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Cambodia will soon introduce the purchase of insurance on all types of vehicles to ensure victims of road accidents in Cambodia will receive compensation. ...

The Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) helped attract more investment from China to Cambodia in the first half of this year. ...

A ruling-party parliamentarian, a CPP senator’s family member and a business associate of the prime minister’s daughter are among the latest recipients of state-land transfers that have been distributing lakes, forests and wildlife sanctuaries to the country’s elite. ...

Hong Kong-based Sunwah Group has launched a $1.5 billion real estate project in Phnom Penh, saying it will represent a new symbol of Cambodia’s high-quality life. ...

Cambodian analysts weighed in on China’s $44.4 billion real estate fund, banking on hopes that the program can raise funds to bankroll the purchase of unfinished buildings and complete their construction. ...

A top health official has called on people to be extra vigilant in protecting themselves from the spread of Covid-19, as another sub-variant of Omicron – known as BA2.75 – has been detected in Thailand. ...

The export of agricultural products, especially fresh fruits, has become an important part of the improving of the living standards of farmers and promote national economic growth. Cambodia has seen an increase in fruit exports to China under the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement. ...

Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi sent a congratulatory message to Prime Minister Hun Sen on the great success of the 7th ASEAN-Japan Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers. ...

There is adequate supply of pork for domestic consumption till the end of 2022, quashing the need to import from neighbouring countries, said the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...

Vath Chamroeun is a busy man with daunting challenges. As secretary general of the Cambodian SEA Games Organizing Committee (CAMSOC), he is one of the main officials in charge of making sure the Kingdom is ready to host the 2023 Southeast Asian Games — and ...

The government has provided 104ha of a social land concession (SLC) in Dounba commune’s Kouk Roka village of Battambang province’s Kors Kralor district for housing and farming to 104 veterans. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen requested that Thailand’s Krirk University meet with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport to discuss recruitment after the school announced scholarships for 40 Cambodians. ...

The government is supporting the request of Japanese deputy minister of justice Hiroyuki Kada to hold a special Japan-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Law and Justice in Tokyo in 2023. ...

Siem Reap has received more than 60,000 doses of cattle vaccines and is preparing to administer them for the second time this year, according to provincial Animal Health and Production Bureau chief Prum Vich. ...

The Kuy indigenous community in Brame village and commune and six environmental activists claim to have found 260 cases of deforestation in the Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary of Preah Vihear province from July 15 to 17. ...

As many children have yet to be inoculated with the 12 vaccines as per the national immunisation schedule, the government is stepping up efforts to encourage parents to take their children to be vaccinated. ...

In an effort to strengthen and boost the efficiency of administration in the capital and provinces, the government has added new members through a sub-decree issued on June 30. ...

Cambodia exported 327,000 tonnes of milled rice in the first semester this year, an increase of 16 percent compared to the same period last year, earning the country $279 million, according to a report by the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...

The value of imports and exports passing through the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in the country registered a 38 percent year-on-year increase, according to reports. ...

Inflation rose to 7.2 percent in May this year in the country, the highest in the last decade, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said yesterday, adding that it has unleashed a set of measures to control the inflationary pressures and protect the purchasing power ...

The unemployment rate for Cambodia is expected to be at 0.31 percent this year, which is the lowest among all member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), according to the Asean Information Center. ...

Cambodia collected $3.26 billion from all sources of taxes in the first half of 2022, up 22 percent from 2.67 billion dollars over the same period last year. ...

The cost of logistics in Cambodia is partially to blame for being a drag on the country’s ability to compete with neighboring supply chains, a World Bank Group report found. ...

Negotiations for the wages of workers in the garment and textile industry is set to start next month and workers are expecting to see their minimum wages rise to at least $200 per month. ...