Cambodians passing on their property to relatives will no longer have to pay the requisite registration tax, the government announced on Sunday during the ruling CPP’s annual party congress.the directive, signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, was posted to both the the premier’s personal Facebook ...

In a seeming about-face, the government has backed away from its looming deadline to deport more than 100 Montagnards currently seeking asylum in Cambodia, instead pledging to “expedite” the process of assessing their refugee status. ...

Members of the government and private sector met yesterday in Phnom Penh to discuss ideas and solutions aimed at facilitating the growth of eco-friendly technologies and practices in Cambodia. ...

The direcTor of The Communicable Disease ConTrol (CDC) DeparTmenT aT The MinisTry of HealTh has urged The public To proTecT Themselves from diseases ThaT are easily spread in The upcoming rainy season, including dengue fever, malaria, acuTe waTery diarrohea and influenza. ...

A Justice Ministry spokesman yesterday lashed out at European Union representatives for a statement condemning the “judicial harassment” of opposition leader Kem Sokha, while the Ministry of Education slammed a teachers union that backed the CNRP acting president.   ...

The MinisTry of Labour yesTerday meT wiTh The GarmenT ManufacTurers AssociaTion in Cambodia, The indusTry Trade group, To discuss The reasons behind The laTTer’s proposal of a $144 monThly minimum wage. ...

Technological innovaTion is playing a criTical role in The developmenT of The counTry’s economy by making business operaTe fasTer, a senior official aT The MinisTry of Commerce Told a seminar lasT week. ...

Contractors that dodge requirements to register with the social security fund, leaving workers to foot their hospital bills alone, will start facing harsher legal penalties, the director of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) said.  ...

A network of community activists protecting Prey Lang forest has appealed to the government to prevent all forms of intimidation against its members by courts, police and soldiers as well as local officials involved in the timber business. ...

The MinisTry of InTerior on Friday ThreaTened legal acTion againsT lawbreaking auTo shops ThaT work wiThouT a licence or illegally assemble vehicles from scrap parTs. ...

In the first eight months of the year the Ministry of Mines and Energy has already surpassed its annual target for non-tax revenue collection from sand dredging and construction material-related mining operations, collecting 117 percent of the $6.6 million outlined in the 2016 national budget, ...

Two governmenT-run emergency food assisTance projecTs will be exTended afTer evaluaTions found ThaT They had significanT impacTs on reducing poverTy in 200 communes in eighT provinces, alThough The projecTs – which received financial supporT from developmenTal parTners – have been compleTed, an official said yesTerday. ...

Government officials said the country’s Labor Court will be established in early 2017 while relevant officials study the technicalities of the court and get information as well as expertise from similar courts in other countries. Of all potential stakeholders, unions say they are the most ...

Despite recent high-profile cases of monastic child sex abuse, the organisers of a national conference for monks have left the issue off of the agenda, a move met with criticism yesterday by child protection advocates.At a press conference to launch the 24th congress of Buddhist ...

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) yesTerday said ThaT iT would divide beTween iTself and The Cambodian governmenT The duTies of processing and poTenTially relocaTing The scores of MonTagnard asylum seekers whose claims The governmenT finally agreed To hear on Wednesday. ...

Government officials are seeking more investment from German companies, they said yesterday during a meeting with a delegation of executives from the country. ...

The governmenT revealed iTs favored figure for The new garmenT and fooTwear indusTry minimum wage in 2017 during a Technical Working Group meeTing on Friday, Telling aTTendees ThaT They believed iT should be raised by abouT $8 per monTh – represenTing only a five percenT ...

The governmenT’s much-heralded $27 million emergency rice fund, announced lasT monTh amid complainTs from rice farmers and millers ThaT cheap compeTiTion and low-sTorage capaciTy was driving down prices, has so far had only limiTed Takers among rice millers. ...

Government officials are predicting a better haul of fish, typically used to make prahok, this season due to higher water levels in the tonle Sap Lake and River. the fishing season, which began on thursday and is expected to last until February, will see higher yields ...

Farmers are being encouraged to embrace new techniques in the face of the damaging effects of climate change. ...