Forest watchdog warned against satellite imagery
Ministry of Environment officials have warned it will take legal action against Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) and several other organisations if they continue to collect deforestation data in the area. The ministry’s warning comes after PLCN suggested a new programme that would use satellite imagery ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-watchdog-warned-against-satellite-imagery
Minister presses KNUP backers on support for Nhek Bun Chhay
Problems continue to grow for Khmer National United Party President Nhek Bun Chhay in the wake of the prime minister’s decision to terminate his role as a government adviser, with at least two members of his group defecting to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party in ...
Meas Sokchea and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-presses-knup-backers-support-nhek-bun-chhay
Pi Pay goes cashless with app
Cash may be king in Cambodia, but Pi Pay Asia is banking on rising smartphone penetration and an arsenal of digital payment solutions to help dethrone it.The company’s soon-to-be-released mobile-phone application provides a one-stop platform for cashless transactions, digital money transfers and e-wallet solutions, while ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pi-pay-goes-cashless-app
Statement on minimum wage negotiation for 2021
On 23 June 2020, the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) issued a statement regarding the temporary postpone of minimum wage negotiation for 2021. This statement is made upon the current circumstance of the COVID-19 outbreak that severely affects the textile, garment and footwear sector. ...
Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC)
Prey Lang documentary wins awards, draws ministry’s criticism
A documentary film titled Cambodia Burning produced by the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) won two awards – “Earth Photo 2020” and “Drone Photo 2020” – from the US-based Pulitzer Centre. The film, which has drawn criticism from a senior Ministry of Environment official, was ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-lang-documentary-wins-awards-draws-ministrys-criticism
Top Cambodian officials are going into quarantine after Hungarian Foreign official tested positive COVID-19
On 04 November 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) of Cambodia announced on its official Facebook page that all the top Cambodian officials are going into quarantine after Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, who visited the country on Tuesday and signed ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
B Kak motodop recovers
A motodop at the center of the high-profile case against imprisoned Boeung Kak lake villager Yorm Bopha has returned to work after receiving treatment for head injuries, he said yesterday. Supporters of Nget Chet, 28, said during demonstrations last month that the motodop had been nearly brain damaged during an ...
NBC head underscores value of women’s access to finance
Unlocking greater access to formal finance for Cambodian women will play a strategic role in the process of the Kingdom’s economic development, National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) director-general Chea Serey said on Monday. She said this at the Training on the Trainers (ToT) Programme on Financial ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-head-underscores-value-womens-access-finance
Chinese bank loans seek to aid rice millers
China’s Export-Import Bank officials proposed to provide loans of up to US$70 million for rice milling in an effort to aid Cambodia’s efforts to export a million tonnes of rice by 2015, government officials said yesterday. The bank’s officials visited Cambodia last week to met with Cambodian ...
Press release: Video conference between Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and His Excellency Dr. Phankham Viphavanh, Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
On 12 April 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release: video conference between Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and His Excellency Dr. Phankham Viphavanh, Prime Minister of the Lao ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Press release: Radio education program helps indigenous students to continue their education amid the schools suspension
On 07 April 2021, the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport issued a press release that the ministry and UNICEF are working together to ensure the disadvantaged and underprivileged children continue their education, while schools remain suspended amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the community. UNICEF ...
Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport
Notification on retail price of fuel at stations
On 01 September 2021, the Ministry of Commerce issued a notification on the retail price of fuel at stations. To facilitate the livelihood of the people and with the contribution of fuel distributors in Cambodia, the Royal Government has reduced the retail price of fuel ...
Ministry of Commerce
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Asian Development Bank (ADB)”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Asian Development Bank (ADB)”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of the ADB in Cambodia, together with the related contents such as ADB assistance and projects in Cambodia, ADB loan for Cambodia’s ...
Reminder of COVID-19 vaccination, first and second doses (base dose) and third dose or booster dose
On 01 March 2022, the Ministry of Health issued a notification on the reminder of COVID-19 vaccination, first and second doses (base dose) and third dose, booster dose.In order to increase the immunity of individuals as well as to increase the immunity in the community ...
Ministry of Health
Outcomes of the official visit of His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, to the Federal Republic of Germany
On 24 February 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the official visit of His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, to the Federal Republic of Germany on ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Cambodia will attend “The 5th China International Import Exposition (CIIE)”
On 10 May 2022, the Ministry of Commerce issued an announcement on Cambodia will attend “The 5th China International Import Exposition (CIIE)”.On behalf of the Cambodian Inter-Ministerial Committee for Participation in the World Expo and International Trade Exhibitions, the Ministry of Commerce has the honor ...
Ministry of Commerce
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Swedish aid”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Swedish aid”. This bilingual topic page gives a quick overview of Swedish aid to Cambodia, together with the related contents such as development cooperation and aid in Cambodia, response to COVID-19 in Cambodia as well ...
Stung Sen River’s water level falling, flood risk minimal
Officials said the Stung Sen River water levels in Kampong Thom province have finally begun to drop after exceeding the alert level late last week, but warned of more rain in the coming days. He Koeun, director of the provincial Department of Water Resources and Meteorology, ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stung-sen-rivers-water-level-falling-flood-risk-minimal
Growth pegged at 5.5% for ‘23 recovery stage by World Bank
The World Bank has upheld its economic growth forecast for Cambodia this year at 5.5 percent, supported by the resurgence of the services sector, particularly tourism, following the post-pandemic recovery. This projection is in contrast with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which revised its growth ...
May Kunmakara
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/growth-pegged-55-23-recovery-stage-world-bank
Autumn equinox over Angkor showcases ‘ancestors wisdom’
The autumnal equinox will occur this year on September 23. The phenomenon, which signifies an equal duration of day and night due to the Earth’s position in its orbit around the sun, happens twice a year in September and March. At these times, the sun ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/autumn-equinox-over-angkor-showcases-ancestors-wisdom