With the long-ruling CPP sworn in to govern for another five years despite the opposition CNRP abstaining from sitting in the National Assembly due to election irregularities, a new report argues that imminent threats to Cam­bodia’s future development can only be overcome with significant government ...

The current volatility of oil prices on The global market is bringing cuts in prices at Cambodia’s five main petroleum retailers. However, some observers say The current fall in prices is too limited. Data from The Ministry of Commerce showed that super oil retailed at 5,200 ...

Amid a hail of 20,000 bullets, the thud of eight helicopters, a hostage rescue demonstration and choreographed martial arts performances, the joint Chinese-Cambodian Golden Dragon military exercises concluded yesterday as officials from both sides praised the expanding relationship between the two countries. ...

“The shortage of trained teachers at all levels of education but particularly at The primary level is The single most important constraint on narrowing The country’s skill gap”, argues a Working Paper entitled “Cambodia’s Skill Gap: An Anatomy of Issues and Policy Options”, published by ...

Unions representing garment workers have pledged to reignite protests if the minimum wage for the industry is raised to only $115 next year, a sum they say was offered by the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia during a meeting on Friday. the Labour Advisory Committee (LAC) ...

A recruitment company has offered to help find employment in Thailand for a group of migrant workers who have accused another firm of cheating them out of hundreds of dollars each and leaving them at the Thai border last week, the company’s director said Wednesday. ...

Private-sector representatives today are to conclude a two-day consultation forum with the government over the controversial new draft telecommunications law. the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications’ (MPT) yet-to-be-approved draft law includes provisions that grant the ministry judicial powers to indict telecom service-related operators and even everyday ...

The Ministry of Tourism has introduced six points to The Capital-Provincial Department of Tourism to improve The quality of tourism products on The occasion of The traditional Pchum Ben festival on October 13-14-15, 2023. ...

The Cambodian government said Monday that a law on access to information will be adopted in three years. Cambodia has spent more than a decade working on this draft law. The formation of a new government in July committed to reforming all The government’s bodies ...

Cambodia Tourism Marketing and Promotion Board, a joint institution between the government and the private sector, is studying a new strategy to attract more foreign visitors to the Kingdom, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said. ...

Cambodia collected 11,497.98 billion riels (approximately $2.79 billion) from all sources of taxes in the first half of 2023, which is equivalent to 49.1 percent of the target ($5,692 million) for the year, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s report. ...

The government needs to urgently amend its industrial development policy to spur The inclusive growth of small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and develop a national logistics platform to cut onerous shipping costs if Cambodia is to find a place in global value chains, panellists at ...

On 24 August 2022, the Ministry of Education Youth and Sports has posted an announcement on the delay of the higher secondary diploma examination on its social media site. According to the announcement, the proposed date for the upcoming higher secondary diploma examination was on 14 ...

The Ministry of Information has set a short- and long-term strategic plan for The development of The information and audio-visual sector over The next five years to contribute to The government’s reform on The information and audio-visual sector. ...

Cambodia’s acting Prime Minister while Mr. Hun Sen is out of the country for the US-ASEAN summit, Interior Minister Sar Kheng, acknowledged that there are “gaps” in the implementation of democracy in Cambodia during a speech to the National Police Academy on Tuesday, but warned ...

Media outlets in Cambodia have came under increasing threat over the past year, according to a new report by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), though the Ministry of Information, responding to a similar recent report, has insisted freedom of expression and the press is ...

The Ministry of Interior has officially registered a newly created “Kem Ley Foundation Association” after months of processing The application. Chhim Kan, director of The Interior Ministry’s Department of Associations and Political Parties, yesterday confirmed The association’s registration had been successful. ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has announced The enforcement of regulations on capital buffer and on credit risk for capital adequacy ratios (CAR) for banks and deposit-taking microfinance institutions (MFIs). These measures aim to bolster The management of diverse risks, it said. ...

The NGO Open Institute has launched a new online service that aims to help Cambodian unskilled labourers find jobs within The country as part of an effort to discourage worker migration in hopes of reducing human trafficking. ...

The Union of Journalist Federations of Cambodia has urged local unions and media associations to collaborate and conduct a joint evaluation of The Kingdom’s media freedom. UJFC president Huy Vannak, who was re-elected to his position during its congress on Saturday, said all local unions and ...