CSOs seek input on climate policies
Civil society and government representatives met at the Royal University of Phnom Penh yesterday to discuss how both sides can cooperate to formulate climate change policies that fulfill the Kingdom’s treaty obligations in the wake of the historic climate accord reached in Paris earlier this ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/csos-seek-input-climate-policies
ស្ថិតិស្តីពីសាលាបឋមសិក្សាកម្ពុជាក្នុងឆ្នាំ ២០១៨-២០១៩
ប្រភព៖ ស្ថិតិ និងសូចនាករអប់រំសាធារណៈឆ្នាំ ២០១៨-២០១៩(ក្រសួងអប់រំ)។ ទាញចេញពី ស្ថិតិ និងសូចនាករអប់រំសាធារណៈឆ្នាំ ២០១៨-២០១៩ ...
Action plan on child abuse launched
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has urged officials to better implement preventive measures aimed at stopping online child sexual abuse and to step up daily enforcement actions against these crimes. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/action-plan-child-abuse-launched
Cambodia starts collecting VAT on e-commerce
Cambodia started imposing value added tax (VAT) on e-commerce from April 1 after a three-month delay. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501053572/cambodia-starts-collecting-vat-on-e-commerce/
Forces to keep eye on migrants
Authorities along the Cambodian-Thai border continue to maintain tight security and prevent workers from illegally crossing the border into Thailand following the Khmer New Year, as the number of workers returning from the neighbouring country begins to decrease. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forces-keep-eye-migrants
Crackdowns on Illegal fishing during closed season
Fisheries authorities in Stung Treng province have been cracking down on illegal fishing since the close of the fishing season at the beginning of May. They have been working to intercept illegal fishermen for the past month. ...
Nang Veasna
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501304397/crackdowns-on-illegal-fishing-during-closed-season/
Workshop on ODC website and information on access to public services
On 23 November 2017 at the office of Open Development Cambodia (ODC), Phnom Penh, ODC team has organized a workshop On “ODC Website and InformatiOn On Access to Public Services”, funded by Swedish Program for ICT in Developing RegiOns (SPIDER), under a project theme of “Public Awareness of ...
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new dataset on results on the election of Commune/Sangkat Council (2012)
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new dataset on “results on the election of Commune/Sangkat Council (2012)”. This dataset shows the official result of the commune council election for the third legislature issued by National Election Committee (NEC) on 24 June 2012 with the illustration ...
Stay on guard: PM calls on police to strengthen capacity to ensure security
Amid growing threats worldwide, Prime Minister Hun Manet urged all police personnel to strengthen their capacity to ensure security which is crucial for the Kingdom’s continued development. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501487282/stay-on-guard-pm-calls-on-police-to-strengthen-capacity-to-ensure-security/
Cambodia, Thailand Will Likely Resume Talks on Offshore Oil and Gas
Cambodia’s and Thailand’s governments will likely resume negotiations on offshore drilling for oil and gas which will bring mutual benefits of the area of overlapping maritime claims after Cambodia gave the green light for issues before the visit of new Thai foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul ...
US, Cambodia to sign off on $20m in aid projects
The US is scheduled today to sign off on another $20 million in funding for aid projects in Cambodia, according to a US Embassy statement issued yesterday. one project will “strengthen the ability of civil society, the private sector, and the government to address food security ...
Official says faintings a ‘scar’ on image of nation’s factories
A 10 per cent rise in the number of garment and footwear factories this year showed the government’s commitment to solving labour disputes, and that its mechanisms to do this were working, a senior official at the labour ministry said yesterday, while admitting that a ...
Prey Lang protesters on run after police allegedly pay a visit
TWO activists involved in last month’s Prey Lang forest protest against illegal logging fled their houses yesterday in Sandan district in an attempt to evade local authorities, villagers reported. Roeun Sopheap, village representative in Sandan commune, said he fled his home yesterday after finding several police ...
Work to begin on controversial dam in Stung Treng next week
Workers will begin clearing forestland in Stung Treng province as early as next week in preparation for the controversial 400-megawatt Lower Sesan 2 dam, district officials and villagers said yesterday. The hydropower project, funded by Vietnam Electricity (EVN), will flood tens of thousands of hectares of ...
New Law to Force Garment Factories to Provide On-Site Housing
In an effort to stop mass faintings at garment factories, a government committee will issue a prakas this year aimed at reducing fatigue among workers by requiring factories to establish on-site housing, an official said yesterday. Pok Vanthath, deputy director of vocational training at the Ministry ...
Golden Hanuman military exercises to be held on May 3-8
More than a month since completing the Golden Dragon joint military exercises with China, some 2,000 members of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) are set to launch their own drills at a Kampot army training school. Next month’s exercises, using live ammunition, will take ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/golden-hanuman-military-exercises-be-held-may-3-8
PLCN plans patrol in May to crack down on forestry crime
The Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) is planning a joint patrol this month with activists from four provinces – Stung Treng, Kratie, Kampong Thom and Preah Vihear – to scout the protected area and crack down on forestry crimes. Kheng Kho, a PLCN representative in ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/plcn-plans-patrol-may-crack-down-forestry-crime
Chinese-owned shops are on the rise in central Phnom Penh
Informal businesses owned by Chinese nationals are on the rise in central Phnom Penh, especially in Tonle Bassac commune, surrounding Koh Pich. Such businesses have sprung up notably in Central Market, Orussey Market, Sovanna Shopping Mall, Rattana Plaza, as well as Kakab commune across from Phnom ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-owned-shops-are-rise-central-phnom-penh
National Authority to probe land dispute on prime minister’s order
The National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution and Battambang provincial authorities will launch an investigation on Monday into an ongoing land dispute between tycoon Lim Tealeng and Chan Hoeu in Kors Kralor district’s Preah Phos commune following an order from Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-authority-probe-land-dispute-prime-ministers-order
Press release on ASEAN-Occupational Safety and Health Network (ASEAN-OSHNET)
On 26 March 2018, the Ministry of Labour and VocatiOnal Training of the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a press release On being a host of 3 events On ASEAN-OccupatiOnal Safety and Health Network (ASEAN-OSHNET) from 02-04 April 2018 at Empress Angkor Resort and Spa Hotel in ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training