On 05 April 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of a 42-year-old Chinese man who died from COVID-19 at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital. Notably, this is the 21st case of death and this man lived in Veal Vong commune, 7 Makara ...

The tourism sector has complained about The attempted extortion and bribery by officials at The international border checkpoints that still upset tourists coming into Cambodia. The issue was raised yesterday during a meeting of The Interministerial Committee for Facilitating The Travel and Transport of Tourists and ...

Forty-eight Cambodians will graduate today from what is being heralded as the Kingdom’s first speech-therapy training program. the graduates have been trained to fill a void in speech- and language-therapy services for an estimated 536,000 people in Cambodia affected by communication and swallowing disorders, according to ...

On 21 June 2023, General Department of Taxation has posted a press release on the meeting on the provision of tax services to car-purchasing enterprises to promote tax registration and fulfillment of tax obligations on their official social media site. According to the press release, this ...

The government has announced plans to upgrade a sub-decree on torture prevention to The status of royal decree in order to comply with its international obligations, but observers said yesterday that The proposed changes will do little to bolster The body’s impartiality.The decision was confirmed ...

On 12 March 2021, the Ministry of Tourism released an announcement on the requirement to apply for new or renew tourism licenses via online to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in the community. ...

Soramitsu, a Japanese company riding the wave of blockchain-based products supporting digital payments, has landed several deals with central banks. ...

At the invitation of Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of Lao PDR, Suanesavanh Vignaket, Sok Soken, Cambodian Minister of Tourism, led a delegation to attend the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2024, the 27th ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting and related meetings from 23rd – 27th January ...

The Minister of Industry and Handicraft will hold a meeting with The Kingdom’s salt community in Kep and Kampot provinces next week to discuss The industry’s challenges, ministry spokesman Oum Sotha said. The meeting comes after The Kingdom’s sole salt industry community, Salt Producers Community ...

On 13 March 2017, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) issued a press release on the setting of interest rate cap of 18 percent per annum for microfinance institutions, deposit-taking MFIs and licensed rural credit institutions to help the poor, curb over-indebtedness and reduce poverty, ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the Ministry of Information to accelerate the drafting of a long-awaited freedom of information law that could see more transparency in the Kingdom’s government. According to a press release issued by the Council of Ministers after a cabinet meeting ...

PM will lead a high delegation to attend the “11th ASEM Summit” to be held from 15 to 16 July 2016, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, under the theme “20 years of ASEM: Partnership for the Future through Connectivity”, the 11th ASEM Summit is expected to discuss ...

Cambodia has recorded a growth rate of 10 percent since the last 10 years, and the time is right for the Indian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to look at Cambodia as its key partner for accessing the ASEAN marke [sic], Ambassador of India in ...

$500-million loan from New Delhi to help build 3,200km highway through Myanmar and linking to Thailand The trilateral highway project will allow freight and container trucks to move across The borders from India to Myanmar and Thailand via Chiang Rai and border towns. It will play ...

On 2 July 2024, the Ministry of Planning issued a press release on the change of national accounting year from 2000-2014 on their official social media site.According to the press, the Ministry of Planning, in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy and Finance, organized a ...

On 26 January 2021, the National Committee for General Population Census of Cambodia organized a launching ceremony on National Report on the Final Result of the General Population Census of Cambodia 2019 at the Sofitel Phnom Penh Pukitra Hotel. Taking this opportunity National Institute of ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen will allow the ministries of Interior and Justice, and relevant institutions to convene with the aim of solving the problem of prison overcrowding. Interior Minister Sar Kheng requested the meeting due to the rapid increase in convicted felons, according to Chin ...

Hun manet, the son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, rose to the rank of Commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) – the second most powerful position in the Kingdom’s military – on Thursday after a royal decree. ...

In the wake of a speech by Prime Minister Hun Sen denouncing civil society’s criticism of the way that three judiciary laws sailed through the Council of Ministers without outside input or transparency, NGOs released an open letter yesterday calling for the Kingdom’s renewed commitment ...

Cambodia’s Defence Minister Tea Banh insists neither Cambodian armed men nor soldiers had entered Thailand to carry out violence in Thailand during the political crisis. Defence Ministry spokesman Phapathip Sawangsaeng yesterday said Gen Tea Banh made his remark during a meeting with caretaker Defence Minister Yuthasak ...