Ministries and other national bodies

Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron urged expert departments to enhance the model school support group’s effectiveness. ...

Agriculture minister Dith Tina describes how Cambodia is in need of upstream investors to provide capital for the machinery needed to add value to the Kingdom’s agricultural export products. ...

India is now Vietnam’s fastest growing tourism market with the number of visitors last year from that country increasing by 231% from 2019, the year before Covid broke out. ...

Local and global firms made 8,513 trademark registrations with the Ministry of Commerce in 2023, an increase of 3.87 percent when compared to the previous year. ...

A Senior Ministry of Justice official has said that the ministry will investigate claims made by rights group ADHOC about “serious delays” in court cases. Should the findings be based on evidence, the ministry will take action. ...

According to a spokesman for the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT), last year the Ministry provided employment opportunities to work abroad to 1,356,616 people, including 552,851 women. ...

A meeting chaired by Minister of Rural Development Chhay Rithisen discussed measures to improve the quality of rural roads and infrastructure. ...

Economists and business leaders anticipate a dynamic 2024 for Cambodia’s industrial sector, with the government expecting it to outpace services and agriculture, driven by a wave of new investment projects. ...

Ministry of Health secretary of state Or Vandine, along with the World Health Organisation (WHO), continue to encourage individuals to remain vaccinated and receive Covid-19 boosters. ...

From 19-21 December 2023, the Forestry Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Ministry of Environment (MoE), the UN-REDD Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) jointly organized the Projects Completion Workshop on the ‘UN-REDD initiative on ...

The number of deaths and injuries resulting from fires across Cambodia increased significantly in 2023 compared to the previous year. ...

Almost 3.3 million people celebrated ringing in the new year, with Phnom Penh the most popular destination, according to the Ministry of Tourism (MoT). ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced that nearly 20,000 young people from disadvantaged households registered for and received vocational training in the 45 days between November 15 and December 30. ...

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has opened Wi-Fi to the public at Ochheuteal and Otres beaches in Preah Sihanouk province to provide free internet service for both locals and foreign guests, aiming to enhance the tourism sector. ...

The Ministry of Commerce registered 11,506 new companies and enterprises in the January-November period of 2023, up 14.58 percent from 10,046 in the same period last year, a report of the Ministry of Commerce showed. ...

To lessen their suffering, the government has raised the monthly allowance for the families of deceased army veterans and civil servants. ...

Last year 531 criminal cases were recorded in Phnom Penh city. Of these, 459 cases were solved. ...

The King has issued a Royal Decree on the Organisation and Functioning of the Judicial Reform Steering Committee, with Minister of Justice Keut Rith and Chiv Keng, President of the Supreme Court, as the co-chairs, along with four vice-chairmen and 19 other members. ...

Cambodia’s cost of electricity to industrial users remains highest in the region, which in turn is contributing towards the increased cost of doing business, a World Bank study has pointed out.​​ ...

To commemorate the province’s inclusion as the first in Cambodia under the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, the Battambang Provincial Administration organised a food fair to show off Khmer cuisine and desserts last Friday. ...

Officials from the Cambodian Ministry of Health joined a recent Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) conference in Nanning, Guangxi province, China, intending to bolster the training and production of traditional medicine in collaboration with Chinese institutions. ...

Cambodia exported $9.9 billion worth of garment, footwear and travel products to international markets in the first 11 months of 2023, down 15 percent from nearly 11.7 billion dollars in the same period last year, said a Ministry of Commerce’s report released on Tuesday. ...

With over 3,000 workers, mostly women, successfully completing the Factory Literacy Programme, the initiative is playing a key role in improving the lives of women workers, mainly in the garments industry, according to Unesco. ...

The government has changed the composition of the National Road Safety Committee, which will now be chaired by Interior Minister Sar Sokha with Minister of Public Works and Transport Peng Ponea as the Permanent Vice Chairman as well as four other vice chairmen and 19 ...