The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will continue its support for The Kingdom’s food security and agricultural sector, while also helping with market research to assist The export of Cambodian milled rice and geographically-protected pepper products, Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Chum Sounry said ...

The International Labor Organization (ILO) has expressed its appreciation for Cambodia’s decision to Increase The mInimum wage of garment, textile and footwear workers to US$140 per month, accordIng to an ILO’s statement received by The state news agency-AKP this afternoon.   ...

Nikolai Patrushev, director of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and a top adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, met with Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday to discuss ways the two countries can combat terrorism and transnational crime, the prime minister announced via Facebook. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened yesterday to impose a five-year ban on more than 100 unnamed senior CNRP officials, seemingly under a controversial provision of the Law on Political Parties, while insisting that the main opposition party will indeed be dissolved this month by the ...

Singapore-based oil and gas company KrisEnergy is scheduled to sign an agreement with the Cambodian government next Wednesday for the extraction of petroleum from Block A to develop the Aspara oil field. ...

Less than two months after opening a $60 million brewery on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia Beer will be exported for the first time today when vessels carrying the beer set out for Japan from Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, according to a statement issued yesterday ...

The press conference on The Impact of The Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations will be held on 29 May 2015, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am,  at Khmer Surin Restaurant that is located at #9-11, St. 57, BKKI, Phnom Penh. ...

The Health Ministry has appealed for public donations to purchase more vaccines to inoculate The targeted 80 percent of The population.   ...

Military officers working along the Cambodian-Thai border have been ordered to prevent the smuggling of right-hand drive vehicles into the country. ...

A feature article by Alexander Zaitchick that critically examines the importance of why indigenous people, not environmentalists, are the key to protecting the world’s most precious ecosystems. Read more ...

The number of tourists to The Mekong Delta has increased significantly as many tourism programmes have been successful over The last year, according to provincial authorities. Keep reading   ...

The HCMC Department of Natural Resources and Environment plans to raise The environmental protection fee on industrial waste, but some experts disagree about The plan. Keep reading ...

The local workforce has annually grown by less than 1% over The past five years due to population aging, according to a report by The institute of Labor, Science and Social Affairs.Keep reading ...

Waste management is a vital component of eco-tourism in Cambodia, especially in forests. Maintaining a clean environment in forests also creates jobs, providing locals with a way to transition from illegal hunting and logging to legal work in forest communities. ...

The World Bank has blacklisted an arm of The company that carried out a much-criticised study into The Xayaburi hydro dam project, it has confirmed. According to The bank’s website, Pöyry Management Consulting Oy Finland has been banned from conducting business with The bank for three ...

United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Asia and the Pacific (UN-GGIM-AP), WorkIng Group-3 would like to Invite you as participants to joInIng a WebInar “IntegratIng Geospatial Information and Statistics, AnswerIng SDG’s Challenge”. KIndly be remInded that the WebInar will be held on Wednesday October 7, ...

Two men were provisionally charged on Sunday with trafficking and storing drugs after they were arrested last week during drug raids in Phnom Penh and Ratanakkiri province in which more than 60 kg of packaged heroin and crystal methamphetamine were confiscated by police, officials said.​ ...

Sixteen forestry officials from three provinces were summoned to a meeting in Phnom Penh on Thursday after their names were found on a list of 49 suspected extortionists that police in Kompong Chhnang province seized from a truck that had been transporting illegally logged wood ...

Angkor Beer drivers forced their way through a blockade formed by beer promoters protesting the company’s failure to respect them and follow an Arbitration Council ruling that they should be paid $2 more on the weekends. 200 protestors had planned to attend but only 30 ...

Thailand Monday handed out a financial aid of Bt6 million to Cambodia to help its flood victims. Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul formally handed out the aid to the Cambodian ambassador to Thailand You Ay. nitially, the government would provide barges to help Cambodia but when ...