Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday urged the Ministry of Economy and Finance to eliminate the practice of bribery or greasing the palm to facilitate development projects funded by the Ministry itself or the National Treasury. New Finance Minister, Oun Porn Monirath, successor of Keat Chhon, ...

Meeting for a minimum wage workshop on Tuesday, the country’s independent and government-aligned unions argued over reforms to the Labor Advisory Committee (LAC), the body in charge of setting the minimum wage in the garment sector, which employs some 600,000 workers. the LAC, which is composed ...

A senior agricultural official is concerned by the prevalence of fake fertilizers that cause stunted rice crops and reduce farmers’ profits. Ngin Chhay, director of the Rice Crops Department in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry, told the Development Research Forum in Phnom Penh yesterday the products were ...

On 20 April 2020, the Ministry of Education has release an announcement on their official facebook page regarding the collaboration between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Information in producing “distance learning” and “e-learning” program.  It is the response to the temporary school ...

On 10 July 2020, the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the UN office at Geneva made a response to the news release of Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of the right to freedom of expression. the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday provided an indication of the role that will be played by the new Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, which was created late last year, announcing it will hold the sole responsibility for registering small and medium enterprises (SMEs). the government ...

On 17 April 2020, the Ministry of Commerce issued an announcement on the detection of methanol in hand-sanitized alcohol products. More than 80 tonnes of methanol were found, the announcement said. the ministry also asked businesses, businessmen, companies and individuals to stop selling and distributing ...

An official at the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) said Wednesday that the body plans to review and possibly lower the current minimum price per call after it recently ordered the country’s seven mobile phone operators to abide by a law that sets minimum call ...

About 1,000 workers from the Canteran factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district continued to strike on Saturday over a decision to push back the day they are paid. the workers have been on strike since Thursday after being told they will be paid on the 10th ...

Cambodia’s population has risen to 14.68 million, up nine percent over the last five years, according to the intercensal population survey. the survey conducted by the Planning Ministry’s National Institute of Statistics showed 7.12 million of the population are males and 7.56 million females, Xinhua news ...

Australian scientists have made a significant breakthrough in tackling malaria, one of the world’s deadliest diseases.Research led by the University of Melbourne, in conjunction with Stanford University and the University of Cambridge, has discovered compounds which can target the parasite present in the mosquito-borne virus. ...

The number of traffic fatalities during The 2015 Pchum Ben festival was nearly The same as last year’s, dropping just three percent.34 people were killed in road crashes between October 10 and 12, one fewer than The 35 killed during The three-day holiday in 2014. ...

There were major traffic delays along Phnom Penh’s Veng Sreng Boulevard in Pur Senchey district Wednesday after about 200 garment workers from The Alim Cambodia Co. Ltd. garment factory formed a gated roadblock and protested for higher wages. A line of halted container trucks stretched for ...

Labor dispute complaints in the garment and textile sector declined last year compared with 2015, according to the Arbitration Council, which attributed the drop to the Trade Union Law. ...

The Interior Ministry is rushing to print passports for thousands of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand before a March 31 deadline set by The neighbouring junta. So far, The Interior Ministry has received a list of just 60,000 workers in need of passports, according to The ...

With the government placing tourism at the center of efforts to diversify and grow the country’s economy, a French development organization launched a project on Tuesday to encourage companies operating in the sector to comply with labor laws. ...

A report from the General Department of Taxation (GDT) released on Wednesday showed that the department collected $2.183 billion in taxes, while Prime Minister Hun Sen on the same day announced that $2.384 billion in customs and excise duties was collected during the period. GDT ...

n the ponds and rice paddies of the Cambodian countryside, trying to catch frogs can be deadly. Along Cambodia’s rivers, floodlands and lowlands live millions of venomous snakes, 10 species of which can be lethal if you disturb their slumber. Last week, a 13-year-old teenager from Kompong ...

The central bank’s efforts to foster development of an interbank lending market appears to be taking off as The demand for negotiable certificates of deposits (NCDs) increased sharply last year, with The financial tool seeing wider usage among The Kingdom’s financial institutions. ...

The University of Health Sciences (UHS) rejected allegations from staff and students yesterday that Their management is embezzling funds from The national medical exit examinations. On Tuesday, UHS staff and students accused The university of pocketing funds from The $125 exams that were held between February ...