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The South Korean government has vowed to provide a $3.3 million grant to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to implement a project to boost production of high-value vegetable crops and improve farmers’ livelihoods in the northeastern province of Mondulkiri, according to a senior ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen urged all countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) to push for the development of digital infrastructure in order to make the economies of the region more competitive globally.   ...

The top diplomats of South Korea and Cambodia held talks on Wednesday on bilateral cooperation in areas including COVID-19 responses and development assistance, and other regional issues, the foreign ministry said. ...

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn has highlighted the important role of Cambodia in becoming the ASEAN chairman for 2022. ...

Cambodia and Russia have pledged to further boost cooperation in all sectors, especially in the field of military after the COVID-19 crisis.​ ...

The Education Ministry established 917 online and traditional study platforms so far this year to promote literacy in the Kingdom. ...

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to Cambodia this weekend and is expected to preside over the handover ceremony of Morodok Techo National Stadium, built through a $160 million grant from the Chinese government. ...

Cambodia and Singapore have reaffirmed their commitment to continue strengthening cooperation on trade and investment. Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak held a videoconference with Singapore’s Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong on Tuesday. ...

One of the less heralded recent aspects of the COVID-19 story in Southeast Asia has been Cambodia’s remarkable success in vaccine distribution. As of September 6, just over two-thirds of the country’s population had received at least one dose of vaccine, while 53 percent were ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) announced yesterday that registration of national and international observers for the upcoming commune election will start from September 12 to February2. ...

Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Veng Sakhon,  has said that  China’s General Administration of Customs had recently released its list of quarantine pests in regard to the export of Cambodian longans to China. ...

Cambodian bicycle manufacturers earned more than $400 million from exports in the year to Aug 31, according to the Commerce Ministry. Shipments were 24.5 percent higher than the first eight months of 2020. If overseas demand remains strong, 12-month exports are likely to exceed last ...

Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, left here last night to pay an official visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK) and co-chair the 11th Mekong-ROK Foreign Ministers Meeting. ...

The ASEAN General Secretariat has voiced its full support and will provide close cooperation for Cambodia as the Chair of ASEAN in 2022. ...

The Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Bangkok will organise a Webinar on “Connecting Digital Opportunities between Thailand and Cambodia” this week, in cooperation with the Department of East Asian Affairs, Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Studies Centre (ISC). ...

The construction of the first phase of deep-water port terminal of listed Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) has been delayed till next year and is set to complete by 2025, according to the port’s senior official. ...

Kouch Chamroeun, Governor of Preah Sihanouk Province, chaired a meeting to discuss the implementation of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports’ guidelines on teaching and learning in bulk for public educational institutions and Private in Preah Sihanouk Province, low risk, with the participation of ...

With Phnom Penh becoming the most vaccinated city in Southeast Asia, moves are by the Ministry of Tourism and other related sub committees to formulate a workable plan within Cambodia’s tourism and investment sectors  to work towards a possible reopening of borders for fully vaccinated ...

The National Authority for Preah Vihear (NAPV) will cooperate with the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) to begin a joint operation to clear mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in two areas located in the Koh Ker temple complex in Preah Vihear province. ...

The Kampot Provincial Administration is preparing a proposal to the Ministry of National Defence through the Army Command to register nearly 30ha of land in Koh Touch commune’s Prek Ampil Village of Bokor town as a live fire training ground for the Kampot military operational ...

The Ministry of Cults and Religions has issued instructions for the upcoming Pchum Ben and Kathen festivals that adhere to pandemic health measures in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19. ...

The government has agreed in principle to lease more than 370ha of state public land in Koh Kong province’s Sre Ambel district to a private company with plans to develop a natural crab aquaculture area and a small port.   ...

Low-lying areas in Phnom Penh, provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake and the coastal provinces of Preah Sihanouk and Koh Kong could experience flooding caused by heavy rains from September 6.   ...

The government-funded Khmer Enterprise (KE) and the American Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (AmCham) have forged a partnership that will centre on building and promoting a sustainable and workable ecosystem for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and entrepreneurs in the Kingdom.   ...