Cambodia News: National Assembly of Cambodia

In a statement posted to the parliament's website, it said the move was intended to “promote the spirit of national reconciliation as well as strengthening liberal ...

It has been an active few months for India-Vietnam relations, with several diplomatic and defense visits being recorded by the two sides.

The National Assembly on Thursday unanimously approved a proposed amendment to Article 45 of the Law on Political Parties in a move that could pave the ...

Hundreds of former opposition members banned from politics could return to the arena after the National Assembly yesterday approved an amendment to the ...

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The National Assembly of Cambodia on Thursday amended the Law on Political Parties to clear the way for banned ...

The National Assembly today approved an amendment on Political Party law which could see hundreds of former opposition members banned from political ...

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's National Assembly will hold its plenary session on Thursday (Dec. 13) to amend a law to clear the way for ...

Cambodia, with Unesco support, is set to host the launching of the Asian Cultural Council next month, a government official said.

The National Assembly, which will host its plenary session on Thursday, will debate the proposed amendment to Article 45 of the Law on Political Parties, ...

A senior official at the Ministry of Interior on Monday said that opposition leader Sam Rainsy would not be eligible for a reinstatement of his political rights if a ...

Rath Rott Mony, the president of the Cambodian Construction Workers Trade Union Federation (CCTUF), in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in an undated photo.

The National Assembly will hold a plenary session on Thursday to amend the Law on Political Parties that would nullify a ban on some of the 118 former ...

A senior official at the Ministry of Interior on Monday said that opposition leader Sam Rainsy would not be eligible for a reinstatement of his political rights if a ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has softened his stance on the opposition, civil society and the media in recent weeks following pressure from the international ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen concluded his official visit to Vietnam from December 6 to 8 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart ...

Vietnam has always treasured and prioritised the promotion of economic cooperation with Cambodia for the benefit of their people and businesses, and to ...

Việt Nam has always prioritised boosting economic co-operation with Cambodia for the benefit of their people and businesses, and to support the development ...

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is considering reversing a ban on more than 100 opposition politicians to avert European Union sanction.

Fourteen NGOs gathered on Thursday to appeal to the government and the National Assembly to increase the budgets for four sectors which they believe are ...

Cambodia's Supreme Court began on Wednesday to hear an appeal against the 2017 conviction in a defamation case brought against CNRP leader Sam ...

When Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen spoke at the United Nations General Assembly in September, just months after his ruling party won an election ...

The Permanent Committee of the National Assembly met on Wednesday to discuss the proposed amendment to Article 45 of the Law on Political Parties ...

The country has seen massive protests over a law on special economic zones, projects that are almost certain to land in China's hands.

Vientiane (VNA) – Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen reaffirmed their commitments to ...

Cambodia's parliament will consider legislation to allow politicians banned from political activity to have the ban lifted, a measure Prime Minister Hun Sen's ...

A proposed amendment to Article 45 of the Law on Political Parties seeks to allow individuals barred by the courts to re-enter politics before the term of their ban ...

The National Assembly is reviewing a five-year ban on more than 100 members of the former opposition party, which could allow them to return to politics, ...

National Assembly president Heng Samrin yesterday called on youth to maintain hard-earned peace in the Kingdom following decades of war as he ...

Phnom Penh (VNA) - A ceremony marking the 40th founding anniversary of the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation (KUFNS) (December 2), now ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday that he purposely let the leaders behind mass protests following the 2013 national elections flee Cambodia, after ...

Neighbor's dilemma: Vietnamese protesters oppose a visit from the president of China, the powerful neighbor to the north; Vietnam's Communist Party General ...

Residents of Phsar Daeum Thkov, a subdistrict in inner-city Phnom Penh, talk politics in hushed tones. Some express financial concerns over the European ...

The National Assembly yesterday launched the memoir of its president Heng Samrin, detailing his struggle to overthrow the Khmer Rouge regime and rebuild ...

The National Assembly on Monday launched The People's Struggle: Cambodia Reborn, a biography describing the early life and struggle of current National ...

At a public forum on Sunday in South Korea, former senior Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leaders called on their supporters to “wipe your tears, ...

The operation is unlicensed and is reducing fish stocks in a local stream, they say.

The National Assembly has launched the book of President Heng Samrin, detailing his struggling to overthrow Pot Pot's regime and rebuilding the country after ...

To achieve Cambodia's ambition of becoming an upper middle-income economy by 2030 and prepare for the digital era, it must focus on developing human ...

The Council of Ministers on Monday approved the draft national policy on ecotourism. It will be sent to the national assembly this week before it is turned into law ...

Today, the country is effectively a one-party dictatorship with the opposition party scattered across the world.

In Cambodia, where holidays and festivals abound, the three-day Bon Om Touk or the Water Festival that begins next week easily takes the spotlight.

The National Assembly yesterday approved a law on the extradition of criminals between Cambodia and Russia.

The international community has to pressure Cambodia to hold free and fair elections.

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- The National Assembly of Cambodia on Thursday approved the budget of 6.7 billion U.S. dollars for the government's ...

PHNOM PENH -- The Khmer Rouge tribunal will on Friday announce whether two surviving leaders of the Pol Pot regime are guilty of genocide -- a verdict.

The National Assembly today unanimously approved next year's $6.7 billion national budget, an increase of 11.4 percent over 2018.

The National Assembly approved a law on the extradition of criminals between Cambodia and Russia.

The president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Gabriela Cuevas Barron, has refuted a claim by the National Assembly that she “highly appreciated the ...

Former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) lawmaker Mu Sochua said on Thursday that she was “chased” out of the European Parliament in Brussels last ...

An estimated 300 to 500 protestors are expected to travel to New York from other states in the US to join the protest, according to an organizer.

When the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) boycotted the opening of parliament following the 2013 national election, diplomats from ...

The CPP won all 125 seats in the National Assembly in July after it oversaw the banning of the country's main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue ...

Thirty-eight lawmakers are due to take their seats in the National Assembly on Wednesday to replace those from the previous mandate who had resigned in ...

'I sincerely pledge . . . that I am determined to lead the national executive to ensure the success of all the programmes the Cambodian People's Party [CPP] ...

King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday presided over the National Assembly's opening session to pave the way for the creation of a new government.

All 125 lawmakers today elected the National Assembly's president, two vice presidents, chairmen and vice chairmen of the 10 commissions and gave a vote of ...

As Australia became the latest Western embassy to announce it would not be sending a representative to Wednesday's opening of parliament, Council of ...

A court in Cambodia on Thursday extended by six months the pre-trial detention of Kem Sokha, the leader of the now-dissolved main opposition party who ...

King Norodom Sihamoni will preside over its opening session on September 5.

With the prime minister already approved by His Majesty the King, what remains to be done is the formality of convening the 6th mandate of the National ...

King Norodom Sihamoni on Friday appointed Hun Sen as prime minister with the duty of organising a government for approval by the National Assembly.

After winning all 125 seats in the National Assembly, senior officers of the Cambodian People's Party on Thursday defended their victory by taking to ...

The National Election Committee has tonight announced that the ruling CPP secured all 125 parliamentary seats in the national election last month.

Interior Minister Sar Kheng again called on all leaders, civil servants and the national police to avoid partisanship, nepotism and abuse of power after the ruling ...

After paying a courtesy call on the King and visiting the chairman of the Constitutional Council, caretaker prime minister Hun Sen on Wednesday rescheduled ...

Cambodia's parliament will convene on September 5, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday, after his ruling party claimed victory in what critics say was a ...

The 'death of democracy' cements the military's power in politics – and paves the way for the prime minister's succession plan.

Say Samal made the comments in an op-ed published in a widely read local daily newspaper, Rasmei Kampuchea, owned by his father, Senate President Say ...

After winning what is said to be a landslide victory in Sunday's polls, caretaker Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Thursday that new members to the ...

Even before the National Election Committee (NEC) had announced the official results of Sunday's national polls, the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) ...

The National Assembly has turned down a complaint filed by the League of Democracy Party asking it to review the National Election Committee's decision to ...

The only major challenger to Cambodian People's Party was disbanded last year.

BANGKOK -- On July 29, Cambodians will be casting their ballots for what is expected to be the most controversial national election since the country'

There's a long road ahead to getting Cambodia back on the path toward democracy.

The National Assembly yesterday adopted a draft minimum wage law, which aims to promote decent living standards for the country's 780,000 textile workers.

Two relatively new political parties have registered a majority of women candidates for the upcoming general election.

The National Assembly yesterday approved a draft law adopting the policies of the Asian Forest Cooperation Organisation, meaning that the Kingdom could ...

A list of CPP candidates obtained yesterday shows the ruling Cambodia People's Party has nominated several high-ranking military and police officials for seats ...

The May Day march on Tuesday was limited to a riverside space near the city's landmark site of Wat Phnom and with a large security force presence.

A Cambodian delegation comprising a Member of the National Assembly, representatives from two political parties, and a civil society member paid a visit to ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- With the dissolution of the largest opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) heading into general elections, Western ...

The secretary-general of the National Assembly yesterday outlined the achievements and challenges of the legislative body during a press conference in Phnom ...

The National Assembly yesterday elected two senators from the royalist Funcinpec party to fill in the new 62-seat Senate that is due to convene its first session at ...

The Permanent Committee of the National Assembly has picked two candidates to fill vacant positions in the Senate, with a Funcinpec spokesman saying on ...

The National Election Committee announced yesterday that the number of National Assembly seats for the upcoming national election will increase by two, ...

Two opposition lawmakers beaten up outside the National Assembly in 2015 will have their appeal heard this Friday – nearly two years after the three ...

Following the redistribution of seats held by the now-dissolved opposition, female representation in local politics increased slightly but remains low, according to ...

The 123-member National Assembly held an extraordinary session on Wednesday to vote the proposed amendments through in the presence of Prime Minister ...

The National Assembly unanimously passed amendments to the Constitution and Criminal Code Wednesday that will impose restrictions on political rights and ...

The amendments include restrictions on freedom of association and political participation, as well as restrictions on criticism of the monarchy.

The National Assembly is set to vote on controversial legal amendments on Wednesday, including a lèse majesté law, while the president of the body in charge ...

During a cabinet meeting on Friday, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced a “vision” to shrink the country's cabinet by excluding secretaries and undersecretaries ...

The National Assembly voted to ratify a lawmaker from the royalist Funcipec Party as its First Vice President. On Friday You Hokry replaced Kem Sokha, who had ...

Following the redistribution of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party's seats in parliament, 55 new lawmakers entered the National Assembly this ...

Only two women are among the National Assembly's 55 new lawmakers, leaving the already heavily male body even more bereft of female representation ...

Forty-four unelected lawmakers from three parties that won less than a combined 5 percent of the vote in the 2013 elections took their seats in the National ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) has approved new candidates to fill National Assembly seats left vacant by the dissolution of the opposition, drastically ...

The National Assembly, with only ruling party lawmakers in attendance, voted on Friday to pass the national budget for 2018 and to add two additional positions ...

Four amendments to election laws passed unopposed through the National Assembly today, paving the way for the CNRP's seats throughout the country to be ...

A ruling party proposal to rewrite the National Assembly's internal regulations to scrap Cambodia National Rescue Party acting president's Kem Sokha's title of ...