On June 22, a team from the Phnom Penh Capital Administration began the rehabilitation of 5 drainage canals with s combined length of 1 km in sangkat stung Meanchey 3, Khan Meanchey. The rehabilitation was done with the purpose of preventing the canals from overflowing ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government, with support from development partners, on June 28 launched the National Circular Economy strategy and Action Plan, as well as an affiliated platform to engage the private sector in the Kingdom’s transition towards a circular economy. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Australian miner Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Ltd has produced 137kg dore bars with 90 per cent gold solution, in just over a month since it kicked off commercial operations of its flagship gold mine in northeastern Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province, according to Prime Minister Hun sen on ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 31 March 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training released an announcement on the provision of allowances to 9,541 workers of factories in garment and tourism sectors whose employment contracts have been suspended in line with the third round of the Royal Government’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Japan is granting more than $3.3 million to Cambodia for this year’s Human Resource Development scholarship. The Exchange of Notes and related documents on the extension of the grant aid will take place today with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Prak sokhonn and  ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is among the East Asian and Pacific (EAP) countries set to receive financial support from the World Bank to underpin a resilient post-Covid-19 economic recovery, fuelled by solid vaccination progress, the Washington-based development lender’s president told The Post. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) on Wednesday addressed the concerns expressed in a joint statement of 60 Civil society Organisations (CsOs), trade unions, associations and communities that was posted on the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (Licadho)’s website about ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian government chief spokesman Phay siphan said BRI projects here like the construction of the Phnom Penh-sihanoukville expressway, the new siem Reap international airport, the national stadium, and the sihanoukville special Economic Zone (ssEZ) among others, have provided tremendous benefits to Cambodia’s economic development during ss='cambodia-color'>...

A senior environment official called on holidaymakers to Cambodia’s pristine tropical forest tourist destinations to avoid plucking, collecting or breaking vulnerable plant species – especially the exotic carnivorous pitcher plants of the Nepenthes genus – to conserve the beauty and scenic value of nature, and ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Interior’s department of information technology called on social media users to be cautious online and maintain their vigilance against a new scam by fraudsters who claim they will provide people with a 50,000 riel in phone card from H&M if they answer ss='cambodia-color'>...

A senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation official views Cambodia’s upcoming chairmanship of the 13th Asia-Europe summit (AsEM13) as an opportunity to showcase the peaceful social order and prevailing political stability of the nation to demonstrate that the Kingdom is on the right ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen says the government has set the stage for the recovery of Cambodia’s economy and a return to a “new normal” before the end of this year, following the successful double-vaccination of more than 85 percent of the population. He said the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The central bank’s decision to stop issuing new business licences to microfinance deposit-taking institutions (MDI) and encourage mergers among existing banking and financial institutions is a viable strategy that will help strengthen the Cambodian financial sector and is in line with current economic growth trends, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand was valued at $7.97 billion last year, a 10.26 percent increase compared to a year before. Figures from Thailand’s Commerce Ministry showed that Cambodia exported $894 million worth of goods to Thailand, a year-on-year decrease of 22.10 percent. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth has pegged Cambodia’s economic growth at 5.6 per cent for 2022, reflecting national progress towards herd immunity against Covid-19, underpinned by vaccination rates that rank among the best globally and that have motivated the government to allow the ss='cambodia-color'>...

SwiSScontact, on behalf of the World Trade OrganiSation&rSquo;S (WTO) Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF), on February 8 launched a new e-trade portal project in partnerShip with two Cambodian government inStitutionS &ndaSh; the General Department of CuStomS and ExciSe (GDCE) and Cambodia PoSt. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Fifty indigenous people in Mondulkiri province on March 15 stopped the clearing of forest land in sokdom commune’s Laoka village, claiming that the site was reserved for collective land registration of the Bunong indigenous community. They said that clearing the land will result in the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia Human Rights Committee (CHRC) did not speak on the Myanmar crisis but instead focused on Asean’s Human Rights Achievement 2021 and strategic plans on the first day of the AsEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) 34th meeting being held via videoconference from yesterday ss='cambodia-color'>...

Mainboard-listed commercial bank ACLEDA Bank Plc’s net profit for the first quarter ended March 31 fell 20 per cent to $35.36 million from $44.10 million last year as a result of widening net impairment loss, interest expense, and general and administrative expenses. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has been working to build new infrastructure and upgrade the quality of the existing old tracks to high-speed rail. The government plans to build three high-speed rail lines connecting Phnom Penh to the country’s borders to promote a more diversified transportation sector, according ss='cambodia-color'>...