In another effort to cement the so-called culture of dialogue between the two major parties, Prime Minister Hun sen and opposition leader sam Rainsy brought their families together on saturday for what Rainsy billed as a “historic” meal during which they posed for selfies, while ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two of Cambodia’s leading commercial banks – locally owned Acleda Bank Plc (Acleda) and south Korean-owned Phnom Penh Commercial Bank Plc (PPCBank) – have been granted listing eligibility from the Cambodia securities Exchange (CsX). This paves the way for the banks to move forward with plans ss='cambodia-color'>...

A dolphin weighing over 200kg and 2.3m long was found dead by fishermen downstream of the Koh Pos Bridge on Wednesday morning. Officials in Preah sihanouk province’s Fisheries Administration decided to bury the carcass not far from where it was found. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Members of the indigenous Bunong tribe and civil society organisations on Wednesday filed a complaint against local authorities in Mondulkiri for illegally clearing 300ha of protected forest. The cleared land is located in O’Raing district’s Pou Les village. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Prambei Mom Forest Community in Kampong speu province’s Thpong district has raised concern over a spike in illegal hunting within the forest. Community forest chief soeun Lay said on Thursday that he and his community members patrolled the forest from January 25-27 to combat ss='cambodia-color'>...

As of 2019, Cambodia has in total 54 special Economic Zones, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia. In 2019, the exports from Cambodia’s special Economic Zones were Us$2,688 million, up 27 percent compared to 2018, continued the source. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three royal turtle nests containing 51 eggs have been found in Koh Kong province’s sre Ambel district. The discovery was made by the Wildlife Conservation society (WCs), fisheries administration officials, and conservationists from the local community. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) report has warned of the danger of extreme weather in Cambodia and a need to take action. The NCDM’s first vice-president, Kun Kim, attributed 95 deaths to 336 rainstorms which hit 22 provinces in 2019. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training yesterday vowed that it would continue to promote workers’ rights and fair working conditions for those in the garment sector amid the recommended partial withdrawal of the European Union’s Everything but arms (EBA) preferential trade scheme in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs plans to form an inter-ministerial working group soon to monitor, disseminate, educate and take action against those who spread and share pornographic pictures or videos on social media. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The draft law on transfer of convicted inmate treaty between Cambodia and Vietnam will be debated at the National Assembly’s special sitting next week, the first-ever treaty the Kingdom has with a foreign country. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 800 garment workers in Kandal’s Khsach Kandal district protested on Wednesday to demand their last wages and severance pay after the company suspended its operation due to the shortage of raw material.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

The first phase of the $380 million HFO power plant in Kandal province’s Lvea Em district will begin operations in April and produce 100MW of electricity, said the Ministry of Mines and Energy. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has announced they have prepared an emergency reserve fund of between $800million and $2billion to aid the Kingdom’s economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The World Bank has warned that the significant growth recorded in the construction and real-estate sector, considered one of the country’s economic pillars, could ultimately affect overall growth due to a trinity of unanticipated and now negative factors. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Embassy of sweden yesterday inked an agreement with Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law to strengthen human rights education in the Kingdom’s academic institutions.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has ordered his officials to intervene in helping four Cambodian river cruise vessels which are stuck at Vietnam’s water border as its authorities denied their docking due to fear of a COVID-19 outbreak. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday shut down the border with Vietnam amid COVID-19 fears. “We will be closing down the border [today],” Mr Hun sen said. “This is not a response to Vietnam’s closure of its border with us.” ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia​ and​ Vietnam​ have​ agreed​ to​ allow​ cargo​ trailers​ to​ enter​ the​ common​ Bavet-Moc​ Bai​ border,​ located​ in​ Cambodia’​ svay​ Rieng​ province​ (Bavet)​ and​ Vietnam’s​ Tay​ Ninh​ province​ (Moc​ Bai)​ after​ movement​ restrictions​ were​ enforced​ to​ prevent​ a​ Covid-19​ outbreak.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...