ODC presents at the Bantheay Meanchey BarCamp
<p>participants are having group photo after the presentation.On May 25-26, 2018 the ODC team joined the Banteay Meanchey BarCamp. Being the second BarCamp conference organised in 2018, and the first time the event was taken place at the Meanchey University of the Banteay Meanchey province. ...p>
Bank Says No Railway Evictee To Be Left Behind
<p>The Asian Development Bank announced yesterday that the organizations behind the rehabilitation of Cambodia’s railways, including the government and the Australian development agency, have jointly pledged to address the complaints of people facing eviction from dwellings across the rail lines. The Australian government provided ...p>
H&M in second mass faint
<p>The second mass fainting to hit a factory in Kampong Chnnang that supplies knitwear for H&M this week has prompted intervention from provincial labour officials and an investigation by the Swedish-based company. The International Labour Organisation, which monitors the M&V factory where as many as ...p>
Tep Nimol and Vincent MacIssac, P. 2
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hm-second-mass-faint
Press release on the prohibition of taking identity card, family record, and residence record as guarantee for provision of credit
<p>On 17 July 2018, the National Bank of Cambodia issued a press release on the prohibition of taking identity card, family record, and residence record as guarantee for provision of credit, following the directive No. B7-016-210 Sor. Chor. Nor, dated 11th March 2016. However, the ...p>
National Bank of Cambodia
Japan’s assistance for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)
<p>On 28 December 2018, the Government of Japan disbursed an amount of USD1.2 million as its 2018 Fiscal Year contribution to the United Nations component of the ECCC budget. The Government of Japan decided to make this contribution to continue to support the judicial process of the ...p>
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
Cambodia rejects suspicions reversal on us base upgrade signals plans to host Chinese military assets
<p>Cambodia’s Minister of Defense Tea Banh on Monday dismissed suspicions that his government had reneged on accepting an offer from the U.S. to upgrade buildings at a naval base in preah Sihanouk province because it plans to host Chinese military assets at the site. In a ...p>
Joshua Lipes
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/base-07012019152820.html
Press release: Implementation of measures against individuals/companies and the means involved in forest crime
<p>On 8 July 2019, the National Committee for prevention and Crackdown on National Resources Offences issued a press release on the implementation of strict legal measures to combat forest crimes. Means related to forest crimes such as cars, tractor, and motorbikes will be requested to local ...p>
National Committee for Prevention and Crackdown on National Resources Offences
More than 40 families given land to move off roadside
<p>preah Sihanouk provincial authorities provided plots of land to 45 families on Saturday after they agreed to move off a roadside in Sihanoukville’s Buon commune. provincial Governor Kuoch Chamroeun said on Saturday during a land distribution ceremony that the 45 families squatted and lived on a ...p>
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50654899/more-than-40-families-given-land-to-move-off-roadside/
Press release on ASEAN-Occupational Safety and Health Network (ASEAN-OSHNET)
<p>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 ...p>
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Cambodian civil society groups condemn ongoing attacks on freedom of the media
<p>On May 09 2018, the undersigned of 79 civil society groups, condemn the latest blow to press freedom in Cambodia, with the opaque sale of The phnom penh post, and the new owner’s immediate interference in the paper’s editorial independence, which compelled 13 senior staff and reporters to ...p>
Cambodian Center for Human Right
Press release: Germany committed to end poverty in Cambodia-Governmental negotiations successfully concluded
<p>On 15 May 2019, the German Embassy in phnom penh issued a press release on the commitment of Germany to end poverty in Cambodia. Germany will provide a loan for rural infrastructure, a grant for nutrition and social accountability, and increase its capacity building efforts ...p>
German Embassy Phnom Penh
Press release: Launch of the Cambodia - Australia water utility improvement program
<p>On 16 July 2019, the Australian Embassy in Cambodia announced the launching of “Cambodia-Australia Water Utility Improvement program (WUIp)”. The program will support Cambodian water operators to improve water service delivery across Cambodia. The WUIp will connect South East Water, a major water utility based ...p>
Australian Embassy in Cambodia
NGOs call for road safety to be included in nat’l examination
<p>wo NGOs focused on Cambodian road safety have sent a letter to Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron on Wednesday requesting that road safety be included in students’ learning objectives ahead of the beginning of the new school year on Friday. In their letter, the ...p>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-call-road-safety-be-included-natl-examination
Preah Sihanouk residents gather in defense of disputed land
<p>Nearly 100 residents from Samrong commune’s O’Trachak Chit village in preah Sihanouk province’s prey Nup district gathered yesterday in front of the provincial hall to ask authorities to expedite the resolution of their year-long land dispute with the provincial Forestry Administration, according to community representatives. ...p>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21415/preah-sihanouk-residents-gather-in-defense-of-disputed-land/
Japan building Mekong supply chain
<p>Greater connectivity between Japan and Cambodia is tightening economic links between the two countries while catalysing Japan’s ambitions to develop a chain of industrial complexes that cut a tract through the Lower Mekong region. Officials at Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), Japan’s development agency, say ...p>
Matthieu de Gaudemar and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japan-building-mekong-supply-chain
Rice bank buys direct to control prices
<p>The Cambodia Rice Bank (CRB) will intervene to prevent the price of fragrant rice from falling further by offering to buy the staple grain directly from farmers at the market price of 840 riel (21 cents) a kilogram. The CRB also called on farmers to ...p>
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29842/rice-bank-buys-direct-to-control-prices/
Non-taxpayers targeted
<p>The government will not increase the rate for income tax and other taxes for the next two years, but will instead concentrate on expanding the base for tax collection, taking into account that there are still many individuals and businesses that do not pay tax ...p>
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30034/non-taxpayers-targeted/
Press release on the clarification of a case of exporting white sand (Silica) to abroad
<p>On 22 August 2017, Ministry of Mines and Energy issued a press release on the clarification of a case of exporting white sand (Silica) to abroad. The Ministry of Mines and Energy has never issued any legal regulation on the ban on white sand exports. Currently, the Ministry ...p>
Ministry of Mines and Energy
Kampot pepper strong, rivals struggle
<p>Kampot pepper sales both locally and internationally have continued to be strong since gaining coveted geographical indication (GI) status from the European Union in February, while domestic pepper competitors have complained of falling prices, industry figures said yesterday. Kampot pepper promotion Association president, Nguon Lay, told ...p>
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30743/kampot-pepper-strong--rivals-struggle/
South Korea provides development loan to Cambodia for the period 2016-2018
<p>On 31 January 2017, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, a signing ceremony will be held between His Excellency prak Sokhonn, Senior Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and His Excellency Kim Weon Jin, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea ...p>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
