Institut Pasteur du Cambodge: COVID-19 related activities update on 25 February 2020
<p>On 25 February 2020, the Institute pasteur du Cambodge (IpC) has announced on the update of COVID-19 related activities. Utilizing BLS-3-level biosafety and biosecurity capacity in conjunction with multiple diagnostic tests according to the WHO interim guidance, IpC has implemented, validated, and ensured diagnostic capacity ...p>
Institut Pasteur du Cambodge
Oil transport
<p>Despite having both onshore and offshore oil discoveries in the country, Cambodia does not produce oil and has been importing petroleum products from Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore. The Cambodia Trucking Association (CAMTA) says it controls around 70% of the Kingdom’s transportation. ...p>
Open Data Day 2018: Open contracting for sustainable development
<p>From Cape Town to Helsinki, between Wellington and Sao paulo: Some 400 events took place during this year’s Open Data Day. Of course, Open Development Cambodia was part of the global event. For the Cambodian edition of the annual celebration of the international open data, ...p>
Workshop on using open EIA reporting to drive accountable and transparent environmental governance in Cambodia
<p>On 01 October 2020, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) hosted a half-day workshop on “Using Open EIA Reporting to Drive Accountable and Transparent Environmental Governance in Cambodia”. The event brought together 35 participants coming from various institutions, including local and international NGOs, grassroots organizations and media ...p>
Garments and textiles
<p>The garment industry has rooted in Cambodia earlier than the footwear industry. As a result of trade privileges given by the U.S. and EU, both industries have blossomed. As of 2013, the garment and footwear industries were accountable for about 80 percent of Cambodia’s total ...p>
Statement of the Royal Government of Cambodia on further steps to strengthen democracy and political space
<p>On 03 December 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has released a statement on further steps to strengthen democracy and political space. The ministry has underlined the position and further steps to be taken to uphold the Royal Government of Cambodia’s aforementioned ...p>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Kingdom poised to ink deal for first wind farm
<p>The government and French-owned The Blue Circle (Cambodia) Co Ltd will soon sign an agreement to build a wind farm in Kampot province – the first of its kind in the Kingdom. The agreement comes as the government has made efforts to diversify its power ...p>
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-poised-ink-deal-first-wind-farm
Fishing nets killed rare river dolphin
<p>Kratie’s provincial Department of Tourism on Tuesday said an illegal fishing net caused the death of an endangered Irrawaddy dolphin in the province’s Sambok village. Rangers spotted the 110kg carcass of a female floating in the sea around 2.27m from Anlong preah Sang. “We all ...p>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fishing-nets-killed-rare-river-dolphin
Press release: Japanese Government approves USD 251,970 for Legal Documentation Centre
<p>On 08 November 2019, the Embassy of Japan in Cambodia announced a press release to inform the public that the Government of Japan approved the utilization of up to USD 251,970 from the counterpart fund for “Fulfilling the Legacy Mandate of the Legal Documentation Center ...p>
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
Royal Group and Fusionex Group sign MOA to power up Smart Trade Facilitation in Cambodia
<p>The Royal group, Cambodia’s leading conglomerate and Fusionex Group, one of the largest multi award-winning and the leading data technology group in the region, signed a memorandum of agreement where both groups will cooperate in the area of Smart Trade Facilitation in Cambodia. This cooperation ...p>
The Phnom Penh Post staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/royal-group-and-fusionex-group-sign-moa-power-smart-trade-facilitation-cambodia
PM confident EBA outcome will not impact Kingdom
<p>As the government reviews a European Commission preliminary report on whether Cambodia should retain its Everything-but-Arms preferential trade status, prime Minister Hun Sen has said that the Kingdom has strong financial foundations to sustain itself with or without the EBA. “Someone said we will suffer ...p>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50660990/pm-confident-eba-outcome-will-not-impact-kingdom/
Mondulkiri officials to fight logging
<p>The Ministry of Agriculture has established a Mondulkiri provincial sub-committee to prevent, reduce and crack down on forest land grabs, clearing and encroachment. The Ministry of Agriculture said in a press release that the provincial sub-committee is chaired by Mondulkiri provincial governor Svay Sam Eang ...p>
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-officials-fight-logging
Everything But Arms: EU close to suspending Cambodia’s trade preferences
<p>The EU slammed the government for the dire human rights situation in the Southeast Asian country, giving it a one-month deadline to respond to a preliminary report on suspending trade preferences before deciding whether to go ahead with the plan. Brussels has warned phnom penh ...p>
EU Bulletin
https://www.eubulletin.com/10398-everything-but-arms-eu-close-to-suspending-cambodias-trade-preferences.html
Hunan province group to invest $1.3 billion in Kingdom
<p>A group of businessmen from China’s Hunan province will today sign agreements to invest $1.3 billion in the Kingdom. The commitment was made during a meeting between Foreign Affairs Minister prak Sokhonn and Du Jiahao, a member of the CpC Central Committee and secretary of ...p>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50661005/hunan-province-group-to-invest-1-3-billion-in-kingdom/
New law set to benefit those working in the private sector
<p>Workers and employees in the private sector will receive the same benefits as those in the public sector if they pay their income tax and fulfill other legal requirements. The recently passed Law on Social Security Schemes states that workers and employees in the private ...p>
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-law-set-benefit-those-working-private-sector
Pavement improvement plan on Mao Tse Toung Boulevard underway
<p>The phnom penh Municipal Hall is assessing a pavement improvement project along Mao Tse Toung Boulevard meant to provide ease of travel for disabled persons and pedestrians, phnom penh Municipal Hall spokesman Met Meas pheakdey told The post on Wednesday. Meas pheakdey said: “The cost ...p>
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pavement-improvement-plan-mao-tse-toung-boulevard-underway
Illegal bird netting in Koh Kong destroyed
<p>Some 3,200m of netting used to illegally poach birds was destroyed by Stung prot and Wildlife Alliance forest rangers on Tuesday after they were discovered laying in mangrove growth south of the Cardamom Mountains. Southern Cardamom Forest protection programme field coordinator Dragos Ionescu said on ...p>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-bird-netting-koh-kong-destroyed
PM tells Royal Academy to up PhD standards
<p>prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday instructed the Royal Academy of Cambodia to carefully scrutinise post-graduate candidates as he said the number of Cambodian phD students was “too high”, with the Kingdom recording one of the highest ratios of phD holders in the world. Hun ...p>
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-tells-royal-academy-phd-standards
HRP granted extension to meet dissolution conditions
<p>The Ministry of Interior granted the dissolved Human Rights party (HRp) and Candlelight party six-month extensions to provide the government with official lists of party leaders, a letter written by Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said on Friday. “The Ministry of Interior agrees to allow ...p>
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hrp-granted-extension-meet-dissolution-conditions
Press release: Signing of MoU on development cooperation between Republic of Korea and 5 ASEAN Countries during the Investment ASEAN 2019
<p>On Monday Afternoon 25th November 2019 in Busan, Republic of Korea, H.E Chhieng Yanara, Minister Attached to the prime Minister, has signed on behalf of the Royal Government of Cambodia on MoU on Development Cooperation between Republic of Korea and 5 ASEAN countries such as ...p>
The Council for the Development of Cambodia
