The Natural Resources and Environment Sector Working Group (NRESWG) plans to accelerate implementation of The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s priority projects affected by The Covid-19 pandemic. The group also aims to ensure The alignment of ongoing and future activities through The NRESWG platform, as ...

Chinese Telecommunications giant Huawei has signed a deal to install thousands of transmitters across Cambodia to create a new high-speed mobile telephone and internet network, according to a statement received yesterday. Huawei Technologies (Cambodia) Co. Ltd. and Xinwei (Cambodia) Telecom Co. Ltd. – a local subsidiary ...

Negotiations on the establishment of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the People’s Republic of China were officially concluded on July 20, 2020, after half a year of negotiations. ...

States and regions affected by natural disaster will receive government funding for rehabilitation next year. U Maung Win, director of the Department of Rural Development of the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development, said the funds would be enough to restore 3000 rural homes. Keep ...

The state-funded Thai Niyom Yangyuen (Sustainable Thainess) programme is gaThering steam as The disbursement of a budget of nearly 100 billion baht has now come under close scrutiny, particularly The nationwide distribution of a grant of 200,000 baht per village and community. Keep reading ...

The government of Cambodia is still waiting for Vientiane’s Terms of Reference (ToR) to proceed with The delivery of a joint letter requesting that The French government supply maps and oTher related documents to settle a border dispute with Laos, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ...

The new computerized registry of voters for The next election will catalog citizens’ real names, reduce fraud, and get rid of The double-name glitches that plagued The last election cycle, says NEC spokesman Hang PuThea. ...

Solid waste classification at source and volume-based waste fee collection must be implemented by 2024, according to the roadmap of the new Environment Law which took effect on January 1, 2022This is an amended point of the new law, requiring households and individuals to sort ...

Cambodia may need to import 30,000 tonnes of salt this year to meet local demand as producers face a shortage due to climate change, an industry group says. Bun Baraing, co-director of the Kep-Kampot Salt Producers Community (KKSPC), told the Post on Wednesday that this ...

An unlicensed doctor allegedly at the centre of a medical scandal that has seen almost 300 residents of Battambang province’s Roka village infected with HIV proclaimed his innocence during the first day of his highly anticipated trial yesterday. After the judge read the charges to ...

The National Assembly has announced The formation of a bipartisan working group, first promised earlier this month, to examine The controversial draft trade union law.The working group, which was established on Wednesday, is composed of five opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party members and five members ...

The Laos Ministry of Health has launched The inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) programme to furTher boost immunity against polio for children under 12 months of age. A ceremony to launch The national introduction of The IPV took place at The National Culture Hall on 15 October, ...

Students at the Faculty of Agriculture, National University of Laos (NUOL), learnt about Japanese food value chains during a training course at the faculty’s Animal Hospital last week.the Faculty of Agriculture co-organised the training from October 21-25 under the Asean-Japan Partnership programme on Food Value ...

Phnom Penh commuters fed up with navigating the city’s increasingly busy streets will have a chance to test a new public bus service beginning in February. Phnom Penh Municipality spokesman Long Dimanche yesterday confirmed a one-month trial of a bus service along a 7.5-kilometre route running ...

A dolphin weighing over 200kg and 2.3m long was found dead by fishermen downstream of the Koh Pos Bridge on Wednesday morning. officials in Preah Sihanouk province’s Fisheries Administration decided to bury the carcass not far from where it was found. ...

The government has ordered The closure of all public and private schools and several vocational training centres in Siem Reap town after a 38-year-old Cambodian man was confirmed Covid-19 positive on Saturday. ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has wrapped up health examination for workers who took time off and left for Their hometowns during Khmer New Year despite The holidays being postponed to prevent Covid-19 spreading in communities. ...

A government official said on November 22 that at least 110 garment factories had closed in the first nine months of the year and left more than 55,000 workers without jobs – but union leaders worry those numbers could be much higher. ...

A Tbong Khmum provincial farming community is on tenterhooks as it waits for its 11 20-litre batches of mango wine to ferment, in a new project backed by the provincial agriculture department as it explores new opportunities for the fruit. ...

Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) on April 27 urged its members to release more credit to customers as the spread of Covid-19, exacerbated by the February 20 community transmission is having a huge impact on all businesses, especially in Phnom Penh and Takmao town. ...