Cambodia approved $1.2 billion in investments from China in the first six months of the year, a 104 percent increase in the amount of Chinese money set to flood into the economy compared to the same period last year, the Cambodian Investment Board said. The ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment told a Japanese oil company yesterday to better define the location of its initial onshore operations given the potential impact on the local population and environment. The Ministry of Environment has required Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation to specify where ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has granted more than 7 million hectares of land to private companies through concessions since 2008, with 222 private companies claiming more than 2 million hectares alone in economic land concessions, rights group Adhoc said yesterday. Ouch Leng, head of Adhoc’s land program, said ss='cambodia-color'>...

Forestry officials and police in siem Reap province’s Banteay srei district seized a car transporting more than 100 pieces of illegally logged rosewood on Wednesday night, the 10th haul of the luxury wood in the province since January, according to a court official. Despite the efforts ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Legal Education Center (CLEC) is “extremely concerned” after an investigation following a mass fainting last month at Nanguo garment factory in Preah sihanouk province last month found that at least one to two workers are fainting daily in eight factories in the province. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kampong Thom province About 500 frustrated villagers, citing the authorities’ inaction as their motivation, rode some 250 motorbikes into Prey Lang forest over the weekend in yet another effort to combat illegal logging they say is decimating the area. The villagers from four provinces surrounding Prey Lang ss='cambodia-color'>...

Housing rights groups yesterday criticized resettlement packages paid out by the government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) to people displaced by the rehabilitation of Cambodia’s railways, saying the packages do not account for growing inflation. A joint statement issued yesterday by Housing Rights Task Force, ss='cambodia-color'>...

One man was killed and one injured in two separate shooting incidents that took place last week at the borders with Thailand and Laos, officials said yesterday. In both cases, the Cambodians are believed to have been shot while illegally logging highly coveted luxury rosewood in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Interior Ministry yesterday defended Prime Minister Hun sen’s nephew, Hun To, following explosive allegations by an Australian newspaper, The Age, which alleged that Australian police had suspected Mr. To of involvement in a drug smuggling and money laundering syndicate. An official from the Cambodian conglomerate ss='cambodia-color'>...

Even with an improved domestic job market, many Cambodian workers are seeking jobs overseas, despite the risks. This is mainly due to the government’s failure to get the word out, Moeun Tola, a labor advocate at the Community Legal Education Center, told “Hello VOA” Thursday. “We see ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “sDG 12 Responsible consumption and production”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN sustainable Development Goals (sDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic pages on sDG 12, you ss='cambodia-color'>...

Preah Sihanouk provincial authoritieS provided plotS of land to 45 familieS on Saturday after they agreed to move off a roadSide in Sihanoukville&rSquo;S Buon commune.&nbSp;Provincial Governor Kuoch Chamroeun Said on Saturday during a land diStribution ceremony that the 45 familieS Squatted and lived on a SS='cambodia-color'>...

 Fourteen families in Oddar Meanchey province’s O’smach commune on Friday sent a letter to Chea sophara, Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, asking him to intervene in their land dispute with military officials. The families accused border military commander Pok sophal and three ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “sDG 11 sustainable cities and communities”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN sustainable Development Goals (sDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic pages on sDG 11, you ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s economy has seen an influx of business investors from China, which has driven demand for housing and hospitality services in the southeast Asian nation. Two million Chinese visited the country last year, an increase of around 67 per cent from 2017. They represented the ss='cambodia-color'>...

wo NGOs focused on Cambodian road safety have sent a letter to Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron on Wednesday requesting that road safety be included in students’ learning objectives ahead of the beginning of the new school year on Friday. In their letter, the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Around 50 metres of riverbank on saturday collapsed in Kampong Cham province’s Kampong Cham city and has affected a commune administration hall building. Provincial Governor Un Chanda, who inspected the collapse site in Veal Vong commune, on saturday said he had ordered officials to tackle ss='cambodia-color'>...

Short-SightedneSS, weak adherence to the law and poor working conditionS in Cambodia&rSquo;S garment Sector are creating a fertile field for StrikeS to prevail over negotiationS, a recent Study releaSed by the Arbitration Council Foundation, an independent labour mediator, haS found.According to the Study, incidentS of SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodia Rice Bank (CRB) will intervene to prevent the price of fragrant rice from falling further by offering to buy the staple grain directly from farmers at the market price of 840 riel (21 cents) a kilogram. The CRB also called on farmers to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government will not increase the rate for income tax and other taxes for the next two years, but will instead concentrate on expanding the base for tax collection, taking into account that there are still many individuals and businesses that do not pay tax ss='cambodia-color'>...