Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, one of two state-owned companies slated to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange this year, yesterday called the price decline in the country’s first publicly traded company worrisome. the eight-day slide in price that neared Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority’s initial public offering ...

Vocational training will focus on enhancing skills for the workforce in emerging fields like semiconductor chips, hydrogen and carbon credits in the coming time to meet market demand, according to the Ministry of Labor, invalids and Social Affairs.the ministry will continue perfecting the policy and ...

Hung Wah Cambodia Garment factory has been temporarily closed by its management after a second mass fainting spell of its floor workers. Authorities have asked that the factory close for a short time in order for the workers to have an opportunity to relax. there ...

Nearly 10 million Cambodians and 2.6 billion people worldwide do not have access to a toilet on a daily basis, a World Toilet Organisation official said on Saturday. Sum Sokun, program manager for the WTO, gathered to celebrate World Toilet Day with villagers in the Ponhea ...

King Norodom Sihamoni, in an opening speech on Monday to Cambodia’s newly minted Senate, urged the legislative body to uphold human rights and justice. King Sihamoni warmly congratulated the 62-member Senate on its new mandate following almost a year of what observers have described as ...

Manufacturers of local products want fair play. While they have been receiving some consumer-support for their products, they still face an uphill battle against the same products imported from neighboring countries. And many local producers say the government should be doing more to help them ...

The Cambodian People’s Party won 70 percent of The country’s 1,646 commune councils at yesterday’s elections, according to unofficial results published by a government-aligned media outlet – a marked drop from The 97 percent it won in 2012 but one far smaller than The opposition ...

The death toll as a result of this year’s seasonal floods has continued to rise with officials now putting The number at 20. Keo Vy, cabinet chief at The National Committee for Disaster Management, said eight are confirmed dead in Kompong Cham province, three from Stung ...

The Cambodian government is considering reducing The number of approved public investment projects in a budgetary move to preserve funds for use fighting against The Covid-19 pandemic. ...

The Ministry of Agriculture is set to conduct a study on The phytosanitary requirements to export durian to China in The near future. ...

The city of Hanoi is choking in air pollution and its city council hopes to reduce it by banning motorcycles from The inner city by 2030. The city aims to remove some 2.5 million old motorcycles from its streets between now and 2020.Keep reading ...

The government has expanded The target group for Covid-19 vaccination to include people working in transport, tourism, and banking industries, wholesalers and resellers, shop assistants, teachers, and public utility workers, according to The Hygiene and Health Promotion Department, Ministry of Health.Keep reading  ...

The Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA) is collaborating with eight institutes to develop eco-tourism for The benefit of 32 communities in The three souThernmost provinces, DASTA director-general Nalikatibhag Sangsnit said.Keep reading ...

Beijing recent crackdown on outbound investments does not affect Myanmar because of its involvement in the Belt and Road initiative (BRI). the sectors targeted by the restriction do not concern investment projects here, which are mostly infrastructure and energy-related. Keep reading   ...

Compensation for people affected by the construction of the Laos-China railway and related facilities is expected to be paid out this month after a long delay, authorities in charge told the National Assembly (NA) last week.More ...

NAKHON PHANOM, 28 June 2018: Lao PDR is considering a proposal to introduce an eVisa by the end of the year, or possibly in early 2019, according to a tourism official attending the Mekong Tourism Forum.More ...

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith told the National Assembly (NA) on Friday that state investment projects carried out in recent years had been overvalued by as much as a trillion kip. the finding was the result of a government inspection,More ...

Thai power authorities have agreed after a long delay to buy electricity from three hydropower projects in Laos, pushing aside objections from Thai NGOs who say the dams’ operations will harm the ecosystem along the Mekong River. the Nov. 5 decision by the Thai National Energy ...

Military police in Siem Reap province arrested a 33-year-old woman this week on accusations of fraudulent activity involving writing a cheque at a local bank. Cheque account usage, an infrequently used service only a few years ago, is gaining traction in the Kingdom. Bank officials said fraudulent cheques ...

A new long-term project aims to boost fish stocks in rice fields. That was not a typo. For years, rice farmers in Cambodia have swept up fish – as well as frogs, snails and other aquatic fauna – that make their way from streams, canals and ...