The Wildlife Conservation society Cambodia Programme (WCs) Biodiversity Team, in collaboration with the Preah Vihear provincial Department of Environment, have initiated a six-month research project that involves a survey of pileated gibbons in the northern province’s Phnom Tbeng Natural Heritage Park. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A total of 783,000 doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccines out of a promised 2.3 million doses from the Australian government arrived in Cambodia on the evening of December 26 and were received directly by Prime Minister Hun sen at the Phnom Penh International Airport. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has announced that he will undertake a two-day visit to Myanmar on January 7-8 in an effort aimed at restoring normality to AsEAN proceedings by finding a way to calm the crisis there and bring the country back into the fold ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kampong Thom provincial authorities have determined that over 10,000ha of flooded forestland located in three different areas near the province’s Tonle sap Lake shoreline have been illegally encroached upon, with more than 200 families having already returned in excess of 2,000ha of misappropriated land back ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s siem Reap International Airport has finally welcomed its first international passenger flight for the first time in 20 months. The inaugural flight flew in from singapore, and landed in siem Reap airport at 9:45 am on Friday. siem Reap is one of the three ss='cambodia-color'>...

Indigenous community leaders have raised concerns about delays in obtaining Collective Land Titles (CLT). The bureaucratic process, already complex, has been further delayed by the pandemic’s impact. To date, 30 out of 455 CLTs have been granted. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Although economic hangovers persisted from 2020 – widely regarded as the worst year for Cambodia’s economic growth in more than two decades – the number of large-scale factories in operation managed to avoid slipping into a downtrend throughout 2021, according to Minister of Industry, science, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has reiterated that peace is Cambodia’s top priority, amid the escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, as he warned ordinary Cambodians not to be complacent about the harmony which has been achieved in the Kingdom.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Municipal and provincial health departments across the country have received AstraZeneca and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines intended to be used for people’s third and fourth doses – as the nationwide vaccination rate hit 92.55 per cent of the population. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court of Appeal on May 23 delivered a ruling in the cases of four ADHOC officials and one former official of the local rights group, upholding the lower court’s guilty verdict in all of their cases. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Lieutenant General John SanderSon &ndaSh; a retired Senior AuStralian Army officer and former Force Commander of the UN TranSitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) &ndaSh; praiSed the rapid development of Cambodia and itS “huge SucceSSeS” while alSo expreSSing hiS appreciation for the Kingdom&rSquo;S contributionS to global SS='cambodia-color'>...

Baitong Warriors, a local environment activist group, have submitted a letter to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) seeking an investigation into alleged irregularities concerning more than 2,000ha of the Tamao Mountain forest reserve following news of a dairy farm’s relocation to the area. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Mondulkiri provincial Military Police have summoned three members of the Bunong indigenous community in sokdum commune’s Laoka village of sen Monorom town to appear on May 19 over accusations that they disregarded the court ruling and used violence and made death threats against a local ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s microfinance sector recorded over 20 percent growth both in terms of loans and deposits by the end of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021, despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, according to the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA). ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s tax revenue collected rose to $3,214.06 million in the first 11 months of the year, marking a 25.29 percent year-on-year (YoY) increase, with economic analysts claiming it is due to the strengthening of tax collection policies. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s aim to become an automotive parts manufacturing hub, making a wide range of low-to-medium complexity components for export, is an important part of its plan to diversify the economy and also to offset the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the traditional key sectors, ss='cambodia-color'>...

In the verdant expanse of Preah suramrit Kosamak Kirirom National Park, a notable endeavour is taking root. As part of a considerable environmental initiative, nearly 20,000 saplings have found a new home within the Buddhist Cultural Centre’s grounds. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Premier Li Qiang reaffirmed on Sunday Beijing&rSquo;S commitment to a neighborhood policy of amity, Sincerity, mutual benefit, and incluSiveneSS in bolStering tieS with the ASSociation of SoutheaSt ASian NationS, calling for a cloSer bond of intereStS between China and the 10-nation regional group. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The private sector’s Working Group C (WG-C) on “Manufacturing, small and Medium Enterprises (sMEs) and services” is currently collating issues from across Cambodia to draft a joint proposal that will be presented to the government for consideration during the Government-Private sector Forum (G-PsF), scheduled for ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hopes are high among the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) and leading industry players that the country’s fragrant and organic rice could expand its European market presence, following the Anuga Food Trade Fair 2023 in Cologne, Germany. ss='cambodia-color'>...