A research group from the Royal Academy of Cambodia will study historic maps in an effort to calmly resolve border issues between Cambodia and Vietnam.  ...

The National Authority for the Prohibition of Chemical, Nuclear, Biological and Radiological Weapons (NACW) at the Ministry of National Defence and the EU have co-organised a 12-day workshop for 205 trainees from 29 institutions. The workshop focuses on training participants on the Sound Management of Chemicals ...

Thailand–Consumers face prospect of high prices, low quality rice from Burma, Cambodia: TDRI. While consumers and taxpayers will suffer from the government’s controversial rice policy, Vietnam will substantially gain, the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has warned. Ammar Siamwalla, a prominent economist, yesterday asked the ...

Britain embassy to Cambodia is partnering with Cambodian government ministries and departments to provide a training course on international best practices in the field of anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism, according to the embassy’s press release on Friday. The training will be ...

In a rare admission, the Asian Development Bank has surprisingly acknowledged its own shortcomings following a controversial railway rehabilitation project in Cambodia that sparked complaints from thousands of displaced local residents affected by forced resettlements, insufficient compensations and neglect of their human rights. The concerns were confirmed by the Compliance ...

Cambodia’s central bank is looking to tighten monetary policy to slow an inflation rate that could hit 8 to 9 percent this year, National Bank of Cambodia Director General and Spokeswoman Nguon Sokha said yesterday. Increases in commodity prices and petroleum has led to rising prices ...

A public housing project, which aims to provide affordable housing for the lower middle class, low-income earners and state workers, is due to start at the end of the year after the completion of a study to determine its feasibility. ...

Dith Tina, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, and other leaders met with Sok Loo, Governor of Battambang Province, and Oknha Phu Puy, Director General of Green Rice Mills in Battambang Province, to study the real situation of rice prices. ...

On 25 January 2023, at the National Assembly building, the National Assembly Committee on Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Propaganda and Information with the Ministry of Information and colleagues organized a discussion meeting to understand “Media Affairs in Cambodia” in order to enhance the efficiency and ...

As scheduled, Khmer  Krom citizens gathered Monday in front of French embassy in order to present their petition which asks the VN embassy’s spokesman to apologize for his comment over Khmer Kampuchea Krom territory. Some 500 students, monks, and citizens were led by leaders of Federation ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday that the government is studying the possibility to purchase petroleum for a stockpile as global oil price is going down. ...

With a rapidly rising population exacerbating the country’s existing infrastructure, the Asia Development Bank (ADB) has highlighted in a new study the Cambodian government’s failure to install effective planning policies in its most densely populated urban centres. The ADB estimates that, driven by work opportunities and ...

Land Management Minister Im Chhun Lim said on Monday his staff were already at work studying land that the government has confiscated from economic land concession (ELC) owners for redistribution to poor families, though details on the location of the sites remained elusive. ...

The Japanese government will offer an opportunity for specialised Cambodian workers to work in Japan through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that might be signed in April, Minister of Labour and Vocational Training, Ith Sam Heng said. ...

People with disabilities and their families in two Cambodian provinces – Kampong Cham and Tbong Khmum – experience significant psychological distress, endure discrimination and stigma and their rights “re-main largely unrecognised”, a new study has found. ...

Cambodia is calling for the establishment of tourism institutes and universities to provide relevant skills in compliance with an Asean curriculum, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said. He was speaking during the Sub-Forum on Yunnan-South Asia & Southeast Asia Tourism Vocational Education and Personnel Training ...

A groundbreaking ceremony was held yesterday by the Ministry of Public Works to construct a $580,000 field laboratory at the Techo Sen Institute of Public Works and Transport.​ ...

A toxic culture of masculinity in Cambodia is contributing to the spread of HIV from husbands to wives, according to a study in the American Journal of Men’s Health. ...

The government is exploring the idea of entering into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group to shore up international online sales of Cambodian products.​Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak on February 14 chaired a first key meeting of an ad-hoc working ...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) has urged the capital and provincial governors to intervene and facilitate the Phnom Penh-Siem Reap Expressway project study. ...