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
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)
Mondulkiri Bunong irked over land sales
Some 190 Bunong indigenous people in Mondulkiri province are expressing concern that land sales in the Tring and Pupe mountain areas could result in a loss of cultural sites and their ancestral identities. Chean Vanna, one of their representatives in Pou Lung village, told The Post ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-bunong-irked-over-land-sales
Thai firm says Xayaburi project has begun
The controversial Xayaburi hydro-electric dam project in northern Laos may have already begun, despite countries, including Cambodia, requesting further studies to assess possible negative effects on Lower Mekong communities.Thai development firm Ch.Karnchang said it was due to begin building the dam on March 15 after finalising a ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012041955661/National-news/worrying-dam-claims.html
Press release on asian producer associations joining forces for better purchasing practices in the textile and garment industry
On 18 January 2021, Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) issued a press release on the Asian producer associations joining forces for better purchasing practices in the textile and garment industry. The representative of the STAR Network, the first inter-Asian Network of Producer Association of ...
Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC)
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new profile page on "Foreign investment in Cambodia”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new page on “Foreign investment in Cambodia”. On the new bilingual page, the public can access map layers which display the total number of investment projects with more than 5 million USD of investment capital and additional information of ...
Rosy official forecasts fail to lift freshwater fishermen’s hopes
While river fishermen are claiming to have had smaller catches this season, experts are predicting that this year’s freshwater fish yields will be double that of previous years. Heng Kong, director of the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute at the Fisheries Administration (FiA), predicted that ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rosy-official-forecasts-fail-lift-freshwater-fishermens-hopes
21% rise in Cambodia’s trade, US the biggest export market
Cambodia’s international trade rose to $32.82 billion in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 21.3 percent, and the United States is the biggest market for the country accounting for 43 percent of the Kingdom’s total exports. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501130562/21-rise-in-cambodias-trade-us-the-biggest-export-market/
Press release: Cambodia, UNICEF to further promote existing close cooperation
On 24 January 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affair and International Cooperation has posted a press release on Cambodia and UNICEF to further promote existing close cooperation on their official website. According to the press, UNICEF reaffirmed its continued support and assistance to Cambodia, stressed by ...
Ministry of Foreign Affair and International Cooperation
Press release on Mekong countries and US adopt new three-year action plan
On 30 July 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on Mekong countries and US adopt new three-year action plan on their official social media site.According to the press, His Excellency Sok Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation
Open Development Cambodia ran a workshop on "Digital Governance and E-Commerce Technology in Small-Midsized Enterprises (SMEs)"
A workshop on “Digital Governance and E-Commerce Technology in Small-Midsized Enterprises (SMEs)” was held on June 29, 2023, by Open Development Cambodia (ODC). 10 participants (four of which were women) representing various industries attended. The workshop’s main goals are to disseminate the research study’s findings ...
Open Development Cambodia updates an existing dataset on "Urban land reclassification"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates an existing dataset on “Urban land reclassification”. This dataset contains information regarding the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification to state private properties in some areas in Phnom Penh, Kandal, Takeo, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Speu, Pursat, ...
Open Development Cambodia updates an existing dataset on “Urban land reclassification”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates an existing dataset on “Urban land reclassification” by adding four new map layers on land reclassification in Phnom Penh. This dataset contains information regarding the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification to state private properties in ...
Environmental impact assessments and the Sihanoukville building collapse
Early in the morning of June 22, disaster struck Sihanoukville as a seven-story condominium building under construction collapsed. According to survivors, around 60 construction workers were on-site, some with their families sleeping.1 The collapse has killed 28 people and injured 25, and led to the ...
Bar association legal aid services
The Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (the Association) is a non-governmental institution for Cambodia’s lawyers. In keeping with Article 24 of the United Nations Basic Principle on the Role of Lawyers, the Association represents lawyers’ interests, promotes their continuing education and training, and ...
National Election 2013
August 26, 2013 – Constitutional Council ordered NEC to unseal voting records in a number of polling stations in Battambong province– CNRP held protest rally in Phnom Penh August 25, 2013 – NEC opened Safety Package A of 13 polling stations in Kratie province to examine ballots– CNRP ...
Monkeys can host human Astroviruses, study finds
A recent study of Cambodian monkeys found that nonhuman primates can host viruses previously thought to only infect humans. ...
Aria Danaparamita
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/monkeys-can-host-human-astroviruses-study-finds-101463/
Kingdom and Cambodia sign pact on hiring domestic helps
SAUDI ARABIA on Thursday signed a contract with Cambodia for recruitment of domestic helps from that country. ...
Saudi Gazette Team
http://saudigazette.com.sa/saudi-arabia/kingdom-and-cambodia-sign-pact-on-hiring-domestic-helps/
Battambang pagoda’s pond held deadly UXO cache
Five unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 80 bullets were dug out from the drained pond of a Battambang pagoda yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-pagoda%E2%80%99s-pond-held-deadly-uxo-cache
Tropical Depression now heads to Vietnam, Cambodia
Following the rounds of tropical downpours across the Philippines, danger now aims for Vietnam and Cambodia for the weekend. ...
Eric Leister
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/tropical-flooding-downpours-ta/37961921