Cambodia on Friday released a TV spot to promote the “code of conduct” for tourists visiting the famed Angkor Wat Temple in northwestern Siem Reap province. ...

The Ministry of Labour has announced plans of a month-long research campaign into The living standards of garment and footwear factory workers prior to setting a minimum wage in 2018. ...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) of The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has issued an instruction on procedures to enable taxpayers who are owners of registered businesses to make online adjustments of Their online filing on annual tax on income (ToI E-Filing), a ...

The global economic crisis has reduced Cambodia’s latex export earnings to $273.4 million in The first eight months of 2023, according to The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ General Department of Rubber (GDR). ...

Representatives of 187 families in Kampong Chhnang province and Phnom Penh gathered at the Land Management Ministry and the Prime Minister’s cabinet office yesterday seeking help to resolve their years-long land disputes ...

A bilateral investment agreement between Cambodia and Hungary will be sent to the National Assembly floor this week after it gained approval from the Council of Ministers on Friday, according to spokesman Phay Siphan.   ...

Cambodia will need to spend about $5.4 billion on public investment over the next three years to maintain its economic growth while reducing poverty, according to a draft outline of the government’s three-year programme for public investment. ...

The Kingdom’s balance of payments (BOP) saw a 1.7 percent surplus compared with its gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020 with growth supported by The in-flow of foreign direct investments and exports, according to a report from The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). ...

The General Directorate of Rubber announced a joint study on family-owned rubber plantations in three provinces to better understand how growers have responded to The sharp drop in rubber prices over The past nine years. The average cost of rubber has fallen from around $4,600 ...

The Royal Government has decided to construct a new bridge across The Mekong River to connect Kandal province to Prey Veng and Svay Rieng provinces. ...

The Ministry of National Defence has issued a new Defence White Paper – The third such plan to have been introduced since 2000 – that details Cambodia’s policy and strategy to modernise The Kingdom’s armed forces, as it continues to dismiss rumours of Chinese military ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance on Monday sought to explain a recent hefty increase in taxes imposed on heavy transportation vehicles, saying it was prompted by a need to support infrastructure maintenance expenditures and cover The elimination of taxes on vehicles smaller than 150cc. ...

The international market for surrogacy is proving to be very resilient in The face of legal and social disruption. Now that India, Nepal and Thailand have banned international clients from using local surrogates, clinics and brokers are shifting Their business to Cambodia. ...

Aiming to boost tourism numbers in its own country, Thailand has approved a multiple-entry visa that will allow tourists to leave and re-enter the country several times during a six month period, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. ...

Cambodia’s incarceration rate has doubled in the past 10 years, according to statistics obtained from the General Department of Prisons. Department spokesman Nouth Savna said that in 2006 there were just 9,634 people behind bars; as of earlier this week, that figure had increased 125 ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng on Wednesday said there are still thousands of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand who have not received the full legitimate rights that could protect them from abuses. This, he said was despite the two countries having laid out procedures and ...

The Ministry of Education is drafting two sub-decrees on private educational institutions aimed at improving regulation of The nation’s vast body of private schools. The sub-decree on Organization and Management of Private Schools and sub-decree on Categorization of Private Schools have been sent to a range ...

The SME Bank of Cambodia has said 1,834 small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) benefitted from loans under The phase II financing scheme as of May 31 this year, which involved $221 million – about 92 percent of The total funding budget of $240 million. ...

The Ministry of Social Affairs yesterday issued a new sub-decree ordering all orphanages to get a permit, submit to inspections and limit The conditions under which children can be admitted.According to many experts, including Social Affairs Minister Vong Soth, orphanage care does more harm than ...

Countless rape victims, many of them children, have been failed by widespread flaws in Cambodia’s justice system, which have led to a “disturbingly low” number of convictions, a new study by the rights group Licadho has found.In its report, Getting Away With It: the Treatment ...