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Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has highlighted that the establishment of the One Window Service Offices (OWSOs) has contributed to eliminating corruption and inefficiency among public officials. ...

In an effort to restore natural habitat, Land Management Minister Chea Sophara yesterday began a crackdown against encroachments in Tonle Sap lake’s flooded forest and seized back more than 2,000 hectares in Kampong Chhnang province. ...

Cambodia has issued a decision banning travellers from 10 countries in Africa or who have a history of traveling to these 10 countries in the last 3 three weeks.  ...

Cambodia has donated $13 million, 500,000 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine and two refrigerated vaccine transport vehicles to Laos. ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered relevant authorities to launch a large-scale crackdown on illegal land grabs around the kingdom’s largest freshwater lake — Tonle Sap — and to seize back all the encroached land. ...

Over 2,000ha out of more than 10,000ha of flooded forestland around the Tonle Sap Lake have been seized, with more than a dozen offenders already begging for clemency for their encroachment on the protected areas which the government says must be preserved as fish-spawning habitat. ...

Khmer Enterprise (KE), a unit under the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Cambodia Microfinance Association has entered into a cooperation agreement on promoting  access to finance for entrepreneurs and SMEs in the ecosystem of Cambodia. ...

Since Cambodia announced the reopening of the country to receive tourists without the need for quarantine for fully vaccinated tourists effective November 15, a total of more than 18,000 foreigners arrived in Cambodia, comprising  tourists, investors and other travelers. ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia warned that the two newly-flagged variants of SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 – formally known as B.1.640 and B.1.1.529 (Omicron) could possibly reach Cambodia soon. The Ministry of Health has also urged public vigilance ahead of ...

Phnom Penh has asked Hanoi to resume direct flights between Cambodia and Vietnam to boost tourism between the two countries now that the Covid-19 outbreak appears to be waning. ...

With agricultural production on a steady growth trajectory, even in the face of Covid-19, Phnom Penh welcomes Indonesian businessmen to invest in the Cambodian agricultural market, in hopes of bolstering capacity in response to an ongoing surge in domestic and international demand. ...

The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) and Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) are joining forces to explore cooperation on information sharing, personnel exchanges, and joint research for financial product development. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered police to arrest anyone – including government officials – involved with the deforestation of the flooded forests surrounding the Tonle Sap Lake because it is an area important to the spawning of many species of fish, among other reasons. ...

The United States is planning to host an in-person summit of President Joe Biden and leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Washington in January, Asean sources have said. ...

The 13th virtual Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit concluded on Friday under the chairmanship of Cambodia, adopting three outcome documents, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said. ...

Thong Rathsak, Director General of Tourism Development and International Cooperation of the Ministry of Tourism, who chaired the 2nd Joint Working Group Meeting on Cambodia-Vietnam Bilateral Tourism Cooperation in Kep Province said that air, sea and land tourism will resume soon. ...

Ma Retno L.P. Marsudi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, will pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, at the invitation of Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia has reminded the Kingdom to be ready for a possible surge of the emerging COVID-19 variant of concern Omicron. ...

Cambodia expressed its hopes that the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea will be concluded in 2022 when Cambodia holds the ASEAN chairmanship. ...

The 10th ASEF Editors’ Roundtable (ASEFERT10) wrapped up and placed a bold cooperation front on fighting against fake news between the two continents –Asia and Europe. ...

The Ministry of Environment has introduced many programmes that promote environmentally friendly activities to ensure that Cambodia maintains a clean and green environment that evolves with the times, according to minister Say Samal.   ...

Although economic risks from the Covid-19 crisis linger, Cambodian real estate still offers a wealth of potential, as well as reasonably low prices for investments, especially in a handful of key localities marked by burgeoning interest and a gradual pickup in investment activity, according to ...

Eurasian senior officials and private sector representatives on November 25 agreed to work together to prop up global supply and value chains and overcome the challenges posed by the current Covid-19 crisis.   ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged the leaders of Asian and European countries to further strengthen the Asia-Europe partnership to maintain a solid multilateralism that will lead to sustainable global growth and sharing.   ...