Open Development Cambodia has added two new features of Prasat Bakan protected landscape and Phnom Thnout- Phnom Pok wildlife sanctuary to Natural protected areas profile page
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just added two new features of Prasat Bakan protected landscape and Phnom Thnout- Phnom Pok wildlife sanctuary to Natural protected areas profile page, thereby expanding the profile page to contain a total of 58 natural protected areas in Cambodia. Published ...
Open Development Cambodia has updated new map layer and a profile page on electricity license coverage
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has updated layers of electricity license coverage by status and by type of license. ODC also has added a new profile page on electricity license coverage for all province in Cambodia, which are available in both Khmer and English.=> The page ...
Cambodia’s COVID-19 situation: No new case for 11 consecutive days and no active case
Cambodia this morning reported that the last remaining COVID-19 patient, an 18-year-old Indonesian male, has been successfully treated and discharged from hospital. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50763149/cambodias-covid-19-situation-no-new-case-for-11-consecutive-days-and-no-active-case/
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “SDG 18 Cambodia Mine/ERW free”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “SDG 18 Cambodia Mine/ERW free”, a special goal of Cambodia beyond the 17 goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this bilingual new topic page, you will get a comprehensive understanding of why ...
CCHR releases a new briefing note on business and human rights: Corporate accountability in land rights violations
On 25 December 2020, Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) released a new Briefing Note on Business and Human Rights entitled “Corporate Accountability in Land Rights Violations”. This Briefing Note examines the challenges in holding corporations accountable for land-related human rights violations in the Kingdom ...
Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
Domestic revenue is an increasingly important source of development financing in Cambodia, says a new report
On 16 July 2021, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) issued a press release on launching a report estimating the financing available for the country’s development through to 2025, entitled “Cambodia’s Development Finance Assessment (DFA).”This report analyze the compositions and trends of all Cambodia’s financial inflows, ...
UN Development Programme
Ministry of Health issues strict directive on new COVID health rules for organizing events in Cambodia
The Ministry of Health has issued a directive on strengthening the implementation of health measures in organizing events and social work in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50970186/ministry-of-health-issues-strict-directive-on-new-health-rules-for-organizing-events-in-cambodia/
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Development and assistance for poverty reduction and food security”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Development and assistance for poverty reduction and food security”. This bilingual topic page gives a quick overview of development and assistance for poverty reduction and food security in Cambodia, together with the related contents such ...
Despite COVID-19 pandemic, Cambodia created more than 150,000 jobs through 195 new investments
The Minister of Labor and Vocational Training said that even in the context of Covid-19 pandemic, Cambodia received and approved 195 new investment projects and 43 production expansion requests that could create more than 150,000 jobs. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50995101/despite-covid-19-pandemic-cambodia-created-more-than-150000-jobs-through-195-new-investments/
Launching of four new learning centers for the Basic Education Equivalency Programme (BEEP)
On 16 October 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, and UNESCO released a Press Release on the launching of four new learning centers for the Basic Education Equivalency Programme (BEEP) which will take place on 19 ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Land win for satellite city families
Nearly 400 families in Prek Takong I village have won a five-year battle to regain control of land earmarked for a new satellite city being developed by ING Holdings. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505752/land-win-for-satellite-city-families/
Ministry plans to support pedestrian welfare
The Land Management Ministry announced last week a series of construction projects to increase safe spaces for pedestrians, including new sidewalks and bike lanes in Phnom Penh and provincial cities. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50526760/ministry-plans-to-support-pedestrian-welfare/
Second industrial lab centre on the way
A new laboratory for testing local products and issue quality certificates will open in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district by the end of 2019, the Ministry of Handicraft recently announced. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50509878/second-industrial-lab-centre-on-the-way/
Former CNRP lawmaker predicts Sam Rainsy role may ‘split’ the part
Former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) lawmaker Ou Chanrath predicted on Tuesday that Sam Rainsy’s contentious new position as acting president may cause an inevitable “split” in the party. ...
Labor law violators to face stiffer daily fines
Companies that violate the Labor Law will now face a five-fold increase in fines following a new order from the justice and labor ministries intended to encourage more compliance. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/labor-law-violators-to-face-stiffer-daily-fines-96054/
Nutrition shortfalls harming Kingdom's economy, report finds
Malnutrition costs the Cambodian economy an estimated $266 million each year, according to a new report, which urged the government to invest more in tackling the problem. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nutrition-shortfalls-harming-kingdoms-economy-report-finds
Vouchers increase access to IUDs: study
Poor women in Cambodia are more likely to use long-term reversible forms of birth control, like IUDs or implants, if they receive outside assistance, a new study has found. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vouchers-increase-access-iuds-study
Cintri in contract negotiations with all Phnom Penh districts
Phnom Penh’s beleaguered trash-collection company, Cintri, is in the process of creating new contracts with each of the city’s 12 districts, an official from the firm said on Thursday. ...
Sek Odom and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cintri-in-contract-negotiations-with-all-phnom-penh-districts-100982/
Mammoth year in kingdom’s microfinance sector
Cambodia’s microfinance sector experienced another year of explosive growth, with both lending and deposits surging over 40 per cent in 2015, according to new data by an industry association. ...
Cam McGrath and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mammoth-year-kingdoms-microfinance-sector
Promnea looks set for constitutional council membership
The National Assembly’s permanent committee yesterday put forward Sam Promnea, a former Tourism Ministry secretary of state, as a new member of Cambodia’s Constitutional Council. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/promnea-looks-set-constitutional-council-membership