Deadly Collision Claims 67 Lives in U.S. Air Disaster | At Least 30 Dead and Many Injured in Stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela in India | Cambodia to Host 2025 National Chapei Dang Veng Festival from June 11-13 | Senate President Hun Sen Reflects on Cambodia’s Development and ASEAN Integration | ASEAN Secretary-General Hails Samdech Techo Hun Sen's Vision at Policy Speech | Cambodia Temporarily Bans Livestock and Meat Imports from Thailand Amid Anthrax Outbreak |
Deadly Collision Claims 67 Lives in U.S. Air Disaster | At Least 30 Dead and Many Injured in Stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela in India | Cambodia to Host 2025 National Chapei Dang Veng Festival from June 11-13 | Senate President Hun Sen Reflects on Cambodia’s Development and ASEAN Integration | ASEAN Secretary-General Hails Samdech Techo Hun Sen's Vision at Policy Speech | Cambodia Temporarily Bans Livestock and Meat Imports from Thailand Amid Anthrax Outbreak |

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Introducing the EAC News App

Phnom Penh: All the things you love most about your favourite news source – all in the palm of your hand. Relevant and up-to-the-minute stories. EAC News, Information you can trust, clear and concise…

Cambodia-US Renew MoU for Employment Sector Development

Phnom Penh: Cambodia’s Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training has renewed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United States’ American Center for International Labor Solidarity, ACILS. The MoU was…

Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway Over 55% Complete

Phnom Penh: Cambodia is over halfway to the day when a road-trip between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville takes 2-3 hours. Minister of Public Works and Transport, Mr. Sun Chanthol led a senior government…

Commerce Ministry Denies Price-Fixing Rumours

Phnom Penh: With the pandemic starting to have an impact on food prices, the Ministry of Commerce says it is not engaged in price fixing. It says only the basic trading principle of supply and demand…

ASEAN-Japan Collaborate on Sustainable Agriculture

Phnom Penh: ASEAN and Japan have committed themselves to working together towards sustainable agricultural production while fighting climate change. The agreement to cooperate was conducted during a virtual…

Indian Rice Exporter Agrees to Stop Using Angkor Wat

Phnom Penh: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation says an Indian rice exporter has agreed to stop using Angkor Wat on his packaging. Voyage India’s “Angkor Wat” brand rice was…

Businesses Look at Ways to Reopen Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh: Business groups in Cambodia have been waiting for the country’s economy to fully re-open after being shut for more than a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic and they’re hoping for a full reopening…

“Smart Cities” Planned for Cambodia

Phnom Penh: Cambodia is taking another step forward to creating “Smart Cities”. It hosted a Virtual Conference on Smart City Planning on Monday, organised by the Ministry of Civil Service and the Temasek…

Kingdom’s New Investment Law Takes Shape

Phnom Penh: Cambodia’s Council of Ministers met online on Friday to discuss the kingdom’s new investment law. The virtual meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who says peace and stability…

Climate Change Means Boom Time for Cambodian Rice Exporters

CAMBODIA: It’s not every day you hear about a positive impact of climate change, But Cambodia’s rice farmers stand to benefit over the next ten years, as the market share of top exporters India, Thailand,…

Power Cuts for Phnom Penh until Sunday

Phnom Penh: It’s going to be a few frustrating days for businesses in Phnom Penh. Electricite du Cambodge is carrying out repair and replacement work on power lines across the capital.

Cambodia Lifts Ban on Imports of Frozen Food from India

Phnom Penh: The General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia has lifted its temporary ban on the import of frozen meat and other frozen foodstuffs from India. The ban was put in place at the…

World Bank Predicts 4% Growth for Cambodian Economy in 2021

Phnom Penh: The World Bank says Cambodia’s economy is gradually recovering and is projected to grow 4% over the remainder of 2021, but will be “uneven and volatile”, in part due to the 20 February Community…

Coca-Cola Shares Rebound after Ronaldo Snub

INTERNATIONAL: Shares in the world’s biggest soft-drink maker, Coca-Cola, have rebounded after plummeting on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The shares lost over $4-billion in value, after…

Business Registration Boom

Phnom Penh: Despite the pandemic, it’s been a great first year for Cambodia’s Online Business Registration portal. The Ministry of Economy & Finance says it has registered 6,164 businesses online this…

Ministries Urged to Work Together to Develop TVET

Phnom Penh: On Cambodia’s 4th TVET Day (Technical and Vocational Education & Training Day), Prime Minister Hun Sen has encouraged ministries to work more closely together to promote and encourage skills…

Cambodia’s Garment Manufacturing Sector Expands

Phnom Penh: The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved three new investment projects worth a combined $15-million. All are new garment manufacturing and textile factories and look…

Prime Minister Hun Sen Welcomes New Czech Ambassador

Phnom Penh: Prime Minister Hun Sen has officially welcomed the newly-appointed Czech Republic Ambassador to Cambodia, Mr. Martin Vávra. They posed for a photograph on Monday morning, prior to their courtesy…

Golden Boost for Cambodian Economy

Phnom Penh : Cambodia will begin industrial-scale gold mining on 21 June, in what is a huge boost for the economy. The announcement was made last night by Prime Minister Hun Sen. He says the country’s…

E-Arts Cambodia Hits 150k YouTube Subscribers

Phnom Penh : E-Arts Cambodia’s audience is growing. Our YouTube channel now has 150-thousand verified subscribers. To mark the milestone, we have received the “Silver Creator Award” from YouTube, given…

Promising Times for Cambodia’s Rubber Producers

Cambodia is hard at work developing the country’s rubber industry. It has secured millions of dollars of investment in new tyre production facilities in the country. The plan is for the Cambodian natural…

Future of KrisEnergy’s Cambodia Oil Operations in Doubt

Phnom Penh : Cambodian oil drilling in the Gulf of Thailand is in jeopardy. Secretary of State of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Mr. Meng Saktheara, released a statement on his Facebook page on Wednesday…

BREAKING NEWS : Worries Over World Wide Web Stability

Government, news and social media websites across the globe are back online Wednesday after being hit by a widespread outage linked to US-based cloud storage company. High traffic sites including Reddit,…

Google, Facebook, Amazon Welcome Global Tax Deal

London, 5 June 2021: Tech giants Facebook, Google and Amazon have welcomed a global tax deal agreed to by the Group of Seven (G7) countries. The proposal aims to prevent multinational businesses from…

CDC Approves Two Big Investment Projects

Phnom Penh, 4 June 2021: The Council for the Development of Cambodia has given the green light to two new investment projects in the kingdom, amounting to a combined $10.6-million. The CDC’s Investment…

Bumper Year For Cambodian Farmers

Phnom Penh: While the pandemic has put the brakes on much of the Cambodian economy, it’s been a hugely successful year so far for Cambodian farmers. Exports of bananas and mangoes are on track…