During a presentation at the 2013 International AIDs society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Cambodia showed its new initiative called “Cambodia 3.0” which aims to eliminate new infections of HIV by 2020. Cambodia had one of the fastest growing HIV ss='cambodia-color'>...

Rem Vannak remains in poor health after enduring about two years of 21-hour days working for no pay on a fishing boat in Fiji, where he was beaten when he complained. Lin Yu shin, who owns Giant Ocean – the company Vannak worked for that allegedly ss='cambodia-color'>...

Voters who travel to cast ballots in the upcoming poll sunday could face higher transportation fees as drivers and companies try to capitalise on heavier passenger volume. Phan Na, general manager at Phnom Penh sorya Transportation, which sells bus tickets to several provinces, said fees could ss='cambodia-color'>...

An indigenous ethnic Banong community in Mondolkiri province yesterday began the final stage in acquiring a communal land title, setting it up to become only the sixth community in the country to secure one of the coveted documents. Established by the 2001 Land Law, communal land ss='cambodia-color'>...

Japan-based Terra Motors Corporation viewed Cambodia as a potential market for its electric tuk-tuk, the company’s general manager of overseas sales said yesterday. “We’re thinking of entering the Cambodian market as well. But at this moment, there are no concrete plans. [We] just hope to enter,” ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite current tensions between North and south Korea, Cambodia’s tourism minister said yesterday that the number of tourists from south Korea to the Kingdom had not dropped. [Minister of Tourism Thong] Khong said that so far there appears to be nothing to worry about. “There are ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kep-Kompot Salt ProducerS Community SayS Salt production fell nearly 50 per cent below forecaStS becauSe of early rainfall, which iS aSSumed to end Salt harveSting for the year. Prime MiniSter Hun Sen, however, haS Stepped in to enSure that price remainS Stable. Hun Sen SS='cambodia-color'>...

Fourteen Phnom Penh families claimed yesterday that government maps showing their houses in the path of a road-widening project were inaccurate and would condemn them to eviction without adequate compensation. Ek Malin, 57, a representative of the community on street 347 in Tuol Kork district’s Boeung ss='cambodia-color'>...

More economic activity and a better understanding of using formal financial services among rural residents are leading to good loan performance rates and increases in savings deposits in Cambodia’s microfinance industry, according to industry sources. The loan portfolios of the 35 registered microfinance institutions (MFI) and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s total exports to Thailand sharply increased in the first quarter of the year, according to official data from Ministry of Commerce received by the Post last week. Officials said the rise is the result of efforts by both countries to improve trade facilitation and economic ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hong Leong Bank Bhd’s (HLB) subsidiary Hong Leong Bank (Cambodia) PLC (HLBC) has clinched a banking licence for its operations in the country from the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). HLBC, a commercial bank with a capital of RM119.25mil, would begin operations on July 8, the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Acting opposition leader Kem sokha will have a rare chance to face off against a ruling party opponent in a nationally televised debate before the election. The debate will be one of two broadcast on TVK on July 20 and 21 in a series organised by ss='cambodia-color'>...

Revenue from foreign tourists buying passes to see temples in siem Reap’s Angkor Wat complex amounted to about $51 million last year, according to a Post calculation of data that was released Friday in a letter by the Apsara Authority, which manages the site. [Bun] Narith ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition vice president Kem sokha on Thursday said he could not guarantee there would be no violence following sunday’s vote and appealed to the international community to be on alert and help ensure a peaceful transition after the election results are released. speaking to reporters after ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Chinese government on Thursday signed up to provide a free-interest loan of 200 million Renminbi (33 million U.s. dollars) to Cambodia for social and economic development projects. The agreement was inked between Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo and Cambodian Finance Minister Aun Porn Moniroth ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 100 million UsD aid package to support the development of tourism infrastructure in the three Mekong River countries of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The decision was made at the annual meeting on tourism development of the Greater Mekong ss='cambodia-color'>...

An environmental protection NGO is preparing to file a lawsuit with the Kampong speu provincial court and a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit against an Agriculture Department official who was allegedly paid by a development firm to issue land titles to villagers squatting on state ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government and rice exporters have dismissed allegations that rice exports to the European Union (EU) countries are contaminated with rice from Vietnam. Commerce Ministry representative told local sources that while it is true that some Cambodia rice is processed in Vietnam to match ss='cambodia-color'>...

After more than three months in jail, environmental activist Kuch Veng is set to hear his verdict at the Pursat provincial court. The verdict was originally scheduled to be handed down July 10, but the judge ordered it delayed after some 300 people from 11 provinces ss='cambodia-color'>...

During a small press conference yesterday, the founder of the Independent Monk Network said about 30 police officers came to Wat Botum two nights in one week, asking to search the premises for “bad men” who may be hiding there. The visits occurred on the nights ss='cambodia-color'>...