More than 180,000 hectares on 28 of Cambodia’s 64 islands were reclassified as state private property for 31 companies seeking land concessions between 2008 and 2010, government sub-decrees reveal. The reclassification sub-decrees, compiled by investigators at the rights group Adhoc, pave the way for firms to ...

Describing a 5,000-hectare land dispute between Koh Kong villagers and a sugar company owned by CPP Senator Ly Yong Pgat as “a complicated case,” Koh Kong Provincial Court has decided to try it before a three-judge panel, a lawyer for the villagers said yesterday. The ...

Thai government proposals to pay above market prices to rice farmers could complicate Cambodia’s goal of becoming a major milled rice exporter, according to industry insiders. Pheu Thai party leader Yingluck Shinawatra has announced plans to buy rough rice for a guaranteed price of 15,000 ...

More than 200 factory workers gathered at Freedom Park near Wat Phnom yesterday to urge the government to cut taxes on petrol, saying fuel prices were driving food prices beyond what they could afford. But the government is doing all it can to curb inflation ...

More than 100 workers at a garment factory hit by a mass fainting incident in late July went on strike yesterday to demand the dismissal of a supervisor they accused of denying them the right to take sick leave. The strike at Hung Wah (Cambodia) Garment ...

The PetroVietnam Fertilizer and Chemicals Joint Stock Company (PVFCCo) officially inaugurated its branch in Cambodia on July 29 with an aim to sell products directly to local farmers. Since the establishment of its representative office in Phnom Penh in May 2010, PVFCCo, an affiliate of ...

More than 150 companies from China, Taiwan, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, as well as Germany and England on Thursday set up shop at the exhibition center on Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich island, displaying everything from $900 labeling machines to sewing machines worth $56,000 that automatically attach ...

MORE than 4,000 workers at M&V Manufacturing International’s garment factory in Kampong Chhnang province continued to strike for a fourth day yesterday, as a union president urged Prime Minister Hun Sen to force the company to reinstate 20 fired workers. Free Trade Union president Chea Mony ...

Workers at a garment factory that was temporarily shut after more than 200 women collapsed in two mass fainting incidents last week gathered yesterday at the facility in Kampong Speu province for a Buddhist ceremony intended to rid the factory of evil spirits. Pheng Songoun, a ...

Angered by the clearing of parts of Prey Long forest, several hundred indigenous minority villagers marched on a rubber plantation here in northern Kompong Thom province yesterday night and breached its gate in order to demand that the company stop cutting down trees in the ...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment told a Japanese oil company yesterday to better define the location of its initial onshore operations given the potential impact on the local population and environment. The Ministry of Environment has required Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation to specify where ...

ឧស្សាហកម្ម​ផលិត​ចំណី​សត្វ​នៅ ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា ​កំពុង​ត្រូវបាន​ពង្រីក ដើម្បី​បំពេញ​គម្លាត​តម្រូវការ​ក្នុង​ស្រុក ជាមួយ​នឹង​ការ​វិនិយោគ​ថ្មី​ ៦០​ លាន​ដុល្លារ​បន្ថែមទៀត​នៅក្នុង​ឧស្សាហ​កម្ម​នេះ ខណៈ​ទីផ្សារ​នេះ​ភាគច្រើន​ពឹង​ផ្អែក​លើ​ការនាំ​ចូល​។លោក សេន សុវណ្ណ អគ្គនាយក នៃ​នាយកដ្ឋាន​ផលិតកម្ម​សត្វ និង​បសុព្យាបាល ​បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា បន្ទាប់ពី​ការ ...

​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២២​ ខែសីហា​ ឆ្នាំ​២០១៧​ ក្រសួង​រ៉ែ​ និង​ថាមពល​ បាន​ចេញ​សេចក្តី​ប្រកាស​ព័ត៌មាន​ បំភ្លឺ​ករណី​នាំ​ចេញ​ខ្សាច់​ស​ (​ស៊ី​លី​កា​)​ ចេញ​ទៅ​បរទេស​។​ ក្រសួង​រ៉ែ​ និង​ថាមពល​ពុំដែល​ចេញ​លិខិត​បទដ្ឋាន​គតិ​យុ​ត្ត​ណាមួយ​ស្តី ...

នៅថ្ងៃទី៣១​ ខែមករា ឆ្នាំ២០១៧ នៅទីស្តីការក្រសួងការបរទេស និងសហប្រតិបត្តិការអន្តរជាតិ នឹងមានពិធីចុះហត្ថលេខារវាង ឯកឧត្តម ប្រាក់ សុខុន ទេសរដ្ឋមន្រ្តី រដ្ឋមន្រ្តីការបរទេស និងសហប្រតិបត្តិការអន្តរជាតិ​ និងឯកឧត្តម គីម វ៉ន ជីន ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូតនៃសាធារណរដ្ឋកូរ៉េ ប្រចាំព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា លើឯកសារចំនួន២៖ កិច្ចសម្របសម្រួលក្របខ័ណ្ឌ ស្តីពីការផ្តល់ឥណទានសម្បទាននៃមូលនិធិសហប្រតិបត្តិការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សេដ្ឋកិច្ច សម្រាប់ឆ្នាំ ២០១៦-២០១៨ ដែលមានទឹកប្រាក់ចំនួន ៣៥០ លានដុល្លារអាមេរិក ដែលនឹងត្រូវប្រើប្រាស់សម្រាប់ផ្គត់ផ្គង់ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុដល់គម្រោងអាទិភាពនានាលើផ្នែកហេដ្ឋារចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ ប្រព័ន្ធធារាសាស្រ្ត សុខភាព ផ្លូវជនបទ និងប្រព័ន្ធលូបង្ហូរទឹក និងទឹកប្រាក់ឥណទានសម្បទានចំនួន ៦៧,៤៣៤,០០០ ដុល្លារអាមេរិក​សម្រាប់គម្រោងលើកកម្ពស់គុណភាពផ្លូវជាតិ លេខ៤៨​។ ...

Cambodia expects to export around 300,000 tonnes of milled rice to China per year, Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said during the 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting in Siem Reap. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming on Tuesday night, ...

A preference for NGO and government jobs among young Cambodians was contributing to a critical labor shortage in the industrial manufacturing sector, a Labor Ministry official said yesterday. Speaking to 3,000 prospective university students on Phnom Penh’s Diamond Island, Labor Ministry Secretary of State Pich Sophoan ...

Community patrols of Prey Long forest by local villagers over the last few days have uncovered at least 65 cubic meters of illicitly cut timber and three chainsaws believed to belong to the illegal loggers. Soem Sean, a member of the Prey Long People’s Network, dedicated ...

Cambodia and Thailand yesterday reiterated their commitment to restart negotiations over an expansive and resource-rich section of the Gulf of Thailand known as the Overlapping Claims Area – but the two countries have yet to set a date for the talks. In 2001, officials from ...

More than 3,100 families have now been evacuated from their homes as flooding spreads in Banteay Meanchey province, the deputy head of the National Committee for Disaster Managment (NCDM) said yesterday. About 3,000 of those families have been evacuated from Poipet City alone, and another 148 ...

With a court date hanging over his head for his involvement in the Tai Yang factories strike in Kandal province, Cambodian Confederation of Unions president Rong Chhun yesterday intervened in another garment dispute, this time in Kampong Speu province. About 1,000 workers entered day five of ...