The government has approved Qatar as a destination for the growing number of Cambodian labourers seeking employment overseas. Workers will not be recruited for housekeeping services, however, private sector officials said. The abuse of maids in Malaysia – many of whom were reportedly under-aged – has ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Japanese Embassy in Phnom Penh appealed to the Cambodian government Tuesday to help encourage Japanese investment here by providing corporate tax holidays and reducing notoriously high customs tariffs by adopting more transparent and efficient practices. According to a set of requests prepared by the ss='cambodia-color'>...

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Today is World Health Day, marking the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organisation in 1948. Each year, a theme is selected for World Health Day that highlights a priority area of concern for the WHO. This year’s priority area is ageing and health, ss='cambodia-color'>...

អាជ្ញាធរខេត្ត​ពោធិ៍សាត់​ព្រមាន​ចាត់វិធានការ​ទៅ​លើ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ ៣១ ​គ្រួសារ ដែល​មក​តាំង​ទីលំនៅ​ដោយ​ខុសច្បាប់​ដោយ​រំលោភ​កាន់កាប់​ដី​ប្រមាណ​ជា​ ១០០ ​ហិកតា​​ នៅក្នុង​ដែនជម្រក​សត្វព្រៃ​ភ្នំ​សំកុស​នៅក្នុង​ភូមិ​ស្ទឹងថ្មី ស្រុក​វាលវែង​ដោយ​ដាក់​ឱសានវាទ​ត្រឹម​ថ្ងៃទី​ ១៨ ខែ​វិច្ឆិកា​សប្ដាហ៍​​ក្រោយនេះ​។ នេះ​បើ​យោង ss='cambodia-color'>...

កាលពី​សប្តាហ៍​មុន​ រដ្ឋាភិបាល​បាន​និយាយ​ថា​ ឧស្សាហកម្ម​និស្សារណកម្ម​កំពុង​ស្ថិតនៅ​លើ​ទិសដៅ​ដើម្បី​ក្លាយជា​សសរទ្រូង​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ដ៏​សំខាន់​មួយ​។ លោក​ ស៊ុយ​ សែម​ រដ្ឋមន្រ្តី​ក្រសួង​រ៉ែ​ និង​ថាមពល​ បាន​មានប្រសាសន៍​ថា​ ការ​អភិវឌ្ឍ​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​របស់​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ភាគច្រើន​ត្រូវ​បាន​ជំរុញ​ដោយ​វិស័យ​សំណង់​ អចលនទ្រព្យ ss='cambodia-color'>...

ប្រព័ន្ធ​ឌីជីថល​ប្រកបដោយ​ភាព​ច្នៃប្រឌិត​មួយ​ត្រូវ​បាន​បង្កើត​ឡើង​ក្នុង​គោលដៅ​គាំទ្រ​ដល់​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ ដើម្បី​លើកកម្ពស់​ការផលិត​ និង​ការប្រើ​ប្រាស់​ធ្យូង​ប្រកបដោយ​និរន្តរភាព​។ ពិធី​សម្ពោធ​ប្រព័ន្ធ​ឌី​ជី​ថន​នេះ​ត្រូវ​បាន​ធ្វើឡើង​ដោយ​កម្មវិធី​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​សហប្រជាជាតិ​ (UNDP​) សហការ​ជាមួយ​អង្គការ​ Geres​ អង្គការ​ RECOFTC ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Friday approved a new sub-decree geared toward increased protection of the endangered Mekong river dolphin through a series of fishing and motorised transport restrictions in the Mekong river in Kratie and stung Treng provinces. The Council of Minister’s sub-decree, obtained on ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodians working in south Korea this year are expected to remit up to Us$80 million to the Kingdom as up to 40 per cent more Cambodian labour heads to the East Asian nation compared to last year. The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training expects at ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has been asked to send a delegation to the site of the proposed Xayaburi hydro-electric dam in northern Laos, Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Lim Kean Hor said yesterday. Kean Hor, who is also chairman of Cambodia’s National Mekong Committee, said the equivalent body ss='cambodia-color'>...

Global brands Levi’s and Gap had continued slashing orders at the Tai Yang and Camwell factories in Kandal province, costing the company that owns them about Us$6 million, its manager claimed yesterday. Tai Yang Enterprises manager Wu Minghuor said the brands had reduced their orders from ss='cambodia-color'>...

Laos’ energy minister announced last week that the country will sell energy supplied by the controversial Xayaburi Dam to Cambodia. It is already planning to sell power to Thailand, where last month a lawsuit was lodged to stop the country from buying electricity produced at ss='cambodia-color'>...

A local journalist and a forestry official were arrested by military police in Kratie province’s sambo district on Friday night for allegedly discharging a weapon into the air and beating a man with a boat oar in an extortion bid gone awry. According to district military ss='cambodia-color'>...

The protectionist bent of conservation groups and the development agenda of the government can come together in Cambodia to create a green economy. That is the message of a new book Conservation International (C.I.) launched yesterday in Phnom Penh, outlining practical options for saving the environment ss='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers locked in a land dispute in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district no longer pose a secessionist threat, and those remaining in the contested area will receive new plots of land on which to live, the district governor said yesterday. District governor Chhe Chhiv said that ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nineteen families from Pursat province’s Prangil commune, plagued by a long-running land dispute with developer Pheapimex, are in despair now that student volunteer surveyors cannot help them reclaim land they say is rightfully theirs. Prime Minister Hun sen on Wednesday revealed he had revised his ss='cambodia-color'>...

Concerns that a drought may soon grip some of Cambodia’s provinces intensified after the government allocated thousands of cubic metres of water to more than 20,000 hectares of dried rice paddies in a mission to save valuable rice crops last weekend. Although the rainy season has cloaked ss='cambodia-color'>...

After months of inactivity that has fueled questions about the company’s future, Boeung Kak lake developer shukaku Inc has launched a recruitment drive, calling for at least half a dozen architects, engineers and other employees. When contacted yesterday, sok Heng Ly, an administrative employee listed in the ss='cambodia-color'>...

High demand for beef, particularly during the Islamic Qurban festival which ended yesterday, caused beef prices to almost double compared with the same period last year, according to Islamic leaders and officials. Him Khortieth, IKatan  Mahabbah Muslimin’s (IMAN) representative in Cambodia, said the association planned to ss='cambodia-color'>...

In the latest bid for an increase in garment-industry wages, Free Trade Union (FTU) president Chea Mony yesterday called on the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) to come to the table and discuss a $120-per-month minimum wage. A few days after Cambodian Confederation of Unions ss='cambodia-color'>...