The Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies (ACRA) has delayed in sending 2,000 Cambodians to Qatar due to a lack of information about safety. The Ministry of Labour of Qatar has provided insufficient information regarding worker safety according to An Bunhak, the ACRA director. ACREA intends ...

Almost  650,000 hectares of ecologically-rich flooded forest surrounding the Tonle Sap lake has been protected by a sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday. The 647,406 hectare area spans sections of Kampong Chhnang, Pursat, Battambang, Banteay Meanchey, Siem Reap and Kampong Thom provinces. ...

Recent flooding has extended the dengue fever season this year, the National Dengue Control Program said on Tuesday. Officials added that more than 12,000 people, primarily children, had been hospitalised so far this year with the mosquito-borne infection. Dr Ngan Chantha, head of the NDCP, said “12,392 ...

More than 60 percent of nearly 50,000 evacuated families have returned home as floods recede in areas along the Mekong River and other parts of the country, said the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). Nearly all displaced families have gone back to flood-wrecked villages in ...

All families evacuated during the worst floods Cambodia has seen in more than a decade have now returned home, the floodwaters have receded and relief efforts are coming to a close, officials said yesterday. Two hundred and fifty people, at least half of them children, died ...

Cambodia’s milled rice exports increased by more than seven per cent year-on-year during the first 10 months of 2011, while international demand for the grain drove up rice prices by nearly 200 per cent, commerce officials said. The Kingdom exported more than 136,000 tonnes of milled ...

A Cambodian migrant worker in Thailand has said that a recruitment firm in Phnom Penh that sent him and about 1,000 others to work at an “exploitative” factory is threatening him because he spoke to the press. Keo Ratha, 37, said yesterday he received a threatening ...

Thai cassava farmers have asked Cambodia to stop exporting the commodity into Thailand in an attempt to keep prices high and avoid saturating the market, officials said yesterday. Sao Sarat, Pailin provincial cabinet chief, said that Thai government officials representing local cassava farmers met with Pailin ...

About 400 villagers in Kratie province’s Chhlong district protested yesterday in an effort to stop Kasten agro-industrial company from building houses on contested farmland, the protesters said. The company used red paint to demarcate its boundary and started building houses on the farmland in January, said ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen held talks with President of the Thai National Assembly Somsak Kiatsuranot in the capital yesterday, paving the way for the extraction of contested oil and gas reserves in the Gulf of Thailand Yesterday’s talks between Hun Sen and Somsak focused on restoring ...

Cambodia will require an additional 1,000 restaurants by 2020 to service the Kingdom’s growing tourism sector, Ministry of Tourism officials say. By 2020, seven million international visitors, and as many as 10 million domestic tourists, were expected to visit the country’s tourist destinations each year, Tith ...

Roughly 100 villagers were allegedly threatened by soldiers brandishing AK-47s yesterday, while attempting to block a company from bulldozing their farms in Kratie province’s Snuol district. Soun Vicheka, a representative of 136 families in Snuol commune’s Krasaing village, said villagers formed a human chain to prevent  Horizon ...

A new government plan has set a goal for an annual 1.2 million tonnes of fish by 2019, but officials and environmentalist have said the construction of Xayaburi dam in Laos could stymie Mekong fisheries. The plan would push fish exports to 500,000 tonnes of fish ...

Salt farmers in Kampot and Kep may be unable to harvest the roughly 90,000 tons they sell annually due to excessive rains, and the country may have to turn to foreign markets, producers said yesterday. Ly Sreng, deputy chief of the Kep-Kampot Salt Producers Community, ...

As dignitaries marked the groundbreaking of a project to improve Phnom Penh’s defenses against flooding yesterday, a complaint had already been filed against the project’s contractor for impeding a public road. The Japanese government is putting $46 million into a new phase of the city’s flood ...

Cambodia is close to a deal that would ship as much as 20,000 tonnes of milled rice to Indonesia, according to sources familiar with the matter. Thon Virak, director of state-owned rice exporter Green Trade and chairman of Federation of Milled Rice Exporters Association, said Green ...

Cambodia is close to a deal that would ship as much as 20,000 tonnes of milled rice to Indonesia, according to sources familiar with the matter. Thon Virak, director of state-owned rice exporter Green Trade and chairman of Federation of Milled Rice Exporters Association, said Green ...

រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុ​ជា កំពុង​កសាង​ខ្លួន​ឲ្យ​ក្លាយ​ទៅ​ជា​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ឌីជីថល​ ដើម្បី​គ្រប់​គ្រង​សង្គម​តាម​ប្រព័ន្ធ​កុំ​ព្យូទ័រ​ទំនើប ដែល​នេះ​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​មាន​តម្រូវ​ការ​ធន​ធាន​មនុស្ស​​ដែល​មាន​ជំនាញ​បន្ថែម​ ខណៈ​ដែល​បច្ចុប្បន្ន​កម្ពុជា​ មាន​សា​លា​រៀន​គ្រប់​កម្រិត​ និង ...

អ្នកជំងឺ​១២​នាក់​ដែល​មាន​បញ្ហា​សុខភាព​ផ្លូវចិត្ត​ ត្រូវ​បាន​បញ្ជូន​ទៅ​មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល​សុខភាព​ផ្លូវចិត្ត​ ដែល​ទើបនឹង​សាងសង់​ថ្មី​នៅ​ស្រុក​កណ្តាលស្ទឹង​ ខេត្តកណ្តាល​។​ មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល​នេះ​ត្រូវ​បាន​បង្កើត​ឡើង​ក្រោម​ក្រសួង​សង្គមកិច្ច​ ក្រសួងសុខាភិបាល​ និង​ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ​។​ មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល​នេះ​មាន​ផ្ទៃដី​ទំហំ​ ៣​ ហិ​កតា ...

រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា​នឹង​ចំណាយ​ថវិកា​ប្រមាណ​ ៤ ​លាន​ដុល្លារ​អាមេរិក​ លើ​ «​គម្រោង​​បែងចែក​ដី​ដើម្បី​សង្គមកិច្ច និង​ការអភិវឌ្ឍ​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ជំហាន​ ២ (LASED II) ដល់​ពលរដ្ឋ​ក្រីក្រ​ជាង​ ៦០០ ​គ្រួសារ ​នៅ​ឃុំ​ដូង​ ​ស្រុក​ប្រាសាទបល្ល័ង្ក ខេត្ដ​កំពង់ធំ ខណៈ​មាន​ពលរដ្ឋ​ក្រីក្រ​ជាង​ ៥០០ ​គ្រួសារ​ហើយ ដែល​បាន​មក​ធ្វើ​កិច្ចសន្យា ...