While celebrating this year’s World Teachers’ Day on October 5, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) offered its gratitude and sincere thanks to all teachers in Cambodia and beyond for their efforts in enhancing the quality of education for all students. ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) is continuing to accept small denomination US banknotes ($1, $2 and $5) “free of charge” from financial institutions, despite the August 31 deadline it had set out in May. ...

Over one tonne of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and remnants of war were cleared from a sunken warship in the Mekong River in Kampong Cham province on Sunday, increasing the total amount recovered to more than six tonnes since its discovery on November 5, 2020.  ...

An estimated 1.2 million factory workers have been affected by the government’s lockdown of Phnom Penh and adjacent Takmao town in Kandal province, which will now be extended to May 5, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training spokesperson Heng Sour. ...

To celebrate today’s 19th National Fish Day, Minister of Agriculture Veng Sakhon has called on all fisherman to implement the seven recommendations of Prime Minister Hun Sen to protect and conserve fishery resources. ...

Residents in Oddar Meanchey province can earn extra income from trading non-timber forest products sourced in the Sorng Rukhavorn Wildlife Sanctuary in Samrong town. Mushrooms in particular are a lucrative product selling from 15,000 to 20,000 riel ($3.70 to $5) per kilogramme. ...

The Kep Provincial Administration, through the General Department of Prisons (GDP), has requested that 5ha of land be designated as state private property to be used for the construction of a new provincial prison in Andong Sar village of Damnak Changaur district’s Poang Teuk commune. ...

With the October 5-7 Pchum Ben public holiday finished, all public and private institutions have begun testing staff and officials for COVID-19 in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training to prevent large-scale transmission of COVID-19. ...

Kandal province closed the vaccination campaign for people aged 18 and over on September 8, making it the first province to end the programme, with nearly 100 per cent of the targeted population vaccinated and about 1.5 per cent remaining unvaccinated. ...

Cheam Yeab – a National Assembly (NA) member for Prey Veng province and chairman of the NA’s Economics, Finance, Banking and Auditing Commission – was selected by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) to be the NA’s first vice-president, replacing Nguon Nhel who passed away ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) announced that it received 51,950 candidacy applications from 16 political parties for the fifth mandate commune council elections scheduled for June 5 – on just the first day of the March 4-6 registration period. ...

Cambodia exported a total of 64,660 tonnes of soybeans and mung beans in the first four months of this year, roughly doubling from the same period in 2021, with more than 96.5 per cent bought by Vietnam, according to the agriculture ministry. ...

After a two-year Covid-19 hiatus, Prime Minister Hun Sen on June 13 announced a pay raise for more than 360,000 civil servants effective in 2023, with health and education officials receiving the highest raise and now earning a base salary of 1.5 million riel ($375). ...

The number of water connections in government buildings has risen by 12.54% to 878 in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period of last year, while the profit of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) has fallen slightly by 1.56% to ...

The Candlelight Party has decided to adopt a seven-point policy plan in the run-up to the June 5 commune council elections. The decision came at the May 15 extraordinary congress of the party in Khmuonh commune’s Anlong Kgan village of the capital’s Sen Sok district. ...

National Election Committee (NEC) on the morning of August 5 announced the official July 23 parliamentary election results, confirming that the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) received 120 out of the 125 available seats in parliament. ...

Cambodia collected 11,497.98 billion riels (approximately $2.79 billion) from all sources of taxes in the first half of 2023, which is equivalent to 49.1 percent of the target ($5,692 million) for the year, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s report. ...

Some 29,311 companies with a total capital of $8.6 billion have successfully registered their businesses through the Online Business Registration System (OBRS) via IT Platform phase 1, compared to $5.8 billion capital and 20,693 firms on January 2, 2023. ...

Some 29,311 companies with a total capital of $8.6 billion have successfully registered their businesses through the Online Business Registration System (OBRS) via IT Platform phase 1, compared to $5.8 billion capital and 20,693 firms on January 2, 2023. ...