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Prime Minister Hun Sen urged the Land Management Ministry to resolve land disputes out of court to help the policy of reducing court backlog and to assist citizens involved in land disputes. ...

Agricultural priorities for establishing food security in the face of a global climate crisis were the subject of regional workshop on Monday. ...

Speaking today at the opening of the new $28 million office building of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, PM Hun Sen has made a far reaching speech discussing, amongst other topics, further developments in the ‘reopening’ of Cambodia ...

Trade between Cambodia and the US totalled $6.4793 billion in the first nine months of 2021, marking a 28.37 per cent year-on-year uptick from $5.0471 billion, according to the US Census Bureau (USCB). ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance has approved in-principle revisions to a draft sub-decree on insurance, as the industry continues its current growth trajectory and attracts new investors each year. ...

Even as a shipping-container shortage and rising transportation costs stymie the growth of milled rice exports to European and other Western markets, Cambodia managed to ship out 3,119,829 tonnes of the crop abroad, worth $957.30 million, in the first 10 months of 2021, according to ...

Rangers at the Boeung Tonle Chhmar Ramsar site bordering the Tonle Sap Lake in Kampong Thom province found 10 nests of the grey-headed fish eagle in October during its nesting season, bringing fresh hope for conservationists. ...

Cambodia is committed to work hand in hand with other countries to strengthen its food systems, especially as the Kingdom assumes the ASEAN chairmanship in 2022, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

China has vowed to continue providing assistance to Cambodia in the fight against Covid-19 until the pandemic is over. ...

Ministry of Environment researchers spotted a large number of adult gaurs and their offsprings through motion-sensor cameras installed in various wildlife sanctuaries in Cambodia, bringing fresh hopes for environmentalists and biologists. ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has set December 27 as the new date for high school diploma examination. The Grade 12 exam was originally scheduled for December 6. ...

A senior Ministry of Environment official called for funding support from all countries to address climate change issues in the post-Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Cambodia’s export of goods to China saw a significant rise, valued over $1.1 billion in the third quarter this year—a year-on-year increase of 52.74 per cent, according to figures from the former’s ministry of commerce. Both sides are committed to raising bilateral trade to $10 ...

The Ministry of Commerce has set up a working group to study and collect input from stakeholders and the private sector to develop strategies to maximize the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement, of which Cambodia is a signatory. This was said by Pan Sorasak, ...

Cambodia, with the help of China, has made great achievements in preventing the spread of COVID-19, bringing it under control while the rate of vaccination against the deadly virus has risen dramatically, according to a press release issued by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ...

Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) saw a surge in demand from container ships last month after an upgrade added capacity to process and load shipping containers. Some 32,441 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) passed through the port in October, an increase of more than 57 percent ...

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) was joined by its Capacity Development Partnership Fund (CDPF III) partners to celebrate school reopening in Kampong Chhnang to witness the use of the new Home Learning Packages which are being distributed to all 760,180 Cambodian children in ...

For many years now, Ministry of Environment secretary of state and spokesman Neth Pheaktra has been leading tour groups composed of journalists on visits to Cambodia’s natural protected areas, which are often otherwise legally off-limits to anyone but forest rangers and the communities living there. ...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the continuation of its support for Cambodia’s socio-economic development after reaching the 10-year mark for its programme. USAID claims to have helped more than 230,000 Cambodian farmers and their families escape hunger and poverty. ...

Ministry of Justice spokesman Chin Malin rebuffed claims by three UN human rights experts who have accused the Cambodian government of using the courts to persecute rights defenders. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand reached $5.97 billion in the first nine months of 2021, surging by 18 per cent year-on-year from $5.08 billion despite disruptions caused by the community spread of Covid-19 in the two ASEAN nations, according to a report from the ...

Australian Senator and Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne will pay an official two-day visit to Cambodia on November 7-8, according to a press statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. ...

After recognising land issues as a key area for disputes in Kampot province, recently transferred Kampot provincial governor Mao Thunin has introduced a mechanism for the 9 district governors to protect and prevent all land crimes against the people of Kampot. ...

The process of preparing a draft law defining access to information is in its final stage with the working group trying to expedite its completion as soon as possible. ...