Prime Minister Hun Sen will meet with the talented students who received a Grade A in the recent high school diploma exams – also known as baccalaureate II, or Bacc II’ – in an event to be held in Phnom Penh on February 28. ...

Khmer National United Party (KNUP) leader and former General Nhek Bun Chhay was arrested in Phnom Penh yesterday in relation to a 2007 drug bust in Kampong Speu province – a dramatic acceleration in a fall from grace that began with an alleged flirtation with ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen set the date for next year’s national election as July 29, officially backtracking on a deal his ruling CPP made with the opposition in 2014 to hold the poll during the dry season. ...

The first Phnom Penh-Preah Sihanouk expressway is expected to be constructed next year in order to facilitate goods transportation from The capital to The international seaport, according The state’s news agency- AKP. ...

The Ratanakkiri provincial Military Police intercepted two four-wheel drive vehicles in Veun Sai district that were used to transport first-grade timber logs. The timber has been seized but The police said The drivers were not found at The scene and authorities are on The lookout ...

A nightclub fire in Phnom Penh has killed five women and seriously injured two other men, officials said late Monday.Patrons inside had been trapped when the fire broke out at the Key Club, in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, said Prum Yorn, municipal fire chief. ...

About 30 kilometres from Ratanakiri’s Banlung town, 10 miners have dug holes deep in the ground in a rubber plantation, hoping to strike it rich. their tunnels range from 10-15 metres deep and their equipment is basic – everything is done by hand. these men ...

Cambodian laborers continue to be deceived by dishonest recruitment companies, which are poorly regulated, a lawmaker says. Mu Sochua, a National Assembly legislator for the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, told “Hello VOA” such companies should bear responsibility for their workers, not only in Cambodia but ...

The UN in Cambodia has encouraged The government to prioritise school reopening as soon as possible to avoid furTher declines in human capital development. ...

Mekong Innovative Startups In Tourism (MIST), an Initiative supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Australian Government, has announced its support for ten Innovative travel and hospitality companies In 2018. Keep readIng ...

China has proposed joint maritime drills with South East Asian nations in the hotly-contested South China Sea in 2016. Beijing is currently hosting an informal meeting for defence ministers from the region. Keep reading ...

The Thai government hopes to ease its public debt burden by luring The private sector to invest more in multibillion-baht infrastructure projects, especially in telecommunications and transport, through public-private partnerships (PPPs).  Keep reading ...

The Commerce Ministry has rejected widespread criticism on social media that it was too slow to act in demanding financial compensation from suspects in The multi-billion-baht rice-pledging scandal. Keep reading ...

Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election is likely to provide room for Thai exploration, production and petrochemical firms to expand in the US and increase drilling activity, a new report says. Keep reading ...

Kampong Speu provincial authorities yesterday issued an order banning heavy trucks from using National Road 4 in Phnom Sruoch district’s Maha Saing commune in response to heavy flooding in the area. ...

Malnutrition costs the Cambodian economy an estimated $266 million each year, according to a new report, which urged the government to invest more in tackling the problem.   ...

The Cambodia International MachInery Industry Fair is to be held In conjunction with The Cambodia International Textile and Garment Industry Fair at Koh Pich from The August 21 to 24. ...

The three SouTheast Asian countries grouped in The international Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC) will cut exports by 615,000 tons in The six months until August 31, 2016. indonesia agreed to cut its exports by 238,736 tons, while Malaysia and Thailand pledged to reduce Their overseas ...

The Prime Minister has asked for cooperation from all sectors in Thailand and neighboring countries to address The air pollution disaster in The norThern region.Keep watching ...