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Over 170,000 pregnant women and children under the age of two have received social protection stipends totalling $10 million under a government cash transfer programme implemented since June 2019. ...

The Supreme Court yesterday heard the bail applications of three environmental activists  who were charged with “incitement” for criticising Phnom Penh authorities on Facebook last year. ...

Phnom Tbeng Natural Heritage Park will be put forward for inclusion in the Unesco World Heritage List, the Ministry of Environment has confirmed. ...

The Royal Government of Cambodia is committed to find 20 million doses of vaccines against COVID-19 for 10 million Cambodian people, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday . ...

Drinking water supplies will stablise in Phnom Penh and Takmao town south of the capital over the next five years, thanks to new water treatment facilities coming on-line between now and 2025. ...

With more cellphones existing in the Kingdom than citizens and one of the youngest populations in the world, Cambodia’s mobile financial industry may be poised to bring the Kingdom’s deficit in financial inclusion to an end. ...

Cambodia’s gross revenue from rice exports in the first month of this year declined by 32.07 percent compared to the same period in 2019. Figures from the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) show that the Kingdom earned in total US$30.76 million from milled rice exports. ...

The Ministry of Environment and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Cambodia officially launched a solar power plant and battery storage system at the Kesor Kol Sok An Phnom Kulen Research and Conservation Centre on Kulen mountain in Siem Reap province. ...

During COVID-19 crisis in 2020, Cambodia received only 1.31 million foreign tourists, showing a fall of 80 percent compared to 2019. ...

The Ministry of Health yesterday warned people to be careful about avian influenza (bird flu) during upcoming festivals and ancestral ceremonies. ...

Protecting mangrove will be a main agenda of the World Wetlands Day to be held on Feb. 2, 2021, according to a press release from the Fauna&Flora International (FFI)-Cambodia programme and other partners. ...

The Ministry of Education has given 40 television sets to schools in three provinces bordering Thailand to promote distance learning. ...

The Ministry of Environment has warned people that it is illegal to buy or sell lands in natural protected and conservation areas in Preah Vihear province. ...

The Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) has reported export growth of 26.52 percent in 2020, a significant achievement in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Foreign investors and independent credit evaluators are echoing confidence in Cambodia in light of the series of free trade agreements (FTAs) both completed and being pursued by the Kingdom’s government. According to the ASEAN Briefing (AB), such FTAs could see the region become the world’s ...

The groundbreaking ceremony of the water treatment facility in Bakheng, outskirt of Phnom Penh, takes place today, presided over by Prime Minister Hun Sen. The plant, designed and built by Vinci Construction Grands Projets, will have the capacity to supply drinking 195,000 cubic metres of ...

President and Group Managing Director of ACLEDA Bank Plc In Channy has announced that the bank has reserved nearly $600 million for lending to the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector in Cambodia in 2021. ...

Consumer credit performance is showing consistent improvement as both loan balances and the number of loan accounts issued are undergoing sustained positive growth, according to a report from the Credit Bureau Cambodia (CBC). ...

CAMBODIA’s financial sector will not face a shortage of cash to lend to local enterprises and accelerate business anytime soon, according to Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) president In Channy. ...

In preparation for the lunar new year this month, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries have called for hygienic practices and sanitary inspections for the transportation of poultry and pigs to prevent the spread of any instances of bird ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) in the first month of this year approved 11 investment projects worth over $43 million and that are expected to generate 7,854 jobs, it said via social media. ...

The Bar Association has introduced a new policy by calling on its members to defend the poor and to provide advice, counselling and legal services voluntarily to the public at each lawyer’s office free of charge. ...

Singapore-based 800 Super Waste Management Pte Ltd, in cooperation with local firm Global Action for Environment Awareness Plc (GAEA), have expanded into Cambodia’s solid waste management sector, the companies said in a January 27 joint media release. ...

Kuala Lumpur-based Apigate Sdn Bhd has successfully rolled out its Storefront solution with Cambodia’s leading mobile telecommunications operator Smart Axiata Co Ltd, Apigate said in a press release on January 27. ...