In a rare acknowledgement of deforestation concerns, Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, chairman of the National Commission for UNESCO, said the widespread clearing of forests around Angkor Wat was harming views of the historic temple complex. Sok An made the remarks in Siem Reap at a ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng has ordered all prison, detention and rehabilitation center chiefs to accommodate and give full access to delegates from the U.N.’s Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT), whose five-day mission to assess the use of torture, cruelty and other inhumane treatment ...

The leaders of Japan and five SouTheast Asian countries along The Mekong River plan to craft a new strategy in July for Tokyo to contribute to sustainable development of The Mekong region beyond 2015, a senior Japanese official said Thursday. “Taking this opportunity from this ...

The European Union will continue to remain Cambodia’s biggest export recipient, mopping up $2.32 billion in shipments this year, with The US following a close second at $2.07 billion, according to Commerce Ministry estimates. ...

Cambodia has been featured as a case study in a new report launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) focusing on the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing nations’ agricultural sectors. While the report acknowledges the positive effects ...

Driving on National Road 6 through recently harvested rice fields, six 10-meter-tall structures emerge like vortexes from the sparse terrain. Not far along is the commotion of a country fair: bale mazes, archery games, face painting, a ferris wheel and blaring Khmer pop music. Welcome to ...

“I confess that the ministry hasn’t been able to control and achieve transparency in the real estate sector, but I can say that this sector has yet to show any signs of trouble,” Ngoun Sokha, secretary of state for the Ministry of Economy and Finance, ...

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 ...

During the first four months of the year, Cambodia welcomed more than 647,000 Chinese visitors, an increase of more than 79 percent, according to the Cambodian Tourism Minister. ...

The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction and Habitat for Humanity Cambodia (HFHC) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that supports a national housing policy to address housing for low-income families. The MoU aims to support implementation of The national housing policy, which ...

The Banking Jobs and Skills Summit 2023 is set to take place from September 29-30 at The National University of Management (NUM), featuring around 20 financial institutions and offering thousands of job opportunities to students. ...

Phnom Penh recently saw the destruction of a portion of the Buddhist Institute to make way for the expansion of a casino. Political analyst Lao Mong Hay told “Hello VOA” last week that this kind of development demonstrates an “imbalance” between public and private institutions. the ...

The amount of money to be allocated to commune-, district- and province-level governments is slated to rise next year in accordance with The government’s long-gestating attempts at decentralising its power. Provincial- and capital-level funding will rise to about 640.8 billion riel, with 237.2 billion riel ...

The National Employment Agency (NEA) under The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, in collaboration with The Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC), organised a two-day job fair and career guide, with a total of 4,500 job opportunities from 25 companies. ...

The long awaited first security listing on The Cambodian Securities Exchange became a reality on February 23 with The Security Exchange Commission of Cambodia’s “in principle” approval of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority’s (PPWSA) “disclosure document for public issuance of equity securities”. This is effectively a ...

The plight of Cambodian migrant maids who suffer abuse by employers in Malaysia is well documented. Less so is The mental damage caused by The overseas trauma, which has led to some returned migrants being chained up by Their desperate familiesYoung women who survive abuse ...

The results of The 2023 high school diploma exam (Bac II) will be announced today, earlier than expected due to The smooth marking process. ...

An estimated 73 suspects and convicts involved in illegal fishing were released on bail in accordance with a blanket amnesty granted by Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier this month, a court official said yesterday. Speaking with reporters on the sidelines of the Ministry of Justice’s annual ...

The Cambodia Human Rights Committee (CHRC) led a delegation to participate in The 32nd Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at The UN in Geneva, Switzerland, for The third time, it said in a press release issued on Friday. It said Cambodia had already submitted documents last ...

Chugyuen Plastic Manufacture Co Ltd has been ordered to return 83 containers filled with plastic waste found at Sihanoukville port to their countries of origin. the company has been fined more than one billion riel ($250,000) for illegally importing the waste. ...