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Park rangers from the Ministry of Environment, together with conservation partners and communities in protected areas, have removed 61,611 traps from protected areas. ...

The World Bank has approved financing, along with a grant from the Global Partnership for Education, will provide $69.25 million in new funding to help Cambodia improve equitable access to basic education and respond rapidly to crises affecting the education system. ...

The Labour Ministry decided to end the $40 allowance per month for garment, footwear, and travel products workers whose contracts were suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the ministry will still continue to provide this allowance to workers in the field of tourism. ...

The UN’s latest evaluation of Cambodia states that the Kingdom has fulfilled the three basic conditions necessary for graduation from least developed country (LDC) status, including a gross national income (GNI) per capita of $1,377 which surpasses the $1,222 threshold, according to Minister of Planning ...

Japan has agreed to provide $728,501 for three recipient organisations under the framework, The Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects, to enhance the medical system to practice pediatric surgery, strengthen community care and support network for children, and improve the learning environment through primary school ...

During the pandemic, children have been among the most affected by Covid-19 with school closures and worsening mental health, while those who are infected face discrimination at school and from their neighbours, even when they are fully recovered, experts have mentioned. ...

In order to boost the vaccination rate to achieve the goal of herd immunity against Covid-19 especially the Omicron variant of concern, the Health Ministry will arrange a vaccination space directly at schools specifically for students and at factories for workers. It will also speed ...

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has embarked on his official two-day visit to Cambodia in a bid to further boost the two nations’ ties. ...

The Techo Sen Institute of Public Works and Transport (TSI) announced the launch of a capacity building project on road maintenance methods to improve sustainable infrastructure in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, with the expectation that the project will provide an opportunity for the three countries ...

The working group overseeing the management, distribution and supply of strategic drugs in the fight against Covid-19 at the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has begun distributing 200mg molnupiravir capsules with the brand name Molnatris at all branches of its Cambodia Post from January 19 ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen urged ASEAN to reopen tourism and trade now that many of the bloc’s member countries have vaccinated their populations. ...

Cambodia begins the new year as the first nation in Southeast Asia to publish a plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The roadmap, known officially as a “Long-term strategy for Carbon Neutrality (LTS4CN)”, was submitted to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ...

With the EU rolling back import tariffs on long grain white rice from Cambodia and Myanmar, market participants expect a rise in shipments from Cambodian exporters who were however still skeptical due to continued high freight rates. ...

The Kingdom exported 2,793,729.92 tonnes of cassava in 2021, up by nearly 22.1 per cent from a year earlier, as industry players note that domestic wholesale prices of the tubers remain elevated compared with average 2020 rates. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea reached $965.132 million last year, a 9.015 per cent surge from $885.322 million in 2020, according to data from the Korea International Trade Association (Kita). ...

Cambodia has the lowest operating costs among nine countries in Asia that are recognised as major manufacturing hubs, according to Asia-Pacific business transformation consultancy TMX. ...

Koh Kong provincial authorities have reclaimed 102ha of state-owned land in Tuol Koki Krom village of Mondul Seima district’s Tuol Koki commune which had been illegally occupied for more than one year. ...

During the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2022 in Sihanoukville, Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism of Cambodia and Sandiaga Salahudin Uno, Minister of Tourism and Innovation of Indonesia inked a memorandum of understanding on tourism cooperation, especially to promote direct flight connections between the two countries. ...

Cambodia is hosting the 40th ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF 2022) from January 16 to 22 in Preah Sihanouk province under the theme “ASEAN – A community of peace and shared future.” ...

The Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club (World-Bays Club) has voiced its support for the reopening of ASEAN tourism. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen who is also ASEAN Chair 2022, has shared some thoughts to continue to strengthen ASEAN relations, as well as supporting and encouraging efforts to develop regional tourism towards a common future and prosperity in line with the theme “ASEAN – A ...

The government has partially revoked the Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) of two companies for failing to develop the land as intended in Kampot province’s Chhuk district. ...

Chinese firm JIN YU TANG (CAMBODIA) FISHERY CO., LTD, has unveiled its feasibility progress of marine fish farming investment project in Preah Sihanouk province and sought support from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on January 17, 2022 announced the approval of 10 investment projects with a total capital of nearly $1.9 billion dollars. ...