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The Ministry of Health yesterday warned people to be careful about avian influenza (bird flu) during upcoming festivals and ancestral ceremonies. ...

Protecting mangrove will be a main agenda of the World Wetlands Day to be held on Feb. 2, 2021, according to a press release from the Fauna&Flora International (FFI)-Cambodia programme and other partners. ...

The Ministry of Education has given 40 television sets to schools in three provinces bordering Thailand to promote distance learning. ...

The Ministry of Environment has warned people that it is illegal to buy or sell lands in natural protected and conservation areas in Preah Vihear province. ...

The Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) has reported export growth of 26.52 percent in 2020, a significant achievement in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Foreign investors and independent credit evaluators are echoing confidence in Cambodia in light of the series of free trade agreements (FTAs) both completed and being pursued by the Kingdom’s government. According to the ASEAN Briefing (AB), such FTAs could see the region become the world’s ...

The groundbreaking ceremony of the water treatment facility in Bakheng, outskirt of Phnom Penh, takes place today, presided over by Prime Minister Hun Sen. The plant, designed and built by Vinci Construction Grands Projets, will have the capacity to supply drinking 195,000 cubic metres of ...

President and Group Managing Director of ACLEDA Bank Plc In Channy has announced that the bank has reserved nearly $600 million for lending to the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector in Cambodia in 2021. ...

Consumer credit performance is showing consistent improvement as both loan balances and the number of loan accounts issued are undergoing sustained positive growth, according to a report from the Credit Bureau Cambodia (CBC). ...

CAMBODIA’s financial sector will not face a shortage of cash to lend to local enterprises and accelerate business anytime soon, according to Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) president In Channy. ...

In preparation for the lunar new year this month, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries have called for hygienic practices and sanitary inspections for the transportation of poultry and pigs to prevent the spread of any instances of bird ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) in the first month of this year approved 11 investment projects worth over $43 million and that are expected to generate 7,854 jobs, it said via social media. ...

The Bar Association has introduced a new policy by calling on its members to defend the poor and to provide advice, counselling and legal services voluntarily to the public at each lawyer’s office free of charge. ...

Singapore-based 800 Super Waste Management Pte Ltd, in cooperation with local firm Global Action for Environment Awareness Plc (GAEA), have expanded into Cambodia’s solid waste management sector, the companies said in a January 27 joint media release. ...

Kuala Lumpur-based Apigate Sdn Bhd has successfully rolled out its Storefront solution with Cambodia’s leading mobile telecommunications operator Smart Axiata Co Ltd, Apigate said in a press release on January 27. ...

Cambodia’s newly-drafted Investment Law will be in effect as soon as in April 2021, according to Ministry of Economy and Finance secretary of state Phan Phalla on January 27. He made the remark at the Public Forum on Macroeconomic Management and Budget Law 2021, ushering ...

Corporate leaders and senior officials attended the second Stakeholder Dialogue on Consumer Protection yesterday. The Kingdom drafted its Law on Consumer Protection in 2019 to comply with the Consumer Protection in ASEAN project, which aims to increase competitiveness in the region. ...

Domestic tourism in Kampot province increased last year compared to 2019, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the director of the provincial council said yesterday. ...

Life expectancy in Cambodia has increased to an estimated 75-years-old, according to the General Population Census of Cambodia 2019 issued on Tuesday. ...

Cambodia is expected to receive 20 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine of which 11 million doses are donations from friendly nations and partner organisations. ...

The ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center (ARMAC) in Phnom Penh has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) to assist national mine action authorities in the Asean region. ...

Cambodia scored a 21 out of 100 on Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2020, a one point improvement over last year’s score. ...

Cambodia has invited Russian investors to consider taking part in Cambodia’s oil sector. The invitation was made following Cambodia’s recent start of oil production in its maritime territory. ...

The Kingdom’s real economic growth is expected to recover by 4 percent in 2021 following a contraction of 3.1 percent in 2020, according to a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). ...