Prime Minister Hun Sen will hold bilateral talks with U.S. President Barack Obama when the newly re-elected American leader visits Phnom Penh during this month’s East Asia and Asean Summits. Mr. Hun Sen announced the bilateral meeting in a letter to Mr. Obama on Wednesday congratulating ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea nearly reached the $1 billion dollar realm in 2012, a hike of nearly 100 per cent from the year before, senior officials said yesterday. According to official data from the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, total bilateral trade between ...

Candidates for a government program that sends Cambodians to work in South Korea can file paperwork closer to home this year, as applications will now be distributed in 13 provinces. Applications will be available until Friday in provincial labour offices in Battambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong ...

Improved fiscal management and preparation for a decline in foreign aid would help increase Cambodia’s credit rating, according to a quarterly credit opinion from Moody’s Investor Service, which maintained a stable outlook for the country. Reduced exposure to crisis and stagnation in Western economies, continued foreign ...

Sweden loaned Cambodia US$57 million yesterday for economic country development and cooperation for the duration of 2012-2013. The agreement was made between Cambodia’s Economic Minister Keat Chhon and Swedish ambassador to Cambodia Anne Hoglund at the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) yesterday morning. Keat Chhon ...

​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ក្រសួង​ធនធានទឹក​ និង​ឧតុនិយម​ បាន​ចេញ​សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍​មួយ​ឱ្យ​មានការ​ប្រុង​ប្រយ័ត្ន​ពី​សីតុណ្ហភាព​នៅ​ក្នុង​ខេត្ត​ចំនួន​ប្រាំមួយ​ ដែល​អាច​នឹង​ធ្លាក់​ចុះ​នៅ​ត្រឹម​ ១៧​ អង្សារ​សេ​ ដែល​ការ​ធ្លាក់​ចុះ​នៃ​សីតុណ្ហភាព​នឹង​ចាប់ផ្តើម​ពី​ថ្ងៃនេះ​។​ ​ ...

ខណៈពេលដែលស៊ីតុណ្ហភាពនៅរាជធានីភ្នំពេញកើនឡើងដល់៣៩អង់ស្សាកាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារ គូស្នេហ៍សញ្ជាតិអង់គ្លេសមួយគូបានដើរចូលទៅក្នុងហាងBurger King ដែលបំពាក់ទៅដោយម៉ាស៊ីនត្រជាក់។ ...

អាហារូបករណ៍ផ្នែកកសិកម្មថ្មី និងជំនួយស្រាវជ្រាវត្រូវបានចាប់ផ្តើមកាលពីម្សិលមិញជាមួយនឹងគោលបំណងនៃការបណ្តុះបណ្តាលជំនាញក្នុងស្រុកដោយផ្តល់ឱ្យនិស្សិតនូវឱកាសក្នុងការបន្តថ្នាក់​ក្រោយ​ឧត្ដម​សិក្សា និងធ្វើការសិក្សាស្រាវជ្រាវ។ ...

បន្ទាប់​ពី​បាន​បញ្ចប់​ការ​សិក្សា​ពី​វិទ្យាស្ថាន​ស៊ី​តិក​ក្នុង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​នៅ​ឆ្នាំ​ ២០១៥​ ដោយ​មាន​សញ្ញាប័ត្រ​ផ្នែក​បច្ចេកវិទ្យា​ព័ត៌មាន​ កញ្ញា​ឈិ​ត​ ចន្ទ​មុនី​ ក្នុង​វ័យ​២៣​ ឆ្នាំ​បន្ទាប់​ពី​បាន​បញ្ចប់​ការ​សិក្សា​ពី​វិទ្យាស្ថាន​ស៊ី​តិក​ក្នុង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​នៅ ...

Officials confirmed there were more than 20,000 participants at the job fair on Saturday organised by the National Employment Agency of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, which was held in an effort to educate job seekers about current opportunities. Sokkhon David, acting director of information ...

Phnom Penh’s National Blood Transfusion Center (NBTC) has dropped to its lowest level of the year, with only 10 units in stock and doctors relying heavily on patients’ family members and friends to donate in emergency situations, health officials said Thursday. NBTC Director Dr. Hok Kim ...

A mother of four, with the youngest on her hip, said she was not impressed by the palatial government buildings where Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Council of Ministers have their offices. Her own home is a wood-and-tin shack now partially buried under the ...

A week after British researchers released a study warning that the nation’s grasslands would soon be lost if drastic action was not taken to protect them, some agricultural experts have called for moderation, noting that the intensive rice cultivation blamed for the grasslands’ destruction is ...

The elusive Mekong giant catfish, which the U.S.-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF) called “one of the world’s largest and rarest freshwater fish,” can reach up to three meters (10 feet) and weigh up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds). The Xayaburi dam would prove an “impassable barrier” ...

The recent power shortages have left residents of Phnom Penh out in the heat and dark, but amidst their mounting frustration, state-owned energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) has announced it will be purchasing more power from Thailand to address the shortfall. Keo Rattanak, director-general of ...

The government wants to play a bigger role in helping local businesses remain competitive and, to this end, the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME) has launched a new award to recognise companies that have achieved high produc-tivity standards. Ten companies will be awarded in ...

With prices creeping upward and the central bank looking to take monetary action to fight inflation, the government has suspended the publication of the monthly Consumer Price Index, an official at the Ministry of Pallning said yesterday. Sam Saroeun, deputy director of the statistic department ...

WITH the passing of a law on farmers’ co-operatives, the government hopes to streng-then the country’s growing agricultural sector, Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech at the National Institute of Education yesterday. “In time, I believe that economic growth will be tremendous in rural ...

Cambodia’s economy is projected to grow by 7 percent this year, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Keat Chhon said Friday. He said the growth still is contributed by garment exports, tourism, agriculture, real estate and construction. Last year, Cambodia’s GDP per capita was nearly 1,000 ...

Helping women find better employment opportunities is key to ensuring they feel able to report rape and sexual abuse, government and civil society representatives said yesterday. Although Cambodian courts are prosecuting an increasing number of cases involving violence against women, economic concerns stop many from reporting ...