TOEK CHHOU DISTRICT, Kampot province – A donor-backed project launched here on Saturday aims to produce Cambodia’s first export-quality sea salt and invigorate the struggling local salt industry. In a ceremony among Kampot’s vast fields of coastal saltpans and low levees, company representatives from Asia Salt ...

The Ministry of Education on Tuesday again publicly accused the Ministry of Finance of not injecting enough funds into the education sector in order to bring Cambodia in line with the rest of Southeast Asia. Speaking at the close of a two-day workshop to formulate the ...

NGOs yesterday were granted permission to hold an International Human Rights Day event on Tuesday outside Wat Phnom – just a short distance from Freedom Park, where the Cambodia National Rescue Party has been given approval for a 10,000-person mass demonstration. In letters signed by Minister ...

Cambodia’s petroleum authority yesterday announced that it would like to renew discussion with Thailand in order to find a solution over disputed waters in the Gulf of Thailand widely believed to hold large quantities of oil and gas. Negotiations over how to split revenue from ...

Cambodian rice is due to be exported to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the end of this year after Cambodia’s rice exporters participate in the Rice International Conference and Exhibition (RICE) 2011, which will be held on November 3-5 in Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE In ...

Rubber production in Cambodia is expected to increase by 245,500 tons per year by 2020, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). MAFF Minister Chan Sarun said on Aug 30 that Cambodia will have 365,000 hectares for rubber production as the amount ...

It was supposed to be about supermarkets helping the planet by cutting down on plastic bags, but it turned into a war of words – and a veritable duel of conflicting data – over just how many plastic products Phnom Penh’s population discards each day. On ...

Rights group Adhoc said yesterday that a large-scale march in Ratanakkiri province involving hundreds of ethnic minority villagers caught in land disputes would go on as planned later this month despite the government’s refusal to approve the march. The provincial coordinator for Adhoc, Pen Bonnar, said ...

The league of Association of Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia will conduct a forum on rice products in 17 October at Koh Pich center to boost the export of milled rice product to one million tons by 2015 as guided by the government. Cambodia ...

Cambodia called Tuesday for the newly elected Thai government to resume talks on resolving claims to a 27,000-square-kilometre stretch of seabed considered rich in oil and gas. The Cambodian National Petroleum Authority, a government body, said it had ‘a firm commitment to finding an equitable ...

Thailand’s former Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has denied Cambodia’s recent claim that he initiated secret bilateral talks over coveted oil reserves in disputed Gulf of Thailand waters, Thai news service MCOT reported Saturday. In a statement last week, the Cambodian National Petroleum Authority said ...

Rolling out what may be the world’s longest krama, some 130 protesters presented the National Assembly with a petition yesterday morning bearing thousands of thumbprints urging lawmakers not to pass a trio of pending laws. “We all urge the government to stop its attempt to pass ...

Workers will begin clearing forestland in Stung Treng province as early as next week in preparation for the controversial 400-megawatt Lower Sesan 2 dam, district officials and villagers said yesterday. The hydropower project, funded by Vietnam Electricity (EVN), will flood tens of thousands of hectares of ...

There are no reliable figures on the number of illegal pharmacies operating nationwide, but the government insists that the problem is a thing of the past. At the launch of an anti-drug campaign at the US Embassy in Phnom Penh on Monday, Chou Yin Sim, secretary ...

A tycoon arrested on Tuesday by military police on fraud charges yesterday walked free after striking a deal with the man he defrauded, court officials said. Meas Chanpiseth, deputy prosecutor of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, said that 52-year-old tycoon Peang Kosal, executive director of the ...

Just two days after dozens of workers fainted at a factory in Kompong Speu province that manufactures clothing for US sports brand Nike, another 300 workers at the same factory fainted on Friday. Chy Sakla, a secretary for the Free Trade Union (FTU) at the Sabrina ...

លោកនាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន ស្នើ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​ពិនិត្យ​លើ​ច្បាប់​ស្តីពី​របប​សារ​ព័ត៌មាន​ឆ្នាំ ១៩៩៥ ដើម្បី​រក​មើល​ចំណុច​ដែល​គួរ​ធ្វើ​វិសោធន​កម្ម ខណៈ​ច្បាប់​ពាក់​ព័ន្ធ ២ កំពុង​ស្ថិត​ក្នុង​ដំណាក់​កាល​ព្រាង ហើយ​ទន្ទឹម​នេះ​លោក​ប្រាប់​ឲ្យ​មន្ត្រី​រួម​ចំណែក​វាយបក​លើ​ព័ត៌មាន​ក្លែង​ក្លាយ​ដោយ​ការ​បញ្ចេញ ...

លទ្ធផល​ប្រឡង​បាក់ឌុប​ឆ្នាំ ២០១៥ មាន​ភាព​ប្រសើរ​ជាង​ឆ្នាំ​មុន​ខណៈ​ដែល​បេក្ខជន​ជាប់​មាន​ប្រមាណ ៥៥ ភាគរយ​ហើយ​ក្នុង​នោះ​និទ្ទេស A មាន​ដល់​ទៅ ១០៨ នាក់​បើ​ធៀប​នឹង​លទ្ធផល​ឆ្នាំ ២០១៤ ការ​ប្រឡង​លើក​ទី ១ ដែល​បេក្ខជន​ជាប់​មាន​ប្រមាណ​តែ ២៥ ​ភាគរយ​ហើយ​និទ្ទេស A មាន​ត្រឹម​តែ ១១ នាក់​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ​។ តាម​សេចក្តី​ប្រកាស​ព័ត៌មាន​ ...

​សហគ្រាស​ធន​តូច​ និង​មធ្យម​ (SME)​ ភាគច្រើន​ នៅ​មិន​ទាន់​យកចិត្តទុកដាក់​ពី​របៀប​នៃ​ការ​អនុវត្ត​ទៅ​តាម​បទបញ្ញត្តិ​ពន្ធដារ​ថ្មី​ ដែល​នឹង​ត្រូវ​អនុវត្តន៍​នៅ​ចុងឆ្នាំ​នេះ​ នេះ​បើ​យោង​តាម​មន្ត្រី​នៃ​ក្រសួង​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​។​ លោក​អគ្គនាយករង​នៃ​អគ្គនាយកដ្ឋាន​ពន្ធដារ​ បាន​មាន ...

​ប្រជា​ពលរដ្ឋ​កម្ពុជា​ទៅ​ស្ថានីយ​បោះឆ្នោត​នៅ​ដើម​ខែ​ក្រោយ​ដើម្បី​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ជ្រើសរើសពួក​មន្រ្តី​សង្កាត់​ជាង​១ម៉ឺន​២​ពាន់​នាក់ ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ សន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត​ក៏​កំពុង​លេចចេញ​ជាការ​តទល់​ដាក់​គ្នា​រវាង​គណបក្ស​សំខាន់​ៗ២នៅពេល​ដែល​មានការ​គំរាម​កំហែង​ពី​សង្គ្រាម​ស៊ី​វិល​និង​ការ​បង្ក្រាប ...