A global index on English language proficiency has cast Cambodia against the international trend of improving standards, with the Kingdom ranking 69th of 70 countries and territories surveyed and the lowest among 16 Asian participants.Released this week, the annual English Proficiency index, the world’s largest ...

Cambodian entrepreneurs and business leaders on 30 January stressed the challenges for firms in the hospitality and retail sectors that adopt an aggressive pricing policy, suggesting a more value-added approach instead. At the 2nd Global Alumni Convention – a forum that brings together Cambodian graduates who studied ...

The Kingdom’s first initial public offering is fast approaching, and demand is expected to be robust. Book-building, The process during which bids for The IPO are taken and a price is set for shares, ended yesterday. The final offering price is expected before The subscription for ...

The Angkor Elephant Company has pledged to reduce The working hours of its animals following The death last Friday of Sambo, one of 14 elephants it uses to carry tourists around The Angkor Wat temple complex, although critics say anything short of Their release from ...

The Environment Ministry held a tree-planting drive in Kampong Thom province to mark Valentine’s Day by encouraging youths to love and protect natural resources. A religious ceremony was held to mark five huge trees and protect Them from being cut down. Attendees were also told ...

There is a significant unmet demand for modern contraception among Cambodian women, according to an annual report on family planning in 69 of The world’s poorest countries. Released this month by Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) – a global partnership between governments, NGOs and The private sector ...

Deputy Minister of Health Trương Quốc Cường has just signed a decision on the allocation plan of 746,460 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to provinces, cities and hospitals across the country.the Ministry of Health has requested that due to the low number of vaccines available, Pfizer vaccine ...

The head of customs at The Poipet International CheckpoInt, The site of numerous recent protests by handcart-pullers complaInIng of arbitrary fees for transportIng goods across The border, will be replaced Wednesday, accordIng to The Banteay Meanchey provIncial customs chief. ...

The National Water Resources Committee is seeking candidates for its Young Water Professional Programme (YWP).  The YWP is a eleven month long program, in which young graduates of Myanmar who have ambition to become water professionals and government staff from various water related Ministries receive well defined ...

The Kingdom is now capable of domestically producing up to 102,000 tonnes of white sugar per year from sugarcane grown at plantations in its southwestern provinces (Kampong Speu, Koh Kong), according to statistics released by Phnom Penh Sugar Co Ltd (PPSC) last week. ...

Authorities in some provinces have restricted entry at their borders by setting up checkpoints and requiring travellers suspected of any exposure to persons or places linked to the February 20 community outbreak of Covid-19 to quarantine for 14 days. ...

Minister of interior Sar Kheng has renewed his called for the public to provide information related to all kinds of crimes that occur in their local communities – especially drug-related ones – to law enforcement forces so they can be dealt with immediately to maintain ...

Electronic waste from Western countries, including Australia, is flooding the shores of South-East Asian nations like Thailand, sparking fears of air and water pollution.Global waste markets were upended in 2018 when China implemented tough new import restrictions on plastic and e-waste materials from foreign nations, ...

(KPL) Krungsri Bank, a Thai commercial bank, has launched Krungsri Blockchain interledger to ensure an easy and real-time money transfer between Laos and Thailand.“Krungsri Blockchain interledger is a real-time service of international funds transfer between the Lao PDR and Thailand for SMEs. With cutting-edge service, ...

A member of the ruling party’s election-reform negotiating team has told the Post that expectations of the depth of reforms that can actually occur before the 2017 commune and 2018 national elections need to be “realistic”. Prum Sokha, a secretary of state at the interior Ministry, ...

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‘This cannot be serious” was my initial reaction to news reports saying the Transport Company is imposing a ban on foreign travellers as a measure to curb the spread of Covid-19. Or it might be fake news? in fact, such news reports are strange enough to ...

The Columbia Center on Sustainable investment (CCSI) will host The sixth annual Executive Training on Extractive industries and Sustainable Development from June 4-15, 2018 in New York City. The program is designed to equip public sector officials and civil society representatives from resource-rich developing countries with The necessary skills to promote ...

More than 16,000 hectares of rice paddies are currently being affected by drought across the country, officials said yesterday. “there wasn’t enough rain for the rice this year, ” said Nhep Srorn, director of Takeo province’s agriculture department. Pich Sokhin, governor of Oddar Meanchey province, said ...

A large amount of illegal luxury timber was impounded by Stung Treng provincial Forestry Administration officials on April 26 after it was discovered in a forest in the province’s Sen Chey district.   ...