ANZ Royal Bank posted an $8.1 million profit for 2010 according to the bank’s annual report. A profit of $24.3 million was reported by Acleda. Trade and national payments were shows to have generated substantial earnings for the bank according to the report. ...

A youth group headed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s youngest son has been chosen as the local winner of the Asean People’s Award, which will be given to one recipient from each Asean nation at the regional bloc’s annual summit in Kuala Lumpur later this ...

Leading economists have warned that income inequality is the defining global challenge of the 21st century. In Cambodia, a country where many live in poverty while ever-increasing numbers of luxury cars ply the streets, that challenge is particularly acute. Some 41 percent of the population ...

Cambodia’s government and civil society yesterday expressed worry over the lack of progress on finalising the draft text for an international climate change treaty set to be adopted at UN climate talks in Paris (COP 21) after the final round of negotiations concluded in Bonn, ...

Cambodian officials say the country’s economic growth rate is set to exceed seven percent this year. According to financial analysts even if the global economy slows, Cambodia is well prepared to deal with it, partly because of strong foreign investment. But the billions of dollars ...

An absence of public transport, improved roads and the economic development of Cambodia’s rural areas was reflected in an increase in vehicle registrations by 7.7 per cent from 2011 to 2012, official data shows. However, as an insider said yesterday, many cars and motorcycles will ...

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs is spearheading calls for a pregnant woman rushed out of this year’s national exam after going into labour to be allowed to re-sit The test amid strict reforms, which include no second chances for those who “fail”.Twenty-five-year-old Pich Sam Ath ...

The number of traffic accidents over Lunar New Year has decreased since last year due to more widespread knowledge of The upcoming traffic law, government officials and road safety experts say. ...

The Information Ministry will use a new form of media pass for journalists working in Cambodia by The end of January in order to easily manage and collect data from journalists. ...

Due to the expansion of economic and business activities between Cambodia and China, since early August the Bank of China has been negotiation with National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on the promotion of business transactions in Chinese yuan. It is part of a larger but quiet ...

A coalition of government ministries, the United Nations and international non-governmental organizations launched a new campaign yesterday to combat violence against women.​ ...

Commercial lenders have said the central bank’s requirement that banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs) increase the share of local currency in their loan portfolio to at least 10 percent by the end of 2019 could prove challenging to implement as their biggest clients exhibit a ...

The Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology, Thor Chetha, on January 19, presided over The handover ceremony of “Mavic 3E Drone and Bathymetric” with The help of Chinese company Guang Dong and closing training courses on use for measurement and service to The water resources ...

A campaign organised by Cambodians has led the country’s first vice-president of the National Assembly to urge Australia to back down from its bid to resettle refugees there. Kem Sokha said in a letter to the Australian Ambassador to Cambodia, Alison Burrows, that the deal to ...

Phnom Penh capital was crowned No. 1 as the most popular tourism destination in the third weekend of September, receiving 69,404 or 23 percent of the registered visitors in the period, said the Ministry of Tourism in a report released yesterday. ...

Better laws and enforcement that require motorbike riders and children to wear helmets could save more than 500 lives and $100 million over the next six years, a new study says. the study, undertaken by the Asian Injury Prevention Foundation, says a new law now ...

Forty NGOs from around the world have called on the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague to begin preliminary examinations into claims that Cambodia’s “ruling elite” were accused of committing crimes against humanity. On October 7, British lawyer Richard Rogers submitted ...

The Kingdom exported 9,379.29 tons of sesame last year, according to a report from The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, with Vietnam buying The lion’s share. ...

The Council of Ministers has approved a draft budget for 2023 of 39,206,205 million riels, or $9.6 billion, a 13 percent increase on 2022. ...

Phnom Penh Governor Khuong Sreng confirmed that the Capital Administration will not allow any educational institution that does not properly comply with the Code of Conduct in reopening of schools in the context of Covid-19 of the Ministry of Education, while public and private schools ...