As government borrowing from China continues to increase, a new study released yesterday showed that Chinese concessional loans carry higher interest than any others. According to the study, released by the NGO Forum on Cambodia at a workshop in Phnom Penh, China’s average interest rate on ...

Amnesty International yesterday launched a report on land evictions in Cambodia that details the impact that government-bestowed economic land concessions have had on women, and sets out recommendations for the government in light of those findings. The new report, titled ‘Eviction and Resistance in Cambodia: Five ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday rebuked the World Bank for revising downward its outlook for gross domestic product growth in the Kingdom, claiming the bank’s projections could cause market panic. The premier also announced a new government projection of 6.4 per cent GDP growth this year, ...

Cash transfers to the poor and public works programs for the unemployed are spelled out in a new five-year plan the government launched yesterday in a bid to expand the country’s threadbare social welfare programs. Though full of ambitious targets and budgets, the ‘National Social Protection ...

Just over a year since the World Bank froze its funds to the government, the bank yesterday reiterated that a decision on whether or not it would start providing loans again remains nowhere in sight. In August, the World Bank announced that it would not provide ...

The Cambodian National Petroleum Authority restricted vital information and failed to cooperate with consultants working for the Asian Development Bank who were deployed to the authority between 2007 and 2010 as part of a $1 million project to strengthen governance at the body, a new ...

Cambodian mobile operators added more than 1 million new subscribers between May and July, with Smart Mobile seeing the largest percentage increase for the period, according to Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications figures obtained by the Post. Marc Einstein, a Tokyo-based analyst at research and ...

Job recruitment agencies that send workers overseas often deceive young women through misleading job advertisements by using brokers that have “a position of authority” within the community, according to a new report by the Asia Foundation. According to the report, agencies also inflate migration costs that ...

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 ...

​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​ ០៩​ ខែឧសភា​ ឆ្នាំ​ ២០១៨​ បណ្តា​អង្គការ​ចំនួន​ ៧៩​ នៅ​កម្ពុជា​ បាន​សម្តែង​ការ​សោកស្តាយ​យ៉ាង​ខ្លាំង​ចំពោះ​ការ​វិវត្តន៍​ចុង​ក្រោយ​នេះ​ ទៅ​លើ​សេរីភាព​សារព័ត៌មាន​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ភាព​មិន​ច្បាស់លាស់​នៃ​ការ​លក់​ស្ថាប័ន​កាសែត​ភ្នំពេញ​ប៉ុស្តិ៍​ និង​ការ​បញ្ជា​ភ្លាមៗ ...

​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៥​ ខែឧសភា​ ឆ្នាំ​២០១៩​ ស្ថានទូត​សាធារណរដ្ឋ​សហព័ន្ធ​អា​ល្លឺ​ម៉​ង់​ ភ្នំពេញ​ បាន​ចេញ​សេចក្តី​ប្រកាស​ព័ត៌មាន​អំពី​ ការ​ប្តេជ្ញា​បន្ត​ចូលរួម​របស់​អា​ល្លឺ​ម៉​ង់​ក្នុង​ការ​លុប​បំបាត់​ភាព​ក្រីក្រ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​។​ ប្រទេស​អា​ល្លឺ​ម៉ ...

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 ...