The number of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand has risen to 190,000 thanks to The new one-stop service centers set up across The border, Cambodia’s Ministry of Labor said Wednesday. Labor Ministry spokesman Heng Suor said about 190,000 migrant workers—some with a full complement of legal ...

Forestry activists say at least 55,000 tons of luxury wood were sent from Cambodia to China this year alone. Activists from communities that live near or among some of Cambodia’s last forests told reporters Wednesday that illegal logging is ravaging their homelands, part of a “systematic” ...

Three ministries have jointly warned the public that as of Thursday, they will act against social media users and websites found spreading “fake news disturbing social security and causing chaos, confusion and a loss of trust in the upcoming [July 29 national] elections”. Fake news ...

Hang Mao was among more than 11,000 Phnom Penh public school teachers who were told two weeks ago that corruption in the classroom would no longer be tolerated. the message came from senior city officials, including Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong and municipal education director Chea ...

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are key factors in the Kingdom’s industrial sector growth, but around 95 per cent of Cambodia’s SMEs have not been properly registered, the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft said on Friday. ...

A post on a Facebook page that Prime Minister Hun Sen has denied is his own was cited Tuesday by both the Sydney Morning Herald and Australia’s national broadcaster as having officially announced the Cambodian government’s agreement to resettle asylum seekers held by Australia. Mr. Hun ...

The government will begin to pay out of pocket for severance wages for labourers at abruptly shuttered factories whose owners have fled, effectively enacting a pro-worker policy without furTher burdening private businesses – albeit at The risk of discouraging good corporate citizenship, experts say. ...

On 23 February 2021, the Ministry of Commerce released an announcement on the international investment and trade exhibition, organized by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in cooperating with the China International Chamber of Commerce which will take place from 27-29 April 2021. This fair aims to ...

On 05 October 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a press release on the update on the treatment of COVID-19 Delta patients (confirmed by the laboratory or in suspected cases) to respond to the new evolution of​ the spread of COVID-19 and to live in ...

The Energy Ministry will hold discussions with Cambodia about cooperation in electricity and The overlapping petroleum-claims area in The Gulf of Thailand during The current official visit to Phnom Penh by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn. ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will allow banks and financial institutions to continue loan restructuring until mid-2021, according to a letter sent to The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) and The Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) last week. ...

The government released a summary of The country’s industrial sector over The past five years, showing a marked increase in growth across a wide variety of indicators. The report, released by The Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts (MIH) last week, lacks specific data but shows a ...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has ordered that all taxpayers show The total amount of Their tax invoices in Cambodian riel. The change will come into effect on April 1. The GDT instruction issued on Monday indicates that tax invoices are required to show ...

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 ...

Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng has agreed to appear before lawmakers today to answer questions about ongoing minimum wage negotiations for garment workers, a controversial draft union law and other pressing labor issues, according to the opposition CNRP. ...

The government plans to extend The country’s still-limited capacity to treat ailing prisoners by building more secure rooms inside provincial hospitals. As part of The General Department of Prisons’ 2014-2018 strategic plan, The Ministry of Interior hopes to have rooms specifically designated for prisoners in each ...

The government has declared leases on plantations will be limited to 50 years, slashing The length of some existing concessions in half, though neiTher ministry responsible for overseeing The move would confirm The legal basis for doing so.The decision was announced in a press release ...

Union leader Pav Sina on Tuesday said garment factories around the country illegally fired dozens of his local representatives last year, far more than in 2013, and urged the government to help get their jobs back. Mr. Sina’s Collective Union of Movement of Workers (CUMW) is ...

The Cambodian government earned about $80 million leasing economic land concessions and forests to private companies over The last three years, according to a report from The Ministry of Economy and Finance released last week. The January report, signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, found that ...

A rice trader on Monday filed a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cabinet and three ministries alleging that officials in Kompong Cham province had wrongly fined her for an overweight truck after using improperly weighted scales. Saing Darlin had her truck impounded ...