Crop-friendly weather is set to underpin growth in Cambodia’s output of crude palm oil beyond prior estimates, industry insiders have said. The oil palm, also known by its botanical name Elaeis guineensis, is a tropical plant cultivar which is said to have originated in the ancient ss='cambodia-color'>...

A proposed 150MW hydropower project on the upper reaches of the Tatai river in Koh Kong province’s northern Thma Bang district is looking more likely to happen, as the government strives to promote investment in the electricity sector and increase supply. Provincial deputy governor sok ss='cambodia-color'>...

SHE InveStmentS, a Social enterpriSe to Support women micro-Small entrepreneurS (MSMES) iS joining aS a Cambodian partner for Youth BuSineSS International&rSquo;S Rapid ReSponSe Recovery Programme, funded by Google.org, to Support women entrepreneurS to build digital literacy SkillS to enable them to recover and rebuild from SS='cambodia-color'>...

In a first for the Cambodia securities Exchange (CsX), a listed bond were traded on the secondary market on November 24, data from the bourse show. As a result, south Korea-owned Phnom Penh Commercial Bank Plc’s (PPCBank) first bond offering (PPCB23A) on the CsX saw ss='cambodia-color'>...

A closer look at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global status Report on Road safety 2015 has revealed some rather disturbing information – Malaysia is amongst the lowest-ranked nations in south East Asia (sEA) when it comes to seat belt law enforcement and awareness on ss='cambodia-color'>...

Royal Group Koh Rong Development Company and Sinohydro Corporation Limited reached a $35 million deal on TueSday to build a 70km road on Koh Rong ISland. The road will be 8m wide and iS expected to take 16 monthS to complete, according to the plan SS='cambodia-color'>...

A feasibility study on waste-to-energy plant has been proposed to be conducted in siem Reap province, aiming to convert waste to energy and keep the city clean. Proposed by China’s MIZUDA firm, the 12-megawatt waste-to-energy plant needs at least 210,000 tonnes of waste a year ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Permanent Mission of Cambodia in Geneva has hit back at three United Nations human rights experts, who expressed alarm over what they called the ‘naming and shaming’ of COVID victims. The Mission said that Cambodia’s response to the coronavirus aims to “ensure that precious ss='cambodia-color'>...

COVID-19 has affected the Kingdom’s automotive industry severely, with trade dropping nearly 40 percent compared with the previous year. According to the latest import and export statistics for the first nine months of this year, the volume of automobiles and motorcycles exported dropped by 34.1 ss='cambodia-color'>...

At least 92 per cent of the Kingdom’s agricultural input suppliers use digital payments in their businesses while 45 per cent use e-commerce, a new study found. The research, entitled “Digital Challenges and Opportunities of Agricultural Input suppliers in Cambodia”, was compiled by the Centre ss='cambodia-color'>...

The part in relation to Cambodia under the ASEAN-Hong Kong free trade agreement (FTA) and InveStment Agreement (IA) iS Set to take effect on February 12, according to Hong Kong&rSquo;S Trade and InduStry Department. The Kingdom will be laSt country in which the two agreementS SS='cambodia-color'>...

Around 230 families from three villages in Romtom commune of Preah Vihear province’s Rovieng district said they are worried about the continued encroachment on their farmland by three companies which have licences for gold mining and agricultural in the area. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is focusing mainly on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to meet the country’s goal of reducing its emissions by 21 million tonnes per year in order to combat climate change, according to Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Five new factories worth $20.5 million have been approved to be established this month, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). The CDC’s investment committee issued a registration certificate to the companies operating the factories on April 13. About 3,700 jobs are ss='cambodia-color'>...

A herd of gaurs with calves was spotted by an infrared-triggered camera trap at one of the Kingdom’s many wildlife sanctuaries, raising hopes among local and international biodiversity conservationists that the species can be saved from extinction, according to the Ministry of Environment on July ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen said there was a strong possibility that he would travel to Myanmar to meet with Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the ruling state Administration Council (sAC), in Naypyidaw to find a solution to the country’s ongoing crisis so that it could ss='cambodia-color'>...

Agriculture minister Veng sakhon and Asian Development Bank (ADB) executive director Anthony McDonald on May 27 discussed the needs of some development projects in the agricultural sector in which the Metro Manila-based multilateral lender could potentially provide financial support, according to a post on sakhon’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Education, Youth and sports Hang Chuon Naron said the ministry’s long-term goal is to establish at least one technical high school in each province and require each young person to have acquired at least one professional skill. There are currently 18 technical educational ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Environment in collaboration with the Kampot Provincial Administration, Fisheries Administration and the British Chevening Alumni Association of Cambodia (BCAAC) – with the support of the British embassy in Phnom Penh and Prudential (Cambodia) Life Insurance Plc – on April 30 planted 1,000 ss='cambodia-color'>...

The construction of Cambodia’s new international airport has been on track on its construction progress, according to government officials and will soon be 50 percent completed. state secretariat of Civil Aviation (ssCA) spokesman and undersecretary of state sin Chansereyvutha spoke to local news and gave ss='cambodia-color'>...