The Ministry of Commerce’s Consumer Protection and Fraud Repression Department (CPFR) seized and destroyed 97 tonnes of counterfeit, damaged or altered goods, containing banned or expired ingredients in the first six months of 2021. ...

With Phnom Penh becoming the most vaccinated city in Southeast Asia, moves are by the Ministry of Tourism and other related sub committees to formulate a workable plan within Cambodia’s tourism and investment sectors  to work towards a possible reopening of borders for fully vaccinated ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng on August 27 announced that he will use his official Facebook page as a means to keep the public updated on the progress of decentralisation and deconcentration reforms and respond to queries on the issue. ...

The Ministry of Tourism and Khmer Enterprise have reached an agreement for a project on “Enhancing Internal Tourism Movement and Promoting Tourism Activities in Communities in the context of COVID-19”. ...

Cambodia’s exports in the first eight months this year saw a decrease, official figures showed. Its exports were worth  $11.086 billion, inching down 5.3 percent compared with the same period last year, according to a study by the Ministry of Commerce. ...

Cambodian bicycle manufacturers earned more than $400 million from exports in the year to Aug 31, according to the Commerce Ministry. Shipments were 24.5 percent higher than the first eight months of 2020. If overseas demand remains strong, 12-month exports are likely to exceed last ...

Some 138,099 domestic tourists were recorded in the third weekend of October, from Oct. 15 to 17, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon pointed out this morning. ...

The Ministry of Environment on Monday has approved five small-scale eco-tourism development plans in Preah Monivong Bokor National Park. These new eco-tourism projects in Kampot province’s Prek Tnort commune will create more employment opportunities for the local population, offering sustainable livelihoods and improving the local ...

Cambodia and South Korea have signed a free trade agreement (FTA), cutting import tariffs by more than 90 percent. Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak inked the deal with South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo in a virtual ceremony yesterday. ...

The number of fatal road accidents decreased in 2021 as compared to 2020, but officials say more must be done to tackle the problem. ...

The Ministry of Tourism advised the owners or managers of karaoke, entertainment clubs, bars and beer gardens across the country to suspend business for one day, on December 8, to join the national mourning on the death of Prince Norodom Ranariddh. ...

The Ministry of Health yesterday issued Standard Operating Procedures to clarify entry requirements for passengers arriving at Cambodian International Airports in the context of the ‘new normal’ during the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

The  Ministry of Tourism has reported that  that the three days of the Global New Year holiday and weekend from December 31, 2021 to January 2, 2022 brought  2,002,298 domestic tourists out to traverse the country and take in the tourism sites of Cambodia. ...

The tourism ministry has called on business owners and service providers not to raise prices during the upcoming Khmer New Year holidays to allow tourists to enjoy the traditional holiday after two years of postponements brought upon by the Covid-19 outbreak in Cambodia. ...

Over 6,000 tourists descended on Angkor Wat on March 21 to catch the Spring equinox, where visitors and photography enthusiasts were treated to rare sights of the sun rising directly over the top of the temple. ...

The Ministry of Health has announced Monday that it will add vaccination sites  during Khmer New Year to make it easier for people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. ...

Cambodia has re-instated COVID-19 rapid testing for workers returning from Thailand, the Ministry of Health stated on March 29, a move to contain the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 variants as the traditional new year festival is nearing. ...

Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, mentioned the situation of domestic tourists on the weekend of May 28-29, 2022, a total of 274,026 tourists, comprising  259,393 local  and 14,633 foreign travellers converged on various tourism spots in the country. ...

A total of 274,026 domestic visitors toured Cambodia in the fourth weekend of May, of them 259,393 were national tourists and 14,633 were foreign tourists, according to a report of the Ministry of Tourism. ...

With a more lenient COVID-19 safety and healthy protocols, Sok Sangvar, Under Secretary of State and Representative of Dr. Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, underscored Cambodia’s recovery platform program as the country opens its door to international tourists for leisure or even for business. ...