North of the Sesan River, in protected forests that stretch to the border with Laos and Vietnam, illegal timber traders describe a network of bribery that leaves them counting their riels, despite the multimillion-dollar nature of the industry. In contrast to the large flat-bed trucks owned ...

The government said it expects the European Commission to consider its efforts to comply with the “Everything But Arms” (EBA) regulations and the impact on one million workers should access to the agreement be suspended in February. The Ministry of foreign Affairs and International Cooperation ...

The total revenue of Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX)-listed Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) shot up by 17.5 per cent last year, indicating strong growth in its year-on-year business performance. An annual report from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport released on Wednesday said the Port’s ...

One hundred and eighty-One families affected by the Sihanoukville canal restoratiOn project are set to receive social land cOncessiOns in Preah Sihanouk province, Sihanoukville governor Y Sok Leng said On Friday. The land allocatiOn follows the demolitiOn of structures illegally built On canals, which started ...

The Ministry of Health on Thursday evening announced that first doses of Sinopharm doses would be suspended throughout the country on a rolling basis while first doses of AstraZeneca would continue to be administered to those 60 years old and older. ...

On 17 August 2021, Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology issued a press release On the increase in the UV index. According to research by the World Meteorological OrganizatiOn (WMO), Indochina will be affected by UV radiatiOn from 18 to 24 August 2021. This increase ...

On 22 March 2022, the Ministry of Labor and VocatiOnal Training issued a notificatiOn On the opening of allowances (79th) under social protectiOn program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (79th) under social protectiOn program to a total of 2 494 workers in 39 ...

On 18 April 2022, the Ministry of Labor and VocatiOnal Training issued a notificatiOn On the opening of allowances (80th) under social protectiOn program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (80th) under social protectiOn program to a total of 1 929 workers in 14 ...

On 10 May 2022, the Ministry of Labor and VocatiOnal Training issued a notificatiOn On the opening of allowances (81th) under social protectiOn program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (81th) under social protectiOn program to a total of 2 496 workers in 33 ...

Southeast Asian business and political leaders meeting in Phnom Penh on May 11 said multilateral connectivity, both physical and digital, was needed to ensure that ASEAN’s development and growth was not restricted by national borders. Delegates attending the second day of the World Economic Forum on ...

SET-listed microfinance company Group Lease plans to collaborate further with Commercial Credit & Finance, a Sri Lankan financial group, to strengthen its microfinance businesses in Indonesia and Cambodia after GL acquired a microfinance company in Myanmar from a Commercial Credit shareholder. GL on September 7 signed a ...

Commercial banks saw strong growth in housing loans last year despite a slowdown in the real estate sector, which could have a knock-on effect and threaten the growth of the country’s services.​ According to a Ministry of Economy and Finance report released late last month, ...

Cambodia’s Labour Minister Ith Samheng made a lengthy defence of the draft trade union law on 30 December, claiming it would stabilise the Kingdom’s troubled labour relations, even as he pledged to find the “mastermind” behind recent protests in the Svay Rieng town of Bavet. Speaking ...

The government has chosen the company which will operate the water bus service on the Hlaing River and Nga Moe Yeik Creek, said Daw Nilar Kyaw, regional minister of electricity, industry and transportation, on May 22 at a regional parliamentary session. The company Tint Tint ...

The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry, and Banking (JSCCIB) expects the Thai economy to pick up in the fourth quarter this year — faster than earlier projections of the first quarter of next year — if the government can maintain momentum of its vaccine ...

Tanintharyi, Myanmar’s portion of the spit of land that splits the Gulf of Thailand from the Andaman Sea, is still swathed in old growth rainforest home to a unique medley of animals and plants – some of which are endangered and found nowhere else on ...

China’s economic slowdown may widen Vietnam’s trade deficit as the Southeast Asian nation counts on its largest trading partner to buy commodities, according to a government official.   “It would hurt our exports to China, especially with agricultural products,” Nguyen Duc Kien, deputy head of the National ...

Following consternation this week over the Cambodian government’s decision to cease HIV testing in Peam village, health authorities released a statement on 25 February seeking to ally any fears of an outbreak. In January, five of 47 villagers tested by a local NGO returned positive results, with ...

Vietnam Steel Corporation (VnSteel) aims to earn a consolidated revenue of US$835.5 million in 2017, an increase of VNĐ800 billion from 2016. It will produce around 2.4 million tonnes of steel billets this year, up 17 per cent from 2016, VnSteel said. To accomplish these ...

More than 100 landmines and unexploded ordnance were destroyed on February 21 by deminers in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district. District police officer Solie Mesa told Khmer Times on February 23 that a large variety of dangerous material had been found and destroyed. “All those found were remnants of ...