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The Collective Union of Movement of Workers is appealing to casino owners to disburse last month’s wages of suspended employees amid the temporary closure of gambling venues across the Kingdom over novel coronavirus fears. ...

Newly-appointed Minister of Justice Koeut Rith has vowed to continue implementing policy reforms to improve the quality of the judicial system and build public confidence. ...

The Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers, Hing Thorasky, has issued a report ordering ministers and three provincial governors to check for irregularities among lower-level officers who have illegally seized public land. ...

The Government has stated its commitment to making e-governance a priority during the COVID-19 outbreak to ensure services remain timely and available, according to senior government officials.​ ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has affirmed that commercial banking and finances have strong capital and liquidity although Novel Coronavirus outbreak is hitting the country’s economy. ...

Cambodia exported a total of 230,948 tons of milled rice to foreign markets in the first quarter of this year, according to Cambodia Rice Federation’s report. ...

The Health Ministry yesterday reported two COVID-19 patients have recovered, raising the national recovery figure to 25. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen today announced he will donate seven months’ of his salary to the National Committee for Combating COVID-19.​ ...

The United States State Department on Tuesday issued a statement noting the US gave $2 million last month for the Kingdom’s fight against COVID-19. ...

The $800 million to $2 billion COVID-19 stimulus package announced by Prime Minister Hun Sen last month will only be given to those businesses that are legally registered and are formally verified, the Ministry of Economy and Finance has said. ...

Cambodia exported a total of 2,936,992 tonnes of agricultural commodities and products to the international markets during the first quarter of the year. Increasing 20 percent from the same period last year, according to a report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries released ...

Impending COVID-19 health measures and high levels of micro debt pose a serious concern for the approximately 2.4 million Cambodians with a combined outstanding debt of $8 billion, according to a World Bank report released this week. ...

The Senate will convene today for an extraordinary session to discuss the approval of three new power plants which will cumulatively generate nearly 1,000 mW. ...

The Cambodian government has been looking to secure a stockpile of milled rice to ensure a sufficient domestic supply of the staple. ...

Cambodia’s retail gasoline price has strongly declined for the first time because of the fall on the international market, according to the monthly oil prices set by the Ministry of Commerce revealed yesterday. ...

Environmental watchdog ACNCIPO director Chea Hean has requested the service of Kampong Speu provincial officials to help close logging roads in the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary and the Central and Southern Cardamom National Parks. ...

The government is evaluating the current economic situation and monitoring the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic to determine whether to adjust its six per cent projection for economic growth this year, Ministry of Economy and Finance spokesman Meas Sok Sensan said on Wednesday. ...

The tourism industry has always been considered as a major player in the rapid economic growth of the Kingdom. However, in the first quarter of 2020, the typically booming industry was abruptly brought to its knees due to COVID-19. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the U.S. were valued at US$585 million in January 2020, up 33 percent compared to the same period last year. ...

The value of Cambodian real estate has not shown signs of decline in recent weeks, despite the Covid-19 pandemic bringing market activity to a virtual standstill, industry insiders said on Wednesday. ...

The government announced on Tuesday a measure to assist minimum wage workers employed in the tourism sector amid COVID-19 fears. ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday urged newly appointed Justice Minister Keut Rith to improve the judiciary and expedite resolution of pending cases to boost the public’s confidence towards the country’s judicial system. ...

Forest activists claimed they had observed more cases of deforestation in the Prey Lang area than before the Covid-19 outbreak. They alleged that three companies had sent workers to log and transport timber with no crackdown by the relevant authorities. ...

Cambodia’s two key listed autonomous ports reported strong business performance last year before the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic which is currently ravaging the transport sector. ...