The Pursat Provincial Administration said 58 of 164 houses for Cambodian veterans have been built on social land concessions in Prangil commune’s Say village in Phnom Kravanh district. The homes are ready for veterans and their families to move in. ...

Over 100 Pompadour green pigeons have been seized from wildlife traffickers and released back into the wild by Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary rangers and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS Cambodia) after they were poached in the sanctuary in Sre Chhouk commune in Mondulkiri province’s Keo ...

Cambodia’s economy is forecast to grow 4.0 per cent this year and 5.5 per cent in 2022, as economic recoveries in major trading partners boosts demand for the Kingdom’s exports, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on April 28. ...

The first annual Mekong-U.S. Partnership Senior Meeting was held on June 29. The meeting’s main focus was the progress of a secure, prosperous, and open Mekong sub-region, among other things. ...

Cambodia exported more than 22,580.68 tonnes of peppercorn – both geographical indication- (GI) branded Kampot pepper and non-GI cultivars – in the first seven months of 2021, up 558.19 per cent year-on-year, with Vietnam as the top buyer, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry ...

Cambodia is preparing the draft of the Phnom Penh Statement on the Post-Covid-19 Socio-Economic Recovery for adoption by the leaders of the Asia and Europe during the 13th ASEM Summit hosted by Cambodia in November, Foreign Affairs Ministry Secretary of State Luy David said. ...

Since November 2020, the Ministry of Environment has implemented a policy of providing more livestock to people living in protected areas to help increase income and boost the livelihoods of families living in these areas with an aim to reduce committing forest crime, hunting, logging ...

The Cambodian Pepper and Spices Federation (CPSF) has been connecting with 25 local exporters to explore and foster new avenues to delve into the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) markets, a whole world of diverse cuisines that are rich in spices and rely heavily ...

At a round table conference yesterday on the theme “Cambodia between the great powers of China and the United States”, Royal Academy of Cambodia president Sok Touch said that Cambodia needs to be flexible between China and the US by remembering that “a good friend ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 70 projects with a total capital investment of $2.428 billion in the first half of this year. This is according to calculations by The Post based on CDC statements issued via social media throughout the January-June ...

Despite a ban on visiting Phnom Chambap mountain in Takeo province’s Bati district due to the danger of contaminated water and to prevent the spread of Covid-19, people still stubbornly visit the place, and the authorities have started issuing fines of $250 per person.​ ...

Young people living in Cambodia are among those most at risk of the impacts of climate change, threatening their health, education, and protection, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Cambodia said in a press statement on Sunday. ...

A wildlife research team from the Ministry of Environment and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Cambodia) confirmed that they spotted eight Siamese crocodile hatchlings (Crocodylus siamensis) on September 9 in Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary of Mondulkiri province. Siamese crocodiles are a critically endangered species. ...

The Ministry of Commerce plans to integrate state-owned Cambodia Post’s transportation system into CambodiaTrade.com, looking to make the distribution and delivery process easier, faster and safer for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and consumers that buy merchandise on the e-marketplace. ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has told factories and companies to give paid holiday for workers and staff on October 5-7 for Pchum Ben, and that those who voluntarily work during the three days are entitled to additional pay, as per the labour ...

Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Cambodia announced that it had recently found two breeding colonies of lesser adjutants – one containing five nests and the other two – in the north of Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Mondulkiri province, as the September-November nesting season rolls on. ...

The National Bank of Cambodia held five currency auctions from September 2-21 and sold $130 million on the foreign exchange (forex) market, meant to stabilise the riel’s fluctuations against the greenback, shore up economic activity during the ongoing health crisis and power a faster economic ...

The Cambodia Pepper and Spices Federation (CPSF) in collaboration with USAID-funded Feed the Future Cambodia Harvest II “Harvest II” launched on Monday the “Virtual Export Mission to the Middle East and North Africa”, a new digital export programme aiming to provide significant assistance and expertise ...

About 1,000 Bunong ethnic minority families in Mondulkiri province are crying for justice after their shelters were demolished by environment officials, alleging they were living on state land, even though the families say they have been living there for generations. ...

The Ministry of Environment is installing 50 incinerators to burn medical waste from Covid-19 treatment and quarantine centres in the capital and 20 provinces to solve the problem head-on as about 100 tonnes of this waste was piling up per day across the country.​​ ...