The first phase of the $380 million HFO power plant in Kandal province’s Lvea Em district will begin operations in April and produce 100MW of electricity, said the Ministry of Mines and Energy. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has announced they have prepared an emergency reserve fund of between $800million and $2billion to aid the Kingdom’s economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The World Bank has warned that the significant growth recorded in the construction and real-estate sector, considered one of the country’s economic pillars, could ultimately affect overall growth due to a trinity of unanticipated and now negative factors. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Embassy of sweden yesterday inked an agreement with Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law to strengthen human rights education in the Kingdom’s academic institutions.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has ordered his officials to intervene in helping four Cambodian river cruise vessels which are stuck at Vietnam’s water border as its authorities denied their docking due to fear of a COVID-19 outbreak. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday shut down the border with Vietnam amid COVID-19 fears. “We will be closing down the border [today],” Mr Hun sen said. “This is not a response to Vietnam’s closure of its border with us.” ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia​ and​ Vietnam​ have​ agreed​ to​ allow​ cargo​ trailers​ to​ enter​ the​ common​ Bavet-Moc​ Bai​ border,​ located​ in​ Cambodia’​ svay​ Rieng​ province​ (Bavet)​ and​ Vietnam’s​ Tay​ Ninh​ province​ (Moc​ Bai)​ after​ movement​ restrictions​ were​ enforced​ to​ prevent​ a​ Covid-19​ outbreak.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Indigenous people in Mondulkiri province plan to file a complaint with the provincial court against a military officer from the Army Base “K1” in O’Raing district’s Dak Dam commune, for clearing forest land for personal ownership within the Phnom Nam Lear Wildlife sanctuary.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Small and Medium EnterpriSe Bank of Cambodia (SME Bank), the Kingdom&rSquo;S neweSt bank with initial capital of $100 million to provide financing for Small and medium-Sized enterpriSeS (SMES), waS officially launched on Saturday. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The names of four Kampong Chhnang villagers were sent to the provincial court on Thursday for further legal action. The villagers are accused of involvement in clearing some 3ha of wetland in Koh Tamov village, in Boribor district’s Koki commune. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has issued income tax exemptions for the textile and garment, footwear and luggage sectors that produced export goods hit by the European Union’s 20 percent Everything but Arms (EBA) tariff-free status withdrawal in February. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Japan is providing $310 million in development aid to Cambodia to help bolster the country’s economy. About $42.7 million will be delivered as aid, while the rest will be packaged into soft loans which Cambodia has to repay, but on very favourable terms. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Saturday charged and detained two land brokerS accuSed of defrauding $1.5 million from a real eState buSineSSman living in Phnom Penh over the Sale of nearly 200 hectareS of land in Kampong Speu province&rSquo;S Oudong diStrict laSt year. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Government officials have joined forces with Japanese experts to formulate a new plan for economic diversity in Cambodia. Foreign direct investment in Cambodian industry has largely gone to garment manufacturing during the past 10 years, putting the country at risk of economic shock in the event ss='cambodia-color'>...

A sharp increase in garment factory strikes this year has raised eyebrows among industry insiders, who say the disputes could lead to a decrease in year-on-year export growth. The Arbitration Council, which hears work-related disputes such as factory strikes, saw claims nearly double during the first ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sixteen local NGOS releaSed a joint Statement ThurSday calling on Prime MiniSter Hun Sen to publicly repudiate National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha&rSquo;S January 15 Speech in which he Said he learned Strategy from Adolf Hitler. SS='cambodia-color'>...

An overwhelming majority of transgender women on Cambodia’s city streets are subject to “shocking” harassment and abuse, according to a new report from the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR). The report, released yesterday, also shines a light on a disturbing new practice that has allegedly ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications officially launched the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) yesterday in an attempt to establish laws to control, and resolve conflicts among, telecoms operators. Post and Telecommunications Minister so Khun said the TRC’s establishment supported other regulations for managing  conflicts among mobile ss='cambodia-color'>...

Share priceS on the&nbSp;Cambodia SecuritieS Exchange&nbSp;yeSterday fell for the firSt time Since trading began a week ago, aS technical problemS reportedly cauSed a 90 per cent drop in the amount of ShareS traded. Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority&nbSp;ShareS dropped 4.9 per cent to 9,700 riel (US$2.44). The SS='cambodia-color'>...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will host its seventh Annual Macroeconomic Conference under the theme “Discussion of Cambodia’s Economic Development Models” to gather input from academics, researchers, industry insiders and economists about how to structure the economy in a post-Covid-19 world. ss='cambodia-color'>...