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'>...

Small and Medium EnterpriSe Bank of Cambodia (SME Bank), the Kingdom&rSquo;S neweSt bank with initial capital of $100 million to provide financing for Small and medium-Sized enterpriSeS (SMES), waS officially launched on Saturday. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The names of four Kampong Chhnang villagers were sent to the provincial court on Thursday for further legal action. The villagers are accused of involvement in clearing some 3ha of wetland in Koh Tamov village, in Boribor district’s Koki commune. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has issued income tax exemptions for the textile and garment, footwear and luggage sectors that produced export goods hit by the European Union’s 20 percent Everything but Arms (EBA) tariff-free status withdrawal in February. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Japan is providing $310 million in development aid to Cambodia to help bolster the country’s economy. About $42.7 million will be delivered as aid, while the rest will be packaged into soft loans which Cambodia has to repay, but on very favourable terms. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Government officials have joined forces with Japanese experts to formulate a new plan for economic diversity in Cambodia. Foreign direct investment in Cambodian industry has largely gone to garment manufacturing during the past 10 years, putting the country at risk of economic shock in the event ss='cambodia-color'>...

A sharp increase in garment factory strikes this year has raised eyebrows among industry insiders, who say the disputes could lead to a decrease in year-on-year export growth. The Arbitration Council, which hears work-related disputes such as factory strikes, saw claims nearly double during the first ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sixteen local NGOS releaSed a joint Statement ThurSday calling on Prime MiniSter Hun Sen to publicly repudiate National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha&rSquo;S January 15 Speech in which he Said he learned Strategy from Adolf Hitler. SS='cambodia-color'>...