbon neutrality
The Ministry of Mines and Energy and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on April 29 on the implementation of a project to prepare the Kingdom’s transition to clean energy and a roadmap to carbon neutrality. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-help-cambodia-roadmap-carbon-neutrality
Pig carcasses being smuggled from Cambodia to Thailand seized, driver of truck nabbed
About 1.5 metric tons of pork carcasses were seized by Thai Livestock and customs sunday. The pork had been allegedly smuggled into Thailand’s eastern border province of sa Kaeo from Cambodia, Thai media PBs World reported. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501197255/pig-carcasses-being-smuggled-from-cambodia-to-thailand-seized-driver-of-truck-nabbed/
Meanchey residents urged to keep canals clean
The River Ocean Cleanup (ROC) has cooperated with local authorities to collect about 350 tonnes of rubbish from sewage canals in the capital’s Meanchey district. It issued an appeal to the residents of the district to stop disposing of rubbish into the canals. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/meanchey-residents-urged-keep-canals-clean
CSX sets ambitious targets for 2023 as GDP picks up
A mix of equity and bond listings are expected to double Cambodia securities Exchange (CsX)’s total new securities to 14 in 2023, the CsX said on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kiripost staff writers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-csx-sets-ambitious-targets-for-2023-as-gdp-picks-up
Forest commodities exports down in 2022
Cambodia netted $531.864 million from the export of rubber latex and wood in 2022, down 12.85 per cent over 2021, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery’s General Directorate of Rubber (GDR). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/forest-commodities-exports-down-2022
UN calls Cambodian election “Distorted,” Hun Sen downplays international criticism
Cambodia’s electoral process was “distorted” due to the ban on the Candlelight Party and ruling elites harassing opponents, UN experts said in a statement released Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/un-calls-cambodian-election-distorted-hun-sen-downplays-international-criticism/