Khmer translated by ODC

Three ministries have set up a joint team to monitor the manufacturing sector’s compliance with existing regulations, including workplace conditions, in a bid to avoid overlapping inspections. ...

The State Secretariat of Civil Aviation has recorded a declining number of foreign visitors coming into the Kingdom in the midst of novel coronavirus fears.​​​​​ ...

Information Ministry yesterday asked national police to take measures against several Facebook accounts which have allegedly accused the Kingdom of contracting COVID-19.​ ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen today announced that a part of Lvea Aem district, Kandal province, located east of Chatumok river will be upgraded to a district of Phnom Penh.​ ...

The Ministries of Environment, Education, Youth and Sport, and the Cambodia Rural Students Trust (CRST) have collaborated to implement an environmental care project called Project “R” in Siem Reap province. ...

The General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) on Friday issued a set of measures to help the ailing shipping and garment sectors as the supply of raw materials from China dries up. ...

Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra has announced that four ministries have issued two separate inter-ministerial prakas to create a joint inspection group to look into the manufacturing and tourism sectors to strengthen the effectiveness of work, transparency and accountability.   ...

The government hit a 20-year record in fiscal revenues from tax and Customs and Excise last year, exceeding the target and rising nearly a third year-on-year. Together they were nearly equal to planned expenditure. ...

Labour Ministry spokesman Heng Sour yesterday in a press conference said the number of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand decreased last year compared to the same period in 2018.   ...

In a bid to tackle the spread of misinformation, the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) will on Friday trained journalists on reporting correctly about Covid-19. ...

The Supreme Consultative Council drafted a law on the violation of duties, aiming to punish government officials, including those in the military, who infringe on their duty to serve the public or abuse their power to drive personal interests.    ...

The USAID and the Swedish Embassy today donated more than $2 million to the Arbitration Council Foundation to further enhance the Kingdom’s labour relations and dispute resolution services. ...

The government has decided to designate the Yak Om Yak Kara Lake in Ratanakiri province as a protected area to preserve natural resources. According to a government sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday, the designation for the lake and forest area covering ...

Cambodia on Wednesday inaugurated the China-funded National Road 58, which is a crucial road for economic and tourism development in Western provinces.​ ...

The Labour Ministry is seeking ways to reduce traffic accidents involving garment workers as the number of death and injury remains high. ...

Authorities in bordering provinces with Vietnam have reportedly increased the number of inspections of poultry imports to prevent a bird flu outbreak in the Kingdom. ...

Japan on Thursday provided a $1.43 million grant to three organisations working to clear cluster bombs, improve food security and promote sustainable agricultural conditions for poverty reduction in Cambodia. The grant was signed by Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia Masahiro Mikami and representatives of the three recipients ...

Garment factory workers are seeing their working hours cut amid China’s coronavirus scare and the EU’s announcement that it will partially withdraw Cambodia’s trade privileges. ...

Some 60 million people rely on Southeast Asia’s Mekong River for their sustenance. But the Mekong is under threat.​While China is building dams that sharply reduce the water flow and sediment downstream, other countries along the river share some of the blame. ...

Cambodia earned around $4.91 billion, up 12.4 percent year-on-year from international tourism receipts last year, with 6.61 million international visitors, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Tourism. ...

The Ministry of Commerce has formed a working group to draft a strategic policy on cashew nut development in Cambodia. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday urged Chinese Ambassador Wang Wentian to look into the possibility of exporting raw materials by air and sea to the Kingdom in order to prevent job losses resulting from a suspension in the operation of garment factories. ...

A 49 percent decrease has been recorded last year for the number of malaria cases in the Kingdom compared to the same period in 2018, the National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control revealed.​ ...

The Ministry of Planning yesterday refuted claims that the census it carried out last year had flaws. ...