The 43 new sites identified by the Ministry of Environment and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Greening Prey Lang for the supply of carbon credits will bring positive environmental, community and biodiversity impacts to Cambodia besides having no deforestation and degradation of protected ...

Improving worker mobility benefits migrants and raises growth. One of the many signs of growing ecOnomic integratiOn in Southeast Asia is a surge in labor migratiOn.  Keep reading   ...

The government plans to crackdown on immigrants holding illegal or irregular paperwork to live, work and vote in the country, according to a sub-decree obtained yesterday. ...

More than 100 factories have started operations in the Kingdom in the last eight months, according to a report from the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. The latest report from the ministry shows that, from January to August, 116 new factories registered with the ministry, ...

The French Agency for Development will provide $26 million in loans to the Cambodian government to rehabilitate irrigation systems across three provinces in the northwest. Speaking at the signing ceremony for the deal yesterday, Aun Pornmoniroth, the Minister of Economy and Finance, said the new systems ...

Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) this week approved two new investment projects with a total capital of $303 million in Rattanakiri and Preah Sihanouk provinces. ...

On 19 October 2021, the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued a press release On His Excellency Chhieng Yanara, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister and Secretary General of the Cambodian RehabilitatiOn and Development Board of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CRDB/CDC) ...

More than 130 families in Kampong Chhnang province’s Boribo district were evacuated from their homes after floods hit the area on Tuesday. Keo Vy, spokesman for the National Committee for Disaster Management, said yesterday that district authorities moved some families to relief centres and others ...

Siem Reap and Battambang provincial officials have expressed concerns that another week without rainfall will damage more than 65,000ha of paddy fields. Siem Reap provincial Department of Agriculture director Tea Kimsoth told The Post on Tuesday that 4,800ha of paddy fields in Srei Snam, Kralanh ...

Far stricter monitoring of the recruitment and employment of Cambodians and other migrant labourers is needed to ensure the future of the Thai fishing industry, a new study by the International Labour Organization warns. Two and a half per cent of the 241 Cambodians interviewed ...

A controversial draft law to regulate unions is set for debate at the National Assembly, despite protests by union leaders, who say the new law will make it even harder for workers to bargain for rights, fair wages and proper working conditions. More than 3,000 ...

A farmer died after being struck by lightning on Sunday evening while herding his cattle home in Kandal province’s Khsach Kandal district.​ According to a report by the National Committee for Disaster Management, the number of deaths caused by lightning this year has risen to ...

Seventy-five private investment projects outside of special economic zones (SEZ) were approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) in the first eight months of 2021, down by nearly 30 per cent year-on-year, the Ministry of Economy and Finance reported. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on January 17, 2022 announced the approval of 10 investment projects with a total capital of nearly $1.9 billion dollars. ...

Three investment projects worth more than $11 million were approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) this week, a CDC press release said on Wednesday.​ CDC approved the establishment of the SWJ (Cambodia) Garment Co, Ltd, in Kampong Speu province’s Chbar Mon ...

The current volatility of oil prices on the global market is bringing cuts in prices at Cambodia’s five main petroleum retailers. However, some observers say the current fall in prices is too limited. Data from the Ministry of Commerce showed that super oil retailed at 5,200 ...

Nearly 60 homes in Battambang and Pailin provinces were damaged by storms on Monday caused by unseasonal rain, however no injuries or deaths were reported. A disaster management committee report said that in 2016, there were 279 storms that completely destroyed 1,997 houses and tore ...

National Assembly (NA) members have urged the government to use decisive measures to tackle chronic undesirable conduct by penalising offenders in line with the law.Members said that harmful practices such as drug dealing were on the rise and were damaging to society.More ...

The Ministry of Finance and Student Loan Fund are providing loans for students at Bachelor and Vocational levels who graduate in the fields which are most in demand by 10 targeted industries and three major infrastructure developments. Upon graduation, the principal and interest on the ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on December 4 said it had issued final registration certificates to five investment projects worth more than $121 million and which are expected to generate 1,334 jobs. ...