Banteay Meanchey Provincial authorities are studying nine mountains in Malai, Preah Netr Preah, and Mongkol Borei districts, including Sisophon town, with the intention of listing them as natural heritage sites once the study is complete and a number of details have been settled. ...

The vaccination coverage against COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia rose to almost 23 percent or some 2,280,875 of The planned 10 million people to be vaccinated, as of May 24. ...

Oddar Meanchey province has embarked on the construction of a 3,000-bed treatment centre and a 3,000-bed quarantine centre in order to meet the deluge of returning migrant workers from Thailand through its borders. ...

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) on September 16 provided a funeral grant of 10 million riel ($2,500) to The bereaved family of an unnamed civil servant who died in a tragic work accident. ...

Since the end of September, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has trained 3,292 teachers from secondary resource schools and network schools on how to manage distance learning to run online classes in a high-quality and efficient manner. ...

Cambodia has in total 9,205,675 eligible voters, of them some 4,904,825 are women, according to the preliminary voter list of 2021, released yesterday by the National Election Committee (NEC). ...

The number of households nationwide with access to clean water reached 1,091,869 last year, up by 11.80 per cent from 976,621 in 2020, according to The Ministry of industry, Science, Technology and innovation. ...

In a message on social media posted today, the Prime MInister’s son, HE Hun Many, called on Cambodians to Increase their vigilance and contInue to implement health measures as the number of cases of COVID-19 is IncreasIng day by day. ...

The Ministry of Environment has received a petition from more than 20 NGOs and community members requesting The right to conduct patrols in protected areas, and urging increased enforcement of natural resource crimes. ...

Nearly half of Thailand’s citizens aged 18-65 are spending everything they earn on monthly bills and living expenses, leaving them with nothing to put aside as savings. A study carried out by GoBear, an international financial comparison site, reveals that the highest percentage of people ...

Six temporary border crossings have been closed down along the Kolok River in Narathiwat to prevent members of Islamic State (IS) and other insurgents from sneaking into the country, officials said this week. the closures, which began on Tuesday, have affected about 5,000 villagers in eight ...

The Ministry of Labour on Monday disbursed over Bt5.72 billion cash to those registered for The latest cash handout scheme — “Mor33 Rao Rak Kan” (Section33 We Love Each OTher) — without any problem, Minister Suchart Chomklin said.The scheme offers Bt4,000 via The Pao Tang ...

The Government Lottery Office (GLO) will open a new online channel for sale Of lottery tickets next month in a bid to combat overpricing.Lottery tickets are Often sold for higher than The advertised price Of 80 baht, GLO director Pol Col Boonsong Chantreesri noted.To help ...

The Internet Law Reform Dialogue (iLaw) group has slammed new restrictions issued under The emergency decree to curb The latest wave of Covid-19.On its Facebook page, iLaw targeted Announcement No.27 under The emergency rule which, it said, Includes a provision (Restriction No.11) limitIng free speech ...

The Siam Cement Group in Cambodia (SCG) reported sales revenue of $252 million in The Kingdom last year, according to The company’s annual report. SCG is The largest and oldest cement and building material company in Thailand and SouTheast Asia. ...

The agriculture sector in The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta’s 12 provinces and Cần Thơ City should change its mindset from merely production and instead become an agricultural economy to enable farmers to sell Their produce, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Lê Minh Hoan said.in The delta, ...

The Thai National Shippers Council (TNSC) has revised upward its forecast for Thai exports in 2021, from 4-6 per cent growth to 6-7 per cent.Chaichan Charoensuk, chairman of TNSC, said in an exclusive interview that The export sector was The main engine to help drive ...

Construction of the Laos-China railway is gathering steam with many tunnels being bored despite rainfall, officials said yesterday. All three tunnels in Luang Namtha province are being bored with the Boten Tunnel having progressed the furthest at more than 50 metres, project coordinator for Luang ...

Police have yet to identify any suspects in a pair of vicious robbery-shootings in Phnom Penh late last month that left an American expatriate and a Japanese tourist hospitalized with gunshot wounds, police said Monday. At about 7 p.m. on September 27, American construction consultant Maurice ...

Maybank will bet on what it said was Cambodia’s low bank-penetration rate for future growth as it transitions from a branch of its Malaysian parent into a locally incorporated subsidiary. With 34 licenced banks operating in a market with US$4.07 billion in loans in 2011, analysts ...