With vague details, pro-government unions accuse labor groups of inciting members to form new union
Some 200 unions and federations have accused two prominent independent labor organizations of inciting its members to leave and establish a new union. The claim was denied by one of organizations, which said it has never trained members of any of the signatories — many href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/with-vague-details-pro-government-unions-accuse-labor-groups-of-inciting-members-to-form-new-union/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Phon Sotthyroth
https://cambojanews.com/with-vague-details-pro-government-unions-accuse-labor-groups-of-inciting-members-to-form-new-union/
Report points to inadequate enforcement, legal flaws as reasons for entrenched domestic violence
A new LICADHO report detailing the murders of 26 women and five children between January 2020 and June 2022 by current or former intimate partners reveals the persistence of domestic violence and flaws in law enforcement. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/report-points-to-inadequate-enforcement-legal-flaws-as-reasons-for-entrenched-domestic-violence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/report-points-to-inadequate-enforcement-legal-flaws-as-reasons-for-entrenched-domestic-violence/
Outcomes of the official visit of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
On 14 February 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation released a press release on the outcome of the official visit of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on 13-14 February 2023.Both sides had an href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/outcomes-of-the-official-visit-of-prime-minister-of-the-kingdom-of-cambodia-to/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Giant Ibis Union’s fight remains as the company goes back on promise
Living in a small concrete house with his wife and two young children, one kilometer away from Takhmao Bridge, ex-Giant Ibis Transportation employee Or Chanthy, 45, contemplates life’s challenges. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/giant-ibis-unions-fight-remains-as-the-company-goes-back-on-promise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/giant-ibis-unions-fight-remains-as-the-company-goes-back-on-promise/
STT report: forced evictions in Phnom Penh, Kandal, Takeo pushed people into debt crisis
A report by NGO Sahmakum Teang Tnaut Organization (STT) revealed that people who are forcibly evicted from their homes without proper resettlement are burdened with debt, have low access to food, while children experience disruptive education and are subject to child labor. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stt-report-forced-evictions-in-phnom-penh-kandal-takeo-pushed-people-into-debt-crisis/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/stt-report-forced-evictions-in-phnom-penh-kandal-takeo-pushed-people-into-debt-crisis/
Press release on the outcome of the plenary session of the council of ministers
On 27 October 2023, the Spokesperson Unit of the Royal Government of Cambodia issued a press release on the results of the plenary session of the council of ministers under the high presidency of Samdech Moha Bovatei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the-outcome-of-the-plenary-session-of-the-council-of-ministers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Spokesperson Unit of the Royal Government of Cambodia
Model secondary schools embrace digital education
The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport has initiated a campaign to elevate the standard of model schools by implementing digital education for students in selected secondary schools in Phnom Penh. The initiative aims to enhance student achievement and is set to expand across the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/model-secondary-schools-embrace-digital-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/model-secondary-schools-embrace-digital-education
Workers of Vietnamese-owned Hoang Anh Gia Lai still suffer years after plantation closes
For nearly three years, about 300 local workers, 50% of them women, worked in a Vietnamese banana plantation belonging to Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Co (HAGL), covering 245 hectares in Talao commune, Andong Meas district in Ratanakiri province. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-of-vietnamese-owned-hoang-anh-gia-lai-still-suffer-years-after-plantation-closes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Him Khortieth
https://cambojanews.com/workers-of-vietnamese-owned-hoang-anh-gia-lai-still-suffer-years-after-plantation-closes/
NEC Admits 270,000 Names Were Duplicated on Voter List
Just two months after the contested national election, commune officials across the country on Tuesday began the annual 20-day process of registering voters, while the National Election Committee (NEC) announced that 270,000 duplicated names would be removed from the voter list used in July. NEC Secretary-General href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-admits-270000-names-were-duplicated-on-voter-list/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/nec-admits-270000-names-were-duplicated-on-voter-list-44151/
EU clarifies rice comments
While the European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht never told the Ministry of Commerce that Cambodian rice was “30 per cent” mixed with the same product from Vietnam, he did say Cambodia had to better ensure that its harvest was homegrown and not from href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-clarifies-rice-comments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton and May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-clarifies-rice-comments
Press release of the Embassy of Japan on the Japanese government's grants provision to improve irrigation systems, maternal and child health and WASH, and youth capacity building
On 25 February 2020, the Embassy of Japan has issued a press release on the Japanese government’s grant for the construction of irrigation systems, improve maternal and child health and WASH, and capacity building of youth. The Government of Japan has agreed to provide US$890,471 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-of-the-embassy-of-japan-on-the-japanese-governments-grants-provision-to-improve-irrigation-systems-maternal-and-child-health-and-wash-and-youth-capacity-building/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
More Than 160 Now Infected With HIV in Battambang
An official said Wednesday that more than 160 villagers have now tested positive for HIV in Battambang province’s Roka commune in an outbreak that has baffled health officials and international experts, who are now conducting a survey to determine how the virus was spread. Soeum Chhom, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-than-160-now-infected-with-hiv-in-battambang/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-than-160-now-infected-with-hiv-in-battambang-74832/
Joint statement on the enforcement of Sub-decree 133 implementation in Cambodia
On 29 June 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children’s Fund (Unicef) and Hellen Keller International (HKI) issued a joint statement to applaud the action taken by the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Ministry of Health in an effort to enforce href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/joint-statement-on-the-enforcement-of-sub-decree-133-implementation-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children's Fund (Unicef) and Hellen Keller International (HKI)
Statement: Joint response to open letter on microfinance reports
On 16 July 2020, the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT), Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions (CATU), and Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL) issued a joint response declining request from the Cambodia href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/statement-joint-response-to-open-letter-on-microfinance-reports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
Press release: Importing and distributing companies, and companies supplying products for infants and children in Cambodia
On 28 July 2020, the Ministry of Commerce issued a notification to all importing and distributing companies, and companies supplying products for infants and children to comply with the contents of the laws and legal documents that are currently in force in the Kingdom of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-importing-and-distributing-companies-and-companies-supplying-products-for-infants-and-children-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Commerce
Press Release: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to Kingdom of Cambodia
On 17 December 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcome outcomes of the meeting between H.E. Deputy Prime Minister PRAK Sokhonn and H.E. Mrs. Tina Redshaw, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-the-united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-irelands-generalized-system-of-preferences-gsp-to-kingdom-of-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Addition of COVID-19 vaccination site for children and adolescents aged 12 to under 18 years
On 04 August 2021, the Phnom Penh Capital Administration issued a notification on the addition of COVID-19 vaccination site for children and adolescents aged 12 to under 18 years in the geography of Khan 7 Makara, Phnom Penh. The Phnom Penh Capital Administration has informed href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/addition-of-covid-19-vaccination-site-for-children-and-adolescents-aged-12-to-under-18-years/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Phnom Penh Capital Administration
Message of H.E. Mr. MIKAMI Masahiro, Ambassador of Japan to the Kingdom of Cambodia, on the provision of Vaccines
On 13 July 2021, Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a message of H.E. Mr. MIKAMI Masahiro, Ambassador of Japan to the Kingdom of Cambodia, on the provision of vaccines.The Japanese Government has announced it will provide approximately one million doses of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/message-of-h-e-mr-mikami-masahiro-ambassador-of-japan-to-the-kingdom-of-cambodia-on-the-provision-of-vaccines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
The outcomes of the ASEM senior officials' meeting (SOM) via videoconference
On 12 July 2021, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the ASEM senior officials’ meeting (SOM).Cambodia, as the host of the 13th ASEM Summit (ASEM13), co-chaired with the European Union (EU) the ASEM Senior Officials’ Meeting href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/the-outcomes-of-the-asem-senior-officials-meeting-som-via-videoconference/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Reopening of tourism vocational education and training institutions, tourism vocational training schools and assessment centers under the Ministry of Tourism of Capital-Provinces with low risk of COVID-19 outbreak
On 14 October 2021, the Department of Tourism Vocational Training issued a notification on the reopening of tourism vocational education and training institutions, tourism vocational training schools and assessment centers under the Ministry of Tourism of Capital-Provinces with low risk of COVID-19 outbreak.Tourism Vocational Training href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/reopening-of-tourism-vocational-education-and-training-institutions-tourism-vocational-training-schools-and-assessment-centers-under-the-ministry-of-tourism-of-capital-provinces-with-low-risk-of-covi/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Department of Tourism Vocational Training