The National Assembly yesterday passed Cambodia’s first law on pesticide and chemical fertiliser control, which the government hopes will regulate the use and sale of dangerous chemicals on agricultural products. Currently, hazardous pesticides are sold with little regulation and often without proper labeling that instructs farmers ...

The government has granted China’s Xinwei Telecom a license to become the country’s tenth mobile phone operator and the second firm to roll out so-called 4G technology, the fastest and most advanced network currently available on the market. Those in the telecommunications industry said that the ...

More than 1500 factory workers yesterday marched from the Manhattan Quing Dao Textiles Corp in Kompong Cham province to the provincial headquarters to ask authorities to force the factory owner to abide by two arbitration council rulings, a union representative and a factory worker said ...

The number of foreign tourists visiting Cambodia through July climbed 14 per cent year-on-year, with the most arrivals coming from Vietnam, South Korea and China, according to the latest Ministry of Tourism figures. Improved transportation, greater promotion of the Kingdom to world markets and widely ...

A draft sub-decree sent to the Council of Ministers last week aims to strengthen the protection of the critically endangered Mekong dolphin population by designating key protection zones in the 180km stretch of Mekong River where the dolphins live. Touch Seang Tana, chairman of the Commission ...

A new US commitment to oil and mining transparency may push the Kingdom closer to a similar agreement, Cambodian experts have said. US President Barack Obama announced earlier this week that the US would join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative as an implementing country, according to ...

Cambodian officials yesterday welcomed statements from Thailand’s foreign minister that an all-important 2001 memorandum of understanding on the Overlapping Claims Area would most likely be renewed. Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul said the MoU would be sent to Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s cabinet on October 18 ...

Hours after downgrading Cambodia’s long-term sovereign credit rating, ratings agency Standard & Poor’s said it had also decided to lower the credit rating for Acleda Bank to B from B+, though it maintained its outlook for the bank as stable. The decision follows a similar decision ...

The World Trade Organisation today will conclude its first-ever review of Cambodia’s trade policies and practices and issue its concluding remarks. The trade review, which began on November 1, is the first time the Kingdom, which was the first least-developed country to fully accede to the ...

The government failed to evaluate social and environmental impacts before granting economic land concessions to private companies, while officials and company staff used the courts to intimidate residents during land disputes, representatives of NGOs said at a conference in the capital yesterday. “The courts are not ...

After discovering that government officials had fixed a bidding process for companies interested in operating fishing lots on the Mekong River, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday annulled the results of the bidding and rescheduled it for next year. Speaking at a plenary session at the ...

Government officials sent conflicting messages yesterday over how they would handle the complaints of about 50 businessmen from Kompong Cham province who continued to protest at the Fisheries Administration over Prime Minister Hun Sen’s decision to cancel their bids to operate fishing lots. Por Try, secretary ...

Thailand will not object to the proposed Xayaburi hydropower dam in Laos, but Vientiane must shoulder responsibility for potential environmental damage caused by the US$3.8 billion project, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. “Laos has the right to construct the dam as it is located inside Lao ...

Low wages and a lack of occupational health and safety measures led to a mass fainting on Tuesday at a Phnom Penh garment factory that produces clothes for well-known brands Wal-Mart, Target and Reebok, according to a statement released by the Community Legal Education Center ...

Hundreds of villagers patrolling Prey Long forest for illegal logging discovered and burned more than 370 cubic meters of wood during the first four days of their campaign, an organizer said yesterday. About 400 villagers from Kompong Thom, Kratie, Stung Treng and Preah Vihear provinces who ...

About 500 protesters erected barricades on National Road 76a in Kratie province’s Snuol district on Saturday to protest the loss of their farmland and homes to encroachment by three agro-industry firms: Sovann Rithy, Samnang Angkor and Dai Nam Cambodia, officials said yesterday. The protest, which remained ...

An across-the-board trade and investment deal signed with China’s Yunnan province on Friday was a jump-start to Chinese President Hu Jintao’s pledge a week earlier to double bilateral trade with the Kingdom to US$5 billion by 2017. The package signing, which brought a delegation of 45 ...

លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ ហ៊ុន សែន ពិចារណា​វិសោធនកម្ម​ច្បាប់​រដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញ​បើក​ផ្លូវ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ទោស​ប្រហារ​ជីវិត​ឡើង​វិញ​សម្រាប់​ការ​រំលោភ​ផ្លូវ​ភេទ​ប្រព្រឹត្ត​ដោយ​ជីតា ឪពុក ឪពុក​មា បង​ប្រុស​លើ​កូន​ ចៅ ក្មួយ និង​ប្អូន​ស្រី។ ប៉ុន្តែ​លោក​ថា វិសោធនកម្ម​ច្បាប់​នេះ ​ត្រូវ​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​តាម​ការ​ធ្វើ​ប្រជាមតិ​ជា​អ្វី​ដែល ...

​មន្ត្រី​ជំនាញ​បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា​ ស្ថានីយ​បូមទឹក​កខ្វក់​ថ្មី​ទាំង​ ៤​ ទីតាំង​ក្នុង​ខេត្ត​ព្រះ​សីហ​នុ​នឹង​សាកល្បង​បូមទឹក​កខ្វក់​កុំឱ្យ​ធ្លាក់​ចូល​សមុទ្រ​តទៅ​ទៀត​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ ២៥​ មីនា​ខាង​មុខ​នេះ​ ខណៈ​បច្ចុប្បន្ន​ក្រុមការងារ​ជំនាញ​កំពុង​ប្រឹងប្រែង​ត​ទុយោ​និង ...

​សេចក្តី​ប្រកាស​កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​សៅរ៍​ ពី​ការ​លក់​កាសែត​ភ្នំពេញ​ប៉ុស្តិ៍​ ដែល​ជា​កាសែត​ចាស់​ជាងគេ​ និង​ទទួល​បានការ​គោរព​បំផុត​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​ ហាក់​មិន​មានការ​ភ្ញាក់ផ្អើល​ចំពោះ​មនុស្ស​ជា​ច្រើន​ដែល​បាន​តាមដាន​ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍​ថ្មីៗ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​នេះ​ទេ​។​ ​ពាក្យ ...