Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday urged Asean Member states to step up cooperation in the digitalisation efforts and make the wider adoption of the new technology a priority to recover fast the region’s socio-economic development from the clutches of the Covid-19 pandemic. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen said yesterday that three summits – AsEAN summit, G20, and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) – hosted by three AsEAN countries would make significant contributions to enhancing AsEAN’s prestige and centrality in addressing common regional and global challenges. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Mines and Energy suy sem said electricity now reaches 98.5 per cent of Cambodia’s over 14,000 villages; with only a small percentage of isolated households remaining off the national grid. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Twenty-one families involved in a years-long land dispute in Kratie province’s Chhlong district, say they are struggling to make ends meet after losing their farmland and have received no compensation from the government. The families from Proma village, Kampong Damrei commune, had their land seized in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The introduction of a new framework to promote primary healthcare in Cambodia will help ensure that the Ministry of Health’s latest strategic plan can be implemented effectively, its senior official said. The framework will be based on the National Health Policy, the fourth phase of which ss='cambodia-color'>...

With Phnom Pehn’s skyline inching ever higher, the Ministry of Land Management Urban Planning and Construction has enhanced building inspections to improve the quality and safety of structures, as construction flaws or poor inspection of high-rises puts the public at risk. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A senior National Election Committee (NEC) official said there would be no extensions to voter registration or the voter list review. Anyone who failed to register before the upcoming December 8 deadline would be unable to participate in next year’s national election. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Laos has asked Cambodia to consider some areas to boost Cambodia-Laos long lasting cooperation. The request was made by saysomphone Phomvihane, President of the National Assembly of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, during a meeting with say Chhum, President of senate of Cambodia here in ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng sakhon confirmed that a draft royal decree to preserve Phnom Tamao area had been sent to Prime Minister Hun sen for a review. The draft came on the heels of the premier’s order late August 16. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will proceed with another auction process for the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) to borrow about $50 million from investors for the second time of the government’s plan of issuance for a longer period of time of repayment ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Culture, sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong and  secretary of state and spokesman of Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts Long Ponnasirivath signed a cultural and artistic cooperation programme for the 2023 – 2027 period at a meeting in Ho ss='cambodia-color'>...

A marked uptick in Indica rice exports to European markets is expected after Cambodia won a challenge against the European Commission’s (EC) 2019 decision to remove tariff preferences on imports of the rice from the Kingdom for three years, on grounds that the shipments were ss='cambodia-color'>...

During his official visit in Cambodia, German President Frank-Walter steinmeier and First Lady Elke Büdenbender yesterday paid a visit to a landmine field being cleared by the Halo Trust in siem Reap province’s Puok district. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Preah Sihanouk provincial authoritieS are running a SerieS of training courSeS on water reScue for the life guardS of each of the province&rSquo;S touriSt beacheS. With the aSSiStance of the Thai embaSSy, the workShopS began on March 13. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s fresh banana exports to regional markets in the first quarter of the year have improved compared to 2022, mainly due to the lifting of Covid-19 lockdowns in China – the Kingdom’s biggest market – and a reduction in shipping costs, said Longmate Agriculture CEO ss='cambodia-color'>...

The UN in Cambodia expressed support for the government’s efforts to effect economic, environment and social transformation, to be detailed in the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) which will be signed after a new government has been formed, according to a senior official. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) has announced the recruitment of 8,342 short-term contract officials to work for the commune electoral commissions during the nation’s seventh parliamentary election scheduled for this coming July. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Indonesia was perhaps the brightest spot in Cambodia’s merchandise trade over January, with formal imports from and exports to the archipelago nation collectively clocking in at $88.045 million, marking a 95.87 per cent increase over the same month in 2022, according to Customs (GDCE). ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 200 villagerS living in Kandal province&rSquo;S Kandal Stung diStrict and Takhmao town gathered at Kandal City Hall on TueSday demanding to know whether they would be joining the hundredS of otherS who are being diSplaced by the new Phnom Penh International Airport. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen and Chinese ambassador Wang Wentian on January 2 broke ground for the construction of a new bridge which will span the Mekong River in Kratie province. The bridge is expected to bring “rapid economic development” to the people of Cambodia’s northeastern ss='cambodia-color'>...