Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) has provided Cambodia with a sovereign loan of 118 million euros ($121 million) for two projects – one to build the Bakheng water treatment plant and another to develop competitive skills. Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Porn Moniroth who ss='cambodia-color'>...

Exports of Cambodian mangoes to south Korea will begin this week after Korean authorities gave the nod. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ Department of Plant Protection, sanitary and Phytosanitary Requirements director Ker Monthivuth told The Post on sunday that after several inspections of ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 50 people involved in land disputes in Tbong Khmum and svay Rieng provinces gathered on Wednesday to submit a petition at the ministries of Justice; Interior; and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, requesting a solution. Khiev sarun, a representative from svay Rieng province, told ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on Monday announced the approval of four investment projects worth some $17.2 million. These are set to create 1,490 jobs. sun Awesome Garment Co Ltd is to establish a garment and laundry facility in Kampong Cham’s Prey ss='cambodia-color'>...

NGO Wildlife Alliance, in cooperation with Forestry Administration officials and local authorities, on Friday rescued 526 wild animals from a store in Kampong Thom province. The shop, located in stung sen town’s srayov commune, intended to sell the animals against Cambodian law. The rescued animals ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Health has instructed medical professionals to improve their abilities and abide by their code of ethics to stymie ongoing complaints, specifically being rude to patients. The ministry’s central committee issued the order on Tuesday during its annual review and outlook meeting in ss='cambodia-color'>...

Lack of trust from investors has so far limited the growth potential of the growing number of Cambodian technology startups. Five-year old Khmerload, a Cambodian entertainment news website modeled after the American media giant Buzzfeed, has become one of the country’s first local tech startups ss='cambodia-color'>...

Assemblyman Bill Nojay, R-Pittsford, is wanted for questioning in southern Asia as part of an investigation into a $1 million fraud complaint, theCambodian press reported this week. In a July 7 letter, a local Cambodian prosecutor summoned Nojay and three others to appear for questioning in ss='cambodia-color'>...

Outspoken female MP takes battle to Hun sen’s ruling party as Cambodia goes to the polls. she is brave, eloquent and defiant in a country where government critics have been detained, imprisoned and sometimes killed for speaking out. Now Mu sochua, Cambodia‘s leading female opposition MP, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hotel and casino owners in sihanoukville claim they have suffered immense losses and risk bankruptcy after Chinese investors, workers and tourists left the coastal city en masse following last month’s police arrest and extradition of 168 Chinese nationals accused of operating a transnational telecom extortion ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Interior yesterday warned human rights groups that they are being closely watched for alleged bias towards the opposition CNRP, in a startling move targeting some of the country’s most prominent local NGOs. Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman Khieu sopheak confirmed yesterday that ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Electricity Authority of Cambodia (EAC) said the Kingdom will not face a power shortage during this year’s dry season, as demand for electricity had declined due to the Covid-19 pandemic. EAC CEO Teng sokomal said during a recent seminar that there is no significant increase ss='cambodia-color'>...

KE, which is part of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, has teamed up with the Cambodia-Australia Agricultural Value Chain programme (CAVAC), devoted to improving the resilience and competitiveness of Cambodia’s agriculture sector. They are  providing funding assistance to qualifying agro-processing small and medium enterprises ss='cambodia-color'>...

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned that snaring of animals has become a crisis that poses a serious risk to wildlife in southeast Asia and could spawn the transmission of zoonotic diseases to humans. Its July 9 report entitled silence of the snares: southeast Asia’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

The exponential growth of infected people related to the February 20 Community Incident is a call for rigorous at-scale physical-distancing measures and strict compliance to the Ministry of Health’s standard Operating Procedures of wearing a facemask, washing hands frequently and seeking medical help if showing ss='cambodia-color'>...

Initial construction of a nearly $30 million tourism infrastructure project on Preah sihanouk province’s Koh Preus Island is “about 70 per cent complete”, according to an official with the developer. Heng Thou, construction site manager of Angela Real Estate Co Ltd (ARE), told The Post that ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Environment say sam Al thanked and praised forest rangers on Tuesday for protecting natural resources and in turn aiding the sale of carbon credits. sam Al was visiting rangers atop Mrech Kangkeb Mountain in Koh Kong province’s Thma Bang district when he made ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia Hotel Association (CHA) has distributed $150 million financial aid from the government to revive the country’s tourism sector hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, a senior official said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 800 white-shouldered ibis, one of the world’s rarest and “critically endangered” bird species, have been found in Cambodia, accounting for 80 per cent of their total global population of 1,000. To protect its population, the Ministry of Environment and its conservation partners are continuing ss='cambodia-color'>...

Take up of COVID-19 vaccination drive’s 5th dose regime still leaves much to be desired off. ss='cambodia-color'>...