Hundreds of senior government officials will be dispatched to the provinces in the coming months to gauge public opinion on reforming state institutions. Almost 800 senior officials from all ministries will begin the project on February 15, state broadcaster TVK reported yesterday, following a meeting at ...

A total of 220,937 national and international visitors traveled across Cambodia in the last weekend of July. the figure suggested an increase by 3.43 percent compared to the previous weekend thanks to better weather conditions, ie less rainfall, according to a report of the Ministry ...

Employer representatives and trade unions sat down across from each other for the first time yesterday for head-to-head negotiations over next year’s garment sector minimum wage, with factory owners reluctantly offering a small $2 increase to their earlier proposal of $144.20. ...

Laos wants to start construction this year on the $3.8 billion (Bt115 billion) Thai-financed Xayaburi hydropower plant on the Mekong River after changing the design of the dam to placate neighbouring countries opposed to the project. Laos completed a review of the dam recently to ease ...

The Ministry of Commerce has issued a proclamation stating that strict legal action shall be initiated against those who promote to sell products, goods and services that contain false commercial descriptions. ...

Cambodia and Vietnam plan to sign an agricultural cooperation agreement this month to underpin trade growth between the two countries, especially of the Kingdom’s agri exports. ...

The expiration dates of food and consumable goods will be more rigorously tested thanks to a push by The Ministry of Commerce to install mobile equipment to do The job, according to local media. ...

Cambodia had exported 288,300 tons of fresh and dry cassava in the first eight months of the year, down 56 percent compared with same period last year, the figures of the Commerce Ministry said Sunday. the country generated total revenue of 15.2 million U.S. dollars from ...

Garment industry, Cambodia’s largest income earner, reported a 22-percent increase in exports in the first nine months of 2013, showed the data of the Ministry of Commerce released on Tuesday. During the January-September period this year, the country had exported garment products in equivalent to $4.2 ...

Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith have told the owners of television stations to ban the broadcast of the movie Methagu at the request of the Sri Lankan government, saying the movie reflects the life of the former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).   ...

The Cambodian education ministry announced Friday that 10,871 applicants, or 17.94 percent, of The total 60,611 candidates passed The second and final high school graduation exam for 2014. The ministry organized The second test after only 25.72 percent of The total 89,937 high school students ...

The number of moThers who died in labour has nearly halved over The past four years, down from 182 fatalities in 2011 to 100 this year, The ministry’s research commission into maternal mortality revealed yesterday.The dramatically reduced death rate was largely due to improvements in ...

The Tourism Ministry has prepared a master plan for The development of The industry in provinces and cities to attract investment in The sector and create more products for tourists. However The country needs growth of at least 10 percent year-on-year to reach The target ...

Cambodia’s garment industry, the kingdom’s largest income maker, recorded 3.65 billion U.S. dollars in export value in the first eight months of the year, up 21 percent from 3.01 billion U.S. dollars over the same period last year, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday. Cambodian ...

The Ministry of Commerce received more than 2,100 new business registrations in The first half of The year, surpassing The 2,020 registrations received at The halfway mark of 2014. ...

The Kingdom’s software development sector is being seen as an increasingly important player in The country’s move to strengThen its tourism industry and provide visitors with The latest conveniences. Stephane Combre, a developer at To Do in Cambodia, said that The firm’s platform, launched in ...

Cambodia has seen a trade deficit of 1.48 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of 2013, according to the Commerce Ministry’s data on Friday. the total import and export volume was valued at 11.82 billion U.S. dollars during the January-September period this year, up ...

Foreign visitors to the Preah Vihear Temple increased by 25 per cent for the first six months of the year, as compared to the same period last year, while local visitor arrivals dropped for the same period, according to Ministry of Tourism statistics. ...

Cambodian exports saw a nearly 20 per cent increase for the first half of the year, as garment shipments to the European Union led the way in making up for a decrease in exports to the United States, according to a new Ministry of Commerce ...

The Ministry of Commerce has called for a meeting with fuel retailers to review prices at The pump after Prime Minister Hun Sen urged Them to set prices that reflect falling global oil prices, a government official said.Ken Ratha, spokesman for The Ministry of Commerce, ...