The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) on August 18 launched an open joint effort to build an inclusive digital ecosystem aimed at sparking the development of a robust post-Covid-19 economy. ...

The Australia embassy is supporting the Cambodia Human Right Committee (CHRC) as it prepares to establish the new National Human Rights Committee of Cambodia (NHRC). ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The United States is considering new measures to pressure the Myanmar junta to return to a “democratic trajectory”, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday, as alarm grows over an escalating crackdown on dissent. ...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade pact and the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) have injected a new impetus into the Cambodia-China trade, a Cambodian official said on Thursday. ...

Khuong Sreng, Governor of Phnom Penh, requested France to help build another wastewater treatment plant in the northwest of Phnom Penh, which will treat the water before it flows into the Tonle Sap. ...

The government has established new protected landscape areas in four provinces – Preah Vihear, Ratanakkiri, Banteay Meanchey and Kampong Thom. The new areas total more than 4,000ha. ...

While fresh aid is being planned for the impoverished through the social security fund, the incoming administration will keep up the practice of giving allowances to expectant mothers and young children. ...

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s decision to visit Cambodia this week measures the solid relationship between the two countries. ...

In an unambiguous message to investors and businesspeople alike, caretaker Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that the new dispensation shall implement the Pentagon Strategy highlighting the new economic development policies and programs initiated by the current government. ...

The first-ever Cambodia-Europe Public-Private Sector Dialogue was held at the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), marking a significant milestone in fostering strong economic ties between the two. ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in partnership with the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI), yesterday launched the first of a series of panel discussions aimed at operationalising its new five-year country strategy for Cambodia. ...

The coastal province of Preah Sihanouk will soon be home to four more special economic zones, bringing the total number of industrial parks there to nine, the prime minister said Saturday. ...

The China Railway Corporation is conducting a feasibility study on the construction of an expressway linking the capital with Bavet, in the border with Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. The study will take eight months to complete, Minister of Public ...

Three enterprises, all Chinese-owned, have been chosen to build the new airport that will service the Cambodian capital, the company in charge of the project said.​​ Cambodia Airport Investment Co Ltd said a total of five companies had entered the bidding process. ...

The National Assembly (NA) on Monday will put a vote of confidence in appointing and reshuffling five ministers and appointing five senior ministers, said NA spokesman Leng Peng Long in a press release issued by the General Secretariat of the National Assembly on Friday. ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is promoting the use of an information technology and digital suite designed to establish the country’s Agricultural Big Data Platform (ABDP). ...

Cambodia’s Ratanakiri and Laos’ Attapeu provincial authorities have been conducting assessments on the possibility of opening a new bilateral border gate and an interconnecting road to cater to the interests of the peoples of the two nations. ...

The government approved three projects worth a total of $13.5 million last week, bringing the total number of projects in the first three weeks of this month to nine with total investment value of $1.1354 billion, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said ...

The government has approved in principle the construction of a new domestic airport in Mondulkiri province under a public-private partnership (PPP). The approval was signed by the Council of Ministers’ Permanent Secretary of State Hing Thoraxy on new Year’s Eve. ...

Keo Mom, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Lyly Food Industry, has been elected as the new president of the Cambodian Women Entrepreneurs Association (CWEA) for its fourth mandate.  Her term will last from 2021-2024. ...