Ministry of Environment bans wild orchid trade in the protected areas
On 10 July 2020, the Ministry of Environment publishes a public notice on the ban of wild orchid trade, which are actively collecting in protected areas due to the buzz on social media about high-end purchases. The ministry added that collecting wild orchid from the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/ministry-of-environment-bans-wild-orchid-trade-in-the-protected-areas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Environment
Locals bypass road projects
As much as local people are benefiting from the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) recovery project following last year’s record floods, they aren’t receiving all the benefits they could, according to some accounts. Operating in five provinces of Cambodia to restore road access to those affected by the floods, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/locals-bypass-road-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090658527/Business/locals-bypass-adb-road-projects.html
In Cambodia, culture shapes identity, spurs economic growth
Last year, the United Nations called for culture to be given top priority in the post-2015 global development agenda, citing its importance to economic growth, social inclusion, equality, and sustainable development. It is difficult to quantify the impact culture has on a nation, particularly for a developing href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-cambodia-culture-shapes-identity-spurs-economic-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Julia Chen
http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2014/02/12/in-cambodia-culture-shapes-identity-spurs-economic-growth/
ASEAN not take sides in South China Sea disputes: Cambodian official
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) did not take any sides in South China Sea disputes, but supported the settlement of the disputes based on international law and agreed documents, a senior Cambodian official said in Phnom Penh on Sunday. “ASEAN made the statement based on a principle that href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asean-not-take-sides-in-south-china-sea-disputes-cambodian-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chut Wutty slaying puts Timbergreen logging in spotlight
Community activists and conservationists commemorating slain environment activist Chut Wutty on the weekend used the occasion to shed light on what they allege are the shadowy practices of a logging company in the southwestern Cardamom forests. Activists amongst the hundreds of people who travelled to Koh href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chut-wutty-slaying-puts-timbergreen-logging-in-spotlight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Piaggio to return to Cambodia with legendary Vespa scooters
Europe’s largest manufacturer of two-wheeled vehicles, Italy’s Piaggio, will return to Cambodia in September, being absent since the Khmer Rouge takeover. Vespa Cambodia Co Ltd, part of Narith Long’s Narita group, signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Piaggio last month to distribute its Piaggio scooters, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/piaggio-to-return-to-cambodia-with-legendary-vespa-scooters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Anthony Galliano, P. 9
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070357156/Business/piaggio-cambodia-vespa.html
Cambodia has potential for social businesses
Despite challenges, Cambodia has potential for the establishment and expansion of social businesses, participants of the Microfinance & Social Business Conference in Phnom Penh said yesterday. While social business in Cambodia is still in an early phase compared to micro-finance “Cambodia is a promising land” for such href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-has-potential-for-social-businesses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Digitalization affects us all - ODC attends conference hosted by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
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“When I first arrived in Cambodia, I was impressed of the digitization process here,” Dr. Daniel Schmücking remembers his first days in Phnom Penh, and continues: “I thought ‘how can I survive here?’ but then someone told me about PassApp.” The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/digitalization-affects-us-all-odc-attends-conference-hosted-by-konrad-adenauer-stiftung/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Data Day 2020: You are invited!
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The Open Data Day is a global event that brings together enthusiastic citizens in open data, seeking to connect and apply open public data to build solutions to social issues. 2020 marks the tenth year that Open Data communities all over the world celebrate this href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/open-data-day-2020-you-are-invited/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Blows at capital protest
A union representative is accused of beating a rival over the head with a walkie-talkie during a factory protest yesterday in the latest burst of violence in one of Cambodia’s special economic zones. Bou Sokray, 25, a representative for the Coalition of Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/blows-at-capital-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032255198/National-news/blows-at-capital-protest.html
Asean water platform (AWP) 6th – 14th July 2018 at Can Tho University, Vietnam
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The goal of the annual ASEAN Water Platform (AWP) is to build capacity in research on water natural resource management (WNRM) within the partner countries’ institutions. The purpose of AWP is to gather together researchers with different backgrounds in order to have an exchange of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/asean-water-platform-awp-6th-14th-july-2018-at-can-tho-university-vietnam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Gemstone mining
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There is no large-scale industrial mining of gems in Cambodia, and few full-time miners. Most people involved in looking for gemstones fit it around other work – typically farm work – and mostly do it without licenses. As with artisanal mining, miners are often very href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/gemstone-mining/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Instruction on payment of new seniority indemnity in each year from 2019 (for all enterprises and establishments)
On 10 June 2019, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued an instruction on payment of new seniority indemnity in each year from 2019 (for all enterprises and establishments) to properly implement Prakas No. 443 K.B/Br.K.Kh.L issued on 21 September 2018 on payment of seniority indemnity. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/instruction-on-the-payment-of-post-2019-seniority-indemnity-for-all-enterprises-and-establishments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
General Department of Identification of Ministry of Interior to facilitate the public with incorrect civil records to amend their personal information with officials
On 08 November 2017, regarding to the recent Instruction No.035 signed on 20 October 2017 by Ministry of Interior on Correction and Cancellation of Civil Registration List, the General Department of Identification of Ministry of Interior has released an announcement to urge the public, who href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/general-department-of-identification-of-ministry-of-interior-will-facilitate-on-administration-services-for-the-citizen-with-incorrect-civil-records-to-amend-their-personal-information-with-officials/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
General Department of Indentification
SDG 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
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SDG 9 focuses on the development of sustainable and resilient infrastructure and industries, including small-scale enterprises. It encourages scientific research and the upgrade of the technological capabilities of industries. Access to information and communications technology and affordable Internet access are included. The goal has 5 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-9-industry-innovation-and-infrastructure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Third party canteens favoured by GMAC
The Chairman of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia, Van Sou Ieng, said that even if nutrition is an important factor in productivity, it should not the sole responsibility of the factory owner. “The deduction that the nutrition will automatically improve productivity is not necessarily true. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/third-party-canteens-favoured-by-gmac/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
U.S., Cambodia release life skills manuals for Cambodian schools
The United States and Cambodian governments on Tuesday released an educational guide that will help Cambodian schools improve the way their students learn, according to a media statement from the U.S. Embassy. The Life Skills Curriculum is the culmination of an extensive collaboration between the Cambodian Ministry of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/u-s-cambodia-release-life-skills-manuals-for-cambodian-schools/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/28/c_133081282.htm
Chinese tourists to Cambodia's Angkor heritage site up 17 pct in first half
The number of Chinese visitors to Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple, one of the World Heritage Sites, has reached 161,700 in the first six months of this year, a 17 percent rise over the same period last year, an official data showed Friday. The data from the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-tourists-to-cambodias-angkor-heritage-site-up-17-pct-in-first-half/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/travel/2014-08/01/c_133524492.htm
Cambodian PM says gov't has no rights to control judiciary
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday that he and his government have no rights to order the courts to arrest or release any suspects who have committed crimes. “I and the government have no rights to order the judiciary, the court to arrest anyone based href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-says-govt-has-no-rights-to-control-judiciary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-11/20/c_133803048.htm
Labour firm staff sentenced
The director and employees of a maid recruitment agency were handed sentences of up to five years by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday and ordered to pay compensation for illegally detaining an under-aged girl. Presiding judge Duch Kimsorn said Century Manpower’s director Oung Sakirin, chief of administration href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/labour-firm-staff-sentenced/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050155893/National-news/labour-firm-staff-sentenced.html