The Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to provide financing totally about 880 million US dollars to Cambodia for 2016 – 2018. According to a press release from The Ministry of Economy and Finance, which was released yesterday. ...

China has agreed with Brunei, Cambodia and Laos that the South China Sea territorial dispute should not affect relations between China and the Association of South East Asian National (ASEAN), China’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. ...

About 40 families asked the government last week to review road expansion plans at Phnom Penh’s Prek Pnov Bridge, saying the proposed dimensions would force them to lose property and even parts of their homes. ...

Ruling Cambodian People’s Party working groups are being handed a list of 10 diktats from Prime Minister Hun Sen, bringing the party’s recent vows to increase surveillance and restrict dissent to the local level. ...

Surveillance cameras set up throughout the capital will be synchronized and monitored nonstop from a central control room as part of a coordinated crimewatch effort between City Hall and the National Police, officials said on Tuesday. ...

Provincial tourism department director Soy Sinol said a construction study of the Asian Development Bank-funded project had been completed.the $18-million tourism seaport is due to come into service by 2019.​   ...

The garments and handicrafts sector currently employs about 700,000 workers, a government official said. The official said Cambodia now had about 890 factories and 40,000 small businesses producing handicrafts with annual output of about $6 billion. ...

Ahead of a national consultation meeting about Laos’s Don Sahong hydropower dam later this week, communities that will be affected by the project have made their opinion clear: suspend the dam. ...

The Cambodian authorities have asked its neighboring countries to help hunt for real estate tycoon Thong Sarath, who is wanted for ordering The murder of a prominent businessman last month, National Police Chief Gen. Neth Savoeun said Friday. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen continued his attack on CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha on Thursday, threatening to arrest him and deploy the military if he leads a protest to demand the release of jailed opposition official Meach Sovannara. ...

Cambodia’s new National Election Committee (NEC) will be officially formed next Monday after the ruling and opposition parties have agreed on the members of this new independent body, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Monday.​ ...

Cambodian politicians and an academic have hailed the Communist Party of China (CPC) for leading China to peace, stability and prosperity as the party marks its 94th founding anniversary on Wednesday.​​ ...

A prominent lineup of CPP figures has been selected for a new “propaganda and education committee” inside the ruling party, with senior government minister Men Sam An leading the 25-person group tasked with turning around lagging popularity. ...

The Ministry of Health has permitted Covid-19 patients infected with The Delta variant to get treatment at home or private clinics.​ ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Legal aid policy and regulation”. This bilingual new topic page give the overviews of the legal aid policy and regulations in Cambodia, together with the related contents such as law and regulations, daily news and ...

Speaking on Monday, Dr Touch pointed to an opposition CNRP policy of eliminating the Ministry of Rural Development and offering $500,000 dollars to commune chiefs to develop their local areas through projects such as road and bridge building. “We need commune chiefs who have studied to ...

A group of 10 civil society organisations (CSOs) applauded Minister of Environment Say Samal’s affirmation of Cambodia’s commitment to refrain from developing any new coal-fired power plants and from building any new hydropower dams along the Mekong River. ...

Thailand’s cannabis industry is projected to grow to US$661 million (21 billion baht) by 2024, according to a report by Prohibition Partners, a cannabis research firm. This includes projected growth of the medical cannabis market of $237 million, for a combined recreational and medical cannabis ...

In a meetIng with Deputy Prime MInister Hor Namhong on Sunday, ChIna’s MInister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi pledged a $270 million grant and an additional three million Covid-19 vaccIne doses, callIng Cambodia one of BeijIng’s closest allies In southeast Asia.   ...

Nationalist Party joined the Cambodia National Rescue Party, a coalition of Sam Rainsy Party and Human Rights Party. ...