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The Royal Government of Cambodia has launched the 2024-2028 Action Plan to implement key measures for public administration reform. ...

The red corn production in 2024 increased to nearly 1.7 million tonnes compared to 1.5 million tonnes last year, reported the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) yesterday. ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced in a news release on Wednesday that it has committed approximately $1.26 billion to support the Cambodian government from 2024 to 2028. ...

Cambodia’s bicycle exports fell 37 percent year-on-year in the first five months this year, said a report of the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). ...

The Consumer Protection Competition and Fraud Repression Directorate-General (CCF) has issued new guidelines directing officials to prioritise educational measures over penalties for minor offenses. ...

Cambodian banks might see growth of around 10 percent in 2024, said bankers. Industry insiders say that the banking growth of the past of 20 percent is no longer possible. ...

The challenge of insufficient manpower was among the primary problems afflicting the hospitality industry in the Kingdom, a Tourism Ministry workshop under the Secretary of State of the ministry at a Phnom Penh hotel last week concluded. ...

Public-listed Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PWSA) recently declared a profit of KHR 52.09 billion ($12.59 million) for the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, a rise of 35.62 percent compared to the same period last year. ...

The Cambodia Kantha Bopha Foundation (CKBF) received over $1.3 million in donations from more than 130,000 philanthropists in the first eleven days of its “10,000 Riel 10,000 Donors” campaign, which aims to help provide free medical treatment to Cambodian children. ...

Wildlife outside the zoo is hard to spot without camera traps, but their meat can be found on unwritten menus – through the whispers of sellers – in some local restaurants in Koh Kong and several other provinces. ...

Battambang provincial Department of Environment is hunting for the individuals involved in the transportation of more than 13 cubic metres of luxury timber that was seized near the Chrok Chang Eath ranger station in Prey Thom village of Samlot district’s Kampong Lpov commune on June ...

Government instructs relevant ministries to prepare roadmap for flood risk in 3 areas for easy repair and restoration after floods receded in each area. ...

Recently, approximately 250 community representatives, with women comprising 80% of the attendees, gathered at Sunway Hotel in Phnom Penh for the Sustainable Consumption and Production awareness campaign. ...

The exports of garments, footwear and travel goods (GFT) rose by 20.69 percent in the first five months of this year, compared to the same period last year, earning the Kingdom $4.89 billion, according to the trade data released by the General Department of Customs ...

The Investment and Trade Promotion Center of Ho Chi Minh City hosted a seminar on investment promotion between Vietnam and Cambodia in 2024 on June 7. ...

Minister of Tourism Sok Soken visited the Siem Reap Provincial Department of Tourism on Saturday and discussed crucial aspects of the master plan for Tourism Development in Siem Reap Province 2021-2035. ...

In May 2024, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 24 new projects and one production expansion project with a total investment of more than $246 million, creating about 15,000 jobs. ...

Sangkat O’Mal authority in Battambang City and several residents have highlighted the lack of availability for the use of the annual commune budget to develop infrastructure to meet the needs of the people. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet has reiterated that the Royal School of Administration (ERA), a training school for civil servants and public service officials, must have high standards of discipline, but that its implementation should not need to be strict. ...

Even though no one has been brought to justice, authorities have provided life jackets to four boat operators and are studying the construction of a bridge across the Stung Sen River at the site where a boat sank, killing one of 15 students on board, ...

In May, Chinese investment in Cambodia accounted for almost 50% of total financing, with domestic investment accounting for over 30%, while the US lagged behind at less than one per cent, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Cambodia can unlock significant growth opportunities by accessing the securities market, a concept explored in detail during a seminar co-organised by the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC), APM (Cambodia) Securities Co Ltd and Asset Pro Management Co ...

After the successful establishment of 30 model villages, the Ministry of Rural Development is preparing to collect information on the status of other villages to create an additional 250 by the end of the seventh mandate in 2028, aiming to help develop infrastructure and provide ...

Smart waste collection through the mobile app “Smart Clean Siem Reap” was launched as a pilot project in four villages in Siem Reap town’s Slakram commune on June 5. ...