Khmer translated by ODC

Cambodia’s demand for electricity is increasing each year and the country is not only committed to sustaining their economic competitiveness and growth but also is eager to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions in the energy sector by 16% by 2030 as it transitions to cleaner ...

New procedures for qualifying for the ID poor programme were announced at the Hyatt Regency, Phnom Pehn yesterday that will provide assistance to impoverished people who have come under increasing financial pressure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, natural disasters, and events occurring outside the country. ...

Remittances from Cambodian migrant workers have continued to rise, totalling $2,630 million in 2021, an increase of 11.4 percent compared to 2018, figures from the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training showed yesterday. The remittances are set to increase this year. ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the National Representative of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) is chairing the “28th ASCC Council Meeting” from Oct. 12 to 14 at the Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel, Phnom Penh. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed his hope that the 2nd ASEAN Women Leaders’ Summit will continue to be a platform to inspire and motivate women in the ASEAN region. ...

The number of registered factories and enterprises has seen an increase by 16.8 percent to 15,859 as of July this year, employing 1.54 million workers. ...

National Election Committee (NEC) chairman Prach Chan, in a video clip on the NEC’s official YouTube channel, has called on everyone eligible to ensure they are able to vote in next year’s national election. ...

Cambodia is set to receive more than $14 million in proceeds from the sale of nearly 300,000 barrels of crude oil stolen by the Bahamas-flagged tanker MT Strovolos last year following a payment dispute with the Apsara oil field’s Singaporean developer, KrisEnergy, according to a ...

As the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and their sidelines are nearing, senior international affair expert and experienced foreign diplomat float optimism of Cambodia as the host. ...

Cambodia’s inflation has risen to 7.85 percent in June 2022 compared on a year-on-year basis to 7.17 percent the previous month, which was the highest in the last decade, while the value of Riel has fallen 0.07 percent to 4,091 riel per US dollar and ...

A new gold extraction firm Xing Yuan Kanng Yeak Co., Ltd, has started commercial gold extraction operation in its licensed areas in Kratie province, with a capacity of 20 kilogrammes of gold doré a month in the first stage, according to the Ministry of Mines ...

Prime Minister Techo Hun Sen has asked Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Dr Hang Chuon Naron to ensure the education for all. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday morning said that even though Covid-19 new cases are still found in Cambodia, the pandemic will neither affect the ASEAN Summit in November nor the national development. ...

Around 70 Siem Reap families want local authorities to give them titles to land they say has been occupied by generations and more recently claimed by the military. ...

Cambodia imported oil and gas products worth $2.84 billion in the first nine months of 2022, up 66 percent from $1.71 billion in the same period last year, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise on Monday. ...

Park rangers have cracked down on 4,250 cases, including land encroachments, in the first eight months of the year across the nation, according to officials. ...

Cambodia’s foreign trade volume reached $41 billion in the first nine months of 2022, up 18 percent from $34.76 billion in the same period last year, an official report showed on Monday.   ...

Khmer Enterprise must continue implementing co-investment frameworks and priority sectors for investment to grow the country’s SME sector in the wake of the pandemic, according to the Entrepreneurship Development Fund. ...

Small business loans are dominating banks’ loan balances, with the average borrower in Cambodia lending between $2,800 and $9,600 – a 250 percent increase. ...

The government will launch a social protection scheme to give cash to those impacted by rising inflation. ...

Households volunteering to move out of Angkor Archaeological Park to live in Run Ta Ek and Peak Sneng areas in Siem Reap province will receive each Level 1 IDPoor and the same allowance rate as in urban areas. ...

The government has told residents in Preah Dak commune, Banteay Srei district, Siem Reap province, to help prevent new construction and newcomers, as well as to avoid using the land next to the Angkor sites as property or buying and selling, while claiming that there ...

Some residents of the Angkor area in Siem Reap remain concerned about forced evictions, despite the government reaffirming that there will be no demolition and relocating them. ...

Sixty-five families in Prek Ta Kong village, Chak Angre Leu commune, Meanchey district, Phnom Penh, ask the authorities issue them land titles as soon as possible, as they have lived on the land for many years and fear “eviction” for further development reasons from seeing ...