The government must correctly implement the Land Law and allow indigenous people greater access to collective titling of their native territories, human rights group Adhoc said yesterday in a statement. Although there is a provision in the Land Law allowing indigenous groups to obtain collective ...

About half a million establishments in Cambodia as of March 1, 2011 released the preliminary results of the Economic Census of Cambodia (EC 2011) released by H.E. Chay Than on August 8th in Phnom  Penh. The final results of EC 2011 will be released in ...

More than 8,000 hectares of land was cut from economic and forest land concessions owned by some of the country’s biggest tycoons and awarded to villagers last month, according to documents from the Council of Ministers. Four sub-decrees signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen order that ...

Cambodia announced two major bilateral trade agreements last month, with the Philippines and Thailand, that are expected to further expand the country’s rice export sector. Over the last few years, Cambodia has emerged as a major rice exporter in the region, due in large part ...

The small but sleek Angkor Car can easily navigate the narrow streets of Cambodia, while with an electric engine saves on expensive fuel costs. It may cost $10,000 per vehicle, a bit steep for most local people, but the vehicle is a welcome testimony to ...

Cambodia has eyed to become a precious stone and jewelry hub in Southeast Asia region in the near future, Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said Thursday. Speaking at the opening of the 5th international gems and jewelry fair here, the minister said that with the fast ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen signed off on a directive last week to trans­fer 11 government bodies, previously overseen by Cabinet Minister Sok An, to relevant ministries and institutions, further cutting the expansive portfolio of the deputy prime minister in the wake of July’s national election. ...

For political economist Sophal Ear, this view is more nuanced. In his book ‘Aid Dependence in Cambodia: How Foreign Assistance Undermined Democracy‘, published by the Columbia University Press (2012), years of dependency are not showing positive results in the rehabilitation of Cambodia, its democracy and war ...

​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​ ០២​ ខែមេសា​ ឆ្នាំ​២០២១​ ក្រសួងសុខាភិបាល​បាន​ចេញ​សេចក្តី​ប្រកាស​ព័ត៌មាន​ស្ដី​ពី​ ករណី​ស្លាប់​ស្ត្រីជន​ជាតិខ្មែរ​អាយុ​ ៥៦​ ឆ្នាំ​ នៅ​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​ ដោយសារ​ស្ទះ​សរសៃឈាម​បេះដូង​ភ្លាមៗ​ មិនមែន​ដោយសារ​ជំងឺ​កូ​វី​ដ​-១៩​នោះ​ទេ​។​ ...

ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ​នៃ​រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា​ មាន​កិត្តិយស​សូម​ជំរាប​ជូន​បណ្តាសារ​ព័​ត៌មាន​ជាតិ​ និង​អន្តរជាតិ​ជ្រាប​ថា​៖​ នៅ​ថៃ្ង​ច័ន្ទ​ ទី​២៩​ ខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៤​ វេលា​ម៉ោង​ ០៩:៣០​ នាទី​ព្រឹក​ ក្រសួង​មហា​ផៃ្ទ​នឹង​រៀបចំ​សន្និសីទ​សារ​ព័​តិ​មាន​ស្តី​អំពី​អនុស្សា​រណៈ​នៃ ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has called corruption a “fundamental concern” for Cambodia even with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) celebrating 10 months since its inauguration. The ADB’s Country Governance Risk Assessment Report and Risk Management Plan which is to be released soon calls for capacity ...

Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday warned Angkor Beer promoters to protest peacefully until a resolution could be reached on their pay claims, a union representative said. Protests held by the Angkor Beer promoters turned violent on Tuesday evening, with one promoter hospitalized after protestors clashed ...

Riverboat services between Siem Reap and Phnom Penh are scheduled to restart on Aug 15 after closing down in March due to low water levels in the Tonle Sap river, a port official said yesterday. Chieat Thol, deputy director of the administrative department and the ...

A group of international NGOs urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday to press the government on abandoning its plans for a law regulating the country’s non-governmental groups despite a recent pledge to drop its most controversial provision. “The ADB should convince the Cambodian authorities to ...

More than two dozen fisheries experts from across the world have sent a letter of concern to the prime minister and Council of Ministers warning that if construction of the Lower Sesan 2 dam goes ahead as planned, it would negatively impact hundreds of thousands ...

The father of an 18-year-old girl who he said had been missing in Malaysia for more than a year, has filed a complaint with the rights group Adhoc against the labour firm that sent her there. Minh Ngi, 46, from Preah Vihear province, said yesterday the ...

Phnom Penh City Hall has banned all trucks transporting goods and gasoline from traveling on the city’s roads in daytime hours to ease traffic during the Asean Summit, according to a notice placed on the municipality’s website Saturday. The Ministry of Education has also told 12 ...

Asean leaders urged the lifting of economic sanctions against Burma, while the Burmese president made his first public statement on the nation’s recent by-elections, calling them “very successful” at the Asean Summit in Phnom Penh yesterday. “Asean has consistently spoken of lifting sanctions, but now, more ...

Participants at the Asean Peoples’ Forum have called on regional leaders to halt plans to construct two controversial hydropower dams in Laos and Cambodia because of the large number of people who will be affected and the lack of public consultation. The forum in Phnom Penh, ...

រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា​បាន​សម្រេច​ដាក់​ដី​សាធារណៈ​របស់​រដ្ឋ​ តាម​បណ្តោយ​មាត់ទន្លេ​ក្នុង​ទីក្រុង​ភ្នំពេញ​ទៅ​ជា​ដី​ឯកជន​របស់​រដ្ឋ​ដែល​អាច​បើកផ្លូវ​សម្រាប់​ការ​វិនិយោគ​ ឬ​ការ​ជួល​រយៈពេល​វែង​។​ ផ្ទៃដី​លាតសន្ធឹង​តាម​បណ្តោយ​មាត់ទន្លេ​ប្រវែង​ ៩២​ ៥៣៨​ ម៉ែត្រក្រឡា​ ចាប់ពី​ផ្សារ​រាត្រី ...