Ministries and other national bodies

New Minister of Interior Sar Sokha has requested that officials in his ministry examine the possibility of lowering the prices of Cambodian passports, noting that current prices are relatively high. Speaking to officials at the Ministry of Interior on September 4, Sokha said the move would ...

The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts has issued a warning of legal action against traders and online sellers who use photos of Cambodian artefacts on social media to promote the sale of art objects. The use of photographs of ancient artefacts which have been ...

The National Council on Minimum Wage (NCMW) has set September 11 as the date for its next gathering to discuss setting the 2024 minimum income for workers in the textile, garment, footwear, travel goods and bag sectors. ...

Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron has announced plans for a future collaboration between a school in Mali and Cambodia’s New Generation Schools (NGS). ...

New Minister of Environment Eang Sophalleth has announced the launch of a campaign to reduce the use of plastic bags in schools. He called for the Kingdom’s students to participate in the campaign, for the sake of environmental cleanliness. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet asked Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF) and Chairman of the Committee on Economic and Financial Policy Aun Pornmoniroth to simplify business registration and reduce tax burdens for the self-employed in the informal economy to be formalised ...

The Ministry of Environment has established a liaison between media professionals and journalists to promote the dissemination of knowledge on climate change to local people so that they are prepared. ...

The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts (MCFA) is requesting that precious artefacts of Khmer origin be returned from Thailand and China. The culture ministry is making every effort to rediscover and preserve Cambodian artefacts that disappeared during the civil war period. ...

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Youth, and Sports highlights priorities to advance the quality of public educational institutions under the 7th mandate government leadership. ...

Dr Hun Manet will lead a prominent delegation to attend the 43rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Jakarta, at the invitation of the ASEAN Chair for the year, Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia. ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has handed over a set of server database stations and information technology equipment including software, to the General Directorate of Natural Protected Areas (GDNPA) of the Royal Government of Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment. ...

Defence Minister Tea Seiha has said that the ministry is planning to reform the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) in line with the Pentagonal Strategy aimed to achieve the Cambodia Vision 2050. ...

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok Chenda Sophea, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Patrick Murphy, Ambassador of the United States to Cambodia have discussed the strengthening of the relations between both nations. ...

The Interior Minister Sar Sokha on Wednesday vowed to put an end to the practice of people engaging  local law enforcement officers for protection in land disputes or to show off their influence. ...

According to the consensus reached by the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) Experts’ Working Group (EWG) on Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA), the Chinese PLA Army will send a task force to Cambodia for the multinational joint demining operation code-named “Pure Homeland-2023” from the end ...

The government has confirmed continuing minimum wage hikes for workers in the garment, footwear, and travel goods (GFT) sector, adhering to the sustainability of the sector and competitiveness in the market. ...

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM) has urged the public to be vigilant of possible accidents due to successive rainfall in the next few days. ...

Japan and Cambodia explored avenues for international cooperation in peacekeeping efforts, humanitarian assistance initiatives, and collaboration within the international arena at the 12th Cambodia-Japan Human Rights Dialogue meeting yesterday. ...

The UN team responsible for promoting decent work commended the Cambodian government for its involvement in the decent work and social protection initiative. Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Heng Sour also asked the UN agency to further intensify its efforts to develop the nation’s ...

The bilateral trade between Cambodia and the US amounted to $5.3 billion in the first half of this year, a decrease of 14 percent from $6.2 billion for the same period last year, according to a report from the US Census Bureau yesterday. ...

Tok Khoun is the community leader of the Fishery Farm Conservation Trapeing Kouy in Santey Village, Dan Run Commune, Sonikhom District, Siem Reap Province. He is a producer and a community facilitator for the Women’s Empowerment Farmer Business School (WE-FBS). ...

Cambodia and the European Union (EU) welcomed all new initiatives aiming to further strengthen their collaboration on cultural sector, especially on the exchange of information and cultural promotion. ...

The Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts and the US Embassy in Phnom Penh Wednesday signed a US-Cambodia Cultural Property Agreement extending for another five years the US ‘long-standing commitment to preserving and restoring Cambodia’s rich cultural heritage. ...

Minister of Education, Youth, and Sport Hang Chuon Naron has decided to temporarily suspend the setting up of new private educational institutions, especially in Phnom Penh, while studying how teacher migration to these establishments is affecting the quality of public schools. ...