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The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) yesterday concluded its first-of-its-kind joint military-to-military humanitarian exercise in the health emergencies and disaster relief operations. ...

Cambodian Government officials, along with staff from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), are visiting South Korea on a study tour aiming at strengthening Cambodia’s school meals programme. ...

Taking advantage of the 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dr. Hang Peou, Director General of APSARA National Authority, Phan Nadi, together with the Permanent Scientific Secretary of the ICC-Angkor and Sambo Prei Kuk met with Lazare Eloundou Assomo, President ...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced a reduction in electricity prices for industrial and agricultural enterprises from October to December. ...

Two international organisations have forecast Cambodia’s economic growth to be around 5.3 per cent this year as the economy continues to be impacted by lower than expected expansion in the industrial and agriculture sector in the first half (H1), stemming from the regional and global ...

Residents of a village in O’Yadao district, Ratanakiri province, due to debt, went to cut down trees in the community, transported them across the border and sold them to Vietnam in order to repay the bank, according to village and community authorities. ...

The General Directorate of Agriculture (GDA) has informed fragrant coconut farmers, communities and processing factories that China is prepared to import their produce. ...

The autumnal equinox will occur this year on September 23. The phenomenon, which signifies an equal duration of day and night due to the Earth’s position in its orbit around the sun, happens twice a year in September and March. At these times, the sun ...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced a reduction in electricity tariffs for the industrial and agricultural sectors, effective from October to December 2023. This move is aimed at increasing production, fostering job creation and supporting income growth for Cambodians. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet is leading a delegation to the 78th UN General Assembly (UNGA 78) in the US’ New York City, where he will highlight current affairs issues and local development. ...

President of the French Republic H.E. Emmanuel Macron has expressed his willingness to continue working closely with the new Royal Government of Cambodia led by Dr. Hun Manet. ...

Dr. Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and his spouse Dr. Pech Chanmony, led a high-level delegation of the Royal Government of Cambodia to attend the “United Nations for the 78thGeneral Assembly” in New York, USA from September 21 to 25, 2023. ...

The Prime Minister of Cambodia, Dr. Hun Manet, instructed the authorities and the Armed Forces to be ready to rescue people from disasters, especially floods, which often occur at the end of the rainy season. ...

The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts will also request that the Khmer Krama and Tuol Sleng Prison (S-21) also be listed with UNESCO following the successful entry of Koh Ker temple on Sunday. ...

Dr. Ly Thuch, Senior Minister and First Vice President of the Mine Authority, on September 21, at the Office of the Mine Authority, chaired an inter-ministerial meeting to prepare for the 3rd Global Conference on Assistance to Mine Victims, Anti-Personnel and Explosive Remnsnrs of War, ...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) decided to reduce electricity prices by 10 to 20 percent for industrial and agricultural consumers. ...

A new study suggests that Escherichia coli and other disease-causing microbes are passing easily between humans and animals in Cambodia, a country where clean water, sanitation and hygienic controls are lacking in many regions. The continuous exchange, along with unregulated antibiotic use, leads to the ...

Cambodia and China have recently signed a protocol of phytosanitary requirements to export fresh coconuts from Cambodia to China. ...

Up to 211.2 billion riel or $52.2 million of e-commerce tax revenue was collected by the General Department of Taxation (GDT) in the first eight months of 2023 amid rapid online business growth around the world, including Cambodia. ...

Upon receiving the Cambodia Quality Seal (CQS) for food safety, Suong Sophoan, who founded his namesake dried fish enterprise Kampong Thom province’s Stoung district, intends to boost monthly production from 500-2,500kg. ...

Some 29,311 companies with a total capital of $8.6 billion have successfully registered their businesses through the Online Business Registration System (OBRS) via IT Platform phase 1, compared to $5.8 billion capital and 20,693 firms on January 2, 2023. ...

The Ministry of Interior has granted the Candlelight Party’s (CP) request for a meeting with its representative to discuss their party’s registration. ...

The government-shuttered media outlet Voice of Democracy (VOD) announced it will resume broadcasting from the United States beginning in October, according to a Tuesday press release posted on the VOD Khmer Facebook page. ...

A Dutch government watchdog group accepted a complaint last Friday alleging that social investor Oikocredit contributed to abuses in Cambodia’s microfinance sector. ...