Health officials and workers are concerned about budget shortages for the treatment of tuberculosis in the Kingdom as new data reveals that prevalence of the disease has declined 37 percent from 2002, officials said yesterday. Mao Tan Eang, director of the National Centre for Tuberculosis and ...

Investors should be cautious when pursuing the opportunities for growth present in Myanmar and Cambodia, Southeast Asia’s frontier markets, Templeton Asset Management Ltd. said. In Cambodia, state-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority will have its initial public offering this month, making it the first to ...

អង្គការ​ជាតិ និង​អន្តរជាតិ​ដែល​កំពុង​បំពេញ​ការងារ​រួមចំណែក​ក្នុង​ការលើក​កម្ពស់​សុវត្ថិភាព​ចរាចរណ៍​ផ្លូវគោក​នៅ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​បានស្នើ​ទៅ​លោក​ ហង់ជួន ណារ៉ុន រដ្ឋមន្ដ្រីក្រសួង​អប់រំ ពិនិត្យ​លទ្ធភាព​ជំរុញ​ការផ្សព្វផ្សាយ​អំពី​សុវត្ថិភាព​ចរាចរណ៍​ផ្លូវគោក​នៅ​តាម​គ្រឹះស្ថានសិក្សា​នានា​នៅពេល​បើក​បវេសនកាល​ឆ្នាំ​សិក្សា​ថ្មី​ព្រមទាំង​បញ្ចូល​សំណួរ​អំពី​សុវត្ថិភាព​ចរាចរណ៍ ...

ក្រុមអភិរក្សនៅតែមានការប្រយ័ត្នប្រយែងចំពោះការសន្យារបស់រដ្ឋាភិបាលកាលពីពេលថ្មីៗនេះថានឹងទប់ស្កាត់ការសាងសង់ទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីឆាយអារ៉ែងដ៏ចម្រូងចម្រាស បន្ទាប់ពីរកឃើញថា គម្រោងនេះស្ថិតក្នុងបញ្ជីថ្មីដែលត្រូវអភិវឌ្ឍរបស់ក្រសួងរ៉ែនិងថាមពល។បន្ទាប់ពីកិច្ចប្រជុំគណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីកាលពីថ្ងៃទី១៧ ខែកុម្ភៈ រដ្ឋាភិបាលបានប្រកាសថា ផែនការសាងសង់ទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីនៅចំកណ្ដាលភ្នំក្រវាញ ក្នុងខេត្តកោះកុង ត្រូវបានផ្អាកដោយមិនកំណត់ ហើយជំនួសដោយការកែលម្អរោងចក្រថាមពលដើរដោយធ្យូងថ្មដែលមានស្រាប់វិញ។ នៅពេលនោះ លោក ផៃ ស៊ីផាន អ្នកនាំពាក្យទីស្ដីការគណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីានមានប្រសាសន៍ថា លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន ចង់អភិរក្សកន្លែងនេះសម្រាប់ធ្វើជាតំបន់អេកូទេសចរណ៍។ ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will soon begin a national payment system that will allow the clearance of checks at all banks within a day, as well as facilitate intra-bank electronic payments, Nguon Sokha, director general of the NBC, said yesterday. Through the establishment of the national ...

The government earned just over $25 million in rental fees from state land leased to private companies in the first six months of the year, according to new figures from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. While the data shows that earning have risen, critics say ...

Gun violence and fatal traffic accidents are hurting the government’s efforts to boost tourism, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday, urging local authorities to take action-even against the powerful. Mr. Hun Sen also said the government has earmarked sites for two new international airports to cater to ...

An international rights group yesterday said the situation of human rights in Cambodia was continuing to worsen and accused the government of being “at war” with its own citizens over access to land. In its briefing paper, the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) also said that Cambodia was ...

Scientists in Bangkok are about to start work on a new flush toilet especially designed for the urban poor in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Their aim is to create a toilet that will process wastewater in family homes and convert it into gas or electricity, ...

Cambodia’s growing economy and hunger for new brands, particularly among young people, contribute to making Cambodia a profitable market for the franchise business, industry insiders said at the Franchising Forum in Phnom Penh last week. [Rami Sharaf, CEO of RMA Group in Cambodia] said Cambodia is ...

Bloggers from across Asia came together in the Cambodian city of Siem Reap this weekend to discuss blogging, technology and Internet freedom at 2012’s Blogfest Asia festival, a gathering of over 160 opinionated and distinctly geeky participants. Tops on the agenda? Internet freedom.  The Cambodian contingent ...

Kratie province – Cambodia’s transformation from war-torn basket-case to one of Asia’s most promising emerging economies is being overshadowed by a backwards lurch in human rights and land policies that critics say are entrenching poverty. Next week’s visit by Barack Obama, the fist by a U.S. ...

Cambodia’s total rubber latex exports rose by 12 per cent in the first nine months of this year, according to new figures. However, revenues from the exports saw a dramatic 27 per cent decrease due to a fall in rubber prices in the international market, ...

THAI agribusiness giant Charoen Pokphand (CP) Foods is setting up a new silo and drying plant for maize in Pailin province. The exact investment cost is not known. According to a newspaper report in The Nation, the plant, together with a planned feed-meal plant in Laos, ...

Following a ceremony to honor late King Father Norodom Sihanouk on Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich, more than 2,000 additional student volunteers were deployed yesterday morning by the Ministry of Land Management to measure plots of land in 19 provinces, officials said. Mr. Chhun Lim [Land Management Minister] said that ...

Cambodia is among the tropical countries whose forests are being cleared using increasingly advanced methods to feed a growing global trade in illegal timber worth at least $30 billion a year, according to a new report. The report, Green carbon, black trade, a joint effort by ...

Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ trademark) will make a monetary contribution to the authorized capital of a private company Belarus-Mekong that is being set up in Cambodia. Upon the suggestion of the Industry Ministry of Belarus, the Belarusian company will transfer 32 million Cambodian riels (about ...

Speaking to an audience of more than 150 private- and public-sector energy officials at the Second East Asia Summit Energy Efficiency Conference, officials agreed that not enough was being done to convince manufacturers and other large consumers of energy to switch to new energy efficient ...

A Cambodian-Thai delegation visited the cross-border railway site in Stung Bot Wednesday to examine the old line and a metal bridge which is being replaced, officials said. In addition to Stung Bot, where a new international border crossing is planned for Banteay Meanchey province, the officials ...

Kampong Chhnang villagers who have been hit with a new lawsuit over property that they and the wife of a senior government official both claim said yesterday that coming to court would be impossible, as they did not have a defense lawyer and needed time to locate ...