Transfer of power ‘still slow’
<p>Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said on Wednesday that the delegation of authority from national level to sub-national administrations remained slow, resulting in a lack of clarity concerning their roles and responsibilities in providing public services. Speaking at the 17th meeting of the National Committee ...p>
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/transfer-power-still-slow
Press release on the first meeting of the National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD)
<p>On 31 August 2016, National Council for Sustainable Development issued a press release on the first meeting of the National council for Sustainable Development (NCSD) which was held at the Ministry of Environment under chairmanship of H.E. Say Samal, Minister of Environment of Environment and ...p>
Gov’t to spend $8.2 billion this year
<p>The government will spend more than $8 billion and take out $2 billion in foreign loans this year, according to the 2020 National Budget Law, which was made public on Tuesday after being signed off by King Norodom Sihamoni. The government will spend some $8.196 ...p>
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-spend-82-billion-year
As rice exports to EU drop, dealers are reducing prices due to tariffs
<p>Government data showed that Cambodia’s rice exports to the European Union had dropped by 30 percent in 2019, after the economic bloc imposed tariffs at the start of last year. Ministry of Agriculture data showed that rice exports dropped from 300,000 tons in 2018 to around ...p>
Concern as census counts just over 170 cranes in protected wetlands
<p>Environmental technical teams and bird conservationists on Sunday expressed concern for the biodiversity of birds in the wetlands due to the water shortage this year. The concern comes as this year’s ongoing crane census has so far recorded more than 170 of them in the ...p>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/concern-census-counts-just-over-170-cranes-protected-wetlands
News release on the implementation of the Incentive Policy of Angkor Archaeological Park Pass
<p>On 25 February 2020, Angkor enterprise has issued a news release on the incentive policy of Angkor park pass in order to the support the tourism sector amidst of COVID-19. The new incentive policy will be implemented for four months started from 25 February 2020 ...p>
Angkor Enterprise
Outpost Cambodia launches startup sponsorship competition
<p>The co-working and co-living space Outpost Cambodia announced details of a startup competition today that will offer a winning company free 24/7 access to a desk for up to six people for six months in its workspace on phnom penh’s Chroy Changvar peninsula, four specialised consultations with ...p>
Euan Black
http://sea-globe.com/outpost-cambodia/
Notification on the postponement of payment of back pay seniority indemnity before 2019 and new seniority indemnity in 2020
<p>On 02 June 2020, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued an announcement to the owners, directors of factories, enterprises, and workers/employees using undetermined duration contract (UDC) to get informed that the payment of back pay seniority indemnity before 2019 (for textile, garment, and ...p>
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Announcement on the need for Access to Information Law in Cambodia
<p>On 01 July 2020, the Advocacy and policy Institute issued an announcement on the need for Access to Information Law in Cambodia in a debate workshop on the update on the rights to Access to Information Law held on Tuesday 30 June 2020. It is ...p>
Advocacy and Policy Institute
Notice on pricing policy for COVID-19 test, quarantine and treatment services to foreign travelers entry to Cambodia at public hospital
<p>On 11 June 2020, the Ministry of Health issued a notice to inform all relevant ministries and institutions and foreign travelers entry to Cambodia about charge fees for COVID-19 test, quarantine and treatment services foreign travelers entry to Cambodia at public hospital. Upon arrival to ...p>
Ministry of Health
Disenfranchisement at Polls as Citizens Unable to Vote and Illegal Voting Allowed
<p>TIC Executive Director Kol preapTransparency International Cambodia (TIC) Conducted a sample-base observation of the July 28th election and vote count. In this observation, TIC deployed a total of 906 TIC observers to a representative sample of 407 polling stations across 24 provinces and municipalities. Here ...p>
Advisory Note to GMAC Members On Cambodia and the UK’s General Scheme of Preference (GSP)
<p>On 19 November 2020, Garments Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has posted an advisory note regarding UK’s General Scheme of preference (GSp). Following Brexit, eligible developing countries will be able to benefit from UK’s General Scheme of preference (GSp). Cambodia, classified by the UN as ...p>
Garments Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC)
Press release: Measures for institutions with staff or students contacted with the official visit of the Hungarian delegation to Cambodia
<p>On 04 November 2020, the Ministry of Education in Cambodia issued a press release on the recent case of COVID-19. The Ministry advised related institutions, parents and children to follow some certain steps including: (1) All the institutions that have been in contact with Hungarian ...p>
Ministry of Education Youth and Sport
Joint statement: Drop all charges against arrested union leader Rong Chhun
<p>On 03 August 2020, 141 undersigned civil society groups issued a joint statement to strongly condemn the nighttime arrest of Rong Chhun and call on the Royal Government of Cambodia and the phnom penh Municipal Court to immediately drop all charges against the union leader ...p>
Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
Joint press release: CCHR, ADHOC and Solidarity Center published the fourth annual report of the Cambodia fundamental freedoms monitor
<p>On 27 July 2020, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”), the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (“ADHOC”) and the Solidarity Center (“SC”) announced the release of the Fourth Annual Report of the Cambodia Fundamental Freedoms Monitor, produced by the Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring project ...p>
Cambodian Center for Human Rights, Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association and Solidarity Center
Joint statement: Civil society organizations call for the draft Law on Public Order to be immediately discarded
<p>On 13 August 2020, the undersigned national and international organizations and communities issued a joint statement calling on the Royal Government of Cambodia (“RGC”) to immediately discard the repressive draft Law on public Order and uphold its obligations under international human rights law. The draft law contains ...p>
Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
Announcement on the termination of the electronic value added tax refund system (E-VAT Refund System), replacing it with the electronic filing system (E-Filing System)
<p>On 07 December 2020, the General Department of Taxation issued an announcement on the termination of the electronic value-added tax refund system (E-VAT Refund System) and replacing it with the electronic filing system (E-Filing System). The department also informed all companies and enterprises that previously ...p>
General Department of Taxation
Announcement: GMAC's notice on expiration of US GSP program to all travel goods factories in Cambodia
<p>On 06 January 2021, Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) issued an announcement noticing the expiration of the US GSp program to all travel goods factories in Cambodia. The notice is given that the US GSp program expired on 31 December 2020 due to delayed adoption ...p>
Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC)
Announcement on the Instruction of the Royal Government of Cambodia on measures to continue to manage the impact on key economic sectors in the context of the crisis and to rehabilitate and promote Cambodia's economic growth in the post COVID-19 crisis
<p>On 31 July 2020, The Royal Government of Cambodia has posted an announcement on the Instruction of the Royal Government of Cambodia on measures to continue to manage the impact on key economic sectors in the context of the crisis and to rehabilitate and promote ...p>
Royal Government of Cambodia
Outcomes of the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference Sessions with Canada and New Zealand, and the Bilateral Meeting with the Foreign Minister of New Zealand
<p>On 5 August 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the ASEAN post Ministerial Conference Sessions with Canada and New Zealand, and the Bilateral Meeting with the Foreign Minister of New Zealand on 5 August ...p>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
