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The Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to temporarily suspend traffic through the Cambodian-Thai border, except for the transportation of goods and special cases. ...

The Ministry of Labor has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with American Center for International Labor Solidarity to promote labor sector in Cambodia. ...

Three commune chiefs in Kampot province’s Teuk Chhou district have now separately issued letters annulling their previous signatures on land deals in the protected area of Preah Monivong Bokor National Park. ...

Cambodia and Japan discussed cooperation and tourism promotion between the two countries on the provision of scholarships to train human resources. ...

The government’s relentless push to improve the Kingdom’s logistics infrastructure got another boost this week with officials committing to build 11 new roads. ...

The Royal Thai Government realises the plight of Cambodian migrant workers who have returned to Cambodia due to the Covid-19 situation. ...

The government is in talks with China and Russia about setting up a nuclear power plant in the Kingdom. ...

Cambodia will probably reopen between November and early next year, according to sources familiar with the matter. ...

Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has been honoured with the Order of Friendship from President of Russia Vladimir Putin, according to Russian Embassy stated in its press release on the web-site. ...

The Environment Ministry said yesterday that about 79% of Cambodians have been affected by climate change, which has resulted in declining fish and agricultural produce. ...

The Royal Government of Cambodia has spent roughly $381 million for its cash relief programme to support those hit hard by COVID-19 crisis. ...

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has issued a warning about Mekong River water levels that are expected to rise over the next few days with a storm that will potentially cause flooding in low-lying areas along the upper Mekong River in Stung Treng, ...

Japan is granting more than $3.3 million to Cambodia for this year’s Human Resource Development Scholarship. The Exchange of Notes and related documents on the extension of the grant aid will take place today with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn and  ...

Cambodia’s central bank is teaming-up with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on an online database to monitor the financial state of the Kingdom. The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the ADB’s Macroeconomic Surveillance Database System (MSDS) will be tested online. ...

UNICEF reiterated that it will continue to support the immunisation programme in Cambodia through planning, cold chain and vaccine management, demand generation, technical know-how and training, and communications campaigns. ...

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. ...

As the US and its allies joined hands last week to expose what they allege to be China’s Ministry of State Security’s malicious cyber activities around the world, the attention also turned to Cambodia with the US Department of Justice claiming that four Chinese hackers ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has set a goal of vaccinating about 13 million people, or over 80 per cent of the population, against Covid-19.   ...

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has started studying plans to transform Kampot Provincial Referral Hospital into a regional hospital in order to expand health services for area residents.   ...

ASEAN countries are preparing for the ASEAN Online Sale Day 2021, which is slated for August 8-10. Comprising two tiers for domestic and cross-border transactions, this year’s programme will be co-chaired by Brunei, which is chair of ASEAN in 2021, Singapore and Vietnam. ...

Cambodia called on other member states under the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) framework – Thailand, Vietnam, Lao, Myanmar and India – to support the rehabilitation of the MGC Asian Traditional Textile Museum (MGCATTM) in Siem Reap province as its operations have suffered due to Covid-19. ...

Cambodia’s fiscal revenue in the first semester this year dropped, largely because of Covid, officials said. ...

Cambodia exported $247.5 million worth of bicycles to foreign markets in the first half of this year, inching down 4.2 percent compared to the same period last year. ...

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation H.E. Prak Sokhonn has lauded the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC)’s active contribution to the development of the Mekong sub-region. ...