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The exports of garments and textiles from Cambodia have grown by 17.5 percent year-on-year to reach US$ 1.34 billion during the first three months of the current year, data released by the Ministry of Commerce shows. Last year, Cambodia exported apparels worth US$ 4.61 billion, ...

British minister for trade and investment Lord Green would visit Cambodia next Monday in order to boost bilateral trade and investment ties, according to a media statement from the British Embassy to Cambodia on Wednesday. Mark Gooding, British Ambassador to Cambodia, said trade between UK ...

អាជ្ញាធរ​មូលដ្ឋាន​មួយ​ចំនួន និង​មន្ត្រី​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) បង្ហាញ​កង្វល់​ថា ចំនួន​អ្នក​ទៅ​បោះឆ្នោត​ជ្រើស​រើស​តំណាង​រាស្ត្រ​អាណត្តិ​ទី៥ ដែល​នឹង​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​នៅ​ចុង​ខែ​កក្កដា ខាង​មុខ នឹង​ថយ​ចុះ បើ​ទោះ​បី​ជា​បញ្ជី​ឈ្មោះ​អ្នក​បោះឆ្នោត​បាន​កើន​ឡើង​ជាង​កាល​ពី​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​មុនៗ​ក៏ដោយ ...

Communities living in the protected Snuol wildlife sanctuary in Kratie province said yesterday that the sanctuary was being destroyed by private companies acting in collusion with local wildlife officers. Snuol forest community representative Mom Sakim said private interests were claiming large areas of the sanctuary without ...

Phnom Penh families being pushed to the city’s outskirts to make way for a $142.6 million railway renovation project funded by Australia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are falling into debt and finding it harder to earn money and access healthcare according to a ...

ភ្នំពេញ ៖ គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិ រៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) នៅថ្ងៃទី៤ ខែមិថុនា ឆ្នាំ២០១៣ បានឲ្យដឹងថា មានអ្នកសង្កេតការណ៍ជាតិ និងអន្តរជាតិ ចូលរួមត្រួតពិនិត្យ ការបោះឆ្នោតជាតិឆ្នាំ២០១៣ ...

The hunt for oil around northwestern Cambodia has unearthed “positive” results for Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), which intends to continue exploring the area in a project that could last at least six more years, a government spokesman said. JOGMEC’s survey on the ...

The parent company behind a firm constructing the Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung Treng has repeatedly violated Chinese law by building “massive” power projects without prior approval, China’s national auditor has found. State-owned China Huaneng Group, of which Lower Sesan 2 partner Hydrolancang International Energy ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that the rapid growth of Phnom Penh’s population coupled with the rampant construction of new property projects means that there would always be a shortage of water and electricity in the capital. Speaking to a crowd of thousands who had ...

ភ្នំពេញ៖គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិ រៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប.) បានចេញ សេចក្តីប្រកាសព័ត៌មាន នៅថ្ងៃពុធ ទី៥ ខែមិថុនា ឆ្នាំ ២០១៣ អំពីការសម្រេចប្តូរទីតាំង ការិយាល័យបោះឆ្នោត នៅឃុំព្រីងជ្រុំចំនួន១ ការិយាល័យ និង ...

After the listing of Taiwanese-owned garment company Grand Twins International (Cambodia) Plc on the Kingdom’s stock exchange was delayed indefinitely, its underwriter said yesterday that the firm hopes to list before the national elections in late July. According to the underwriter, Phnom Penh Securities (PPS) Plc, ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday inaugurated a new water treatment plant in eastern part of capital Phnom Penh, saying that the plant would meet the rising demand of clean water in the city. The 90 million U.S. dollar plant was invested by the listed ...

Cambodian Free Trade Union of Workers (FTU) warned Tuesday to stage a protest if the authority does not release its eight members who were arrested by police on Monday during a demonstration at a Taiwanese-owned garment factory, a union leader said. FTU’s president Chea Mony ...

Oddar Meanchey province deputy governor Lon An yesterday confirmed CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat’s involvement in a trio of sugar cane plantations that rights groups took to the National Human rights Commission of Thailand last week, but denied their allegations of rights abuses. The deputy ...

Cambodia’s reliance on imported fossil fuels to meet its energy needs is set to increase in the coming years, despite the raft of hydropower projects planned by the government, according to new data from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Using baseline figures from the Institute ...

គណៈ​កម្មា​ធិការជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការបោះ​ឆ្នោត បាន​​ដាក់​ឲ្យ​ប្រើ​ប្រាស់​​សេវា​ព័ត៌មាន​ទាក់ទង​នឹង​ការបោះឆ្នោត​តាម​ ទូរស័ព្ទ​ដៃ ចាប់​តាំង​ពី​ខែ​មីនា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣នេះ។ លោក ខន កែវមនោ អនុប្រធាន​នាយកដ្ឋាន​ទទួល​បន្ទុក​ផ្នែក​ព័ត៌មាន​សាធារណៈ​នៃ​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ ជាតិរៀប​ចំការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​បាន​ថ្លែង​ថា អ្នក​ប្រើ​ប្រាស់​សេវា​នេះ ...

Both exports and imports of garment materials rose more than 17 per cent in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year, reflecting a growth in Cambodia’s biggest industry. Exports of garment and textile materials went up by 17.5 per cent ...

Skyscrapers, supermarkets and high-end clothing stores along Sihanouk Boulevard may reflect the increasingly affluent side of Phnom Penh, but turning down busy Street 63 toward Central Market the scene is more warzone than Asean capital, with air thick with dust and the road peppered with ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ គណៈ​កម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត គ.ជ.ប បាន​អំពាវនាវ ដល់​គណបក្ស​នយោបាយ​ទាំង​អស់​កុំ​ឲ្យ​ផ្សព្វ​ផ្សាយ​គោល​នយោបាយ​ដែល​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​រើស​អើង​សាសនា ឬ​ជាតិ​សាសន៍​.. ...

When 46-year-old Than Thol got a $900 loan from Samic Microfinance last year, he took advantage of a little-known and  lengthily worded insurance program called Measure for Economic and Accelerated Development for All, or MEADA. MEADA provides coverage for families of mostly lower-income borrowers in the ...

The number of fixed-line telephone subscribers in Cambodia increased by four per cent in 2012 compared to 2011, standing in sharp contrast to a mobile phone subscriber growth of 22 per cent in the same period, statistics show. According to figures from the Ministry of Posts ...

Japanese retail company MUJI announced the development of an eco-friendly natural dyeing plant in Cambodia, a press release on Sunday said. The plan is part of the Business Call to Action, a global initiative supported by several international organisations and hosted by the UN Development Programme ...

The government announced Monday that it will open a new passport office in the northwest province of Battambang, the first such office outside Phnom Penh. In a statement, posted to the Ministry of Interior website, the ministry said that the new passport office will serve people ...

Cambodia Angkor Air will launch routes to China and the South Korean city of Seoul by August while it eyes additional destinations to Singapore and Malaysia, according to a senior official with the country’s national carrier. “Singapore is a hub for Asia, so we have ...