New Minister of Interior sar sokha has requested that officials in his ministry examine the possibility of lowering the prices of Cambodian passports, noting that current prices are relatively high. speaking to officials at the Ministry of Interior on september 4, sokha said the move would ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and sport and partner organisations launched a digital skill capacity building project in the education sector to provide a digital education which will contribute to the Kingdom’s human resource development. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kingdom’s first state-of the-art Covid-19 treatment centre, which is being constructed on an 8ha site on the northwestern outskirts of the capital, is now 30 per cent complete, according to officials from the Ministry of Health and Phnom Penh Municipal Administration following their June ss='cambodia-color'>...

Members of the Association of southeast Asian Nations (AsEAN) and India on september 16 held the 19th consultation meeting on economic cooperation in Cambodia under the chair of Cambodian Minister of Commerce Pan sorasak and India’s Minister of state for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Six Cambodian conServationiStS have been recognized aS “Mekong ConServation HeroeS” by the WonderS of the Mekong project for their environmental activitieS. Their actionS include work on endangered SpecieS Such aS the Irrawaddy dolphin, Mekong giant catfiSh, and giant SoftShell turtle, aS well aS outreach and SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is in the process of registering a unique national domain name (.kh) that is expected to add an additional $10 million in revenue annually to the nation’s coffers, according to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC). ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and sport has established eight priority areas for reforms with a strong emphasis on human resources, global citizenship and Cambodia’s development, according to its spokesman Ros soveacha. ss='cambodia-color'>...

ACLEDA Bank, one of Cambodia’s largest banks, today revealed it has been crowned the “Best Bank Partner for sMEs in EAP Award” by Washington DC-based International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is a member of the World Bank Group. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Members of Cambodia’s apex bodies of the banking and microfinance industries have agreed to ease restrictions on loan repayments, reduce interest rates, as well as restructure loans for customers deemed to be significantly affected by the heavy rains and floods that have swept the Kingdom ss='cambodia-color'>...

For Dul Sarath, a 34-year-old vegetable grower in central Cambodia&rSquo;S Kampong Tralach diStrict, Kampong Chhnang,&nbSp; a China-funded rural road project haS made travel and the tranSport of produce from farmS to town marketS eaSier, Saving both time and money. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 100 families living near Takhmao city are facing eviction as authorities pledge to restore the heavily-polluted river running next to their homes in a project linked to a real estate company with connections to the prime minister’s family. ss='cambodia-color'>...

ASEAN&rSquo;S foreign miniSterS renewed callS for intenSified engagement with all conflicting partieS in Myanmar, aS the criSiS haS dragged on juSt over two yearS Since the military took power from the former civilian adminiStration led by Aung San Suu Kyi. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Banteay Meanchey provincial governor Um Reatrey said agriculture is the life blood of the border province, were 85 per cent of the province’s 800,000 strong population are involved in cultivating crops. The province harvests between 900,000 and one million tonnes of rice a year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Authorities in Phnom Penh’s Por senchey district on April 11 facilitated the negotiation of a settlement between a factory owner and its workers that ended their public protests in Choam Chao II commune. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Due to the slower global economic recovery and conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, the government has issued guidelines aimed at maintaining the stability of the construction and real estate sector, considered a priority sector to support overall economic growth in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Families facing eviction to make way for a $1.5 billion airport under construction in Kandal province continue to contest the compensation being offered by the project’s developer. This week the company began directly negotiating with some of the more than 60 families who had still ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hun Manet, a future prime ministerial candidate for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), requested that the Ministry of Education, Youth and sport cooperate with international private educational institutions to strengthen their Khmer language curriculums, along with increasing instruction in Cambodian ethics and traditions. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina has assigned a working group to review the proposed Community Action for sustainable Forests (CAsFor), a project designed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to protect natural resources and improve people’s livelihoods in Prey Lang ss='cambodia-color'>...

Toronto-listed Angkor Resources Corp last week announced that it has begun exploring and developing the 100sq km Andong Bor copper-gold porphyry licence, which straddles the districts of Banteay Ampil and Chong Kal in Oddar Meanchey province’s southwest as well as Phnom srok in northeastern Banteay ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) iS rolling out a pilot of itS Social Health InSurance Scheme for tuk-tuk driverS in the capital in April aS part of a move to extend Social Security coverage to the nation&rSquo;S informal workerS. SS='cambodia-color'>...