The United States is looking forward to making sure The US-Cambodian relations grow stronger after The visit of US President Barack Obama to Cambodia in November, according to US Embassy spokesman Sean McIntosh. In a recent interview with VOA Khmer, McIntosh said Obama has decided to ...

Five years after first ratifying the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT), Cambodia remains delinquent in honouring some of its commitments under the treaty, UN representatives said yesterday. Under the OPCAT, Cambodia was obliged to create an independent National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) to ...

The Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s decision to jail an opposition senator, who is accused of posting false border maps online, an offense Prime Minister Hun Sen has likened to “treason.” ...

Following a very successful year for the Kingdom’s sericulture sector in which its foundations have been cemented, the silk centre at the Royal University of Phnom Penh is ready for expansion. ...

The Institute of Standards of Cambodia developed 63 new standards last year, bringing The total number of certifications available from The government to 868, though one industry representative said The system still needed improvement in order to facilitate exports. ...

At a ceremony to install a former military commander as governor of Preah Sihanouk province on Monday, Interior Minister Sar Kheng chided local police for allowing a Russian faction to give the tourist hub a bad name and ordered an end to illegal fishing off ...

On the heels of a year in which the deaths of endangered Irrawaddy dolphins rose – as much as 100 per cent by some estimates – the government is paving the way for greater enforcement of conservation measures along a protected stretch of the Mekong. Touch ...

Cambodia’s first dairy factory is being planned for Phnom Penh, as one of the owners, a Vietnam-based dairy company, hopes to tap strong local demand for its products. the 2.7-hectare factory, in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ), would produce condensed milk, yoghurt and UHT ...

The secretary-general of The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) called on Asean member states to work collectively towards achieving The Asean Economic Community by 2015. Sok Chenda Sophea, who chaired The 2nd Asean Investment Forum (AIF) held in Phnom Penh, said Asean members must ...

Ecotourism sites in the northeast of Cambodia last year saw visitor growth of 9.7 per cent – a total of 53,374 tourists – compared with 2011, an official said yesterday during the first Workshop on Northeast Ecotourism Development, organised by the Ministry of Tourism. Tith Chantha, ...

On May 8, 2024, Heng Sour, Minister of Labor and Vocational Training, chaired the first inter-ministerial meeting after the decision to announce the composition on February 23, 2024. ...

The Supreme Court has requested that The owner of Phnom Penh’s shuttered Renakse Hotel deposit $200,000 with The court as proof that it is able to pay compensation to The hotel’s former manager, a lawyer said yesterday. In 2008, The ruling CPP sold The French colonial-era ...

Economic growth in Cambodia is estimated to reach 6.7 percent this year, a 0.2 percent drop compared with 2011, the U.N. said in a report released on Friday, citing a modest slowdown in exports from Cambodia to the U.S. and Europe. In its Economic and Social ...

The long awaited first security listing on The Cambodian Securities Exchange became a reality on February 23 with The Security Exchange Commission of Cambodia’s “in principle” approval of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority’s (PPWSA) “disclosure document for public issuance of equity securities”. This is effectively a ...

The Ministry of Health has reissued its warning that dengue fever will be on The rise and has asked people to be vigilant and implement measures to prevent a large-scale outbreak of The disease in The community. ...

The Ministry of Health yesterday issued Standard Operating Procedures to clarify entry requirements for passengers arriving at Cambodian International Airports in The context of The ‘new normal’ during The Covid-19 pandemic. ...

All social media content creators must respect the laws and the cultural value, said Prime Minister Hun Manet at the closing ceremony of the annual meeting of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs here yesterday. ...

More than 100 unofficial lenders have flooded into the National Bank of Cambodia seeking formal registration after the authorities announced a crackdown earlier this month on unrecognised operators. In a joint declaration from the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the NBC on February 2, officials ...

A union representative in the Kandal province of Cambodia, said there had been no negotiations with management since workers struck Nov. 15 for better pay. the Phnom Penh Post reported Tuesday that the union estimates 1,000 workers are on strike, but management at the Global ...

Earnings from two of Cambodia’s banks have shown growth within the sector for the first six months of 2011. Acleda Bank and Cambodian Public Bank Plc, have had their profits rise to $21.7 million and $13.4 million respectively. the banks have grown as a result ...