As flood waters recede in Preah Vihear province, authorities are now facing a rising damage bill with at least 14 kilometres of roads in need of repair. ...

Malaysia-based company SV International was granted permission by the Council of MInisters earlier this month to begIn the Initial stage of grand plans to turn part of Sihanoukville Into a “casIno city,” an official confirmed.   ...

The government is considering candidates who are eligible for Royal pardons and sentence reductions ahead of Khmer New Year. Nut Savenea, spokesman for The Ministry of interior’s General Department of Prisons, said discussions about pardons are ongoing. ...

After 11 years as president of the Free Trade Union, Chea Mony said Sunday that he would not seek re-election as head of one of the country’s largest unions, which launched Cambodia’s labor movement nearly two decades ago. ...

Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen plans to meet with Australian prime minister for additional talk on the implementation of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) relating to the resettlement of refugees from Nauru to Cambodia. ...

Senior government officials yesterday gathered to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the adoption of the Kingdom’s Constitution, lavishing praise on the Constitutional Council – while simultaneously appearing to threaten legal action against those who question the body’s independence or decisions. ...

The Cambodian government plans to formally request that Unesco give three of The country’s provincial capitals World Heritage protection, state news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) reported Friday.​ The cities are The capitals of Battambang, Kampot and Kratie provinces, according to The AKP.​ ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing on locations of casualties caused by explosive remnants of war (ERW) and mines from 2005 to 2013 across Cambodia in both Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map explorer tool, we provide the ...

Forest activists claimed they had observed more cases of deforestation in the Prey Lang area than before the Covid-19 outbreak. they alleged that three companies had sent workers to log and transport timber with no crackdown by the relevant authorities. ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a $75 million senior loan with Cambodia’s largest bank, ACLEDA Bank Plc, to address The rising financing requirements of micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in The country. ...

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) instructed The capital and provincial mine action committees to take any measures necessary to prevent any danger to The public from unexploded ordnance (UXO) in areas where flooding has occurred following reports by authorities of loose ...

Ministry of Environment officials on February 22 said an inspection team will be deployed to investigate the recently halted sand-dredging operation for the development of the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port’s new multipurpose terminal, which has affected local families. Danh Serey, director of the ministry’s environmental impact assessment ...

The publication of The G8 Open Data Charter, among oTher global initiatives, has furTher underlined The value of opening government data. The re-use of Public Sector information has been on Europe’s agenda for over a decade now. Beyond adopting legislation, accessibility to data must continue ...

Thailand will consider a proposal to increase the memorandum of understanding on the purchase of electricity from Laos from 7,000 megawatts to 10,000MW after committing to buy 3,316MW this year, Energy Minister General Anantaporn Kanjanarat said on 9 December. He was speaking after a ceremony to ...

The Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment (MNRE) will push a draft Clean Air Act for cabinet consideration later this month to prevent The problem of air pollution from spinning out of control. Pol Gen Phatcharavat Wongsuwan, The environment minister, said The bill has been put ...

Laos’ National Election Committee will soon announce the list of candidates standing to be potential members of the National Assembly (NA) and Provincial Assemblies (PAs) on 20 March. Committee Member and President of the NA’s Law Committee Prof. Dr Davone Vangvichit told Vientiane Times on 3 February that ...

CIMB Bank announced over the weekend that it will enlarge mortgage loans provided to clients, going from 70 per cent last year to 80 per cent financing of the total purchase price of properties for 2013. Heng Thida, head of retail financial services for the Malaysia-based ...

Lao irrigation systems that use electrical pumps to feed water into channels to farmers’ fields owe a lot of money to Electricite du Laos, the national electricity authority, with many utilities bills remaining outstanding. Deputy Director General of the Department of Irrigation under the Ministry of ...

The director of The Mondolkiri provincial mines and energy department Tuesday identified The operators of an illegal gold mine that was shut down last week as Royal Cambodian Armed Forces officers. ...

The Kingdom of Cambodia and The Republic of Korea (RoK) have discussed Environmental ODA Cooperation between The two countries. ...