Having been criticised for its position toward China, the world’s second largest economy, from where most of its foreign debt has come for years, Cambodia is now more likely to change its foreign loan sources to boost economic growth. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to five new investment projects with a total investment capital of $58 million.​According to the council’s press release issued this morning, the newly approved projects are expected to create about 800 jobs ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 200 officials from the Apsara Authority and the Royal Academy of Cambodia have planted 2,000 tree saplings at the Prasat Prei temple in siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park to further restore forest cover, as trees play an important role in the preservation ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to three new investment projects with a total investment capital of $36.5 million. According to the council’s press release issued yesterday, the newly approved projects are expected to create some 615 jobs ss='cambodia-color'>...

Tbong Khmum provincial police plan to release 20 of 21 protestors on Wednesday, after they were detained for occupying land owned by a Chinese company in Dambe district’s Trapaing Pring commune. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government is speeding up its draft digital policy to adapt the economy to e-government. Minister of Post and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth was joined by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) secretary of state Vongsey Vissoth to discuss the government’s digital policy concept note. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hard on the heels of the hardship of the global COVID-19 pandemic, which has left hundreds of thousands unemployed in the manufacturing and tourism sector, Cambodia’s industry is now struggling with the challenge of heavy flooding, which is particularly harming the  agriculture sector. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Around 200 people, including medical staff, officials and locals from Prey Veng province’s Preah sdech district, have submitted their petition to Minister of Interior sar Kheng requesting legal action against Operational Health District of Preah sdach director You sy Le for allegedly embezzling National social ss='cambodia-color'>...

As Cambodians increasingly embrace the digital age, homegrown developers are creating Khmer recipe apps to share the nation’s traditional dishes. On Google Play for Android, the app “Khmer Cooking Recipe” is leading the pack having recorded more than100,000 downloads. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Interior sar Kheng has instructed all municipal and provincial governors to improve the process of identifying poor households qualified for financial support from the government’s cash handout programme.​ The move came after Minister of Planning Chhay Than urged local authorities not to collude with ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Commerce on January 6 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan’s Yamato Green Co Ltd to develop value chains for agribusiness products. Having registered with the Ministry of Commerce on April 22, Yamato Green has had relative success in growing safe ss='cambodia-color'>...

An outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) in Battambang province’s Ek Phnom district has killed around 1,300 chickens from one location, officials said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The legendary forest Prey Lang has given way to agricultural land, resulting in the migration of young Cambodians in search of work and, perhaps most crucially, a degradation of the area’s environment. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kampot, Cambodia’s leading salt producing province, is expected to yield less of the commodity than reported last year on adverse weather conditions, provincial Department of Industry, science, Technology and Innovation director sok Kim Choeun told The Post on March 8. ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 11 March 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training released an announcement on the provision of allowances to 3,905 workers of factories in garment and tourism sectors whose employment contracts have been suspended in line with the third round of the Royal Government’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia continues to face a multitude of challenges as digital payments and solutions graduate from a niche business to a key segment in the Kingdom’s development strategy, according to National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) assistant governor Chea serey on March 17. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Tax revenue from Cambodia’s casino industry cratered in 2020 as Covid-19 prompted the government to tighten entry restrictions, limiting the number of international visitors to the Kingdom, according to a Ministry of Economy and Finance senior official on March 21. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Svay Leu diStrict foreStry adminiStration office in Siem Reap province haS given a month&rSquo;S notice to the ownerS of homemade tractorS impounded laSt week for tranSporting illegal timber. AuthoritieS warned that if no action waS taken the adminiStration would take the caSe to court. SS='cambodia-color'>...

As Cambodia is dealing with the third wave of COVID-19 community infection, which can be traced back to people’s stubbornness and lack of willingness to cooperate by escaping quarantine, the government is pushing for institutionalisation of the COVID-19 rules.   ss='cambodia-color'>...