The Phnom Penh Post

Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training spokesman Heng Sour said the ministry would continue to mediate disputes between local integrated resort operator NagaWorld Ltd and its laid-off employees to find a solution, though the two parties can choose to settle it through the courts if ...

A senior Australian diplomat commended the Cambodian government’s response to the Covid-19 crisis and the actions it took to protect its people and the economy. ...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will enter into force on January 1, and local economists and businessmen expect huge benefits from one of the world’s largest free trade agreements. ...

The Wildlife Conservation Society Cambodia Programme (WCS) Biodiversity Team, in collaboration with the Preah Vihear provincial Department of Environment, have initiated a six-month research project that involves a survey of pileated gibbons in the northern province’s Phnom Tbeng Natural Heritage Park. ...

A total of 783,000 doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccines out of a promised 2.3 million doses from the Australian government arrived in Cambodia on the evening of December 26 and were received directly by Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Phnom Penh International Airport. ...

Siem Reap provincial deputy governor Ngan Phirun has instructed authorities to immediately put a stop to all activities at more than 140 illegal logging sites in or near protected areas and biodiversity corridors in the province to prevent further deforestation. ...

The Ministry of Environment has provided an assortment of uniquely shaped rubbish bins to more than 60 Phnom Penh schools to motivate students and staff to properly separate waste, and to promote environmental awareness and beautification of the capital. ...

The Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court on December 22 detained a commune chief in Preah Netr Preah district and a reporter from the Khmer Student News Unit on charges of illegal encroachment, occupation and sale of state land that is part of Region 3 of the ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng confirmed that a working group is drafting an entirely new road traffic law to replace the current one which he said requires so many changes to address problems associated with law enforcement. ...

The state-owned Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia Plc (SME Bank) plans to waive collateral requirements for new loans to qualifying local small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) soon, to reduce the barriers and obstacles that limit their access to the necessary cash to fund ...

Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed to strengthen cooperation in defence and security and to respect each other’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity by accelerating the demarcation of the remaining 16 per cent of the border. ...

Cambodia and Vietnam have negotiated an agreement on agriculture to strengthen import-export controls and prevent the illegal cross-border timber and wildlife trade, among other issues, according to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon. ...

Fifty coffee shops have joined a two-month campaign initiated by the Royal University of Phnom Penh’s (RUPP) Department of Media and Communication (DMC) to reduce the use of plastic in daily lives. ...

Tourists and Chinese investors are gradually making their way back to Preah Sihanouk province, as the Covid-19 situation in the Kingdom eases and socio-economic activities pick up pace following early November’s full reopening announcement, according to a spokesman for the coastal province. ...

Cambodia and Thailand have pledged to deepen bilateral relation across all sectors with a special focus on reviving the two economies in the wake of pandemic-induced fiscal challenges.   ...

Cambodia’s global non-gold goods trade topped $29 billion in the first three quarters of 2021, increasing by around a quarter year-on-year, the Ministry of Economy and Finance reported. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen and Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc praised the development of relations between the two countries over the past 55 years, while Vietnam reiterated its support and wished the Kingdom success in its role as ASEAN chair in 2022. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea reached $869.735 million in the first 11 months of 2021, an 8.805 per cent surge from $799.354 million in the same period last year, according to data from the Korea International Trade Association (Kita) posted at the weekend. ...

Cambodia and China have decided to set up an investment and economic cooperation working group to promote the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), as well as strengthen investment and prop up bilateral economic and trade ties. ...

The Ministry of Environment has warned of legal action against a woman and her Australian husband for illegally occupying and selling 50ha of land in the protected area of Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in Pramuoy commune’s Stung Thmey village of Pursat province’s Veal Veng district. ...

Over 260,000 Cambodian migrant workers have returned from abroad, mostly from Thailand, since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic through the end of 2021, according to the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT). ...

Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron has given the green light for early childhood education service providers to resume operations nationwide from January 10 through at least October 31, 2022. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has reiterated that Cambodia will work hard to achieve consensus on the Code of Conduct (COC) for the South China Sea while chairing the ASEAN Summit next year and urged claimants to actively negotiate. ...

Officials from the Tonle Sap Authority and the Water Resources and Meteorology Departments in the six provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake have inspected 659 boundary posts demarcating Region 3 of the lake, which the government had preserved for fish spawning grounds until the region ...