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While Cambodia and Thailand are continuing a lockdown of their common border to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, low-level negotiations between both sides at the Oddar Meanchay international checkpoints have yielded a compromise – The Thais will allow residents in the province needing medical ...

The Social Affairs Ministry yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with seven organisations in a move to assist affected and vulnerable children in Cambodia. ...

The Fisheries Administration banned the use of some fishing gears during the closed fishing season, which will begin early June, to contribute to the preservation and protection of fishery resources for future generations.​ ...

Sre Ampoum commune police in Pech Chreada district, Mondulkiri province, summoned two members of an ethnic minority group on Wednesday to clarify a land dispute after they published a Facebook post claiming the land is illegally occupied. ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, in collaboration with the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) and related partner organisations are preparing educational documents in an effort to prevent and control illicit drug use in schools. ...

An 18-year-old man was rushed to the Choam Ksan district referral hospital after he sustained serious head injuries on Sunday when the excavator he was using to dig a canal hit an anti-tank mine in Kamprak village, Yeang commune, Preah Vihear province. ...

Cambodia exported $22.17 million worth of natural rubber to the international market last month, gaining 6.3 per cent over April 2019’s $20.85 million, said a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report.​ ...

Han Seng Coal Mine Co Ltd’s (HSCMC’s) 265MW coal-fired power station in Oddar Meanchey province’s easternmost Trapaing Prasat district is more than 50 per cent complete, with construction expected to be completed next year, provincial governor Pen Kosal said on Tuesday. ...

The private sector plans to launch the first small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) competition in Cambodia to promote the SME sector and seek financial loan support for business expansion. ...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has said it secured a 12.7 million euro (nearly $14 million) grant from the European Union for the construction of the Bakheng Water Treatment Plant and its 500 kilometres of distribution network in Phnom Penh.​ ...

Bidding on the rubbish collection contracts in the Kingdom’s capital have now closed, after applications first opened on Feb 25 this year, according to a Phnom Penh Municipal spokesperson yesterday. ...

Cambodia is hoping that Chinese tourists will drive its tourism growth when the world is cleared of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said. ...

The Justice Ministry yesterday announced the launch of a six-month campaign to resolve a backlog of nearly 40,000 court cases across the country.  ...

Eight suspects were sent by officials of the Kratie Provincial Environment Department to the provincial court over separate cases of forest encroachment in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. ...

With more than 17,000 wild animal traps confiscated last year, environment officials said poaching and forest land encroachment remain a concern. ...

Cambodia and the United States have discussed ways the two countries can further strengthen and cooperate future plans in the aviation industry, during a bilateral talk in Phnom Penh yesterday. ...

Preah Sihanouk provincial authority has ordered residents who have built illegal structures or extensions along the sidewalks of Street 200 in Sihanoukville’s Buon commune to tear down the structures to allow for road expansion. ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance has approved the extension loan tenures to seven years from four years under a revised agreement between SME Bank and Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs). ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday called for the public’s continued prudence and vigilance to prevent a second wave of coronavirus outbreak in the Kingdom. The call comes after the last of all 122 COVID-19 patients diagnosed in the Kingdom has recovered from the deadly ...

Three agriculture products were given the nod to restart export next week, the government announced Friday during the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

The authorities have successfully thwarted at least two attempts to smuggle billions of dollars into Cambodia. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen this morning said he has agreed to extend the school closure following a request by the Ministry of Education. ...

The government has approved a request by the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) for garment factories to produce all kinds of face masks, medical equipment and protective clothing for both domestic consumption and export. ...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport announced today the 90-percent completion of the rehabilitation of more than 30 roads in Preah Sihanouk in a bid to improve road access and strengthen tourism in the province. ...