Mr Hun Sen and the Prime MiniSter of Japan KiShida Fumio have agreed to make Sihanoukville a major port for Cambodia and the Mekong region. Sihanoukville iS a deep-Sea port, which will be developed into a port that will allow more large ShipS to dock, SS='cambodia-color'>...

The government continues to move to crackdown on land encroachers, with Pailin Governor Ban srey Mom took action against a group of land encroachers in the province. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kingdom’s first Ford assembly plant was inaugurated on June 16 in Pursat province amid rising demand for brand-new vehicles among Cambodians. The facility is seen as a game changer for the domestic automobile industry, which could bring a wave of investors seeking to cash ss='cambodia-color'>...

Huadian Sihanoukville Power Generation Co Ltd (HSPGC), under China&rSquo;S Huadian OverSeaS InveStment Co Ltd, on December 16 officially put online the “number-two unit” of itS 700MW coal-fired HSPGC Power Plant in Preah Sihanouk province, after a SucceSSful commiSSioning teSt, making it the largeSt power Station SS='cambodia-color'>...

Ground has been broken on a new water treatment plant in Battambang province which will serve the provincial capital. The plant, in Kampong Wat Kor commune’s seima village of the town, is co-financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Agence Francaise de Developpement- AFD ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s global corruption core has slightly improved with it receiving 24 out of 100 in the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which was released today by Transparency International (TI), placing it 150th out of the 180 countries. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Minister of Commerce (MoC) Pan sorasak on Wednesday discussed strategies to strengthen the bilateral collaboration between Cambodia and the Us as well as renew the Generalized system of Preferences (GsP) for some of Cambodia’s products with a delegation led by Jason smith, Chairman of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister-in-waiting Hun Manet is scheduled to travel to China in mid-september for the 20th China-AsEAN Expo 2023 in Nanning, the capital city of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region – in one of his first official trips seen by analysts as a significant step in ss='cambodia-color'>...

While acknowledging that the new minimum wage for factory workers falls short of their expectations, Prime Minister Hun Manet reaffirmed the government’s commitment to providing a yearly increment, however modest. This dedication, he noted, stands in contrast to certain countries that have not granted any ss='cambodia-color'>...

The SecuritieS and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) iS currently reviewing the application from CamGSM Plc, the nation&rSquo;S largeSt locally-owned mobile operator, which SeekS to iSSue debt SecuritieS (SuStainable bondS). The move aimS to Secure around $20 million for network expanSion and debt refinancing. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Two hydropower projects along southeast Asia’s most important river have had a measurable though moderate impact on water flows, sediment and fisheries, according to a press release on the preliminary findings of a report by the Mekong River Commission (MRC) released last week. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A senior agriculture official has clarified that calls to reduce the use of rosewood in furniture will not mean a total ban but rather the adoption of techniques which will contribute to the conservation of the Kingdom’s forests, as the population continues to grow. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has given the nod to EnerCam Resources Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Toronto-listed Angkor Resources Corp, for oil and gas exploration, development and production on southwestern Cambodia’s roughly 7,300sq km onshore Block VIII in the Kampong-som Basin, the parent company reported on October ss='cambodia-color'>...

Koh Kong province’s sre Ambel district administration informed the chiefs of all six communes in the district to encourage residents who have reached 15 years of age or older to apply for Cambodian National Identification cards and remind those whose ID cards are about to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Khmer National United Party (KNUP) led by former military general Nhek Bun Chhay is eyeing third place in the National Assembly (NA) after Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Candlelight Party (CP) in the upcoming 2023 National Election and will use that position to address the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two major multilateral lenders have forecast Cambodia’s economic growth for 2022 at around five per cent, buoyed by bumper export performance earlier in the year, coupled with ongoing policy support and continued tourism recovery, but held back by external pressures associated with Covid-19 and the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia views 2023 as a pivotal year for attracting more foreign tourists. After the devastating impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak, the year should considerably assist Cambodia in overcoming the crisis that has enveloped the tourism sector, which is regarded one of the four pillars on ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has kept its baseline projection for Cambodia’s economic growth this year at 5.6 percent, which was announced in late January, marking a sharp drop from the 6.6 per cent put forward in October, as the Ukraine conflict and geopolitical unrest caused regional and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia formally exported 8.6 million tonnes of agricultural products to 74 markets last year worth nearly $5 billion, up 7.8 per cent from the 7.9 million tonnes booked in 2021, as agriculture contributed 22.2 per cent of the Kingdom’s 2022 gross domestic product (GDP), according ss='cambodia-color'>...

A spokesman for the National Election Committee (NEC) said it is a crime to use provocative words or create a spectacle that prevents and discourage people from going to vote. He urged the authorities to take action to prevent all crimes and incitement that disrupt ss='cambodia-color'>...